public-chat

[full fossil]

and hey Benjamin

[ripe lintel]

sorry to ask but can i get help in https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1157818947920470027

[last solstice]

Did honda buy every single ad spot on twitch?
Like why rhe hell am I only getting honda ads

[kind kettle]

I have not been on here in about two years. This is much nicer I thinks

It used to be whenever I asked for advice on what I should get it was "Just Spend $$$$$$$$$$$ on the top of the line stuff"

Very Nice

[ripe lintel]

does anybody know how to read crash reports

[last solstice]

I got the same ad twice

Like

Wtf

[ripe lintel]

just get the honda

lol

[last solstice]

No fuck that

[vapid cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/costume-pet-lover-cat-fashion-gif-23841599

[heavy swan]

anyone get a trojan warning after updating tor?

[vapid cypress]

Spookeh

[fierce moth]

It's the spooky month

[gentle slate]

Anybody here used adb to set the color mode on a samsung?

Natural is too dull, vibrant is oversaturated. I want somethin inbetween

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-toast-toaster-fly-gif-3543059

[real linden]

Not really tbh and I got it to generate Maxwell so I'm pretty happy

Fair enough, censored isn't the right word cause right now it's unhinged and powerful and can generate some crazy stuff

[neon mesa]

have you really tried?

[real linden]

Friends were generating some weird stuff last night

[neon mesa]

try something nsfw

doesn't have to be those kind

[real linden]

They didn't generate lewd images but they got stuff of like the presidents and by really pushing it you can make it depict specific historical leaders and events, etc

[neon mesa]

yeah those are never really censored

[real linden]

I've focused on just seeing the cool stuff it can generate personally, but the safeguards aren't there

[real linden]

What do you want me to generate, specifically, and I'll see if I could make it happen

To a reasonable extent, if it's super outlandish I might refuse to generate it

[elfin jetty]

Goast

[vapid cypress]

A cat doing the gangmam style dance

Kinda a crazy idea I know

[real linden]

This is what I got back

[neon mesa]

that's just Dall-E 2

[real linden]

Nah

[neon mesa]

Dall-E 3 isn't even out publicly

when i check openai site

[vapid cypress]

Eh close enough

[pliant karma]

hmmm the live wallpaper on macos sonoma likes to chomp on ram I se

[real linden]

It's out in the form of bing image generator

[neon mesa]

bing image generator has been out for a while

[real linden]

Yeah it's not replacing jobs but it's still cool to mess with

[real linden]

I think they just upgraded it to dalle 3

[graceful burrow]

they did

[neon mesa]

only some small amount of users get it, and those who do got a clear indication of it

[real linden]

It's a lot better then 2 that's for sure

[real linden]

Ha 😎

But actually all of my friends got it too

[neon mesa]

i don't know, those look about the same as my previous bing images

okay tell me, how do you confirm it's actually dall-e 3

[real linden]

Good question

Capabilities seem to match though

Dalle 2 can't generate stuff like this

[full fossil]

This is my college groceries in a nutshell

https://youtu.be/vViANa9j56M?si=QEXt0zzleDhyoY6C

[real linden]

And Bing says they're using dalle still, so they must be on 3

[neon mesa]

i don't know but they look about the same

[full fossil]

I eat a lot of fruits and at the same time, drink alcohol, mainly whisky.

[neon mesa]

i've seen way more impressive stuff from stable diffusion subreddit using SDXL/SD1.5

[full fossil]

I'm off to buy Johnny Walker Green Label this November.

[real linden]

Yeah I need to set up stable diffusion

[graceful burrow]

i recommend comfyui, it's a fair bit faster than auto1111

[dusty rune]

i will set up sd on my 6700xt

[graceful burrow]

it's more complex tho

[real linden]

I only have an rx580, enough?

[graceful burrow]

not really
amd cards dont perform well in ai tasks rn

[neon mesa]

[real linden]

Well I'll stay here for now

[graceful burrow]

rad
bingai hates politics too

[real linden]

It doesn't know who Biden is, it thinks trump is the last American president. To generate him, put last American president

And it'll work

[graceful burrow]

cringe politics

[real linden]

Our top 3 candidates are so awful

[neon mesa]

better than SD in text for sure

but that's something that control net can fix

[real linden]

It can sometimes do better text, it's weird

[neon mesa]

seems very artificial

[real linden]

Some weird stuff I generated

[real linden]

Of course

[neon mesa]

i feel like they just have a different thing that plaster text over the image

not DALL-E itself writing it

very evident

[dusty rune]

can i finally ask bing to make doom x garfield?

[real linden]

Yeah it probably uses some sort of enhancer

[real linden]

One sec I'll go make that

[dusty rune]

i have bing image creator dw

omg its so good

[real linden]

Woah

[dusty rune]

what do you MEAN out of boosts

[graceful burrow]

mine did the same thing kek

[real linden]

Okay so when it goes to peak demand it takes longer and so they don't spend your boosts

It says it on the other side of the screen

[dusty rune]

ok but 2 hours?

[real linden]

But it usually just lies and generates right away but for free

[graceful burrow]

this aint light work homeslice kek

it's a miracle they're giving it for free

[dusty rune]

fine

https://tenor.com/view/crying-emoji-dies-gif-21956120

[real linden]

I doubt it'll actually take 2h

[dusty rune]

these are my favorite bing generated images

[real linden]

Biggest wait I've had so far is 30s

[dusty rune]

its so good

[real linden]

Ikr it's fun

[graceful burrow]

oh im way past that lmao

[dusty rune]

i had a biology project about orangutans and wanted an image of an orangutan drinking orange juice

[graceful burrow]

sip

[real linden]

More favorites

[real linden]

Dang guess it was at low demand last night

[dusty rune]

oh wow the updated one can write words

[real linden]

Or I'm just better and it picked up on that

[graceful burrow]

i can just like
generate on my own gpu kek

[real linden]

Revolutionary, it can do it roughly 40% of the time

[dusty rune]

this was the last time i wanted garfield in a doom slayer suit

[real linden]

Yeah it gets memes and culture so much better

It can actually write memes now

[dusty rune]

[real linden]

Stolen from Reddit

[neon mesa]

i got this

[graceful burrow]

ew politics

[neon mesa]

nothing political about showing a president

[graceful burrow]

president
not political

[real linden]

SD or dalle?

[graceful burrow]

sd cant do text like that without a control net

[neon mesa]

presidents doesn't have to be political...

the text literally just says presidents of USA

[real linden]

It's not political if you're making fun of both of them 👍

[graceful burrow]

ew politics and ew people who are involved in politics

[neon mesa]

it's like showing face of jensen means you're an nvidia shill

i'm not even interested in politics, hell i'm not even american

[graceful burrow]

that's not even close to what im saying lmao

[real linden]

Everyone should be involved in politics or only crazy people will be and we get leaders like this

[neon mesa]

now that's a political statement

[graceful burrow]

see now you're actually straying into rule-breaking territory, knock it off

[real linden]

Oh, alright

[neon mesa]

though still, my image isn't political
literally just showing presidents
it's like showing a picture of a cow farmer and calling it political message against vegans

[graceful burrow]

to vegans it is

@neon mesa have you tried comfyui yet

[neon mesa]

no i'm too lazy to install

[graceful burrow]

you literally unzip a file and run a bat

idk how much easier it can get lmao

[neon mesa]

how big is it

[graceful burrow]

uh

i cant say cause my models are in the folder on mo

1.4gb

[neon mesa]

that's why

[graceful burrow]

you be too lazy tbh

[neon mesa]

it's not big but

well come back when your internet is 40mbit

[graceful burrow]

jokes on you
it was when i downloaded it, the guy came out two days after

now my internet is goated

[harsh quartz]

So do you not install games?

[neon mesa]

did this real quick

should have made jensen more greedy looking

i'm tempted to pay for photoshop for the generative fill

[dusty rune]

stop making me jelly

[vapid cypress]

This is amazing

[vapid cypress]

Put on red light on him and add Red devil horns

[merry gull]

maybe make him in an abandoned area with fog aswell?

[harsh quartz]

Hmm yes my favorite currency the US dall-e bill

[neon mesa]

Though i made jensen with SD

[vapid cypress]

My favorite ነዐ፱ነ ርⶴቹቻቻቹ currency

[balmy anchor]

secret shopper back, damnnn

[echo ridge]

the cyberpower reps mic is horrible

[balmy anchor]

im on that one rn

[echo ridge]

his mic jumpscared me

[balmy anchor]

i loved how linus almost taking off his headphones from listening to him

the shopper looks like a library woman

[echo ridge]

the ibp rep is breathing in the mic so loud

[balmy anchor]

dont spoil

[indigo plume]

did a clean install last night my windows was so buggy past week or so

[lilac bear]

RTX 5090 will be cheaper this time

[elfin jetty]

sauce?

[lilac bear]

well RTX 4090 was so expensive, so 5090 must go back down in price

[elfin jetty]

[vapid crown]

nice.

[elfin jetty]

well all i know is my 3080ti arrives in a few days

so I'm happy

[vapid crown]

yo nice!

[elfin jetty]

yea, I got it off ebay for less than what i paid for my 3060ti a year or so ago lmao

[vapid cypress]

The mom and pop shop video is great

Forgot to watch it

[vapid crown]

Not bad.

I was looking at a 3080 on ebay before I bit the bullet on the 4080 last year

[balmy anchor]

damnnn, maingear just destroying everyone for 2 times in a row

[vapid crown]

hey no spoilers

[echo ridge]

||I love how starforge tried to upsell from $1350 to $2100 usd but they didn't even try to upsell the $1650 pc||

[balmy anchor]

kk lol

[vapid crown]

i'll be watching secret spoilers in a bit

but yeah maingear has reputation

[elfin jetty]

yea I was gonna pull the trigger on one that was only 100usd more but it looked sketchy

[echo ridge]

my ears still hurt from the ||cyberpower rep||

[lilac bear]

it's annoying whenever I see pre-built prices

[vapid crown]

a 4080 for that low of a price does sound sketchy

[gilded forge]

the video makes me hate automated corporate robots even more now

[elfin jetty]

the 3080ti seller seems to be legit at least

[vapid crown]

you checked the sellers reviews and stuff?

[gilded forge]

I love the slightly different angles on each of the boxes

[elfin jetty]

they sell a decent amount of other stuff too and the reveiws seem fine

[elfin jetty]

fair, but they are different

honestly it weems to ticck all of the boxes, I'll just have to wait for the card to arrive

[gilded forge]

||same, but what the fuck was his phrasing thru that whole interaction? like "what games will you be playing, like uh, like uh game wise"||

[vapid cypress]

|| meow meow meow meow ||

[dull granite]

hiii :3 :3

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/peanutbutterandjelly-pbandj-pbjday-sandwiches-cats-gif-3990238

[indigo plume]

does anyone know a good video for setting up obs replay buffer

[full fossil]

usd??

[ornate leaf]

omg i just finished watching the new ltt video and i remembered a company called metaPCs with very outragous prices for what u get and like they even sold a discontinued elgato graphics card at one point for like $300-$500 as an addon and it was a 1080p card and i called out the ceo of the company on twitter and he blocked me lmao

ltt should def do a secret shopper on them and call the company out on their terrible practices

[dawn epoch]

need secret shopper part 2 NOWWW

[vapid cypress]

Jeez

[lilac bear]

oh god that is painful

[elfin jetty]

no thats canadian, usd its 557.50 with tax and shipping

[ornate leaf]

yup found the dms. called them out on selling an elgato hd60s for $259 at the time when the card was discontinued and u could get the + model from elgato brand new for much cheaper not on sale

and they had an up charge of $1,000 to build the pc on a pc that shouldnt of been worth $1,000 by itself

now ill admit this was last year and i havent looked at them since but thats still batshit crazy

[full fossil]

Heya LTT!

[vague dove]

LOL i like the LTT joke https://youtu.be/KXdMVv_xGGM?si=UtDIr6Q70RFYLvrY&t=141

[lilac bear]

Linus Sebastian, the owner of sweatshops

[fallen rover]

Went to Sweden today

They had some HyperX Cloud Flight headphoneenes

Should I buy them?

[vapid cypress]

Do you need them?

[loud star]

🙂

[vapid crown]

Just watched secret shopper! I'm surprised at how|| well Dell and HP were!||

[old yacht]

Sup Gamer

[median idol]

Howdy

[vapid cypress]

Yeehaw

[fallen rover]

Maybe, I need some threadless headphones

With good noise cancellation

[fallen rover]

Yo dude how have you been?

[old yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/princess-mostly-dead-slightly-alive-the-princess-bride-gif-15503255

[fallen rover]

Aw, what's going on?

[old yacht]

Nah just tired lmao, But ready to game

[fallen rover]

Aye, I see

Same, gonna play some CS2 with the lads tonight

[lilac bear]

||ignoring the first intense stuttering going on he was actually one of the best sellers, he immediately tried to sell a deal. Rather than shove off expensive back stock||

[pure olive]

Oh hi elijah

[dull granite]

oh hi mark

[pure olive]

https://tenor.com/view/tommy-wiseau-oh-hi-mark-hey-mark-gif-17296134

[glass ocean]

Is youtube still bad on firefox?

[ebon otter]

Do you guys think the 7800m xt will be as fast as the 6900 xt?

[glass ocean]

Just look at benchmarks with the games you play

[ebon otter]

It hasn’t came out yet

[lilac bear]

works fine for me

[gentle slate]

wym?

[ebon otter]

It has the same number of CU as the 6800 but it’s a newer gen so idk. Also 16gb ram

[glass ocean]

That is what my friend said to me a year ago and after using it for a day it was just a bit worse

It just felt laggy and wonky and something about it was just worse

[gentle slate]

It feels perfectly smooth

[lilac bear]

yeah

[gentle slate]

Firefox is my goto browser now

[fierce moth]

Netscape navigator is better imo

[vapid cypress]

More like nerdscape

[elfin jetty]

zotac 3080tis are sexy

mine comes in soon :P

[prime solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/spooky-spooky-month-pumpkins-jack-o-lantern-gif-15178842

[ionic abyss]

so if i have a $1500 budget dont look at orgin pc

[lilac bear]

I just started that segment

[ionic abyss]

hmmm neuron 1589$ usd

how in heck does 1584.97 transfor in cart to over 2000

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-toast-toaster-fly-gif-3543059

[elfin jetty]

Goast

[heavy swan]

been using firefox for years now and i've never had any issues with youtube

[harsh quartz]

youtube isnt just a mobile app?

[gilded forge]

Dyson headphones. noise cancelling everything else with the sound of fans

[jaunty compass]

i got a 3070 for $260 on ebay after shipping and taxes and fees, is that good or no

[past egret]

white noise is the best noise canceller

[full fossil]

no?

[glass ocean]

Maybe I'm the only one who experienced it or it was some bug I switched to it for migrated everything and something was just off

Side note Firefox mobile doesn't work with half the government websites so I just gave up on that

[opal thunder]

Spooky bread that has been burnt

[harsh quartz]

i cant hear my computer fans running when i have 3 other fans going in my room

[vast walrus]

Where is the secret shopper episode with Alie?

???

[lilac bear]

the Origin PC rep really just pulled the "you're too poor" when it came to mid range gaming desktop

[frigid folio]

They musta known they stopped posting everyday 🤣 JK

[jaunty compass]

is the newest secret shopper columbo themed

I always love when columbo gets some love

[carmine light]

https://tenor.com/view/whos-that-guy-superbad-michael-gif-21836241

[stoic scarab]

Isn't it Monk themed?

[jaunty compass]

Oh, I thought he looked more like Columbo

[stoic scarab]

Oh hey Coopa Troopa

After all these years we can still find you here?

[vapid smelt]

yes

[stoic scarab]

Oh well

Something I noticed in this season: no current gen AMD

[jaunty compass]

I'm testing the PC I'm going to give to my friend tomorrow

It does in fact run

[stoic scarab]

HP Omen had a Zen 3 and Starforge out of all SIs used an rx6000 gpu

But this is the reason why Nvidia and Intel have such a monopoly on the market

Because 95% of all SIs use them

[vapid smelt]

you better catch it then

[harsh quartz]

Is there any explanation to all the monk memes or is it just cause monk is a 10:10 show?

[lilac bear]

monk

[harsh quartz]

Monk isn’t bread it shouldn’t be a meme in itself

[polar oxide]

Vrvfrvr3rg wr.

[pure olive]

@vapid smelt you're wasting your life

[polar oxide]

I love bread

[vapid smelt]

[manic torrent]

dude, everyone is wasting their life

[pure olive]

yeah

[manic torrent]

that's what life is for

[topaz crag]

[full fossil]

Who here has used doordash before

[torpid obsidian]

no

[sharp cradle]

cheat - or

[sharp cradle]

i have

[full fossil]

Cause im using the app rn it says payment method and i dont see where it says tip

[sharp cradle]

i wanna say you do tip on the menu after, but idk its been awhile since i used it

[vapid smelt]

hmmmm a $50 coupon

[harsh quartz]

is it just me or is that a massive stand

[pure olive]

@vapid smelt im employed now ig lol

[silent elbow]

Morning people

[pure olive]

hello

[silent elbow]

I went to school very early

[vapid smelt]

fast food?

[silent elbow]

Damn it was a glorious achievement

[harsh quartz]

definitely not the middle of the night here

[pure olive]

cashier at goodwill

it's def not 6pm

[silent elbow]

Well other side of happiness it iis

[harsh quartz]

im afraid we dont have any of that here either

[vapid smelt]

i worked at a thift store for nearly 3 years

[pure olive]

nice

what did you do

[manic torrent]

I went to school a very very long time ago

[pure olive]

way back in the 1900's

[manic torrent]

oooof.

[harsh quartz]

1600s*

[vapid smelt]

move furniture then i was a temporary cashier then i worked in the glass cases where the high value goods where

[pure olive]

how does it feel that I was born in 2007, and I have a job and I'm going to college

[pure olive]

oh nice

[harsh quartz]

dude that fuckin hurts me

[pure olive]

I am a wall so they'll probably have me move furniture too

[manic torrent]

I got married 2 years before you were BORN

[pure olive]

yeah and look at me

LOOK AT ME

[manic torrent]

Although, how are you in college at 16

[pure olive]

I graduated hs at 15

I'm doing college now and im getting a job because i got bills to pay

got a job*
:)

[manic torrent]

are you some sort of a gifted child? How long until you become an adult who didn't realise his potential

[harsh quartz]

ahh, accelerated learning, it usually comes with accelerated crippling depression

i know first hand 🙂

[pure olive]

I'm blazing through college

[manic torrent]

anxiety/depression/"giftedness", name a better trio

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/bonne-soiree-gif-10255505

[pure olive]

I'm really gifted but I procrastinate and don't utilize my potential

[harsh quartz]

luckily i was able to shake the anxiety part a while back, the other 2 are stubborn fuckers tho

[pure olive]

but I'm starting to get into my groove and wrecking life

[manic torrent]

I use drugs

[harsh quartz]

i do too. shame its such an expensive habit tho

[dapper robin]

so like lazy?

everyone is gifted

[pure olive]

if everyone is gifted then noone is

[harsh quartz]

no, definitely not everyone is

[pure olive]

I've met some people in my class that I'm surprised made it this far in life

[harsh quartz]

no child left behind was a massive failure and ive met the people who it failed

[pure olive]

yep

it's actually tragic

[manic torrent]

ehhh, not too bad. dexamphetamine is cheap

[pure olive]

and it sucked for me too even

[harsh quartz]

people with not even a 2nd grade reading level dropping out sophomore year cause they literally cant complete a homework assignment

[dapper robin]

more like without darkness there is no light, the term is kind of meaningless

[pure olive]

doing my "4 hour" assignment in 20 mins

[manic torrent]

nobody does, it's because "potential" is a fucking bullshit trap by capitalism.

[dapper robin]

you can only be born sick

[pure olive]

public school did a pretty good job of stomping my cretivity and ambitions

[dapper robin]

it feels like school is blamed too much

[harsh quartz]

school is a very large symptom of the issue but thats kinda political, soo

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

[dapper robin]

not political if you're talking in a more objective sense

https://tenor.com/view/purple-wolf-wolf-wolf-growl-purple-eye-wolf-wolf-purple-eye-australia-gif-23449600

[manic torrent]

... exactly, when we should be focusing on the real issue, personal responsibility (/s for people who are not very smart)

[polar fern]

“Public school” didn’t do shit to your creativity.

[harsh quartz]

(not very gifted)

[dapper robin]

remove that /s

[manic torrent]

it's ok, we understand your limitations and accept them

[dapper robin]

🙏

[harsh quartz]

i wasnt allowed to take technology classes due to being forced into useless AP and DE classes so that i could get the school higher test scores

[dapper robin]

it is amazing tho that the school system has become so much more open in recent history, anyone can go now to higher education aswell

[manic torrent]

higher test scores = more betterer. Facts.

[harsh quartz]

higher test scores = more state funding, and i was one of like 3 people in the school who could do well on AP tests and the ACT

[silent elbow]

Are we benchmarking humans now?

[harsh quartz]

have been the whole time, its called KPIs

[manic torrent]

oh, I'm just SO thankful that people can go to college now to get massive debt and become better wage slaves. It's so balanced

[dapper robin]

school grades in high school and grades in uni have a low correlation

[silent elbow]

Im usually a sporty person but im all in for academics

If that helps

[harsh quartz]

also, fitness gram pacer test

[manic torrent]

it's a totally equal opportunity thing, and there is no racial or social or monetary bias at all.

[silent elbow]

YESS

[polar fern]

The problem is not public schools or public education. The problem is the politicification of education and information in general.

[harsh quartz]

if thats not a useless human benchmark idk what is

[dapper robin]

just do something that makes money, like applied physics what I am doing

[manic torrent]

that is an always problem, and will never go away.

[silent elbow]

Aka military service screening program

[manic torrent]

ah, because art has no value, roger.

[silent elbow]

I gotta rent this hallway for a while

[dapper robin]

in the market it has little yes

[manic torrent]

and artists are worthless people who don't deserve to eat

[harsh quartz]

modern college is a scam but thats a hot take 😛

[mental cedar]

pretty much

[silent elbow]

Fuck i forgot my towel

[polar fern]

All of that disgusting stuff should have no place in a public school or any school in fact. Schools are for learning, not for experimenting on children to see how much canon fodder they would make.

[pure olive]

hi bob

[harsh quartz]

just stick your thumb out youll be fine

[polar fern]

Don’t panic.

[harsh quartz]

and dont panic

[dapper robin]

eh the government here subsides everyone's education, but they still don't manage to get a job, it's not their fault, just how the market works and we should not change that, not everyone can do their dream job

[manic torrent]

I mean it's not globally applicable, but the current US higher education system is more or less self re-enforcing. It could be regarded as cult like

[polar fern]

🤣

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/flying-golden-eagle-robert-e-fuller-stealth-soaring-gif-11266703727265435586

[pure olive]

people are so negative nowadays

[silent elbow]

I agree

[harsh quartz]

yeah i mean modern US college systems. Im current at a vocational school and i 100% believe thats probably the best choice for most people in the US but its not glamorous and high schools dont talk about it

[polar fern]

Education does not equal employment. Education is something unto itself. You learn to know things you don’t learn to make money. Monetising knowledge is a scam for sure.

[dapper robin]

exactly

[manic torrent]

yes, absolutely

[manic torrent]

this is not a change.

[silent elbow]

Individualism nowadays are just so in demaand

[pure olive]

hm

[mental cedar]

how?

[pure olive]

im not talking in regards to anyone talking in this channel

[manic torrent]

yes, and neither am I

[polar fern]

$13.85 where? Fantasyland?

[silent elbow]

The more people arrive in hallway the less im enjoying my time as a early bird

[dapper robin]

that seems way off

[pure olive]

minimum wage where I live

[polar fern]

Yike.

[silent elbow]

Ahhh shit here they come

[pure olive]

inflation is crazy here

[manic torrent]

fuckin people.

[harsh quartz]

early bird gets the worm but is also an easier target for larger birds of prey

[dapper robin]

with 13.9 you should make like 2400 a month bruto

[pure olive]

part time

[polar fern]

That’s not inflation, that’s slave wages and outdated policy

[manic torrent]

early bird gets the worm, second mouse gets the cheese.

[pure olive]

I'm going to try to pick up as many shifts as I can

[harsh quartz]

unless its one of those glue traps

[silent elbow]

Also what are these people wearing formal attires acting they hav jobs now

[manic torrent]

or a bucket.

[harsh quartz]

everytime someone talks about this i just think of skyfall

[dapper robin]

best time, I hate working long hours. the best is to have 2 jobs, one night and one day

[manic torrent]

lol, I have a "high paying" job and I'm literally wearing a T shirt and jeans

[mental cedar]

how?

[silent elbow]

Oh my god ita getting more loud my days r over thats it

[polar fern]

We can talk all about how terrible it is in China for people building iPhones, but right here in the United States in Canada in the UK in Europe. We have modern slavery and people just accept it because they’re able to eak by just a little bit and they have the illusion of choice.

[pure olive]

I'm working the closing shift, so 2pm - 10pm. I'm gonna try to pick up shifts as much as I can too

[manic torrent]

yep.

[harsh quartz]

how isnt it? what part of college is worth going into extreme amounts of debt over? the cost of college has gone up by insane amounts but the market of the jobs that your learning to do has stayed relatively still. when compared to other forms of post secondary education and the skills you can learn by just going into the workforce, US based college is a scam in most situations

[vapid smelt]

hey its now moving to India

[polar fern]

Community college is very damn affordable.

[silent elbow]

Its better

[pure olive]

wait closing part time is 6-10 lol

[mental cedar]

it an invesment

[pure olive]

god I'd really rather work full time closing

[harsh quartz]

a very bad investment in most situations*

[silent elbow]

We better be off china anyway coz

[gilded forge]

that's.. why community colleges exist

[dapper robin]

what I did was working a really shit job (which I quit, but can be replaced with a decent job) from like 14-20 and then I would at 21-01 and/or 03-07 work at night for like E27/h

relaxed job aswell

[manic torrent]

LOL.

[silent elbow]

India can replace China and it should happen if we want this world to win

[manic torrent]

which world.

[silent elbow]

The world we live in rn

[harsh quartz]

even community college is mediocre and then you have, what, a 2 year assosciates that you cant do much with other than move it to a 4 year who doesnt accept half the credits you earned, so now you have a sunk costs fallacy

[manic torrent]

.... uhhhh

[polar fern]

Modi is no better than Jinping or putin

[vapid zephyr]

That's not even the question, which world are we even fucking competing with

[dapper robin]

India is a really different country to China

[manic torrent]

I mean I figured that was implied. like.... huh?

[vapid zephyr]

Apparently we're competing with Mars now

[polar fern]

every country should have its own production for products sold there.

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/pizza-wolf-dog-gif-25611245

[manic torrent]

I mean, in order for the world to win we need to actually do something about fucking climate change.

[silent elbow]

We just gotta get russia back to the negotiating table and make russia realize its not worth allying with China

[vapid zephyr]

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

[manic torrent]

this is equally stupid

[dapper robin]

move to austria

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/sev-pepsi-blue-max-alley-gif-10700918

[harsh quartz]

fixing other issues will fix this issue as a symptom instead of the issue itself

[polar fern]

Mars is uninhabitable. The worst kind of table.

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-embed-failure-epic-embed-win-embed-victory-zyber-gif-21338076

[manic torrent]

.... how would that help anything

[gilded forge]

with my federal financial aid, i pay a grand total of nothing, while being paid $2000 per semester.

[vapid zephyr]

Wannabe Bavaria, you mean

[dapper robin]

high ground, and the alps are really nice anyway

[sharp leaf]

Just want to say love being in the server and hopefully will try and chat more and be more involved. Just been working more and concentrating on financial stuff but gaming a lot. Hopefully can chat more in the server and only get a couple hours to game, but would love to maybe game and talk gaming with you guys. Appreciate being in the community. Also been working on my anxiety, depression and autism. Getting better but a long way to go.

What games you guys playing or looking forward to playing? Anything outside of the gaming world you are looking forward too? Anyways, hope you guys have a great upcoming week.

[dapper robin]

get out

[polar fern]

@gilded forge 👍💯👍

[harsh quartz]

cool, and your able to get federal financial aid. as someone who isnt, it isnt worth it. and what are you planning on being able to do after those years?

[mental cedar]

its the safest one?

[manic torrent]

Starfield. All day. every day.

[vapid zephyr]

Make me

[harsh quartz]

its really not, the safest one is workforce but its also the least rewarding one. the next would be vocational skills. then college.

[manic torrent]

hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, perfectly safe

[gilded forge]

if I had a plan, I wouldn't be at community college. community college exists so people can FIGURE OUT what they wanna do. idk what I'm doing or what my plan is.

[polar fern]

As long as people are greedy, there is no safe employment

[vapid zephyr]

The IRS is gonna pet your back in proud

[polar fern]

I would argue that community college exists, so people can get an education without going bankrupt.

[dapper robin]

the fact that Austria is it's own country and bavaria is part of germany

[harsh quartz]

okay, this is my point. college takes people who have NO IDEA what they want to do. asks them to pay tens of thousands of dollars. and then theres not a guaranteed job when they get out. the fact that you get financial aid is great, but not everyone can and does.

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/bear-gif-24467178

[vapid zephyr]

Bavaria, not even Germany, has a higher GDP than all of Austria

[polar fern]

@dapper robin most of Europe at some point was just a giant patchwork of territories, held by some jerk or another.

[harsh quartz]

what country wasnt?

[manic torrent]

not only that, but the financial aid is still paid by others, and the whole system is fundamentally corrupt by design, because it's a positive feedback loop.

[polar fern]

Bavaria has a higher population than Austria just fyi

[harsh quartz]

bavaria is my favorite pokemon

[gilded forge]

there's no guaranteed job no matter what you do. there's always risk of unemployment. the world doesn't work in guarantees, it works on hopes.

[nova needle]

Was just about to say that lmao

[polar fern]

The population of Germany is almost 10 times that of Austria. Just yeah. Plus Germany has deep water ports.

[harsh quartz]

no, thats why we said its all gambles. but workforce is the least dangerous for the least reward, college is the most gamble for the most reward.

[polar fern]

Details

[dapper robin]

it's all worse than france anyway, I am moving to the ardeche

[harsh quartz]

ya know what, everyhere sucks im movin to the bottom of the ocean

[vapid zephyr]

You want to move to a country that regularly burns down half the country for no apparent reason?

[harsh quartz]

no, they have a reason

[polar fern]

Bottom of the ocean is not safe either because of all of those frozen hydrocarbon gas formations being broken loose by rising ocean temperatures

[nova needle]

Macrons wife is like twice his age lol

[vapid zephyr]

They burnt down what feels like half of paris because people had to work two years longer

[harsh quartz]

god dammit im making rapture and your gonna like it

[carmine light]

Just move to the woods, away from everyone, and it doesn't suck anymore

[dapper robin]

isn't that more a particular group in paris anyway, and some farmers, and you're kind of right. The climate however is nice tho

[harsh quartz]

they burn it down cause it worked the last time they did it 😛

[harsh quartz]

it still sucks its just a different kind of sucks out there

[carmine light]

That's cuz they have balls

[dapper robin]

and in france the wine is quite cheap compared to germany and holland

[vapid zephyr]

No, that's because Frenchmen are pissed about literally anything

[polar fern]

Redacted comment about money for Notre Dame de Paris

[harsh quartz]

good

[carmine light]

not sucking is a state of mind, maaaan

[dapper robin]

the french are quite lazy and unwilling to work, kind of like the spanish

[manic torrent]

And so they should.

[harsh quartz]

poor quasimodo

[nova needle]

Unless you are my brother and like men

[polar fern]

Don’t get me wrong I understand that the building is extremely culturally relevant to France, but yeh.

[nova needle]

Cause that's his state of mind

[vapid zephyr]

A billion dol-

[carmine light]

it's 2023, fella with tastes like that can like girls now too

[maiden gale]

God loves yall

[manic torrent]

What does lazy mean, specifically

[carmine light]

woo hoo

[polar fern]

Breh can we not

[dapper robin]

the retirement age was like 61 💀, there is a reason france is poorer than germany and Holland

[graceful burrow]

I like how they're putting iPhone advertisements on Notre dame now

[maiden gale]

Pride

[vapid zephyr]

Ain't no way lmfao

[carmine light]

https://tenor.com/view/rules-norules-no-removingshirt-laugh-gif-5272448

[vapid zephyr]

They sold out the fucking Notre Dame, I respect it

[polar fern]

Yes, we must measure everything in money.

[harsh quartz]

heh gheyyyyyy

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-1896328487164896205

[manic torrent]

Because as we all know, money is the only way to measure anything

[maiden gale]

[harsh quartz]

i prefer feet and inches

[polar fern]

Why did that dog enter a building with no fire suppression?

[dapper robin]

stopping to work at a low age and taking too many brakes, no entrepreneurship

[carmine light]

Tim Apple burned down Notre Dame?

[vapid zephyr]

And I can guarantee you that you can't even name three of them

[nova needle]

[insert Mr. Crabs saying "I like money"]

[polar fern]

@harsh quartz that’s what he said

[dapper robin]

their wine is good, but so is italian wine

[harsh quartz]

damn straight

[vapid zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-money-giveittome-mr-krabs-spongebob-gif-4184913

[mental cedar]

workforce is not an an investment lmao

[dapper robin]

three of what?

[pulsar violet]

So I'm having a bit of an issue enabling HDR on my TV via Windows 11, I manually changed the bits to 11 in NVIDIA control panel as well and no luck, anyone have any ideas?

[carmine light]

What do you define as "work"?

[vapid zephyr]

If you can't recall your own context? Nevermind
Don't even try

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/magnets-gif-20309785

[harsh quartz]

yeah except it is

[harsh quartz]

science, bitch

[polar fern]

The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan

That’s 4. 👀

[vapid zephyr]

Magnets are the closest thing we have to literal magic, they're great

[harsh quartz]

ive never actually read that book

[dapper robin]

working, for money

[carmine light]

What if you don't need money?

[dapper robin]

I think you fucked up 😦

[manic torrent]

So when I am working on my open source media routing system, it's not work?

[mental cedar]

how?

[harsh quartz]

a change in volume against a pressure.

[polar fern]

@harsh quartz I prefer the count of Monte Cristo myself.

[nova needle]

Well duh, you're not doing it for money. There is no such thing as working for free for a good cause and stuff like that at all

[harsh quartz]

by starting early and putting in effort when no one else does opportunities will be created. ive seen this more in the workfroce environment than i have in the educated corporate environment

[carmine light]

My wife pressured me to get a job, so I changed the volume of my drinking. Like that?

[dapper robin]

you know then just drink some wine and life the good life. some of that joiye de vivre

[polar fern]

Working for free = slavery or volunteer.

[harsh quartz]

ngl thats a pretty good one, or changed the volume on the TV

[mental cedar]

me mowing lawns would be considered and investment but that doesnt make any sense now does it

[carmine light]

C'est la vie

[dapper robin]

can be a hobby sure, not really a job tho if you're not making money from it

[manic torrent]

Is childcare only work when you do it for money?

[harsh quartz]

oooo, i have seen that one, thats pretty good. but princess bride is better

[harsh quartz]

if you decide to start a business and then grow that into a company, i would see it as an investment, yes

[manic torrent]

What about caring for an elderly relative? Work?

[ancient nymph]

College is a form of investment, by putting your time and money into getting a degree, you are not only gaining valuable knowledge that will help you in your future job, but you also receive higher base salary in MOST cases. Workforce typically requires years of work to receive higher salaries. Not to mention in many cases, jobs locked away behind the requirement of a college degree (such as jobs related to STEM or medical industry) are considered some of the most high paying and competitive industries in the modern age.

[dapper robin]

yes? otherwise it's just nurturing your offspring?

[polar fern]

I like the count of Monte Cristo because it shows that in the end, your choices do matter and you can change.

[manic torrent]

So if you care for your children and don't work for money, you're lazy.

[vapid zephyr]

Damn, didn't even know Bavaria wasn't the biggest moneymaker in Germany
Sucks that Austria is getting beat by second place

[harsh quartz]

okay, i dont see how this counters my point, its just kind of facts that were already established

[polar fern]

@vapid zephyr but Austria has better mountains and alphorns

[nova needle]

How dare you wanna give your child a childhood

[dapper robin]

if there is no source of income yes, one might have a husband or a wealthy family, the latter you're still being lazy

[harsh quartz]

i am a sucker for some good mountains

[ancient nymph]

What? You stated that going directly into the workforce is a better option, when in fact it isn't. Not to mention, vocational skills can only get you so far, jobs that require degrees won't even bat an eye towards you.

[vapid zephyr]

If people actually gave a fuck there would be more people living in Austria now don't they

[manic torrent]

gotcha, my wife is lazy because she is caring for our disabled son.

[harsh quartz]

isnt germany also under "protection" from the US military and a fairly large trading partner?

[dapper robin]

read again, there is a source of income for her, why then should she work?

[vapid zephyr]

Who isn't in protected by the US in NATO

[polar fern]

Austria be like

[harsh quartz]

austria

[manic torrent]

but I thought that made you lazy?

[ancient nymph]

the watermark ☠️

[dapper robin]

I assume if you work she does more around the house which is a baseline thing that should be done anyway

[polar fern]

🤷‍♂️

It’s not like I’ve ever been there to take the picture myself

[dapper robin]

now we're going in circles

[harsh quartz]

i mean, yes, and thats why i said education isnt a scam, because degreees are good, but the physical institutions and their practices are known for shady practices and scamming students

[harsh quartz]

welcome to the LTTcord

[vapid zephyr]

Dw
Since they're in the EU and in NATOs partnership for peace programme, they don't really need to be in NATO

[manic torrent]

the CONCEPT of education isn't a scam, the REALITY of education, particularly in the US is in many cases a scam

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/pizza-wolf-dog-gif-25611245

[harsh quartz]

why you coping so hard for austria?

[mental cedar]

so did you say its a scam or did you say its not?

[polar fern]

Linus bakery tips, where AI makes the bread from a baker on the other side of the world, while the employees sit back and enjoy their gaming PC?

[manic torrent]

you're the one licking the capitalism boot.

[harsh quartz]

the education isnt the scam, the act of getting educated is

[carmine light]

College should just be public, like primary school

[vapid zephyr]

Nah, Austria is great, I just find it beyond funny to shit on them, the part German is coming out of me there

[polar fern]

Learning things is not a scam my dude

[nova needle]

We call it Bergdeutschland

[vapid zephyr]

@nova needle can vouch, shitting on Austria is German tradition

[dapper robin]

probably you're right about the housework being work, but when you can't change a system you have to life in it's confines

[harsh quartz]

and high schools should implement more diversified learning programs to allow kids to figure out what they want to do before signing up for college on a whim

[manic torrent]

it doesn't mean you have to drink the kool aid

[dapper robin]

I have no clue what kool aid is, some kind of syrup for drinks right?

https://tenor.com/view/purple-wolf-wolf-wolf-growl-purple-eye-wolf-wolf-purple-eye-australia-gif-23449600

[harsh quartz]

i wonder if that gif has a wolf in it

[manic torrent]

it's a reference to jonestown, where the kool aid was poisoned and used to kill everyone.

[vapid zephyr]

Tbf you also call Bavaria 'abroad', so

[nova needle]

Wehushi still doesn't get that his GIFs are not being shown

[nova needle]

I call Bavaria home wdym

[polar fern]

Many people that are a few years before graduating high school here can absolutely get jobs in most industries where they can observe and learn skills that can help them make decisions as to what career they might want to go into. Usually not things involving super high-end technology or hazardous materials though.

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-loaf-gif-26074256

[vapid zephyr]

Damn, a foreigner

[manic torrent]

I still call australia home.

[nova needle]

Jokes on you, I also call Baden-Württemberg home

[harsh quartz]

not around here, depends on the school system and local policies

[polar fern]

Has nothing to do with school or policy you just get a job

[dapper robin]

interesting, well I drink water anyway, which here at least is highly subsidized, or alcoholic drinks which are safer because the one poison kills the other potential poisons

[mental cedar]

what does that mean??

[ancient nymph]

There are many public colleges in america

[harsh quartz]

okay going to be a kroger cashier doesnt help me figure out what career i want

[polar fern]

If you think you want to go into doing hotel and leisure stuff, you can get a job at a bed and Breakfast, for example

[carmine light]

Degrees help more in some fields than others. Something like a doctor or lawyer is gonna have to get a degree. The tech field is more of a grey area

[vapid zephyr]

The only part of Germany I call home is Büsingen am Hochrhein, mainly because it's not actually located in Germany

[harsh quartz]

imean that education is valuable, college is not

[polar fern]

I’m not talking about entry-level retail

[carmine light]

Which ones?

[nova needle]

Swabian supremacy

[harsh quartz]

well thats all thats offered to high school kids my dude, entry retail or fast food

[mental cedar]

i mean sure you can find all the information colleges have to offer but good luck applying for the jobs

[dapper robin]

college level degrees are oft meaningless

[nova needle]

Schaffe schaffe Häusle baue

[manic torrent]

I went to university for Comp Sci, but never finished it. It hasn't held me back at all.

[harsh quartz]

you really are not understanding this and idk how else to put it

[vapid zephyr]

that moment when a German enclave is better at being German than Germany

[manic torrent]

(for context though, I am very good at what I do, I am not sure this would work for someone who was mediocre)

[harsh quartz]

college degrees are important. colleges should not be using scummy practices to squeeze 18 year olds for thousands and thousands of dollars before they even know whats happening

[dapper robin]

what's your field?

[carmine light]

There's a ton of tech jobs or skilled trades that will hire people without degrees. Or will hire you if you have industry certifications, absent of a degree

[mental cedar]

there are public colleges?

[polar fern]

Honestly, I don’t think minors should even be allowed to hold entry-level retail jobs. The focus should be on education and other training. A stipend for things like food and school supplies and such until you are ready to apply for a job.

[ancient nymph]

college is where you are getting that education though... they provide you with the opportunity, you are being taught by professors which have studied these subjects for half their lives, not only are you being provided with resources from this so called "scamming institution".

[harsh quartz]

yes but were talking about before graduating high school

[vapid zephyr]

Tesla being the most popular example, I'd say

[nova needle]

Nowadays everyone has a degree, starting to lose it's meaning.

[manic torrent]

Advanced Digital Plumbing (Sysadmin/cyber/engineering/architecture)

[carmine light]

tbh most places I've worked at cared more about industry certs. than any degree

[vapid zephyr]

They're kinda fuck-all when it comes to certifications

[polar fern]

Also, internships and other mentor type programs do exist in the world

[harsh quartz]

2 year degrees that most jobs wont accept and that 4 year colleges will throw out half the hours you accrued anyways, so its a sunk cost fallacy by the time your done

[harsh quartz]

again, look at the other message cause yall clearly dont understand whats being said here

[carmine light]

Well I'm sure it's rare, but you don't technically have to be a high school graduate to take many industry certification exams

[polar fern]

The lack of proper education, training and experience for people going from secondary school into the workforce, is a failing of public policy, not a failing of public education as an institution.

[harsh quartz]

no, you dont, but as a high school i didnt have the 200$ to take a comptia A+ or the 400$ to take a network+

or the money to spend on online courses that help to teach those exams

[dapper robin]

cool, I have heard from many folk that in that kind of field university degrees are not nessecary if you have a similar amount of work experience

[polar fern]

there are some schools that allow you to put your existing knowledge and experience towards a degree, which I think is amazing and should be the norm everywhere

[ancient nymph]

public colleges provide you with almost exactly the same ressources as private ones. of course this varies between different colleges.

[carmine light]

The high school I went to back in the early 2000s offered a computer elective to juniors and seniors that concluded with them taking the A+ computer certification exam

[manic torrent]

I mean I am ooooold, so eh. (42)

[harsh quartz]

i think that yall see what im saying as "education is worthless" and thats not what im saying, im saying that education is important but colleges scam people

[carmine light]

It's not uncommon to have programs like that

[dapper robin]

you don't hire?

[manic torrent]

huh?

[vapid smelt]

what type of dinosaur did you grow up with ?

[harsh quartz]

yes, ours had an IT program as well, which i was not allowed to take part in because i was forced into the AP programs. and the school "didnt hav efunding" to pay for those exams, so it would teach you but wouldnt let you take the exam unless you paid for it

[carmine light]

I agree that the commerce aspects of higher education have become fairly predatory. It's gross

[harsh quartz]

PREDATORY is the word ive been looking for

[dapper robin]

it's expected that the ones with the best levels of knowledge and who are best at the function should be at least involved in the hiring process

[ancient nymph]

private colleges which have higher tuition fees need to pay for many things that they don't receive through public funding by the government. If you don't value going to a private institution that may or may not be more prestigious or provide you with a specific opportunity you are looking for, then you should be looking towards public colleges that can be significantly cheaper in your state.

[nova needle]

Bavaria > Austria

[solar stratus]

Anything > Austria

[vapid zephyr]

Liechtenstein>>>>

[manic torrent]

yes, I have been involved with hiring people at various places

[nova needle]

Poor austrian lads don't even have Südtirol anymore

[manic torrent]

triceratops.

[median idol]

Wrong reply

[harsh quartz]

community colleges are often times not enough and simply put you on a path where you then have to go to another 4 year school, and high schools have a bad tendency about..... "gently pushing" you in the direction of the more expensive schools so that they can put it on their record as thats where you went

[median idol]

WTF my high school didn't have that. Jealous

[harsh quartz]

same 😦

[manic torrent]

... because it's a positive feedback loop, as I said. The name of the college means more -> more people go, prices increases -> name means more -> prices increase -> more pressure to go and perform and blah blah blah

[harsh quartz]

idk why you keep telling me this, me and you agree on this my guy

[vapid zephyr]

Tbh, for a very long time I just assumed Südtirol was Germany lmfao
Digged a bit at some point and apparently it just barely is part of Italy, it's basically the Hong Kong of Italy except it's less cool (It's an autonomous region what I'm trying to say)

[manic torrent]

I'm not arguing, it's a discussion - I'm adding

[slim mirage]

my country give students money to stay on the last years and they still struggle to keep people on very quirky you even get paid for college and a very decent student loan that comes off your wage automatically if you make over a certain amount if you dont make over the amount you basically never need to pay it back

[carmine light]

that's cool

[manic torrent]

My point is that it is an inherent limitation of the system.

[ancient nymph]

It doesn't need to be a community college, you can go to public or state colleges in your own state, etc. I have never experienced any high school "gently pushing" in the direction of more expensive schools. You do what your heart desires, choose your own program and your own university. High schools where I am from do not even keep a record of where you go so that last statement is redundant

[nova needle]

I know x)

[harsh quartz]

the system was fine a long time ago but the current education system, in the US at least, was designed when children were working in factories and the best they could hope for was to keep working in factories. The entire education sytem in the US is just busted and needs to be redesigned, including post secondary\

[harsh quartz]

well then we had very different high school experiences

[manic torrent]

People make their own choices, but to deny influence is ridiculous.

[vapid zephyr]

Why does this not surprise me one bit

[mental cedar]

same here

[manic torrent]

onion bread

[ancient nymph]

To think that your highschool influences you into more expensive colleges, thinking that it will benefit them in any way... is ridiculous

[harsh quartz]

yes, its almost as if thats why were against it

[nova needle]

Cauae the italians only know how to foul and act like theyre about to die in football

[manic torrent]

https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms

[ancient nymph]

I don't think you read my message properly homie

[manic torrent]

I see you don't shit about fuck.

[plush rivet]

Damn I haven’t check pub ina while and it’s still terrible

[harsh quartz]

the more expensive a school you go to, the more scholarship money can be offered, which can then be shown as potential scholarship money offered to the graduating class which the school can use to show how well the classes are perfoming

[ancient nymph]

Idk wtf that means 😎

[manic torrent]

It means that your complete lack of understanding of the societal power of an educational institution underpins your lack of understanding of this issue.

[harsh quartz]

anywhos, im too tired to keep on about this 😛

https://tenor.com/view/guarimba-toast-cool-celebration-music-gif-14625225

[mental cedar]

all his points were valid though?

[ancient nymph]

Scholarships are mostly offered by private corporations which are looking to profit off of people by grabbing the attention of students that are going into university (such as banks that are looking to attract students into opening accounts as they transition to adulthood). Other than this, many grants from the government and institutions. This does not reflect any influence by any highschools.

[harsh quartz]

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

[dapper robin]

fat cat, not healthy 😦

[harsh quartz]

oi fuck you

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-eaten-gif-14302148

[harsh quartz]

thats why you dont have embread permissions

[manic torrent]

The influence by high schools is simply a reflection of the societal/instutional power/prestige of the unis generally. There doesn't need to be any conspiracy or ill will requiered for the system to be absolutely fucked. That's what's fucked about it.

[dapper robin]

my gif choices are always good and it's a technical detail why I don't have embed permissions, I should not have left and rejoined

[harsh quartz]

skill gap

[manic torrent]

... but you did. That's on you. Suck it up.

[vapid smelt]

[dapper robin]

nous sommes nos choix

[harsh quartz]

top tier emote

[ancient nymph]

There is no influence by high schools. That's the point I just made. Whether you choose to go to a prestigious university is simply based on personal opportunity. Of course, there are many people who may not be able to afford these opportunities and that is unfortunate, but there is always other opportunities and options for them to receive equal or even greater education elsewhere.

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-wallace-get-breaded-gif-20574655

[manic torrent]

oh, so there's plenty of opportunities for everyone equally, gotcha.

[mental cedar]

Yes

[ancient nymph]

Yes

😎

[manic torrent]

guys, we did it.

[ancient nymph]

Glad you are starting to understand

[manic torrent]

There is no systemic oppression of any kind

[ancient nymph]

Glad we found common ground!

[mental cedar]

yup

[harsh quartz]

systemic oppression of bread

[manic torrent]

As a rich* white dude, I can conclusively say I see no problems for me with the current system

[vapid smelt]

rich people own houses though

[harsh quartz]

the fuck is "owning a house"?

[mental cedar]

systemic oppression is honestly just copium

[manic torrent]

millenials don't though

[graceful burrow]

Something we'll probably never know

[manic torrent]

exactly. can't afford a house? sounds like a personal failing.

[ancient nymph]

You say that as if there isn't equal or even greater opportunity for many people of different races. The US census concluded that some of the highest household salaries in america are not even european or 'white'.

[dapper robin]

I mean most people own their house with dept right?

[mental cedar]

Yes that means you failed critically somewhere in life

[harsh quartz]

no one said it was based on race my guy

[dapper robin]

https://tenor.com/view/newhome-gif-21409564

[ancient nymph]

He brought in the good ol' "rich white guy" bud

[mental cedar]

^

[harsh quartz]

what he said was clearly sarcasm

[manic torrent]

a) I didn't say race, and b) statistics don't work that way

[harsh quartz]

like, im not sure it couldve been any clearer

[dapper robin]

Americans have a tendency to make everything race focused, while it is less often justified to do so

[manic torrent]

and I'm australian, so EVERYTHING I say is pretty much sarcasm

[graceful burrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/375436621450969089/1142312437769584710/embreadfail.gif

[harsh quartz]

yeah, im aware, they havent grasped this yet

[dapper robin]

😦

[manic torrent]

.... american systems are almost all based on racism though

[harsh quartz]

honestly not anymore

but thats political

[manic torrent]

honestly... yeah they are. It's just so entrenched you don't realise.

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/omori-unbread-twins-bread-pain-gif-21686964

[dapper robin]

in the past maybe, now they just sometimes give advantage to rich families, who are mostly white

and the poors are blacks

[manic torrent]

soooooo, it's still racist? yeah ok good talk

[harsh quartz]

i wasnt able to save this last time but now its mine

thanks for the gif

[ancient nymph]

His second part of the statement was clearly sarcastic. However, he would have no reason to include race into his argument for any reason

[manic torrent]

"guys it's slightly less racist because we use different ways to discriminate now"

[graceful burrow]

Thanks it was fun to make :)

[ancient nymph]

using the term "white" refers to race. As it opposes people who are chinese, african american, indian, etc. also, that is most definitely how statistics work.

[dapper robin]

comme ci, comme sa. if a white was in a poor position they would face the same struggle

[harsh quartz]

ya did a great job, its a compliment that im stealing it i promise

[manic torrent]

yes, they would and do. Doesn't mean it isn't ALSO racist.

because you can go on fox news and SAY "poor people are scum" without being cancelled.

[harsh quartz]

thats just cause its a shitty thing to do

[lilac bear]

this tbh

[dapper robin]

not inherently so of course, the outcome might disadvantage one race

[ancient nymph]

Staying poor is a choice 🔥

[mental cedar]

honestly it is

[manic torrent]

nono, inherently so. This is absolutely intentional in many cases.

I wish it wasn't - but particularly in america, it's not ACCIDENTALLY racist, it's deliberately racist with plausible deniability.

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/toadkingstudios-angry-toaster-noises-dj-twisted-toaster-toast-hopping-mad-gif-19484461

[dapper robin]

you reckon? in my eyes politicians will try the best for their voters, the problem is america is quite rich

[manic torrent]

absolutely - I'm not making this up, it's relatively well studied, this is a real thing that happens.

the thing is - it doesn't matter, the OUTCOME is that a significant portion of the population in america is basically "lower class" and has almost no social mobility whatsoever.

[manic torrent]

I want to live in that world tbh

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/bread-cat-dance-gif-25651729

[vapid smelt]

brb let me respawn into a rich family with connections with big corps

[manic torrent]

Bearing in mind you're talking about a country where the president has been convicted of literal fraud.

[dapper robin]

that sucks kind off, they should really consider having a more left leaning government, some things can be done better for the same or cheaper price, think of car dependency and public transport

[graceful burrow]

How to prove you don't know anything about American politics lmao

[mental cedar]

the internet exists

[harsh quartz]

or just any politiks

[mental cedar]

you can find anything you want

[graceful burrow]

Either way
Politics fucking suck can we go back to tech
We should go back to tech

[manic torrent]

... people think that "15 minute cities" is a conspiracy to somehow make their life worse, rather than sensible urban planning.

[dapper robin]

well you only see the politicians creating controverse, not the ones doing their actual job

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/peanutbutterandjelly-pbandj-pbjday-sandwiches-cats-gif-3990238

[ancient nymph]

chose the wrong spawnpoint my man, better go back

[graceful burrow]

Shut up
Tech time

[mental cedar]

Exactlyyy

[manic torrent]

I just rolled well on skills

[dapper robin]

I hate when going travelling I can't bike anymore, even within Europe

walking and biking is such a easement on the mind

[harsh quartz]

nat 20 on wisdom and the sorcerer wonders why no one else can cast spells

[graceful burrow]

@harsh quartz what gpu do you daily

[dapper robin]

and you don't have to drink while intoxicated which is a big big plus

[manic torrent]

haha, an easement is an access path on a block of land - I think you mean something else 🙂 (agreed it's a stupid word with different origins to 'ease', but hey)

[harsh quartz]

3070 but i wouldnt mind going to something else whenever i get a reason to, the next gen of arc will be cool and 6950xts are always good

[dapper robin]

I try my best

[graceful burrow]

I'm really excited for new Intel gpu's, I loved arc

[manic torrent]

yeah not having a go, legit trying to help

[dapper robin]

that's always welcome of course

[harsh quartz]

never got to try one just cause i didnt have moneys or a reason, but i might splurge for battlemage on a secondary system just to try it out

[graceful burrow]

I had an a380 for a bit to do encoding

I also played a lot of left 4 dead 2 on it

[dapper robin]

better to make errors in language on a discord server than in written work

[harsh quartz]

i dont do much other than fairly heavy gaming so an arc wouldnt have cut it as good as a 3070

L4d2 is always good tho

[graceful burrow]

It's got a better encoder

[harsh quartz]

yeah but i like my cyberpunk

[polar fern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouCg7GbZtro

[manic torrent]

my wife is doing a group project at uni... one person had one huge block of text, the other had paragraphs of 2 sentences each. like.... how the fuck have you got to this point and you're unable to write a fucking essay.

[harsh quartz]

oh, i know what that sounds like "It says i have LTE why the fuck isnt this loading"

[vapid smelt]

they couldnt do 5g becuase it causes cancer

[manic torrent]

I'll cause YOU cancer

[median idol]

I AM Cancer

[harsh quartz]

im just toxic

[dapper robin]

having a good sense of structure in a written text is so important, don't go 'yapping'. and if you don't have that you can always force it with more rigorous planning

I am off to sleep cya

[manic torrent]

I'm going to go do some work.

[harsh quartz]

a change in volume against a pressure?

[graceful burrow]

[rugged bridge]

I identify as 🍞

[vapid smelt]

and by going to work you mean changing your tabs to your work tab?

[harsh quartz]

as if.
... its on a completely different monitor

[median idol]

We all do

[manic torrent]

nah I am in the office, full pleb spec only two screens.

[rugged bridge]

2 screens still pretty respectable

3 or more screens are better tho ofc

[harsh quartz]

i use only one screen

[vapid smelt]

1080p screens?

[vapid smelt]

are they even ips

[rugged bridge]

#2 is a projector lol

[harsh quartz]

VA

[real linden]

I just use a big monitor and tiling personally

[vapid smelt]

so a tv?

[real linden]

I like it but sometimes use a phone as a mini extra monitor and might get a permanent second one later

[rugged bridge]

i thing that does suck about having alot of monitors is the amount of cables almost doubles every time you add one

[real linden]

sorta, 32" at 1440p

[median idol]

Went from CRT to 4K

[harsh quartz]

wireless HDMI

[rugged bridge]

[vapid smelt]

ew 27inch is the biggest id go for 1440p

[real linden]

oh personally it's perfect

[harsh quartz]

currently on a 27" 1440P

[manic torrent]

One 1080p and one 4k, but it's 15" so it's zoomed out quite a bit.

[manic torrent]

Bigger like 48" + 2 X 27

[slim mirage]

Still on 1080p on all my monitors unfortunately might possibly switch my ultrawide for a 1440p display in the future

[harsh quartz]

jesus christ what a fuckin rats nest

[vapid smelt]

PEEL IT

[harsh quartz]

im talkin about the cables specifically

[rugged bridge]

mines worse

[manic torrent]

Yep. That's what you get when you want to switch monitors and inputs with lots of stuff.

[rugged bridge]

ngl i could use some of those cables from the mom and pop shop

[real linden]

This is ideal for me

[slim mirage]

Does hdcp work with the splitters?

[vapid smelt]

you need a bigger desk

[slim mirage]

One display tho I couldn't go back 😦

[manic torrent]

Yes, my whole system is hdcp, main screen is 4k120 hdr.

[manic torrent]

That is ideal for nobody

[real linden]

maybe, I need to get a monitor arm for sure

it's not too bad but I have extra stuff on it right now

[real linden]

damn, I don't exist

[rugged bridge]

id get a monitor arm but they're almost as expensive as an monitor if you go for a decent one

[manic torrent]

I mean you can make it work, and it's fine, but "ideal" is probably pushing it.

[slim mirage]

Dual monitor arm 😱

[manic torrent]

I have many hundreds of dollars into monitor mounting.

[rugged bridge]

its def wirth it tho cause you get so much desk space back

[real linden]

alright fair, I also don't have that much space in my room to get a massive desk

I used to have one but it just didn't work for my space

[rugged bridge]

is there such thing as a triple monitor mount?

[real linden]

yes

[slim mirage]

Yeah

I think there's even bigger ones than 3

[rugged bridge]

i need one that supports 23" center disoplay then 21" on the outer 2 displays

[slim mirage]

Dr octopus vibes

[real linden]

dude i have a friend who has 27" at 1080p i hate his monitor it's so hard to do stuff on

[slim mirage]

Ppfftt quadruple is for noobs you want the 6 buddy

[harsh quartz]

1 is fine thanks

[slim mirage]

1 MONITOR IS NOT FINE!!!!

[harsh quartz]

1 is fine thanks

[slim mirage]

If you don't have friends then sure yeah 👍

[harsh quartz]

the fuck do friends have to do with it?

[rugged bridge]

nah 6 is for noobs you want 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toft6fMvByA

[slim mirage]

How you gonna watch a discord stream or see your friends webcams and game with 1 monitor it's just not working out buddy

[harsh quartz]

or i could just play the game with my friend instead of watching them

[slim mirage]

And watch a YouTube video at the same time on a third monitor

[manic torrent]

Mine is custom made.

[slim mirage]

Na fam you got to have face cams on for among us so you can see who glows red when they are the imposter see think ahead buddy

[real linden]

||only 14 instead of 16, pleb||

[harsh quartz]

i understand that this is probably a joke but man, its really not funny

[rugged bridge]

? that is 16

[real linden]

that's fair, i usually use my phone for that but might get a small external to do that instead

[lilac bear]

remove the wrap

[real linden]

the one i sent was 14

[rugged bridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toft6fMvByA

[slim mirage]

Lighten up please 🙏

[rugged bridge]

4*4 is 16

[harsh quartz]

i am light my guy, im just tellin you straight up

[real linden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=heB94f6FHd8

this guy did 14, sorry for clarity

[rugged bridge]

oh my god

[indigo plume]

got the asus pg27aqm monitor and im on week 2 and the monitor hdr mode wont turn on

in the windows settings says its not hdr compatible

but I was using hdr on it last week

[vapid smelt]

just dont buy aSUS

[slim mirage]

Well luckily I just will accept defeat so yeah it was unfunny congratulations for being right

[slim mirage]

Why not may I enquire

[harsh quartz]

is the program not compatible, windows likes to turn it on and off for certain programs/games

[harsh quartz]

asus bad (as i have an ROG motherboard in my rig)

[indigo plume]

no like it wont go to hdr at all

and ive tried like 3 diff dp cables

[slim mirage]

Maybe it's just a sign that HDR isn't for you 😞

[rugged bridge]

they put the sus in asus

[harsh quartz]

||thats the joke he already made||

[polar fern]

That looks like a school security office.

[harsh quartz]

as if schools have that much funding

[rugged bridge]

too bad

[real linden]

we may tell the same jokes, but when i do it it's funnier

[slim mirage]

Jeez are you part of the patter police or something

[harsh quartz]

imma call it out when someone says the same joke less than 2 minutes later my dudes

[rugged bridge]

you can do it without putting it in spoiler tags then at least

[polar fern]

Uh that’s what school security rooms look like… so they can monitor the camera feeds

[real linden]

||no you can't||

[harsh quartz]

ours was just 1 big monitor with 12 splitscreen feeds going to it, probably cause they couldnt afford more than 1 screen

[harsh quartz]

||too bad||

[rugged bridge]

🤷

[polar fern]

The big tv is for focusing in on one feed or multicast

[slim mirage]

Probably also just more power efficient to have one display

[polar fern]

Ehhh

[vapid smelt]

who cares im not in the eu where power is over 50 cents a kwh

[polar fern]

They use like 60 watts.

[real linden]

oh shoot i was supposed to be working on hw 💀

[harsh quartz]

its mostly for DVR reasons, its easier to record all the cameras on one feed as opposed to 12 different feeds altogether

[polar fern]

It’s all handled by one server, so no that’s not it either