public-chat

[jaunty compass]

Should I get one of those n100 mini pcs and build a m.2 gpu for it to make a custom console-like solution or should i just find a cheap thin matx case and buy a gpu riser

[slim steppe]

same. but i also use brave.

i split up browsers for different uses... to reduce the amount of tracking they can have per browser.

The browsers I don't trust at all are Firefox (since they went woke + added a lot of sponsored crap/ads to their browser + took $400,000,000 from Google [conflict of interest] + fired/layed off most of their good devs), Microsoft Edge, OperaOpera GX, and Google Chrome.

Apple is still Big Tech, so they're not too great either.

Opera is owned by a Chinese company.

[spice pine]

i think 99.99% of people who are worried about being tracked online shouldn’t be

[slim steppe]

Graphene OS or Calyx may be fine, but Pixel phones are garbage (they lack a removable battery and a MicroSD slot, which is useful for backups and transferring files and upgrading storage - and as long you you don't frequently write to the card they can last for several years)

[spice pine]

then you shouldn’t bother tbh

[slim steppe]

Vivaldi is made by former Opera devs.

[shell wyvern]

Bruh some girl on my snap said she gonna come visit me at work

[shell wyvern]

She obsessed with me but she ugly as shit

wtf do I do ion wanna see her

No shit but she knows where I work

[spice pine]

how public are we talking?

[shell wyvern]

She been my friend on snap for literally 3 days

Ion wanna see her she is ugly asf and a walking red flag

💀she obsessed w me pls help

[spice pine]

okay, if you’re not to “i know who you are without a couple of google searches” level of “public figure” i can almost guarantee you’re fine

[slim steppe]

too bad! i'm gonna see you anyways... you need to get caught on on your immunizations! 💉
i'm jk btw

[shell wyvern]

Ong bro

Like I been dry asf tryna kill the convo she wants me so bad

she weighs like 285 lbs and is 5’3 not my type

[spice pine]

be blunt. tell her you’re not interested.

[shell wyvern]

I guess

[spice pine]

simple as fucking that.

[shell wyvern]

Yea good idea

[spice pine]

then what more are you worried about

[slim steppe]

i can look up myself and still find pictures of me, but that's getting harder to do as i started deleting them and deleting accounts

[spice pine]

You can’t find me at all online :3

no, i just don’t post stupid shit with personal info online and. i don’t use social media

i have an instagram actually but i’m okay with that bc it has 3 selfies and that’s it. if someone wants to know i exist, that’s fine, but you don’t get any more info than that.

then don’t bother worrying about privacy? meta is tracking you no matter what and even if you delete everything and anonymize yourself, you’ll have a profile that connects together who you are. it is pointless

yes, they can

[slim steppe]

i just looked myself up, no more pictures of me showed up

[spice pine]

they have some really complex algorithms. stuff you do subconsciously is tracked. you use your phone in xyz areas at xyz times of day, checking out xyz profile or xyz message, you’re likely: person XYZ

i signed up for Instagram with a totally new phone, different phone number, no contacts had that info, it instantly starts recommending me people i know.

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-neat-part-you-dont-invincible-gif-27194608

either don’t use these services or don’t complain about privacy idk what you want lmao

[slim steppe]

make your own VPN and make sure it doesn't leak your IP or DNS. that might help.
then buy a prepaid "burner" phone for those stupid SMS verifications

[spice pine]

again, no.

[slim steppe]

if you get banned, delete and remake your VPN

[spice pine]

you quite literally cannot stop them from profiling you.

if they had it once, assume you’re known forever

[slim steppe]

and clear out your browser frequently. use tools like BleachBit

[spice pine]

this level of paranoia isn’t healthy and i hope you can realize that lmao

[dense coral]

you don't use snapchat,

[spice pine]

you can not use “free” services without data being collected

you can’t use any service without data being collected lmfao

[slim steppe]

not only that, but they have access to the logs and the settings for logging.

hence making your own is really the better way to go about it.

[merry gull]

what tf exactly is this listing lmao

[spice pine]

scam

[full fossil]

its motor oil

how much can i sell this for?

[spice pine]

you either don’t realize that these things are so heavily tracked that there is no way to use them anonymously, or you’re trolling because that’s been explained 10 times already. You can’t use these services and not be profiled.

[slim steppe]

"covert bra"

lol can it conceal my 1911? 🤣

[prime solstice]

Wanna know how to be completely off line move to the woods and live there without internet

[spice pine]

yeah dingus they can still profile you through TOR

[slim steppe]

i live in the woods and i have internet 🙂
just very slow internet. 1.5mbps

[prime solstice]

Gotta be doom slayer then

[spice pine]

not really? it’s just different. Profiling will happen no matter where you’re connected from or how you’re connected

[slim steppe]

super shotgun noises

[prime solstice]

Nothings private your isp can still see what you do

[slim steppe]

profiling can still happen... but a smaller profile is gnerally better 🙂

[spice pine]

for the 12th time. You can be profiled online no matter what

[prime solstice]

Don’t use the internet

[mental gull]

why is rtx 4090 so focking slow?

[mental gull]

like xtx runs ai alot gooder

[spice pine]

You’ve been told that too! Either stop caring so much about your nonexistent privacy or stop using these services. Those are the options. Anything else is neurosis.

[slim steppe]

laughs in Intel GMA 3150

[mental gull]

g100 gooodest

4090 slower than g100

[prime solstice]

I have a amd r9 270

[mental gull]

faster than 4090

[prime solstice]

I didn’t set up my phone number my mother made mine so it’s hers

[slim steppe]

I just bought a netbook with an Intel Atom n450, Intel GMA 3150 iGPU, and 2GB of RAM for retro gaming.

[spice pine]

alright i’m done lmao like talking to a brick wall

[prime solstice]

I use my iCloud account and I’m not banned

[mental gull]

linus

[mental gull]

s e xxxx tips

[prime solstice]

Oh I do that 24/7 and I’m still here

idk humanoid figure it out

[slim steppe]

Discord doesn't have my number, since they wouldn't accept my number.
Instead they have one of my friends who lives somewhere with cell signal (my number is VOIP since VOIP is basically the only thing that works where I live - no cell signal).

[ionic abyss]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805309590649.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.40.7f411802i4F2SA&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa is that a good budget card

[spice pine]

not terrible

580 holds up pretty well

[slim steppe]

I don't think I would trust AliExpress for any expensive PC parts.

[ionic abyss]

that is a entry level gpu

[slim steppe]

Matrix with Element.io

[ionic abyss]

i have a older cpu i may rebuild using that gpu

[slim steppe]

TBH barely anyone uses good stuff anymore.

[ionic abyss]

that might turn my old 4460 desktop into a usable backup system

[jaunty compass]

.....the fuck does firefox going "woke" mean?

[slim steppe]

if all you're using it for is just backups, do you really need a GPU then?

[spice pine]

idk, i’d steer clear of anyone using the term like that in this day and age tho

[ionic abyss]

its a rig i keep for when my 4080/12700k rig goes to the shop

[jaunty compass]

I can tell

I clicked on their profile
don't know what I expected other than exactly what i saw

[slim steppe]

https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-more-than-deplatforming

At that point, it's better to use a fork like LibreWolf.

[jaunty compass]

this seems pretty reasonable idk what you're complaining about

the third one could be iffy because it would have to be determined by someone but other than that this seems fine

this just seems like a call for more transparency from large corporations

[slim steppe]

It all sounds good on the surface, but it's really just all bad.

I'd rather have freedom of speech, than orwellian censorship type crap.

LibreWolf's website, or websites you go to?

[jaunty compass]

tell me how companies having to be transparent is a bad thing

[slim steppe]

perhaps try using ProtonVPN temporarily to work around the block?

change your DNS?

you can change it back after

[spice pine]

oh, so they’re calling for more internet transparency like they’ve always had and they said the Jan 6th incident was bad. glad to know that’s “woke”

[jaunty compass]

anything they don't like is woke

[spice pine]

that article had shilling for heavily biased social media sites too

2/10, garbage article

touch typing! super useful skill

[slim steppe]

Expecting companies and politicians to ever be transparent is like expecting fire to not harm you when you douse yourself in gasoline and walk into it.

[jaunty compass]

.....you make literally no sense

[spice pine]

i’m blocked

[jaunty compass]

I think i'm going to buy this thing and an acrylic enclosure for it

you didn't know there were bumps to tell you where the homerow keys were lol

[spice pine]

mavis beacon teaches typing forced me to learn in grade school

[jaunty compass]

[slim steppe]

it's for those who don't "hunt and peck"

[jaunty compass]

I think i'm gonna get this one
this is cool

[spice pine]

110 is pretty high, i sit at around 85wpm before i see dips in accuracy

[slim steppe]

i peek at the keyboard every once in a while when i type, and sorta "hunt and peck" with multiple fingers

[spice pine]

"Orwellian censorship type crap" has me dying out here

[jaunty compass]

They probably live in texas or florida tbh

[spice pine]

even then... i can't believe they blocked me over it, lmao

[jaunty compass]

I found a $36 pcie gen 3 egpu thingy that I might go for

the only thing is that it's only pcie gen 3 so i'm only getting 4 gen 3 lanes

[slim steppe]

i guess it's trying to avoid your muscle memory for words.

[jaunty compass]

should i get it

[spice pine]

any kind of typing test will give you an approximation with how good your typing / accuracy is tbh

[jaunty compass]

it would allow for a pretty cheap egpu solution

[neon mesa]

Why

[slim steppe]

are there any good reviews?

[jaunty compass]

it has no reviews at all but that's not that uncommon for niche products on aliexpress

niche products are niche

[neon mesa]

X4 lane gonna hinder most newer GPUs especially that it is 3.0

[spice pine]

that's pretty good, with honing your touch typing ability, jobs will come pretty easy lmao

[neon mesa]

And that power cable looks sus

[slim steppe]

maybe try to google it then and see if there's reviews on other sites for the same thing

[jaunty compass]

I'm going to be using it with a 1060 most likely so it really won't matter if i get a gen 4 for this specific project but i'd rather get the gen 4 one

[jaunty compass]

that would be an exercise in futility. aliexpress is where you find the weird niche stuff

[jaunty compass]

i'm going to be using it with a 1060 if i do do this project so it won'g matter but if i ever want to use it for something else it will matter

oh shit i found something

I found a mxm 3.0 to pcie adapter board thing

this would have been cool to find four years ago when I needed one

[edgy wyvern]

Happy bday

[slim steppe]

I wish laptop/hardware manufacturers would go back to using more socketed components (including the CPU), rather than soldering them in place.

[jaunty compass]

Thanks

[slim steppe]

feliz cumpleanos 🎊

[jaunty compass]

Gracias

[gilded forge]

well to get that ultra thin style that MSI, Lenovo, and a lot of other manufacturers are going for, soldered components make it easy to get it tha thin and lightweight.

[gentle slate]

laptops are the best and worst thing i've ever owned

[bleak storm]

No

[jaunty compass]

I plan on buying a framework personally since I'd rather have something servicable than glued together and thin

[slow sonnet]

rip ltttv?

[dreamy rose]

people wanna act like AMD putting most work into RDNA 5 ( so no enthusiast class RDNA 4) and using up the high end fab capacity for other spaces is a shitty thing? dumbass please. its only logical to do such.

[tired glade]

There were leaks of failed rdna4 projects

So,we just waiting now what will be next gen

[opal trench]

Yo I have a weird worry as I've not owned a amd gpu in almost 15 years. So I bought a asrock phantom gaming 7900xt I've had nvidia cards for the last well 12 years or more and never seen a hot spot temp difference like this b4. But I was running a benchmark test yesterday on the 7900xt and the hot spot temp seemed way out of hand to me. Can someone tell me if this is normal or way out of line for it.

66 degrees normal and 90 on the hot spot

[spice pine]

did it shut off or thermal throttle?

[opal trench]

No

[slim steppe]

I hate the ultra thin crap, since that means less room for proper cooling and a nice larger battery.

[spice pine]

then i'd imagine it's fine

[opal trench]

Didn't have a single issue tbh just thought it was way out of line imo

This is current temps while playing starfield on ultra settings and 1440p

[spice pine]

am i going crazy or is that just a blank image

[pliant karma]

no you not alone

[tired glade]

It is just black screen

[spice pine]

okay lmfao thought i was losing it

[slim steppe]

Even the old, weak netbook I bought that came out around 2009 has more ports and upgrade/repairability than some more modern laptops.

[pliant karma]

I was losing it yesterday lol in class

me and someone else argued on a color.

and then I rememebered I am color blind to certain red shades

[slim steppe]

thermal shutdown intensifies

[spice pine]

i've got some red-green colorblindness and it drives me insane

it's so subtle but shades of red and orange can look the same and i get so much flak for it

[pliant karma]

what makes it worse is I found out in the worse way possible. Random lab my prof did when I took astronomy lol

[spice pine]

That's a real pretty shade of... red?
"that's orange"
oh

[slim steppe]

oof

[pliant karma]

I just let other people color balance the cameras in my tv studio now vs me cause of this

[opal trench]

My bad pic didn't load on discord

[strong knoll]

yo anyone know how to photoshop text stuff

[slim steppe]

what do you mean by that?

[strong knoll]

how do i sperate two texts in one layer into two layer?

or like add different colored strokes to different words in one layer

[tired glade]

Google tutorial, it's not that complicated stuff,but there are few steps that hard to word it

[strong knoll]

what monitoring softwate is that

[strong knoll]

ion find anything man

[opal trench]

Amd

[strong knoll]

i'm only finding how to cut a word like

literally cutting the word like "word"

[harsh quartz]

Power cut out while I was cookin pizza and I’m pissed

[slim steppe]

I don't know. But maybe you can duplicate the layer and change it, and use it like a mask or something?

I don't use Photoshop, and I'm not a graphic designer/photo editor... but I have used some sorta similar programs before.

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-gif-25912646

[tepid jasper]

must be really annoying, i was arguing with a friend about a colour onscreen for over an hour between if its pink or magenta but the colours on his monitor was off cause bluelight filter

i was mad af

he was like ur probably a little colourblind and was i like HUHHHH????????

well it was more lilac now that i think about it

close to pink but had a cool hue

[subtle tusk]

Just made ep 1 of a webtoon I'm making.
It's also been published on webtoon.

[cosmic copper]

im suprised ltt tv is still down

[magic pelican]

Why is it down?

[cosmic copper]

no clue. its just down AFAIK

[tender glade]

huh

@subtle tusk you can post it in #creative

[subtle tusk]

How tf-
How?
I'm not saying that stuff I was just saying I'm accomplished with getting something done today.

[tender glade]

its okay, just a misunderstanding

we support creative people

[warm dust]

I am creative and I am censored every other day

[tender glade]

huh

the creative channel you can post all your art and made things

photography too

i love that place

i frequent it often

[still lagoon]

h**tai artist?

[pseudo mesa]

I don't. I hate them. I hate every creative bone in their body. I lack imagination so everyone else must also.

[warm dust]

I'm not a degen

[harsh quartz]

Liar

[still lagoon]

Liar

[harsh quartz]

Bread

[warm dust]

I have never seen you post ever

[tender glade]

i havent been creative recently due to university taking up all my time

engineering is.... rough to say the least

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/638173556030832660/1152380556462526494/IMG_0107.png

in fact, im solving homework right now

[harsh quartz]

Engineering is the opposite of creative :p

[tender glade]

yeah, its kind of an energy sink

by the time im done with engineering i just wanna play games and not be creative

they share the same space in my brain

[harsh quartz]

That’s a good choice

[tender glade]

i dont get to design stuff often either

[harsh quartz]

I’ve never had a creative fiber in my being and never understood how people just come up with shit

[tender glade]

ive solved 2 questions out of my electromagnetics homework and it feels like i grew 5 white hairs on my head

3 more though!!

[harsh quartz]

Just eat bread instead

[warm dust]

This looks like shit I have to deal with but without any of the math

[harsh quartz]

Looks similar to what we did in pre-cal and I hated that class so much

[lilac bear]

if you can't survive pre-cal
then regular cal gonna kill you

[harsh quartz]

There’s a reason I never did cal, I was forced into DE Pre-cal and didn’t have a choice

[cosmic copper]

im in calc 2 rn and its really annoying

i miss the days when the solution to every problem wasnt throw 50 methods at a problem until you get the right solution

[tender glade]

uhhh, kind of. this first chapter has nothing to do with emag

[harsh quartz]

Remember when math didn’t have letters?

[spice pine]

no

math has always had letters, how else would you spell it?

[cosmic copper]

while im here, anyone know if there is a way to factor without memorizing all 50 billion possibilities? my memory is actually horrible so thats impossible for me, and it seems like thats the way everyone does it

[harsh quartz]

With a unhappy face, anytime someone frowns you know they’re talking about math

[tepid jasper]

fuck you i hate this 😭😭

[harsh quartz]

^^they must be talking about math

Because they used a frownie face

[spice pine]

i think you're right

[polar fern]

Is that

Math? 👀

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/goose-bread-goose-bread-gulp-gif-21901748

[polar fern]

Math is easy

Braining is hard.

https://youtu.be/VycD4gfzAos?si=rar1FwvIRCMnx3DR

[warm dust]

Underrated comment

[shy cedar]

hey, wan show is late right?

[olive stump]

Usually is

Might as well ask "is water wet?"

[jaunty compass]

So what you're saying is that it Depends on who you ask

[harsh quartz]

I mean, yeah, if it’s late 100% of the time, is it really late?

[full fossil]

well when it’s wet it’s like coated with water so one drop of water isn’t wet but multiple would be

that’s my theory

[timid meadow]

No, its the thing that makes wet

Oh no im green finally rip

Bye pilot chat

[low rain]

For one of my classes we had to use google slides and make a presentation about an artist, I didn’t know how many slides or what to write about the artist so I had a quote, a quote analysis, and like the guys name on the first slide cause that’s what hers was. I then had four slides that was just a biography about the guy that started when he was born, talked about his childhood, talked about his art school, talked about him opening his art company, talked about his love life, literally talked about everything but then the next day the teacher told us to make sure it’s only one slide so I had to delete it all.

[harsh quartz]

No, molecules of water make it wet, any 2 molecules make each other wet, so long as you don’t just have 1 molecule, which is damn near impossible, it’s always going to be wet

[full fossil]

https://github.com/mintexists/pee.js

leak your memory
its free too!

just leaks your memory
ok bye

[manic torrent]

amateur. I can leak memory without a library!

[harsh quartz]

If it starts to leak you can just download more

[olive stump]

C++ be all : "Hold my strcpy"

[gleaming harbor]

amateur. just buy a unoptimized pc game

[full fossil]

amateur
explodes

[pure olive]

byeah

[manic torrent]

I'm literally playing starfield right now, jokes on you

[mild current]

VRChat vibes

[harsh quartz]

Oof, sorry

[manic torrent]

oh don't worry I compensate by having a not shit PC

[harsh quartz]

Doesn’t make it a good game :p

IMO it’s not a great game, but if you enjoyed fallout I’m sure it’s fun, I just never enjoyed fallout either

[manic torrent]

It is a great game - it's just that you don't like this type of game

[harsh quartz]

Debatable, but so is every game, except gasp, gasp was objectively bad

Also I really enjoyed Outer Worlds so I do like some of those types of games, just not Bethesda games

[pliant karma]

lol bob I did a thing recently

preordered Forza Motorsports breaking my good old panda will never preorder a game and wait a bit

[manic torrent]

lol you suck, can't even follow your own rule s:D

[pliant karma]

do I ever

just like how one prof I have had now for 4 classes knows I like doing stuff by myself while in the tv studio so he lets me go loose even though others complain about what I do sometimes

[supple pawn]

Why are hurricanes always named after a woman?

[prime solstice]

Idk probably they probably just think of random names

[supple pawn]

Because if they named them after men theyd have to call them HIMicanes!

[prime solstice]

Ah

That’s pretty good

[supple pawn]

[opal thunder]

lmao

[echo canopy]

I think this is right but im a little rusty in c

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <limits.h>

int main() {
  while (true) {
    malloc(LONG_MAX)
  }
}

[full fossil]

Omfg someone is launching fireworks in my neighborhood

[supple pawn]

Whats wrong with fireworks?

[full fossil]

Well just annoying hearing the same sound over and over again

[fallen blade]

Wan show?

[wispy jackal]

SIB Cyberpunk or starfield?

[full fossil]

I love lapping 5 cpus in Mario kart 8 150 cc

[jaunty compass]

I haven't bought starfield because it's $70 and I know it's poorly optimized

[hidden geyser]

Gotta be honest, after watching the video of Linus hyping up foldables, I despise the concept even more

[fallen blade]

Xbox game pass.

Playing starfield rn

[jaunty compass]

They're not anymore
There's a big list

[hidden geyser]

My main issue is the form factor when folded - it is the form factor people want to use when they are not doing anything super-niche

Think about it, I use the phone right as I pull it out of my pocket

[jaunty compass]

I personally don't consider it worth it for myself to get gamepass since I prefer at least "owning" my games digitally

[manic torrent]

There is no excuse for ignorance. it's this fucking easy.

[harsh quartz]

“Super-niche” such as watching videos?

[manic torrent]

ehhh, I mean, if you have low specs, it's fine, ironically the worst experience is in the middle where it's not enough to make it good, so you have to settle for low, just with a bit more fps.

[jaunty compass]

I have a 6600 XT

[hidden geyser]

I have to deal with the annoying risk of the phone popping open and even breaking due to how I pull out my phone, and also the form factor is unwieldy in terms of thickness and screen size

[supple pawn]

Holy fuck man, it was a setup for a joke. Are you that dense?

[harsh quartz]

How are you pulling a phone out of your pocket which could cause it to break?

[hidden geyser]

I fail to see how watching videos is a selling point for foldables

[jaunty compass]

It's also $70 for a Bethesda game which I refuse to pay

It's too much

[harsh quartz]

It’s not, but the screen DOES have a purpose that isn’t “super-niche”, it’s just not for you

[jaunty compass]

I won't spend $70 on a game

[harsh quartz]

I will happily pay 70$ for a quality game that has no micro transactions

[manic torrent]

honestly... you can see where the money went, and imho it's worth it, but if you aren't into RPGs that much then ... yeah.

[hidden geyser]

The tablet mode is square-like, which deviates from widescreen video. All that empty space... bleh!

[jaunty compass]

You know just as well as I do that they won't take out microtransactions just because it's $70

[manic torrent]

I have literally flung my phone onto the floor gettting it out of my pocket. being unco is real.

[manic torrent]

... except it doesn't have them

[hidden geyser]

Watching ultra-wide is a lost cause, and it is only ideal for ancient 4:3 videos

[harsh quartz]

Well, no, but then I won’t buy it, what your saying is NOT what I said at all, your twisting it

[jaunty compass]

They're obviously going to release dlc

[harsh quartz]

DLC is not micro transactions

[jaunty compass]

After tax I'm paying almost $80 for the standard version of starfield

[harsh quartz]

Yes but that’s not the same as possibly having it break every time you pull it out of your pocket

[jaunty compass]

I'm not going to pay that much for a game

[hidden geyser]

I have previously been very cynical of the phablet-sized phones, and this foldables nonsense does not solve anything there for me

[harsh quartz]

Yes, that’s how money works, and your fine to do that, but IMO it is MUCH better to have them raise the price from 60$-70$ instead of keeping it 60$ and putting in a battle pass

[jaunty compass]

Maybe I'm just more cynical than you, but I think they're going to double dip

[supple pawn]

By phablet do you mean phones like the note?

[harsh quartz]

I think it’s better for the game and better for the industry, especially for the consumer in the long run, for them to increase up front game prices instead of trying to shove in micro transactions

[hidden geyser]

Exactly

[gilded forge]

most of the (imo) GOTY contenders this year have been lower than $70. TOTK was $70 for some reason tho and idk why

[jaunty compass]

This

[supple pawn]

Y'all played Cassette Beasts?

[harsh quartz]

If by double dip you mean release dlc, then yes, but DLC is not the same as micro transactions

[jaunty compass]

Totk was $70 because Nintendo knew they could charge it because it was being normalized

[jaunty compass]

I'm talking in general. Those $70 games will have the same disgusting monetization strategies as the old $60 games

Microtransactions and battle passes won't go away because of a $10 price hike

[lapis creek]

I had a fold for awhile and ended up reselling it for that reason

[jaunty compass]

That's what I think

[lapis creek]

I ended up getting a flip though and really enjoy that form factor

[harsh quartz]

Bruh games have been the same price for almost 18 years, meanwhile the scope of these games have gone WAY further than the older games ever did, I think the price increase of 10$ is perfectly valid

[lapis creek]

If I have to do any real work that requires more than a small screen, I go to my PC anyway

[jaunty compass]

The price has been steadily going up idk what you're thinking

[lapis creek]

but thats just me

[vapid smelt]

But they are all buggy and unoptimized

[supple pawn]

increasing prices is valid, battle passes and micro transactions are not imo

[harsh quartz]

The 60$ price point has been around since ~2005

[jaunty compass]

They went from $50 in the PS2 to $60 during ps3/PS4 now to 70

[supple pawn]

I wont play a game which has either

[harsh quartz]

Do you understand how long ago ps2 and ps3 were?

[jaunty compass]

Game price went down a ton because of the abandonment of cartridges and advent of discs but now they're going back up

And the games we're getting aren't even good

[harsh quartz]

This is very debatable

[jaunty compass]

They're being released unfinished and fixed later

[harsh quartz]

This is a different issue that also needs to be addressed but is completely different

[supple pawn]

As far as innovation and fun gameplay, i think indie games got AAA titles beat these days

[jaunty compass]

Absolutely by far

[harsh quartz]

Depends, can’t really say 100% that indies beat tripleA, there’s a grey area and some overlap

Like, hades is great but I still think Returnal is a better game

[jaunty compass]

Personally I think the problem is that companies to whatever will make money in the short term to appease shareholders

Which leads to aggressive in game monetization and worse, unfinished games

[supple pawn]

Yes, this is inherent to any company with shareholders

Its not just games

[jaunty compass]

I'm aware

[harsh quartz]

And again that’s a different issue which has led to the creation of the F2P model and micro transactions. A 10$ price hike is an alternative way to increase profit for those shareholders without inherently making the game experience worse for the end user

[jaunty compass]

It's not a different issue at all

[harsh quartz]

Okay, it’s a systemic issue then, but your arguing that the alternative is a bad alternative without suggesting a different alternative

[supple pawn]

Its foolish to assume any company cares about their end users. They care about them insofar as it effects profits. That's it.

[harsh quartz]

Yes, but I would rather them increase profits in a way that hurts me, the end user, less

[jaunty compass]

It's absolutely a systemic issue. The solution is to not buy rushed garbage games that are full of microtransactions but people lack the self control to do that apparently

If people Stop buying the games that aren't worth their money, studios will stop making them

[supple pawn]

Im saying what is stopping companies from doing both? If they can and it doesnt hurt profits, they absolutely will.

[harsh quartz]

Okay, and the 70$ games are ones that are not fully of micro transactions, your arguing both sides of this coin and I don’t understand what your point is

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, and then you’ll have Diable4, or overwatch2, which have both died IMMEDIATLY

[jaunty compass]

Nothing is stopping them, that's the problem; they're doing it and have been doing it

It hasn't made the experience any better overall, it just made the upfront cost higher

[supple pawn]

Eh, they rushed into the micro transactions. I would suggest to Bethesda to delay microtransactions by a year or more, allow the user base to build and the game to become a staple. Then add it.

[harsh quartz]

The games space is changing though, gambling is being banned, micro transactions are being more and more put under the microscope, dark patterns are getting lawsuits and players are starting to not support games that’s neglect the end user

[jaunty compass]

until there's legal action I don't think anything is really going to change

[supple pawn]

On a separate note, I think Microsoft should buy a major streaming service. Then they can include it in every installation of Windows 11 as a software which cannot be uninstalled. They can even include a 2 week free trial, activated automatically upon installation of Windows!

[jaunty compass]

we're going to have $70 games, with all the season passes, loot boxes, and other monetization schemes tacked on top until it's literally illegal

because publishers want more money and don't care about the players

[harsh quartz]

Well there is more and more legal action in the space

[jaunty compass]

these games being $70 won't help the devs either; I don't believe for a second the actual developers salaries went up demonstrably

[supple pawn]

[jaunty compass]

this is all going into the pockets of shareholders

so i don't tolerate it

[harsh quartz]

Cool, then don’t buy it

[jaunty compass]

a $70 game is a big red warning sign that it's not worth playing

and I've only been wrong about that once so far

[harsh quartz]

Ngl really bad take but cool just don’t buy it

[supple pawn]

On a different completely unrelated note, I hear many people are taking to sailing the high-seas...yo-ho!

[glass stag]

You don't think game dev salaries have increased since 2005 when games went up to $60?

[jaunty compass]

as they should be

[jaunty compass]

I was talking about because of the switch from $60 to $70 what are you thinking

[glass stag]

Exactly, from $60-$70 is the increase from 2005

what are you thinking?

[jaunty compass]

I don't think you're reading what I'm typing

[harsh quartz]

He’s not, he’s just mad and wanting to rant, he’s ignored every counter argument I’ve made just to say he hates game companies

[supple pawn]

Pardon, I hate all people

[harsh quartz]

Oh not you you’ve been saying smart things

[supple pawn]

Oh, well pardon. I now hate you less lol

[jaunty compass]

I'm saying that I don't think game dev's salaries have gone up demonstrably because of this change from $60 to $70. not that they haven't gone up for the past 18 years??

[harsh quartz]

Okay so how do you think that companies have offset that extra cost of increased salaries for the game devs?

[glass stag]

game dev salaries increase gradually over time meanwhile the game prices have stepped up once in 18 years. Yes some of it definitely goes to profit but some of it also goes to costs (salaries and other expenses)

[jaunty compass]

They've offset it with aggressive monetization and higher sales volume, but game developers are overworked and underpaid

frankly; I wish that I could say this was to increase the salaries of game devs; if it were i'd be fine with the extra $10

but I know it's realistically not

[glass stag]

It's both

[harsh quartz]

Do you want these companies to keep making games?

[jaunty compass]

Not the way they've been doing it that's for sure

[harsh quartz]

There are 2 ways that these companies will continue to make games, either they aggressively monetize which you’ve made VERY clear that your pissed about, or they slightly increase the price of their games, now I know which one I prefer

[jaunty compass]

what I'd rather have shorter more polished games made by developers that are properly paid; even if they'd have to be $70

the problem isn't the $10 price hike; it's that I know that won't change the fact that the other kind of monetization will still be put in place

it's going to be $70 and microtransaction riddled garbage. that's the problem

that's how most $70 games have been

[harsh quartz]

There’s no guarantee of that and in fact it seems to be going the other way

[timid meadow]

Ngl id be pretty happy if a couple of the top names folded to make room for new blood in the industry. I like the idea of Microsoft buying a couple of em for that very reason. Theres a few studios made of devs who left places like blizzard prepping to start talk about new projects 🤷.

[jaunty compass]

I hope you're right.

[harsh quartz]

Blizzard is a whole different shit show

[jaunty compass]

I sincerely do; I just cannot have optimism anymore from what I know about this industry and related ones

[harsh quartz]

But like, supposedly gearbox is getting shutdown, and ik BL3 wasn’t great but they’ve had some good shit in their catalogue

[lilac bear]

wasn't their last title like Tiny Tina or something

[timid meadow]

Woah gearbox is going down? Got links to the sauce on that one?

[harsh quartz]

Or it’s at least up in the air, it’s being sold off, some of the rumors are that it’s just being sold and some are that it’s getting shut down

[sand pumice]

So I’ve just connected my old usb hard drive and the pc register it, but won’t show it as I active drive I can open

[timid meadow]

Ive been so focused on the Microsoft stuff i hadnt heard about that one

[harsh quartz]

Another big conglomerate company that’s been buying game devs for a lot of years is going down and it’s selling/closing a bunch of their stuff, including gearbox

[timid meadow]

Ngl im all for Microsoft buying more then just ActiBlizz as long as they commit to letting studios actiblizz screwed outta the mtx farms

Gimme more Toys For Bob

[harsh quartz]

Yeah but I’m not sure I want Microsoft to have all these companies after what happened with Minecraft and Halo

[jaunty compass]

They absolutely ruined Minecraft for the reason of making it more kid friendly

I hate it

[harsh quartz]

But yeah fuck Activision blizzard, that whole company can close for all I care

[jaunty compass]

It used to be my favorite game

What happened to it is honestly a huge shame

[lilac bear]

people really still think 1.9 was all Microsoft's fault

[harsh quartz]

No but bedrock and the Minecraft coin is

[lilac bear]

oh yeah the Marketplace

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, just a little bit of micro transactions in this kids game

With plenty of shady patterns

[supple pawn]

Need to add gambling

[harsh quartz]

A lot of the servers already have it

[supple pawn]

Kids love gambling with their parents credit cards

[timid meadow]

Bruh i had my first experience with that today because my wife and i are using a free realms trial. The search doesnt even search properly

Every time i entered "lucky block" and refreshed, the listings were in random order regardless of how i sorted

[lilac bear]

I wouldn't blame MS for that one

[harsh quartz]

Well, no, but they could put rules in place to stop it but they don’t

[lilac bear]

if anything, people HATE Mojang enforcing the EULA on gambling

[subtle tusk]

Can someone help me in dms?
(About a dude I like)

[harsh quartz]

They put rules on servers already, especially the last update they did are making servers just through a bunch of ridiculous hoops, but there’s not a gambling crack down

[lilac bear]

oh, that is an issue

[jaunty compass]

Personally my main issue are the EULA changes and chat reporting and new rules for servers and mods, they are trying to enforce guns not being allowed somehow?

[harsh quartz]

Also just Microsoft sucks for trying to monetize Minecraft more than it just being, idk, the #1 selling game on the face of the fuckin planet, but that ain’t enough :p

[jaunty compass]

It just shows a vast overreach that shows they do not know their community

I've stopped playing the game when they started making these massive changes and added chat reporting

[opal thunder]

I bet chat logs are filled with me rn.
I just edited 95% of my #1019713714968088586 messages to have puncuation where I saw fit and...

Mods are probably laughing at my expense, lmao.

[harsh quartz]

Either way, back to the point, Microsoft is not a good answer to failing game companies, and they’ve fucked up some of the biggest acquisitions that they’ve had, halo is probably a better example than Minecraft tbh

[supple pawn]

All large companies fuck things up, Microsoft aint a good company, I agree.

But whats the alternative?

[harsh quartz]

Let them die

[supple pawn]

Being bought out is the large corp. version of dieing.

[harsh quartz]

Activision blizzard should turn and rile and rot in the grave that it has dug itself, not be the most game expensive company buyout ever

[lilac bear]

tbf Minecraft is already one of the best prices for a game

[opal thunder]

ong

[harsh quartz]

Oh absolutely, but that wasn’t enough money for Microsoft, so instead of raising the price of the base game they found other ways to slowly boil the frogs

[lilac bear]

pretty much

[harsh quartz]

Which is the exact conversation we were having earlier

I would rather them raise the price of the base game instead of adding in micro transactions

[lilac bear]

makes sense

it's weird since Marketplace creators get a cut

but end of day, it is scummy

[supple pawn]

Whats wrong with boiling frogs?

[lilac bear]

Roblox having issues with child labor

[pseudo mesa]

You may dm me. But not because I'm good at this, but because I don't want other people to.

I'm looking at u ya creeps

[supple pawn]

Selfish! Rude! Not really, I'm quite apathetic.

[pseudo mesa]

What's wrong with causing pain to things is your question?

[harsh quartz]

This is probably one of the weirdest things I have ever read

[pseudo mesa]

Or are the frogs already dead

[supple pawn]

I had assumed they were. What kind of sociopath assumes we're boiling live animals? lmao

You amuse me...

[harsh quartz]

I boil live frogs

[pseudo mesa]

Your subterfuge is transparent and boring.

[supple pawn]

Meh

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/baguette-cat-minecraft-meme-funny-gif-18560351

[supple pawn]

Why just frogs?

[harsh quartz]

I put peppers and veggies in the water too

[pseudo mesa]

Peppers and veggies can't feel pain

[supple pawn]

You boil helpless plants?!?

[harsh quartz]

The veggies are all trained marines that have m4s

[glass stag]

That's not what they told me

[harsh quartz]

I defeated them in singular combat and they submitted to being boiled

[pseudo mesa]

Yeah yeah they transmit signals which is technically pain but not how we feel pain

I don't feel bad about killing nonsentient things.

Like mosquitos

[supple pawn]

Why the hatred towards poor mosquitos?

[harsh quartz]

Only good mosquitos are mosquito hawks

[supple pawn]

Can you drown a mosquito? I wonder.

[harsh quartz]

You can drown a frog

In boiling water specifically

[supple pawn]

I should have seen that coming lol

[tepid jasper]

sounds like something a mosquito would say

[jaunty compass]

The environment doesn't even need them and they spread malaria lol

[supple pawn]

Sounds true. So burn them all?

[slim yacht]

good morning

[pseudo mesa]

You mean the #1 predator of humans? I mean other than that they itch.

[waxen wave]

Do HDDs usually come with a SATA cable? Never bought one before.

[pseudo mesa]

But there are quite a few mosquitoes that don't prey on humans

[pseudo mesa]

I... don't remember lmao

[opal thunder]

me neither 💀

[pseudo mesa]

Did your motherboard not come with any?

[opal thunder]

but i would assume it to

[pseudo mesa]

Well it should be listed on the package somewhere if it do

[opal thunder]

⬆️

[waxen wave]

Oh, I'm just buying a new HDD since my other is only 250GBs

And my M.2. slot is blocked by my GPU

[echo canopy]

what motherboard?

[slim yacht]

nope. it should come with your motherboard instead.

[vapid smelt]

Just remove the GPU when you install the SSD

[supple pawn]

no

[waxen wave]

Debating on it, but I usually mess stuff up, so I'm afraid of doing som

[echo canopy]

HDD users in 2023 be like

[echo canopy]

just make sure if your motherboard has a pcie lock in plastic thing to unlock it and you will be good.

[harsh quartz]

Ssds don’t come with Sata cables either

[supple pawn]

Hey, i just used a few for a NAS

[echo canopy]

why sata when m.2.

[tepid jasper]

sometimes not enough m.2 slots

[supple pawn]

Not all applications benefit from a M.2

[harsh quartz]

Cause I don’t need a m.2 for a boot or media drive

[echo canopy]

thats why im glad i have 3

[waxen wave]

Ehh, most HDDs aren't that slow nowadays.

[echo canopy]

yeah but its a lot simpler and cleaner

[tepid jasper]

i have 4

[supple pawn]

If you're building a gaming pc, then yes M.2. If you're making a storage server, then no, no ssds.

[echo canopy]

you do if youre not on lonix

[fierce moth]

Might get a used server mobo

[harsh quartz]

Yeah but ssds are just cheap

[tepid jasper]

but lower capcity hds arent even cheaper than ssds

[echo canopy]

you should always have a SSD as a cache/write cache

[fierce moth]

As my current server is a repurposed thin client

[slim yacht]

uh i would honestly just use m.2 ssd for your os drive to be honest. hdd's are much more optimal for storing data even tho its not that slow now albeit still far slower than ssd's while the cost are pretty much not far off now

[harsh quartz]

My windows is fine with Sata ssds

[echo canopy]

i thought you said ssd not m.2

[supple pawn]

I mean mine has one ssd, the rest hdd

One of the cheapest sata ssds I could find at the store near me, and a few high cap hdds

[harsh quartz]

No I use sata ssds for boot and media, I have m.2 for my games and stuff

[echo canopy]

yeah i misread, thats what i said

[waxen wave]

Wdym, Seagate 2TB is ~$60 and Evo 980 1TB is ~$100

[tepid jasper]

maybe dont buy an overpriced samsung ssd then

[slim yacht]

kingston nv2 is like almost identically priced lol.

can just get cheap ssd that runs just as well

[echo canopy]

970 which is still better then a HDD is 100 usd and 2TB

but yeah HDD is still data per dollar king

[waxen wave]

Im saving up for a Top class AMD build after my school year.

[echo canopy]

by similar logic tho so is tape but thats borderline unusable for 99.99% of people

[slim yacht]

sir bro top class is skhynix p31 gold. go for that instead if you really want top class

[waxen wave]

I forgot I was replying, I am sorry

[echo canopy]

untill zen5 you might be better going intel for the cpu.

[tepid jasper]

why?

[echo canopy]

better multicore perf and comptent gayming performance still.

[tepid jasper]

just buy whatever makes sense for you, both intel and amd are good options

[echo canopy]

i said might for a fucking reason. dont be so defensive

[tepid jasper]

and intel gets shit on performance per watt wise, especially by x3d chips for gaming

[lilac bear]

this is pure bait

[slim yacht]

5800x3D is still there at zen 4. if youre looking into specific related work then maybe yeah. if gaming then not so true

[echo canopy]

you mean zen3?

[waxen wave]

Obvi real

[lilac bear]

real

[slim yacht]

yeah sorry

i mistaken it for am4 lol

a bro said he wants super top tier nvme ssd. then take this sir bro instead of 980 evo
https://ssd.skhynix.com/platinum_p41/

[waxen wave]

Right now, Im still clinging to a crappy prebuilt.

[echo canopy]

what specs?

[waxen wave]

7100, RX460, 16GB DDR4 2666MHz,

[vapid smelt]

That's why I only buy post builds

[waxen wave]

[echo canopy]

could retrofit that to be a LP nas when you do a custom build

[waxen wave]

It does good for composing music, but can't even run Newer versions of MC without lag spikes

[echo canopy]

thats just MC itself

[vapid smelt]

Data hoarding should not be condoned

[echo canopy]

use simply optimized

[echo canopy]

too bad i do

[waxen wave]

It's fine, I'll just play games on my PS5 until I get the parts for my PC

[echo canopy]

ps5

[vapid smelt]

Poor system 5

[echo canopy]

8 zen 2 cores with a rx 6800 xt

[waxen wave]

I mean, I paid $544 for it, so it wasn't cheap for me.

[jaunty compass]

Minecraft is surprisingly poorly optimized for a block game

[echo canopy]

should have saved for a better PC

[echo canopy]

and on top of it it was written in JAVA

[jaunty compass]

You'd think Microsoft wouldn't put their worst programmers on Minecraft duty considering it's the best selling game ever made but apparently not

[slim yacht]

memesoft game be like

[waxen wave]

Ehh, a lot of games I like are PS Exclusive

[jaunty compass]

They release One update every year and the game can't run smoothly on modern computers even though it's a block game

[echo canopy]

theyve put minimal effort into it including the c++ rewrite called "bedrock"

[jaunty compass]

Bedrock is bad for different reasons

[waxen wave]

Bugrock*

[jaunty compass]

For one they used the mobile UI for the computer version

It just looks wrong

And also something about it just feels wrong to play but I can't place what it is

[echo canopy]

Do you think 5 year olds know anything else?

[waxen wave]

They have a classic UI which is more PC friendly

[jaunty compass]

5 year olds shouldn't be playing video games to be honest

Especially not multiplayer ones

Definitely not multiplayer ones

5-year-olds shouldn't play online multiplayer video games is the statement that I feel like I'm trying to make

[slim yacht]

early exposure to warzone loading chat

[echo canopy]

I beg to differ, i was given nearly free rein ||due to bad parenting|| and i turned out... fine

[jaunty compass]

Same, I was just lucky enough to not really like ultraviolence that much

[waxen wave]

Minecraft is the only exception honestly, I played it since I was 6 and my memories of playing with my brothers are some of the best

[jaunty compass]

And focus autistically on like three games

One of which was Hyrule warriors on Wii U for some reason

I got that game when I was like 11 or something

And I played way more of it than I should have

Just a couple thousand hours

[echo canopy]

FTB minecraft modpacks for me

[gleaming harbor]

i only had the wii

[jaunty compass]

I played a ton of games on the Wii U because it was on the GamePad and I could play it in bed at night

[waxen wave]

I have maybe 10k+ hours in Minecraft if you count the entirety of the 12 years I've been playing

Close to 30k

[jaunty compass]

I have no idea how many hours of Minecraft I've played I just know it's a lot

[opal thunder]

lol

[echo canopy]

~ 2.5k hours in minecraft and > 1k hours in factorio. everything else is around 350 hours or less

cracktorio /j

cracktorio /j

[waxen wave]

My bf has so many hours in factorio.

At least 2k

Love it

[jaunty compass]

I never got into multiplayer games when I was a kid because my sister was significantly older than me and I had no friends

[echo canopy]

I would have more hours in factorio if it wasnt for the fact i have a job

[jaunty compass]

So I still don't really play multiplayer games that much

[waxen wave]

Never touched the game honestly

[fierce moth]

Never played factorio

[echo canopy]

imagine not

[waxen wave]

Just doesn't peak my interest.

[sharp bobcat]

I have returned

[fierce moth]

Mainly been playing 2 vr games and a couple of others

[echo canopy]

its literal crack i highly recommend. altho it does require > 8th grade mathmatics

[waxen wave]

Open world RPGs are my main interest.

[fierce moth]

Cities: skylines is good

[echo canopy]

opinion on the 2023 remake previews?

[waxen wave]

I love the Amphibia pfp. I love that show 😭

[echo canopy]

its Disney and therefore automatically shit

[lilac bear]

Wokeney

[echo canopy]

not even that, its just a horrible company

[gleaming harbor]

i seen the teaser for that in april may 2018 or 2019

[echo canopy]

theyve straight up stolen IPs from creative commons and treat their "fans" ||people with bodernline obsessions to stuff from their childhood and that know nothing else|| like shit

[gleaming harbor]

now the channel here is gone due to fukin disney+ crap

[echo canopy]

Disney fans are worse then apple fans

[slim yacht]

the fact that developer actually made flexible snapping without needing to use anarchy is amazing on cs2

no mod dependency for one of the aspects

[fierce moth]

although CS2 is like 80 aud

[echo canopy]

60 usd or like 90 for the "collectors edition"

[slim yacht]

i guess they could optimize the game so that you wont run 15 fps on high density city maybe?

[echo canopy]

its a parodox game what do you expect

[fierce moth]

10 bucks off

[gleaming harbor]

new gpu comes out
-can it play crysis

[echo canopy]

can it play CS2 with ultra settings

[gleaming harbor]

can it play karbal space 2 with max

[echo canopy]

or for cpus "can it run the developers megabase"

[gleaming harbor]

no can it run apex legends

[echo canopy]

get that esports dogshit out of here

we only play real games here

[silent elbow]

No thanks im better off spendi g that 70 bucks in my studies

[slim yacht]

what you need my friend is rtx 6000™️

[echo canopy]

you say that like you actually care about them and yet youre on discord

[gleaming harbor]

you need a power plant for that

[slim yacht]

i mean 70 dollars is like 4 days lunch, but then i only buy cities skylines once sooooooooooooo

[fierce moth]

plus og cities skylines is perfectly fine

[echo canopy]

oh shit like 5 USD im getting that

if steam (native) didnt crash

[slim yacht]

eh surprisingly only uses 300 watts. still lower than 7900xtx at 450 lol

[gleaming harbor]

in here i need 2 plugs (240v plug)

[silent elbow]

As a guy who plays real games like DCS world and star citizen, I found apex legends a very good game

[fierce moth]

that moment when 240v dont come out of all the plugs in the house

[echo canopy]

its 350 stock.

[fierce moth]

unlike my lovely country of australia

[slim yacht]

yeah but then no amd users run stock man. even i tweak the shit out of it

[echo canopy]

the 7900xtx stock also uses higher voltages then it needs.... you can undervolt for better power consumption or performance

[silent elbow]

Why dont we use 3 phase power?

[pliant karma]

ahh fellow DCS player I need to redownload it soon lol

[echo canopy]

US homes have 3 phase from the grid, you just use 2 at a time typically

[slim yacht]

pbo2 bios update on my board for 5800x3D and 6900xt full manual tuning
i get cool temperature.

[silent elbow]

Im still unrankrd and having a bad kdr

I might redl dcs after getting a new pc this december

I have to replace my pc by the next 2 years

[fierce moth]

vtol vr is the vr alternative

[slim yacht]

all fun and games till your electrician is a ghetto one and you only run your pc on one phase, electric bills goes brt

[pliant karma]

speaking of games just the stuff I have atm in my system. Motorsports I'm waiting till october for downloads to open up

[echo canopy]

wallpaper engine was fun till it bricked my insider build of windows

[pliant karma]

haven't opened DBD for 3 years now lol

[silent elbow]

Live wallpapees are good only for smartphones but not for gpus

[echo canopy]

wtf does that mean

[silent elbow]

Live wallpapers require gpu resources so it may have to decrease lifespan by increasing clock speed

[pliant karma]

got 1400 hours in MSFS though lol so that is the single most played game/sim I have

FH5 slowly getting there

[echo canopy]

clock speed means nothing when talking about the lifespan of a GPU and they are NOT resource intensive at all. its just the way windows and wallpaper engine does it that makes it dogshit

[pliant karma]

200 hours atm

[lilac bear]

REAL

[silent elbow]

MSFS = Graphics oriented sim

[silent elbow]

Couldnt agree more

[pliant karma]

my gpu cries 7.8gb vram pegged

and there is my 300gb mod folder

[echo canopy]

i hope you used file compression on that

[pliant karma]

nope nada zero compression

[echo canopy]

ew

its free extra storage, just use it

[pliant karma]

FS alone is 500gb so that is the only big game I have really

and PMDG don't compress their shit so it's just hell with the payed addons I have+orbx scenery

[echo canopy]

use drive compression

[pliant karma]

nah me good

I got storage for days on my system lol

[fierce moth]

sounds like my fallout 4 mod folder

[pliant karma]

[fierce moth]

or any game that has a vast modding community

[pliant karma]

don't get me started if I play asseto corsa lol. My friend has about 200gb worth of mods ready for me so I have to get it from him soon

now I think about it I exclusively play a lot of sim games.

[fierce moth]

same, sim and RPG

also a lot of city builders

[tepid jasper]

what kinda mods 🤨

[pliant karma]

driving in FH5 and jaming out to music hits dif lol

[fierce moth]

weapon mods

[tepid jasper]

mhm

[fierce moth]

p90, scar, famas ect

[crisp sedge]

Hi

[fierce moth]

its not a good sim unless you can cause complete chaos

if i cant throw 10 meteors at a building im not buying it

[pliant karma]

FR

[crisp sedge]

[lilac bear]

deathclaws are kinda uh you KNOW

[crisp sedge]

Fops

[crisp sedge]

What allegations

[lilac bear]

maddison made them fr fr

[crisp sedge]

Who is madd- oh

[fierce moth]

damn

poor bloke

[crisp sedge]

You Aussie?

[fierce moth]

Yes even though it should be pretty obvious

[crisp sedge]

My servers been lacking an Aussie, since I banned the only Aussie

Wanna fill in?

[vapid smelt]

what gave it away?

[crisp sedge]

Trooper

[crisp sedge]

Yes

[fierce moth]

Hey you shouldn't have access to Aussie mode

[vapid smelt]

vpn

[fierce moth]

Speaking of vpns, what VPN are yall running

[vapid smelt]

tbh none

[crisp sedge]

Windscribe, if I wanna play gtao/ rdro

[fierce moth]

I've been using mullvad

[crisp sedge]

When I go outside, I use my own vpn wireguard / tailscale, with my own dns servers

[polar fern]

Sigh.

[echo canopy]

sigh oh my god. what is it?

[fierce moth]

im a sucker for white out skins

[merry gull]

vrchat is teasing me with that fbt button

[vapid smelt]

do you not get sick?

[echo canopy]

ive played with worse

[merry gull]

no

[past egret]

well youre playing vrchat, its hard to get sick when youre already sick

[limber sparrow]

Which way the cpu cooler fans go

[echo canopy]

facts

[sly burrow]

I almost pulled the trigger on an $890 7900xtx earlier and then about 10 minutes after i started reading about its insane power draw problems it was out of stock

I hate GPU shopping

[polar fern]

@echo canopy accidentally put one of my passwords in twitch chat during WAN show 🤣

[echo canopy]

it does not have "insane" power draw unless you push it past stock

[sly burrow]

From what i read it draws like 60-100w at idle, stock

[echo canopy]

oh, idle

[sly burrow]

No thanks. Thats crazy

[echo canopy]

seems to be a early bug?

[polar fern]

60 watts at idle? How many cores?

[echo canopy]

more recent reddit posts say closer to 40-50 watts which isnt far off the 4090s ~40 watts

[sly burrow]

And it just got fixed like a month ago for a subset of monitors

[sly burrow]

Thats crazy too

[sly burrow]

Not sure i dont have one just saw the wattage issue

[polar fern]

Oh gpu

[echo canopy]

96 "compute units"

which is absurd still

[polar fern]

👀

[echo canopy]

6144 "threads"

[polar fern]

Ffffuuu that’s madness

[vapid smelt]

6144

[echo canopy]

the closest thing to a "core" on a gpu is a wavefront which is 32 of thoes "threads". hence only 96

[vapid smelt]

rt cores

[polar fern]

Sounds like a dj mix panel

[echo canopy]

still only 96?

gigachad 7900xtx vs virgin 4090

[round trellis]

💀

[low rain]

Do people actually have like house rules with their family? In my house we all just use common sense we don’t have any rules

[echo canopy]

we reserve that name for playing poker

[pure quest]

I know what my choice is.

Bread.

[past egret]

ublock is my favourite

[echo canopy]

ublock origin + bitwarden + vencord

[neon mesa]

I found ublock to be pointless nowadays

Too many sites with anti adblock

So i just use windscribe DNS adblocker

[crisp sedge]

i guess they use ublock origin

prolly baked in it

[crisp sedge]

ye

i pay for yt premium

[neon mesa]

DNS based blocker should be more resilient

But some sites still block it

[crisp sedge]

oh

[terse zodiac]

any good anime that are slice of life

[neon mesa]

[echo canopy]

Dragon maid

[terse zodiac]

completed that

[crisp sedge]

dragon maid

interesting

[fallen rover]

What are the advantages of GPUs that are shrunk? Apart from it taking less space obviously

[crisp sedge]

less heat

less power draw, depending on if it has a power connector

[vapid smelt]

Easier to smuggle

[crisp sedge]

that too

[echo canopy]

do you mean low power or a smaller process node?

[crisp sedge]

you can put one of inside a penguin and smuggle em

[neon mesa]

Chinese customs sweating

[fallen rover]

That's valid tbh

Didn't think of that, maybe I'll get a smaller version of my GPU now

[terse zodiac]

well a smaller gpu will draw the same power if its the same gpu with the same power limit its just samller and most liky going to have worse cooler

[echo canopy]

i meant profile not power

[echo canopy]

a smaller process node generally means lower base power or higher boosts.

[tepid jasper]

yurucamp

[opal thunder]

0 that i am aware of

usually they even have worse cooling than larger counterparts if its the same GPU

only way it would be better is if waterblock

though if you were to ask me about this generation of GPU's then reduced sag is probably a benefit of a smaller cooler

[fallen rover]

That's good. Which format do you recommend?

[lilac bear]

Spy x Family

[echo canopy]

japanese psy op to get their population to have kids

[grave nacelle]

Who's abilities are more versatile, capable, in defeating the other. Rick Sanchez or bobobo-bo-bobo?

[wispy marsh]

Plot twist:

The baby comes out with european features.

[lilac bear]

who the fuck watches Rock and Morty anymore

[wispy marsh]

I changed to Michael & Marty during covid season

[vapid zephyr]

Could legitimately be, our government is unironically desperate to get the rate up

[gleaming harbor]

i tried the trial, was great, but after the trial ended i switched my adblock

[past egret]

children

[vapid cypress]

Me

[sweet jetty]

hey lttcord

[sly burrow]

I didn’t even realize how long rtx4080 and 4090 cards are. Jesus

Id have to buy a new case

[full fossil]

i hate using a laptop with 50 gb as it main disk

[slim yacht]

ahem thats what she said

i think zotac made a 2 fan ones, abit shorter than the 3 fans theyre usually in

or is it colorful, i dont remember

oh shit nevermind there is no 2 fan version lol

[sly burrow]

Yeah looks like founders Edition is the only one that’s about 300 mm

The rest are like 330-350. Crazy

Theres the noctua asus one also but premium price

[crisp sedge]

@vapid smelt

[crisp sedge]

You’re an AI?

[sweet jetty]

No 😭

It's AL like short for Allie, not AI 😭

[crisp sedge]

Allie

It’s like Aly!, and I am aly

[sweet jetty]

OMG

[crisp sedge]

People call me Aly!

[sweet jetty]

That's super cool

[crisp sedge]

I know right

I’m the cool Alyx

[sweet jetty]

Hehe

Fair

[lilac bear]

ROBOT

[crisp sedge]

They are a robot

[vapid cypress]

[low rain]

Wtf it’s 1am and my neighbors kitchen light is on

[lilac bear]

midnight snack fr

[gleaming harbor]

he is cooking something🔥

[manic torrent]

... oh no, how dare they

[manic torrent]

you can call me al.

[fierce moth]

I wanna have an Ai build a perfect city in cities: skylines

Or any city builder

[manic torrent]

define perfect

[lilac bear]

pertaining to have no flaw

[fierce moth]

^

Like the city makes a profit, while fulfilling all requirements

[full fossil]

hi

[full fossil]

what they doing

🙂

[pure quest]

Bread

[full fossil]

b

[gleaming harbor]

the red is cooking the bread

crap a dark joke

[vapid cypress]

AI bread is not bread

[elfin jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/hot-sexy-buttered-smear-toast-gif-17929488

[vapid cypress]

[tranquil scroll]

The LTT tv livestream lasted for quite a while, 1,696 hours

[vapid zephyr]

Probably ran out of content to stream

They said something along the line that they can't just add all videos at once so they need to add more

[tranquil scroll]

I thought they looped the content a bunch. Though I never watched it for a significant amount of time

[dusty rune]

or the wifi died

[vapid zephyr]

Or they realized that stream was kinda stupid and cut it

[full fossil]

guys

[dusty rune]

or that, yeah

[full fossil]

am

[slim yacht]

3pm cause theres motivation of no more class after

[full fossil]

chelsea

[strange crane]

does anyone know any good split-screen games for pc

[sweet jetty]

Minecraft has split screen multiplayer iirc

[strange crane]

does it ?

[past egret]

no.

[strange crane]

the console versions have splitscreen

[vapid zephyr]

A way out is like, one of the few

[strange crane]

oh thanks !

[edgy wyvern]

Is this supposed to be a discription of men?

[elfin jetty]

What

[mild elm]

Fifa

[summer folio]

Piracy Based

[dusty rune]

<@&750150305383186585> sketchy link

[tired glade]

Just, no

[crisp sedge]

its a discord invite

why cant i ping mods

its his discord server's inv btw

[dusty rune]

just do @ mod and then press space

[crisp sedge]

<@&750150305383186585>

worked

[vapid zephyr]

Just don't use the modtag carelessly

[crisp sedge]

they still havent checked it out yet

[vapid zephyr]

How do you know

[crisp sedge]

the links still there

[vapid zephyr]

So how do you know that they decided to delete that link

[crisp sedge]

fair

[vapid zephyr]

Tag it once and leave it, tagging multiple times won't help

[crisp sedge]

okay

[narrow mantle]

real

[royal iron]

Guys how do i find number on private calls?

[crisp sedge]

Someone harassing you?

[royal iron]

Yeah, idk who, but he knew everything about me and, said he gonna kill my family and other stuff, i got confused, he said come we meet a place at 12 a clock at night, so i came to the place but he didnt come.

[fierce moth]

Get the cops involved

Don't rely on us

[royal iron]

Cops dont care about us here in sweden

Thats the problem

[crisp sedge]

That’s not nice

What a loser

Block that number

[royal iron]

Man the number is annonym

[fierce moth]

If I couldn't get cops involved I would arm myself

[crisp sedge]

You can’t block private numbers?

[royal iron]

Nope

[crisp sedge]

Damn, call the cops

[royal iron]

Cops cant help it

[crisp sedge]

Have you told them?

[royal iron]

Yeah

[crisp sedge]

Mmmmmmm

Become an American and own a gun

[royal iron]

Hahaha yeah i wish

[fierce moth]

Heck keep a knife on your bed side table

[royal iron]

But idk if someone can help me to find the number.

[crisp sedge]

Are you an adult?

[royal iron]

19

Hee sound like arround my age

[crisp sedge]

Okay, did you tell your parents?

[royal iron]

Yeah

[crisp sedge]

Yea, def a troll, he can’t do shit

Ignore him

[royal iron]

Man he is in a wrong troll guy

Im want try to find him

[fierce moth]

Don't bother

[crisp sedge]

Yep

Don’t give him attention

He’s a sad little kid, who was being neglected by his parents and has nobody

[fierce moth]

And if they call again tell them to fuck off

[royal iron]

Naaah man im gonna try to ignore it

But i wanna atleast try to find him bcs what he sad about my family, and thats too much diarespect, its okay if he talk shit about me, but my mom and dad, that too much for me tho.

[fierce moth]

Just don't

[royal iron]

😔

[maiden gale]

He’s probably 10

[summer folio]

13:37!