public-chat

[restive lion]

n-no? believe it or not they dont open packages unless they're suspicious of the contents (typically from detectors or sniffer dogs)

[tiny compass]

They have X-ray my dudes

[rare holly]

I mean if it was near anyone from OTK it probably got assaulted and silenced by miskif

[lilac bear]

X Games mode mah dude

[rare holly]

If you where from Texas you'd know how little ups/ postal give a shit and will destroy packages on the daily

And I say this as someone who's worked with them for years

[golden talon]

I dunno man, I myself have shipped countless computers to and from the USA and it's always been the case that the PC arrives in shambles, you could spend half a hundred bucks on packaging and it wont make a difference

[hot mulch]

The point of secret shopper is for real world reviews of the customer experience. This is an experience that anyone could have had

[wary salmon]

I’ve had packages opened and inspected while buying components within my own country lol from the used market. They just used inspected tape to close the box again lmao. It was a water cooler for my gpu lmao

So stuff like that do happen

[tiny compass]

Idk man looked sus

[rare holly]

I don't think the issue from the video was the conditions it arrived in, I think it's how they presented the price for shipping

[golden talon]

But it's wrong to pin that experience on the PC manufacturer when it could have been shipping

[hot mulch]

They said it's from shipping

[golden talon]

They took the video down anyway, that was the right thing to do

[rare holly]

I mean you could put the fancy foam in there but if someone takes a bat to it

[hot mulch]

No one is gonna say starforge broke their own system

[golden talon]

Then why is Starforge saying that LTT said it's not from shipping

[hot mulch]

Idk

[golden talon]

if LTT said it's from shipping none of this would be happening

[rare holly]

Does this mean StarForge won't be making whale PCs ?

[hot mulch]

Meanwhile in FP chat:

Our biggest drama is that the video has ads

[tiny compass]

Fp gets ads?

[restive lion]

only sponsored videos

[wary salmon]

lol

[lilac bear]

clearly scripted
LTT confirmed to be paid by Nvidia for propaganda

[tiny compass]

I thought the point of fp is you don’t gets ads at all

[rare holly]

Sounds kinda lame to pay for ads

[queen jewel]

tell netflix that

[north skiff]

Might be part of the sponsor agreement 🤷🏻‍♂️

[slim mirage]

tell DAZN and sky sports that

[rare holly]

Let me get on the phone with em real quick

[north skiff]

It’s not like they aren’t fast forwardable

[rare holly]

The fuck are those

[wary salmon]

I guess we’ll hear more about this on their next van show

[lilac bear]

love your pfp

[hot mulch]

Wan show pre recorded confirmed

[sweet leaf]

What happend to the secret shopper second video

[hot mulch]

That's what I and my $10 thought

[rare holly]

There wasn't one

[slim mirage]

leave my shoes out of this 😦

[tiny compass]

Scroll up

[rare holly]

Sky sports makes shoes?

[sweet leaf]

Cus i saw it, downloaded it and now its gone, but still downloaded

[golden talon]

+100 social credit

[rare holly]

You dreamed it

[wary salmon]

Gib

[rare holly]

Its a gas lighting kind of day

[prime roost]

Dis they remove the secret shopper part 2 ?? I started watching it then left to make dinner when i come back i cant find it anywhere in my history

[rare holly]

Felt very corporate today

[golden talon]

yes

[prime roost]

Bruhh i made dinner specifically to watch that video

[north skiff]

It gone. I was eating my dinner and the playback stopped 😞

[rare holly]

Throw it away then

[sweet leaf]

Idk if i can its on my ipad

[wary salmon]

Ahh

[golden talon]

screen record it and upload it

[lilac bear]

LTT has fallen

[rare holly]

Can't eat it now

[golden talon]

check their bilibili channel see if its still up ther

[north skiff]

YouTube blocks screen recording on IOS

[rare holly]

That's hilariously sad lol

[slim mirage]

what if we gather all the cached data from every person and stitch it into one video

[wary salmon]

Can you use QuickTime on Mac with a cable? Or is that also blocked

[golden talon]

Lol what? I screen record youtube everyday

[north skiff]

It might just be movies…

[echo silo]

I think it was taken down because of the starforge thing

[golden talon]

Its definitely just movies.

[north skiff]

Now I have to check lol

[rare holly]

Nah pretty sure Dell copyright strikes them

[golden talon]

I just tried it and I could screen record a video just fine

[north skiff]

Yep I’m wrong mb lol

They do it for movies though

[rare holly]

We will wait for a terrible apology video

[wary salmon]

Just go offline on your iPad while you screen record idk if yt checks offline content if you have internet

[golden talon]

I mean that actually makes sense though

[desert ivy]

They took down the Secret Shopper video?

[sweet leaf]

nah it works just tried it

[sweet leaf]

ye

[prime roost]

Which channel?

[north skiff]

Yeah mb was wrong

[queen jewel]

the chinese streaming site

[north skiff]

On unrelated note crunchy roll blocks even screen shots I think

[desert ivy]

I see. Probably fair. Starforge is angry and they don't want to mess with streamer fans.

[rare holly]

Nope also wrong

[sweet leaf]

alr its recording

[north skiff]

No shot

[sweet leaf]

idk is it wrong to record it

[rare holly]

[golden talon]

Chinese channel

[prime roost]

Star forge is rubbish lol

[rare holly]

Why would it be lol

[wary salmon]

Its history

[desert ivy]

I like how they doubled down on their packaging. Literally the worst packaging and instead of acknowledging and move on they say it was actually good.

[sweet leaf]

idk

[echo silo]

Here is the starforge response to the video. https://twitter.com/StarforgePCs/status/1715150364045971891

[desert ivy]

4 cases of significant damage. out of 1000 But they didn't say how much insignificant damage they had. As if people wanted to deal with dented cases.

[rare holly]

Y'all wanna bet how long the Linus's rant will be on WAN

[lilac bear]

proof iPhone 15 is the worst phone to exist

[north skiff]

🙃 I could have sworn I tried before and it was just a black screen

[prime roost]

YouTube doesn’t block screen recording on ios….

[north skiff]

I was wrong don’t believe

[calm swan]

oh yeah

[rare holly]

Linus gonna be like "sorry guys I don't think I can apologize for this one "

[queen jewel]

who needs the iphone 15, my iphone 6s on ios 15 works great!

[north skiff]

I am aware. I have been informed LMAO

[golden talon]

thinkpad keyboards are so overhyped wtf

[desert ivy]

Nah, Linus is still scared. He'll apologize for the VAT mixup. That was unfair. But he won't apologize for the packaging review. There's literally nothing to apologize.

[north skiff]

actually need an apology video now from me about the YouTube screen recording error LMAO

[prime roost]

If the reason behind the video removal was because of star forge, they deserve every criticism.

[rare holly]

Get a CEO in there and Terrible jokes

[calm swan]

what does iphone 15 have anything to do with this

[restive lion]

better grab your ukelele

[calm swan]

its google blocking it for obvious reasons

[rare holly]

Y'all leaks of the new video just dropped 😭

[sweet leaf]

bruh its fine, not the best but fine

[sudden bough]

[desert ivy]

NGL. I liked that apology. The vitriol towards that creator was completely blown out of proportion.

[lilac bear]

cause it's on iPhone
thus it is terrible to use

[rare holly]

Please don't defend a groomer in this chat lol

[north skiff]

I have the 15 Pro Max I like it quite a lot. But I have a Chinese produced model. I think the issues were with the India produced ones (I have no idea I’m a dumb guy on the internet)

[desert ivy]

Unlike Starforge, Linus fixes thing. And will clarify the VAT mixup. which showed as Shipping in Starforge page. Starforge still sending out broken computers though.

[golden talon]

What issues did indian 15 pro maxes have

[prime roost]

I only saw part of the xps system and i aint gonna lie for 1300k that xps looked really really bland. The specs were aight but the pc was very boring. Looks worst than some optiplex towers.

[desert ivy]

lol no.

[prime roost]

Also horrible io, not even a optical out.

[north skiff]

Don’t know for sure if it was limited to those produced there just a guess really. But there were some iPhone 15 pro maxes that had overheating issues

[calm swan]

gamers nexus pt2

[prime roost]

Ikr

[lilac bear]

why do people like Starforge to begin with
just sounds bad like Dell

[sweet leaf]

how should i share the vid, like for youtube it will propably get copyrighted

[rare holly]

Idk y'all LTT broke a bunch of the whale PCs how do we know they didn't break this one

[prime roost]

Ikr, it’s ran by a company of streamers that have no idea how computers work or what people want.

[sturdy robin]

Was star forge the reason the video was set to private?

[calm swan]

yes

[rare holly]

In their defense they got one of the main people from artesian builds to run it

[echo canopy]

It was a iOS 17 bug.

[wary salmon]

lol my brother bought the 15 pro max natural titanium. It’s soo nice to hold lol. He gave me his old 14 pm lol. So I’m using that now. Haha

I upgraded from the z fold 2

[north skiff]

Nice glad software fixed it

[rare holly]

Y'all skull emojing me even Linus came to the defense of that specific guy

[slim mirage]

the burn in software bug was strange

[echo canopy]

The boxy design since the 12 is unique and so much easier to hold. The people who complain about the sharp edges don’t actually own one or are just weak

[prime roost]

I think if someone wants to get a gaming pc (thats pre built) they should make a friend with someone thats into pc’s and that said friend will help them build it, cause you can’t really get a decent pre built imo.

[golden talon]

Oh thats all iPhone 15s with an A17 lol

[rare holly]

You expect people to socialize

You're the true monster here

[north skiff]

I love my 15 PM. USB C is nice (finally) because I can use usb c to pull data right from my oscilloscope or other data collection and just text it to my classmates

[restive lion]

yes but that was the worst way you could've phrased it

[desert ivy]

They reported Starforges own data, of 300 dollars as shipping, without reading that somewhere else it ways it includes duties. They didn't show duties for something else. It's really not a big deal. Although you never know with this community and Twitch chatters.

[wary salmon]

The thing is. I didn’t complain about it. ???? I just said the rounder design was nicer and it has nothing to do with it actually being rounder it’s just that the Finnish on the 15 pro is a lot grippier than the glossy Finnish on the 14 pro

[rare holly]

be critical look at them damned twitch chatters

[desert ivy]

yeah haha, not unlike Discord chatters which are men of culture

[echo canopy]

I was talking about the people who do complain about it not you specifically

[slim mirage]

i swear finnish is like a type of person

[sturdy robin]

Got it so pulled it down to reduce issues my guess dang was planning on watching that tonight haha. Thanks for the info

[restive lion]

damn i hate it when ive got the finnish on my phone

[rare holly]

Clearly this is a bot acc

[prime roost]

Same lol i was watching the vid then went to make dinner came back and it’s gone

[echo canopy]

I literally agree with you Maggie.

[lilac bear]

are you're made of from AI

[rare holly]

Isn't that land like made up? Like candyland

[wary salmon]

True. I’m gonna miss usb C from my old phone. I got this one for free lol and my screen was starting to crack in the crease on my fold 2. So I just took it

[wary salmon]

Ah I see

[wary salmon]

Shush

[wary salmon]

Aaaa

[slim mirage]

my fold 3 sounds like a chiropractor session every time i unfold swear theres like a full bucket of sand stuck in the hinges

[wary salmon]

Ohh interesting

[echo canopy]

Shouldn’t have bought into folding phones lmao

[wary salmon]

Probably but it did last 3 years

[north skiff]

Interested to see Linus with the LG Flip LOL

[sturdy robin]

Exactly the same situation here though mine also involved putting a few kids to bed haha

[wary salmon]

But folds at this point is a timebomb so I’m probably not gonna buy one again anytime soon

[desert ivy]

I think it was overblown honestly. And Starforge is dishonest on blaming Linus for not checking https://twitter.com/Peterrossignol/status/1715157962795241603/photo/1

[lilac bear]

I mean Fold/Flip gen 5 with Samsung should have fixed a lot of hinge issues

[echo canopy]

Just build your own pc

[lilac bear]

cause for some reason Samsung never did with the previous 4 gens

[echo canopy]

The screen is still plastic and mechanical joints will always eventually fail no matter what

[slim mirage]

was fed up with the note 10 + at the time so it was like an extra £10 a month for the fold 3 so just went with it the note 9 was a better phone than the note 10+ i think its the screen refresh rate and the power button fingerprint sensor that makes me prefer the fold

[north skiff]

Some people aren’t confident or don’t have time.

[lilac bear]

tell me if you're going to use your current phone 7 years from now

[rare holly]

Y'all don't know how to build PCs?

[wary salmon]

It wasn’t the hinge that was wearing out in my fold 2 it’s the screen cracking in the middle for being folded too many times over the years

[merry gull]

soooo local minecraft server kinda...

[lilac bear]

thats what hinge issues can produce yes

[slim mirage]

they have a point my screen failed a full year in and had to replace it under warranty

[vapid smelt]

What happened to ltt taking more time on videos and making sure everything is correct in videos

[rare holly]

Yup that's red

[desert ivy]

true, and if you want to add the extra flare of the logo, i just traced my own D on the glass panel with a sharpie.

[lilac bear]

yeah thats an oof

[echo canopy]

Probably. The mini series of iPhones is dead and besides outright destroying it there isn’t a reason I can’t keep it alive. My old laptop is from 2015

[rare holly]

There was an asterisk that said for the first 3 weeks

[merry gull]

i have NEVER seen a local server get to those amounts of latency

[rare holly]

Did you try turning it off and on

[lilac bear]

bruh I'd love to see you be all "can't wait to buy the 16 mini"

[merry gull]

i literally rebooted it because the whole vm died

[sturdy robin]

Yeah I read the post and I agree that for the cost I think there is some blame on both sides there. LTT for not "verifying" but also if it wasn't obvious what starforge was doing with added fees that is a terrible customer experience.

As for shipping you can always blame carries but like they even mentioned it is their job to package it quickly.

I also haven't seen the video and Linus comments so I am very biased here with limited information.

Just hope this doesn't lead to to team pulling warranted criticism of different companies. Though I can understand why they wanted to possibly address some of the costing better.

[desert ivy]

They are doing that. Everybody makes mistakes though. It's literally humanely impossible to not do so.

[echo canopy]

I’ve never owned a modern flagship phone. Always been a few years behind.

[vapid smelt]

but a whole team of humans making a mistake?!

[rare holly]

Then I'm out of ideas

[wary salmon]

Anyways. I tried the fold 5 in store and I wasn’t that big fan of the spring loaded hinge i like it better when it stays at all angles like on my old fold 2. Because I liked just having it slightly folded when I used the camera in flex mode. The fold 5 just can’t do it comfortably so I’ll just wait for something better Lel

[lilac bear]

the one person I argue with still uses Windows 98 unironically

[echo canopy]

I’ve only upgraded because either it simply couldn’t anymore like my iPhone SE or carriers dropping support for my android

[wary salmon]

I’m lucky I live in a place where all phones are supported by all carriers

[rare holly]

I know we shooting the piss on Linus and the mistake but I cannot take him seriously after he whinned about the 500$s and then had his wife walk it back

[slim mirage]

all i really care about on a phone now is the display refresh rate even 90hz is a huge improvement over 60hz just makes the phone feel so slow and old when scrolling at 60hz

[restive lion]

i just went from an iphone 8 to a 13 mini

[echo canopy]

It helps if it isn’t a Chinese phone with a custom rom

[desert ivy]

Yeah. Happens to everyone. The mistake it isn't obvious and it isn't even a mistake. It literally appears as so in the page, https://twitter.com/Peterrossignol/status/1715157962795241603/photo/1 So, Starforge just send a different screenshot where they don't have that bug and went with it.

[restive lion]

i plan to stay on it until they drop software support

[echo canopy]

BASED , same iPhone here

[vapid smelt]

Like T-Mobile dropping support for my lg v40thinq when they bought out sprint

[wary salmon]

My bank apps even work on rooted phones. Just gives you a small warning the first time you launch the apps

lol

[lilac bear]

he made a whole ass deal of "ONE MILLION DOLLAR LAB"
then just goes "500 DOLLARS IS TOO MUCH FOR MY SMALL INDIE COMPANY"

[desert ivy]

In Mexico, Samsung and Xiaomi started bricking any phone bought outside of Mexico, because you can get them cheaper in Ebay

[rare holly]

That too lmaoo

[desert ivy]

Luke and Linus would love it if they did that in Canada. Hey you bought your phone in the states? That's unfair to our Canadian partners so we deactivate your phone.

[vapid smelt]

My mom just went from her 8 to the 12 mini I bought her

[indigo plume]

Why the secret shopper video put on private

[echo canopy]

Why the 12 mini? You can get a 13 mini for a similar price and it has a much much better battery life

[wary salmon]

Also if someone replies to me please just have the ping enabled. So it’s outlined in yellow. So much easier to see

[rare holly]

It never existed

[vapid smelt]

The iPhone 8 screen looks like shit

[lilac bear]

I knew iPhone was bad

[rare holly]

Mood today

[vapid smelt]

Was over $120 cheaper

[slim mirage]

was the 8 the first iphone to have wireless charging?

[echo canopy]

The display itself is incredible. Do you mean the edges?

[wary salmon]

The 8+ screen was pretty decent

The 8 non plus was mid

[rare holly]

Y'all think Linus is texting sssniplewolf this time around

[lilac bear]

iPhone users really fascinated by tech made in 2014

[wary salmon]

Compared to the androids in the iPhone 8 days the screen was pretty mid

[lilac bear]

just wait until they hear of 2015

[prime roost]

😂

[slim mirage]

bruh the bezels are insane forgot i used to use a phone like that

[restive lion]

at least the facial recognition works when im wearing sunglasses... my android phone cant do that

[echo canopy]

lol what? Both have a ppi beyond human vision and are both very color accurate.

[slim mirage]

take a face scan wearing sun glasses boom

[restive lion]

thats copium not a solution

[lilac bear]

if only you were able to use your finger which is already touching the phone

[manic torrent]

ok

[slim mirage]

remember samsung tried pushing the shitty iris scanning thing

[vapid smelt]

No the display of the 8 looks like dog shit compared to OLED screens

[restive lion]

just kidding the android almost always prompts for a password for some godforsaken reason

"you havent touched me in 3 hours?! fuck you put in your password"

[manic torrent]

? fingerprint works for me

[lilac bear]

you can change that in settings, no?

[slim mirage]

is that not a weird feature of google smart lock if it thinks the phone is handled by a different person idk

[echo canopy]

Both the 8 and 8 plus have a LCD display https://support.apple.com/kb/sp768?locale=en_US

[restive lion]

ive got the defaults so whatever they are suck lol

[wary salmon]

iPhone 8 Plus had a higher ppi screen. Looked aloot crisper. If you couldn’t see the difference good for you

[vapid smelt]

Yup

[wary salmon]

This is very true

[restive lion]

i have better things to do than fiddle with phone settings. if i wanted to spend my day doing that id download linux on my pc

[echo canopy]

The 8 was 360~ and the plus is 400. Both past the limits of human fidelity unless you’re holding it super close to your face for some reason

[lilac bear]

skill issue

[restive lion]

yeah its called having a life

[golden talon]

The 8 plus was just noticeably bigger

[wary salmon]

I guess I’m one of those close to face users haha

[brazen iron]

Maybe I’m late to the news, but does anyone know why the Secret Shopper YT vid is now private?

[golden talon]

8 is 326

[brazen iron]

Part 2, that is.

[slim mirage]

you have a life because you dont change your phone settings?

[manic torrent]

I too like to argue minutiae about historical phones

[vapid smelt]

Ltt and starforge

[restive lion]

also i miss actually having bezels. having just upgraded to no bezels, every time i hold the phone in bed i bring up the video overlays >(

[lilac bear]

starmid

[wary salmon]

But like I bought the essential phone in 2017 anyways. Liked it a lot screen was pretty mid but nice sized phone

[manic torrent]

Confusion and misunderstanding regarding shipping and duties have caused the video to pulled pending a check and fix for that information.

[echo canopy]

I stand corrected

[brazen iron]

@manic torrent That’s kind of what I figured. Needs a re-edit and annotations based on a developing misunderstanding? 👍

[echo canopy]

Both are still beyond 300 which is considered “sharp”. Both are still retina class according to apple which people praise on their imacs

[wary salmon]

My 7t pro had over 500

lol

Completely overkill

[manic torrent]

My pixel 7 pro has ... a lot of pixels

[lilac bear]

more like stupid class according to APple

[echo canopy]

Marketing. Probably didn’t even run at native res at all just like Samsung galaxies

[wary salmon]

It ran at native

[echo canopy]

Fr? Waste of battery

[wary salmon]

Battery was good actually

[slim mirage]

did you know apple pay opens automatically when approaching a card reader so you dont have to look like a buffoon trying to double click the power button. this was fun to watch drunken people try pay at the bar and accidently starting the emergency countdown timer as they pressed the power button 5 times instead of twice

[wary salmon]

It was insanely sharp and nice to look at

[lilac bear]

Apple user jealous of Android battery life

[manic torrent]

I mean yeah with my android you can pay as long as it is unlocked

[echo canopy]

What?

[wary salmon]

It was oled so it doesn’t have a subpixel array so you kinda want a little higher ppi

[echo canopy]

If I had the option too I wouldn’t even run my 13 mini at native res. It’s just not worth the battery hit

[slim mirage]

mine always tries to do the transport card and messes up the card reader as i use samsung pay and not google pay 😦

[echo canopy]

I literally didn’t know this and always opened my card before tapping

[manic torrent]

oh ... yeah I have a pixel so IDK about that

[slim mirage]

can you still change the resolution on non folding samsungs?

[echo canopy]

Yes

[slim mirage]

you still need face ID or fingerprint which is handy if you have a face or fingers

[echo canopy]

Watch does not require a password

[slim mirage]

but does the watch lock when removed from wrist?

i guess samsung couldnt be arsed adding the resolution changer to the fold phones

[echo canopy]

Yes but my phone automatically unlocks it when I put it on

[lilac bear]

Android also does that

[slim mirage]

oh i see well its nice to know my watch will lock if my heart stops beating thats handy

[echo canopy]

Who asked?

[lilac bear]

your father

[wary salmon]

The resolution on the main screen on their folds isn’t super high anyways so I doubt you would want to

[slim mirage]

nuh uh google pay does that and also google pay doesnt require authentication it annoys me

[echo canopy]

Man tried to be a annoying shit poster and wasn’t even right lmfao

[slim mirage]

Resolution (Main Display)
2208 x 1768 (QXGA+)

Resolution (Sub Display)
2268 x 832 (HD+)

[echo canopy]

Yeah on Apple Watches it unlocks the whole watch not just Apple Pay

[lilac bear]

who do you think owns Android

I swear this chat has room temp IQ

[echo canopy]

I’m pretty sure you’re just projecting

[manic torrent]

"google pay doesn't require authentication" what?

do you mean it doesn't require additional authentication?

[lilac bear]

you're just jealous of how better Android is

[desert ivy]

https://twitter.com/StarforgePCs/status/1715184873676111924

Starforge deleted their tweets and put this one out.

[slim mirage]

on samsung pay you have to use your fingerprint im sure google pay lets you pay while the phone is locked if i remember correctly

[manic torrent]

no

[echo canopy]

Didn’t even mention that in the slightest. You’re the one who keeps bringing that up. Projecting

[lilac bear]

bro tried to counter point without knowing what he saying

[slim mirage]

does it just show the cards and then requires an unlock?

[manic torrent]

source: I don't even carry a wallet anymore and use my phone to pay for literally everything

[lilac bear]

clear Apple copium

[desert ivy]

Android and iOS are exactly the same. Change my mind.

[wary salmon]

When I had a fold I could see the pixels on the main screen but I got used to it pretty quick. But like that’s probably more because it’s oled so it doesn’t have subpixel array so it’s black around the pixels so it makes it a lot easier to see. Just look at the s5 for example that screen is like 432 ish ppi right but it’s so easy to spot the pixels. Newer oleds have gotten a lot better at this. But other companies fix this by using higher resolution screens and running them at lower resolutions. Usually a toggle for native. But on the fold I doubt you would want to because I don’t think it’ll look great lol

[sweet leaf]

no

[desert ivy]

Used both. Both have apps. Both are great.

[manic torrent]

https://support.google.com/wallet/answer/12059519?hl=en

[echo canopy]

Yes. Majority of normies would be fine with either and it’s just neckbeards who bitch about both

[lilac bear]

it's literally a skill issue
there are settings to disable this

[lilac bear]

talk about projecting

[manic torrent]

yes

so in some circumstances, SOME of the time you might not need to unlock your phone, but you can also change it

[echo canopy]

That’s a really stupid default in the first place

[manic torrent]

yeah I don't disagree

[desert ivy]

Yeah, and they tell you how the other system SUCKS because it cannot do something trivial that has workarounds. Like, way blown out of proportion.

[lilac bear]

"Apple so much better wow I wish Tim Cook would cook for me*

[slim mirage]

that option to disable it doesnt exist on samsung its either on or fully disable NFC

[echo canopy]

Get off my dick man

[lilac bear]

Apple mis

[slim mirage]

are you american? this would explain the confusion lol

[desert ivy]

I think Americans steal more. Probably why.

[vapid smelt]

but im not finished yet 😤

[manic torrent]

no, Australia, but I have accidentally tried to pay when my phone was locked before and it denied so I unlock every time now

[wary salmon]

I’d have to say google pay was easier than Apple Pay to use. Because I had the fingerprint on the power button but now I need to look at my phone before I can pay. And I don’t like that you can’t use google pay on iOS

[slim mirage]

americans are still iffy on contactless payments so thats probably why its disabled

[full fossil]

[manic torrent]

yes I can read, thankyou

[echo canopy]

Never felt like that was the case, it’s just not pushed as much with virtual IDs and the like

[desert ivy]

In Mexico they aren't a thing, despite the technology being there. It's probably not that they are iffy, but that Credit card theft is much more rampant in the US than in Europe.

[echo canopy]

Source: I’m American

[slim mirage]

just making sure hang on let me post it correctly for you

[wary salmon]

There’s apps out there like curve that lets you basically use any card for Apple and google pay. Because it just draws from your real card when you use their virtual card

My bank only supports google pay so I had to do that to get Apple Pay on my iPhone

Kinda sucks but it is what it is

[lilac bear]

APPLE MOMENT

[wary salmon]

Ya

[slim mirage]

i got a physical samsung debit card very epic it says samsung on it

[echo canopy]

Reminder that both google pay and Apple Pay are more secure not only because you can’t “lose your card” but it’s also impossible to “skim” them as they use a one time auth token

[wary salmon]

I also dislike that you don’t get notifications on sideloaded apps on IOS

If it wasn’t bad enough with the signing app bs

[echo canopy]

It should improve when iOS 17 gets non bastardized side loading

[desert ivy]

Copium

[wary salmon]

Yessss I can’t wait

[lilac bear]

Apple copium

[wary salmon]

I’m in Europe so I’m in luck at least

[lilac bear]

you going to invent downloading images next?

[echo canopy]

Literally can’t say anything good about Apple fr fr

[wary salmon]

I’ll 100% get it by 2024 sometimes

Or q1 q2 or something

[polar fern]

Bored? What’s that?

[lilac bear]

Apple literally can't make anything good

fr fr

[desert ivy]

Apple is a great company. And their products are factually fantastic.

[echo canopy]

Crazy? I was crazy once

[slim mirage]

apple need to make a secure folder clone for duplicate apps with password protection for work reasons and then ill probably switch to iphone from samsung

[desert ivy]

just get 2 phones

[dusky jacinth]

I say yes and no, at the same time.
To this day, they give me mixed signals and the longing for the old days when their stuff was actually interesting.

[polar fern]

Apple is a tree fruit. A record label. A tech hardware, services & software company.

[echo canopy]

It seems every time I’ve used a device with this feature it broke a app or its functionality somehow

[lilac bear]

Apple again having to copy other companies

[echo canopy]

Android having to copy the literal idea of a modern touch screen phone fr fr

[desert ivy]

They still make great products. Although it's true that the excitement they bring isn't as big as it used to be. I'm not sure if it's just technology maturing or the company losing the clear edge they had.

[slim mirage]

lmao they tried to make it secure but if you go into the phone battery details it lists every app in the secure folder and also in the digital wellbeing so you can see what apps have been used for how long a bit of an oversight on samsung

[dusky jacinth]

Touchscreen phones having to copy PDAs of the past from the likes of Palm and others. Lol.

[lilac bear]

oh did Apple invent USB C now or something

[wary salmon]

But honestly switching from android to IOS after using android almost exclusively since the iPhone 5s days I got the s5 back then. IOS has some annoying things. But in the end it’s the same shit. It runs the same apps. It has basically the same user interaction like the quick panel on android is just split in two basically instead of having on pilldown from top. I feel like this phone is almost the same to use. Just comes with a mid keyboard and some annoying things like I can’t run two audio sources at once. Terrible audio quality over Bluetooth. No Ldac or aptX etc….

[desert ivy]

Right now the only thing they do great is their hardware design. Which is best in class.

[echo canopy]

They were apart of the consortium that standardized it yes

[lilac bear]

and when was that exactly

[polar fern]

FireWire & USB & DVI?

[echo canopy]

Phones in general have been perfected pretty much and that’s why folding trash exists now

[tidal minnow]

Do you think Android or Ios is more easy to navigate (with skills practicing shortcuts that is)

[lilac bear]

"folding trash" I bet you wouldn't say that once Apple copies this idea too

[desert ivy]

They look like trash to me. But AFAIK people that have used them love them. I thin Marques daily drives one IIRC.

[echo canopy]

I’ll make fun of them too if they use a plastic screen still

[dusky jacinth]

I would say they took forever and now I really don't care anymore. Lmao.

[lilac bear]

lies

[desert ivy]

They are too big for me. And I break normal phones a lot, so I won't take my chances with afolding one.

[tidal minnow]

Apparently the new one plus fold has quite a good OS and battery life and camera system for a folding phone.

[dusky jacinth]

Last time I cared about a folding phone was when the Surface Duos came out.

[echo canopy]

VS google putting a 5 watt hour battery in their foldable. (For context a 13 mini has a 9 watt hour battery)

[slim mirage]

if the samsung flips are just included in the folding trash i can 100% agree atleast if the fold breaks a display theres a second one to use so its not exactly end of the world compared to the flip

[lilac bear]

you sure you not projecting?

[echo canopy]

The only reason I mention the 13 mini is it’s the only modern small phone. (And I know the specs off the top of my head)

[lilac bear]

if 13 mini so good why not a 14 mini

[tidal minnow]

Cause it doesn't exist

[echo canopy]

Replace it with literally any other phone and the pixel fold has a smaller battery

[lilac bear]

and thus Apple bad

[tidal minnow]

They got rid of minis in 14th gen

[wary salmon]

Android has so many variations. So switching from phone to phone everything will be different. But colorOS and oneUI is pretty easy to navigate so easy in fact my 85yr old grandmother can do it. Samsung has a so called easy mode You can use .my grandpa has never had any issues using his s22 ultra at default settings. Full software experience. And he’s almost 90. I feel like it’s whatever you’re used to at this point. My grandparents are used to android.

[echo canopy]

Minis sold well but there is obviously a bias for bigger phones and Apple likes a simple product line

[slim mirage]

i swear apple have a new "easy mode" coming out or already out that makes the phone extremely simple to use

[echo canopy]

It’s in IOS17 and it makes all the icons huge and simplifies the layout

[sweet leaf]

Alr the vid is processing on yt

[wary salmon]

Wait they have?

[echo canopy]

Yes

[wary salmon]

Sheesh android feature since lollipop on Samsung if I’m not mistaken. But anyways I’m happy they added that

[echo canopy]

I feel like a boomer when I hear lollipop

[wary salmon]

Hehe

[tidal minnow]

Sounds like Android has alot of accessibility in mind for its users.

I assume Ios has similar features too. Their ios 17 made alot of improvements to voice recognition and detection.

[echo canopy]

I remember when there was hype for lollipop as the newest android and now it’s the bar for minimum

[slim mirage]

apple has way more accessibility features as far as im aware

[tidal minnow]

At this point google assistant and siri have become much more than what they were originally.

[prime roost]

You guys remember the cool flappy bird game for android lollipop

[wary salmon]

I really really want the ability to have multiple audio streams on iPhone it’s so stupid aaaaa.

[slim mirage]

also fuck google for removing android auto on phone display i have to use bixby now to skip songs in my car

[prime roost]

Missed when android included cool easter egg games in the os version

[wary salmon]

I also want LDAC

[echo canopy]

I’m willing to argue that Apple has more and its base default experience is more accessible. It’s amazing the sheer options you have in the accessibility menu in settings. Just having icons be massive is…. Neat but not really required

[wary salmon]

Reeeeeeee

[tidal minnow]

Especially with AI and Google bard coming to Google assistant is definitely a good step forward.

[slim mirage]

for some reason google assistant wont pause or skip songs for youtube music if waze is open the way google works baffles me

[desert ivy]

Because they make more money on other phones. and they sell the iPhone SE.

[echo canopy]

It’s not better than AAC or APTXHD and hurts battery life. It’s not lossless either despite what some people say

[wary salmon]

Then at least give me AptX

[echo canopy]

Your phone supports AAC and so do most handsets

[tidal minnow]

Being able to just hold the middle button to search with an AI giving more concise results than what you would be able to search for at a similar time. Giving a clear summary.

That is definitely not gonna happen for a while but honestly. That would be a dream.

[slim mirage]

what virtual assistants do you people use if any at all?

[echo canopy]

AptX is exclusive to Qualcomm chipsets ignoring some software implementation like on windows

[tidal minnow]

I use Google assistant. It's easiest for me.

[desert ivy]

My mom uses iOS. And she only calls me if she forgets her password. I think it works great.

[tidal minnow]

To access.

[echo canopy]

I don’t use any. Honestly can’t figure out what to use any of them for and when I do try and use them they generally don’t do what I want

[nimble wolf]

Hello!
Sorry for the interruption but I needed some urgent help with my laptop
I posted it in #1027757333117415424 but I seem to not have any time to wait for it to be solved.

[wary salmon]

AAC is like 2003 technology. Besides Ldac has a way higher bitrate. There’s no way we haven’t gotten anything better in 20 years

[echo canopy]

If she uses iCloud Keychain or something like bitwarden that wouldn’t even be a issue

[wary salmon]

Sad aaaa

[slim mirage]

im an amazon alexa guy but i use bixby and google assistant when i need to

[golden talon]

Siri is next to useless but most of my devices are apple and i dont use her much anyway

Except in my car, shes useful in my car

[desert ivy]

Yeah, she had set up her phone with my dads apple id. But now that's fixed. I set it up recently though. So she needed my help with the initial set up password wise. But that's it.

[echo canopy]

Ldac SUPPORTS higher bitrate but it often never touches that due to limitations of Bluetooth. While yes AAC is old, it can still reach transparency at the bitrates reasonably reached by Bluetooth

[slim mirage]

i take it siri is good if you have homekit devices

[golden talon]

even then its underwhelming, but shes pretty good in carplay

[echo canopy]

The only thing that would actually be significant enough to care about is support for OPUS which GOOD FUCKING LUCK HAHAHA

[slim mirage]

i have an echo auto i swear alexa be deaf half of the time

[wary salmon]

Aaaa

[slim mirage]

scottish accent with road noise and music playing is probably not ideal for voice assistants but it gets half of the job done

[golden talon]

well its either Siri or BMW's voice assistant

[wary salmon]

Also where’s my T9 dailing I think this is the feature I miss the most, like why defaq have letters on the key numbers on the dailer and not having t9 like who designed that

[golden talon]

and BMW's voice assistant is pretty shit

car does have a free Concierge feature though, I can call a BMW person and they have to stay on the line with me until I tell them I'm done

[slim mirage]

kias voice assistant is so shit

[golden talon]

I can imagine

[echo canopy]

KIA and Hyundai made good cars for like 7 years and then stoped

[slim mirage]

i setup my mums phone and it said choose a name so i just screamed so it used to just scream every time her phone connected lmao

[golden talon]

Modern hyundais are pretty good

[slim mirage]

giant samsung phone is also tiny kia car!

[echo canopy]

Not when they come from the factory with defects resulting in catastrophic failures and Kia souls catching on fire

[golden talon]

Kias are garbage

[wary salmon]

Sheesh

[echo canopy]

Kia and Hyundai use the same engines

[golden talon]

the new Hyundai EVs are nice

[echo canopy]

They own a 33% share of each other

[slim mirage]

uh oh

[echo canopy]

There are 3 Korean car manufacturers that own 33% of each other, Kia and Hyundai are 2 of them. I forgot the 3rd

[slim mirage]

i wish the bot had a higher latency so i could read stuff before it gets removed 😦

[golden talon]

Genesis is expensive Hyundai

[pliant karma]

and some door locking problems was not fun when I had to remove the panels from all 4 doors of my friends kia soul to fix it

in the rain too

[slim mirage]

was that just a US thing because they didnt have to install the key module thing?

[echo canopy]

The stupidest fucking part is one of the factory defects was them just not removing burrs from machining down some parts of the engine

If they bothered to actually clean up after machining a few hundred thousand Hyundais wouldn’t suffer from it

[golden talon]

Lol hyundai is ranked 13th in reliability damn

Honda at 5th

[slim mirage]

why they thought selling cars with basic security features which they include in like every other country apart from the US is beyond me

[fierce moth]

toyota ftw

[echo canopy]

If you want a reliable car get a non rotary Mazda

[echo canopy]

They aren’t reliable anymore

[fierce moth]

i never had an issue

[golden talon]

yeah toyota and lexus are 1st and 2nd consecutively, followed by BMW and Mazda

[echo canopy]

Toyotas latest line has some issues I can’t name off the top of my head

[golden talon]

Man BMW has done so much to make their cars reliable

[echo canopy]

BMW makes amazing cars but they’re a nightmare to service due to German over engineering

[fierce moth]

and i literally use a 2017 toyota Yaris for my driving lessons

[pliant karma]

funny thing is I am a sucker for rotaries to an extent. Though in general I like loud exhaust cars

[unreal crescent]

🍞

[golden talon]

That was the case with F chassis cars but with the new CLARS arch theyve made everything much simpler

[wary salmon]

Yooooo nice car

[golden talon]

everything from the 2 series to the X7 is built on the same architecture and is easy to service

[pliant karma]

2020 Corolla Hyrbid for mines in last August.

[fierce moth]

its my mums lol

[echo canopy]

The only redeeming thing about them is the high HP and sound. They make fucking nothing for torque and need a engine rebuild as often as you do oil changes

[fierce moth]

im planning to get a older toyota when i get my full license

[golden talon]

Can confirm, I have an Avalon Hybrid with 165K on it I use everyday for when I don't want to take the BMW

[pliant karma]

got use to it so I was able to uhh well let's just say step on that gas when I see a clear street

of cource I have to see if google maps or waze/apple maps reports any cops so I am cleared to floor the vehicle well past the speed limit

[golden talon]

I just use a radar detector

[slim mirage]

i wont be speeding until 2 years from now

[golden talon]

I've had my Uniden R4 for 2 months and it's already paid itself off

[pliant karma]

nice

[golden talon]

It's saved me from so many cops

[echo canopy]

Most speed limits are kinda BS and just go for the limits of the shittiest cars on the street

[pliant karma]

ha my friends dad has one on his corvette so when I was driving it you damn well know I was launching the car

[wary salmon]

My grandma has a 2006 Yaris haha. I used that when taking the licence a long time ago with my grandpa since the Yaris is manual. And my mum used our Alfa Romeo gulietta to get to work. And honestly not bad. It gets you from a to b. And you can’t get speeding tickets. Lmao.

[slim mirage]

if you get 6 points on your license in the first 2 years of having it you have to redo everything not epic

[fierce moth]

i dont really care about breaking the speed limits

[echo canopy]

Please let your car get to temp before you rev the shit out of it

[lilac bear]

speed limit should be 100mph everywhere

[golden talon]

They're god send and a must have for any car that you plan to hit triple digit speeds in imo

[fierce moth]

ill get to my destination eventually

[vapid smelt]

should be 110 in school zones

[cinder oak]

Looks like they pulled down the Secret Shopper 3 Part 2. I was half way through it and its gone now

[golden talon]

i only speed on highways really

[lilac bear]

run over the shooters

[pliant karma]

always lol casual drives first then hammer it

[golden talon]

sometimes my classes get over at like midnight, you'll find me sending it down the freeway at 120+ regularly

[slim mirage]

whats the consequences of speeding in the US or is it depending on state?

[pliant karma]

3am drive on highway hmm it is something else.

[echo canopy]

And coolant temp isn’t “to temp” your oil generally lags a few minutes behind your coolant. Especially if you’re running thicker oil like 10w-30 give it more time

[restive lion]

Love 3 am driving

[dreamy rose]

https://youtu.be/2e05XQaptT8?si=MH4uYqqOPteWH00U

[restive lion]

That feeling of "I am about to fall asleep but there's nothing I can do because bed is that way"

[pliant karma]

I was coming back from Oppenheimer at 3am so it was a good race with my friends car for a bit

[golden talon]

Always nice to cruise with a friend or even some randoms on the highway

[echo canopy]

According to the DOT you’re supposed to stop and sleep in your car

[golden talon]

hello rias

[dreamy rose]

fuck that

[restive lion]

The DOT can suck my butt

[pliant karma]

oh and when you find someone with the same car as you or more casually forming congo line

[golden talon]

me at the interstate BMW cruise meets

[echo canopy]

race them if it’s a manual car

[prime solstice]

There’s a song I like called damn dot

[golden talon]

I have a race this weekend, and a bowl of ramen is on the line for me

[dreamy rose]

bowl of ramen or expensive repair bills

[restive lion]

The Canadian version of this is "suck it up, chucklefuck"

[golden talon]

just a bowl of ramen

[prime solstice]

Eh

[golden talon]

its my car vs a manual mustang GT

[slim mirage]

you get abuse if you drive an automatic in the UK idk why everyone has this hatred towards it

[lilac bear]

then get arrested for sleeping on the side of the road*

[pliant karma]

Remember when umm me and basically my entire cinematography class back in Fall 2022 shut down the small street next to my campus unauthorized for a short 30 min car shoot. Fun but def risky so we had scouts alerting

[echo canopy]

Yeah if you park your car and sleep in Canada your engine will just lock up with frozen oil

[dreamy rose]

and you're in a BMW?

[golden talon]

im in my BMW X3 M40

[manic moon]

why did the new vid go private?

[golden talon]

its a dig race

[echo canopy]

Information accuracy

[manic moon]

ah

[restive lion]

Ok but unauthorized film shoots are the best

[pliant karma]

FR

just role up and go at it

[dreamy rose]

did you remove the turn signals like every other BMW driver does?

[golden talon]

I actually use turn signals as much as I can, including when pulling into my driveway lol

[prime solstice]

People in my town don’t use the blinkers you have to guess if they’re turning or not

[dreamy rose]

ok well thats just fake

[pliant karma]

next shoot that a group planned was a parking structure late at night. Either need chill security or no security going around at all

[echo canopy]

No no I saw a BWM a week ago use turn signals

[dreamy rose]

and crash into a wall?

[slim mirage]

if you fail to use a turn signal in the UK you get beheaded and a £50 fine

[echo canopy]

For some reason most of them around here are Nissans that are even more of a nightmare to service

[full fossil]

Yo guys, Just sayin'......... Is GTX 550 Ti enough for most games in roblox?

[golden talon]

Believe it

it just feels wrong to not use turn signals

[vapid smelt]

a town full of bmws?

[golden talon]

no matter how fast im going or what im doing, I always use them

[lilac bear]

you're the sole person to use their turn signal ngl

did you invent them

[dreamy rose]

i don't think so. maybe if it was 2018 sure but not now

[echo canopy]

If I get in a wreck while speeding I wanna be in the legally right as much as I can be

[dreamy rose]

the only one that hasn't done an Indicatior delete to their BMW

[golden talon]

my turn signals are unironically super bright

[full fossil]

Eh, Maybe it does. Just low graphics when playing FPS games

[golden talon]

borderline blinding at night

[echo canopy]

“Indicator delete” is it really that common that we’re abbreviating it now? Like a cat delete?

[golden talon]

Car delete

[dreamy rose]

on FPS games on roblox? bah that aint gonna work chief

[slim mirage]

Amsterdam moment

[full fossil]

You don't know, There are fps games on roblox?

[lilac bear]

roblox has FPS

[echo canopy]

Gonna play MW2 on Roblox

[golden talon]

roblox just kinda has everything

shitty versions of real games basically

[lilac bear]

yeah this

[echo canopy]

Oh my god riverence actually agreed with a Apple user WTF

[golden talon]

i am learning how to convert binary to numbers

[echo canopy]

Hex editor?

[golden talon]

yus

[full fossil]

GTX 550 Ti is enough for roblox

Like... Bruh, Just half graphics

[ionic abyss]

gtx 550ti

time to upgrade man

[versed wave]

What happened to the recent upload?

[wary salmon]

Deleted

[vapid smelt]

they posted fake news

[versed wave]

Again bruh 😭 man I just wanna enjoy some tech and some laughs from them

[wary salmon]

I watched reupload. But honestly I don’t feel like they’re gonna change that much when they fix it

Other than the error of combining VAT and shipping

[golden talon]

fake news man

[versed wave]

I legit was on NZXT part of the video I paused it and tabbed back and F

[lilac bear]

starforge is bringing down LTT

[wary salmon]

I mean

Starforges pc came broken. They didn’t package it well. There has to be some other reason

[lilac bear]

yeah, starforge mid and LTT trying to not hurt them

[wary salmon]

I think it’s because LTT is playing more careful to not start something like last time

They don’t want a war I guess

Like sure shipping wasn’t 300$ because it’s includes import tax but that doesn’t change the fact that the pc arrived broken

[lilac bear]

kinda ironic given what the series is supposed to be

"secret shopper"

but cats out of the bag now 🥴

[wary salmon]

[golden talon]

it was probably the shippers fault

[wary salmon]

If you watched it they didn’t package the outside of the case well

They used the hard foam that came with the case.

[golden talon]

Package was probably opened at customs or by the carrier

[wary salmon]

The white stuff

[golden talon]

its not uncommon

Its shipped internationally after all

[lilac bear]

US to Canada
(idk where it came from)

[golden talon]

Texas lol

[lilac bear]

PFTTT

[golden talon]

As south as it gets

[wary salmon]

That’s true could’ve. But that doesn’t change the fact that the packaging wasn’t shock resistant

[golden talon]

I mean shipping PCs is inherently dangerous anyway

Mfs at the carriers toss that shit around like nobodies business

[wary salmon]

That’s true I myself have never done it haha

[lilac bear]

TRUE

they will yeet that box like 10ft

after dropping it 3ft before

[grave terrace]

What happened to new secret shopper video, I was watching it, now it says it's private only mode

[half cobalt]

Is it safe to power on your motherboard and components outside of a case on a table? or should I put the motherboard on cardboard or something

[wary salmon]

Should be safe unless your table is made out of a conductive material

Just to be safe just put it on top of your anti static bag

Should be fine

Cardboard is also okay

[lilac bear]

issue raised with starforge
taken offline as damage control

[half cobalt]

Is on top of a Amazon box fine? @wary salmon

[indigo plume]

Who cares about starforge

It's just streamers trying to be a PC brand

[grave terrace]

I keep reading different reasons it was taken down

[wary salmon]

Probably fine

[indigo plume]

Feel like starforge has deflected blame every time they have gotten called out

Insead of owning up to the mistakes

[half cobalt]

ok, and what about a AIO cooler with a radiator? Is that fine on a wooden table? or no

[wary salmon]

LTT probably only pulled it down due to their shipping cost mistake and itd look bad you know calling someone out when not everything is 100% accurate

[wary salmon]

Completely fine

[indigo plume]

And when shipping all the way to Canada they def should use higher quality materials

[wary salmon]

Yes

[tiny compass]

Damn I can’t sent the photo

[wary salmon]

That white stuff is really brittle

[tiny compass]

Ltt posted on yt

“You may have noticed that we've pulled Secret Shopper 3 Part 2 which was released earlier today- we're going to be reshooting a portion of the video to more accurately reflect the shipping fees from Starforge Systems.
We appreciate your patience with us as we make these changes, in line with our ongoing commitment to accuracy within our videos.”

[wary salmon]

Yup I was right

[indigo plume]

I don't think ltt was in wrong if the shipping costs didn't specifically state that import fees were part of shipping

[wary salmon]

They did if you clicked the info button

[lilac bear]

ngl that part is annoying for most shipping

[wary salmon]

Lmao

[indigo plume]

You shouldn't need to click on that

[wary salmon]

I agree with you on that

[tiny compass]

The fees should just be included in the cost

Bc it’s the cost to ship it to your door

That includes everything

[grave terrace]

#tech-chat-1 message

[indigo plume]

Still can't believe they be selling these "limited" PC's for 5k usd

[wary salmon]

They want the prices on the same table you know. If they’re buying from dell they’re probably sending it from Canada and no import fees are required so it’ll be cheaper

[indigo plume]

Starforge shit so expensive

[half cobalt]

Can you turn on a PC without a case? or am I just dumb.

[wary salmon]

You can

[dreamy rose]

dumb.

[grave terrace]

Short pins

[lilac bear]

case isn't needed but not ideal to do that

[indigo plume]

Limited availability shit and jacking up prices for it is scummy imo

[dreamy rose]

because ofc you can run a PC without a case it doesn't do anything other than holding loose comopnents together

[lilac bear]

I guess yeah, "oh sorry we are too popular so you have to pay extra now"

[wary salmon]

As a business they can do that

No hard feelings

[indigo plume]

Don't make it any less scummy

[dreamy rose]

they should NOT be able to do it

[wary salmon]

True

[dreamy rose]

but companies are full of criminal activity so we cant do shit

[indigo plume]

Just saying for a group of streamers they as scummy as bigger corporations

[half cobalt]

Time to google what a short pin is.

[dreamy rose]

no dude its shorting A pin

[indigo plume]

What's a short pin

[lilac bear]

its a pin that is short

[dreamy rose]

and you don't wanna be doing it everytime you try to turn on a PC. just buy a case

[lilac bear]

just like-

[indigo plume]

I expect that shift from big corps liek Asus not a company made up of streamers since they are basiclly scamming their viewers

[full fossil]

you gotta cut all your pins with a saw

[dreamy rose]

you expect decency from Streamers?

[half cobalt]

I have a case but a motherboard VGA light keeps appearing so I was taking my parts out to make a test build to figure out the problem.

[indigo plume]

More than these bigger corporations

[dreamy rose]

boy will you be suprised when you look at any community ever

[indigo plume]

Well some streamers I thought were better than others

Like moist critical thought was a decent person

[full fossil]

moist critical out of them all

[indigo plume]

Didn't seem that scummy just another react channel

[full fossil]

he's scummy?

[indigo plume]

Asmon I expect it from tho

[dreamy rose]

react content never deserved to be praised that how SSShithead came to fame

[indigo plume]

I mean there diff types of react content

[lilac bear]

it depends

[indigo plume]

Mosit rarely every shows that act video on the screen

[dreamy rose]

i'd say YLYL is fine. majority of the rest is just. crap

[indigo plume]

He just talks about stuff

He might show a short clip of he does

[full fossil]

asmongold?

[indigo plume]

Yeag

[full fossil]

yeah he's weird

[indigo plume]

Asmon lives in a echo chamber

[dreamy rose]

isn't XQC a guy who just throws his webcam in the corner of videos?

[indigo plume]

Every time ppl in his chat say he's wrong he bans them

[full fossil]

yea

[dreamy rose]

idk anybody they all the fuckin same to me

[indigo plume]

I think Ludwig and moist are one of few decent ones

That react to stuff

[full fossil]

he literally reacted to a video about jfk assassinations, adding nothing to it

and he got more views than the original channel

[lilac bear]

lugwig, moist critical, jimmyhere are pretty good

[indigo plume]

Xqc is one of worst

[full fossil]

dont really watch any of them

[dreamy rose]

i want someone to have a react channel where they just throw the calling hamster image in the corner of a random ass video and have the react fans get angry

[full fossil]

i just watch oneyplays

[calm swan]

who is that

[lilac bear]

that channel would need to get popular but even then it is satire to begin with so getting angry at it wouldn't be the result

[dreamy rose]

you know people. react in the title is perfect for clicks

[full fossil]

oneyplays

[calm swan]

reaction channel i assume?

[full fossil]

no

[lilac bear]

though a good example of that is a tiktoker using the same reaction on loop for tiktok compilations

[full fossil]

gaming

[indigo plume]

Playing cs2 has reminded me how much fun cs used to be

[full fossil]

most ppl just watch them for their convo tho

[manic torrent]

Are you playing starfield and want to actually play satisfactory and/or factorio? Then heyyyy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLxxA_395XA

[full fossil]

you didn't like it?

[dreamy rose]

if you want lazy content remember that a guy goes around posting a "MB makes you forget" post every day.

[indigo plume]

I did like CS but stopped playing for years

And never got back into it

[full fossil]

i aways sucked at it i played tf2 instead

[indigo plume]

I've still never played tf2

[dreamy rose]

that makes you lame

[full fossil]

its really fun still

[lilac bear]

tf2 goofy in a good way

[indigo plume]

?????

[full fossil]

you should try

[indigo plume]

Just cuz I haven't played a game I'm lame

What is that logic

[dreamy rose]

if you havent touched TF2 ever you aint cool

[lilac bear]

yes

[indigo plume]

Nerd

[full fossil]

tf2 aways make me laugh when i play

[dreamy rose]

we seperate the players from the kids

[indigo plume]

I planing on playing lords of fallen

Next

Looks good

[dreamy rose]

i'm guessing nobody here touched Day Of Defeat ever

[full fossil]

i like that you can just bind a key to explode into pieces in tf2 and everyone uses it

[indigo plume]

Also might try to finally 100% sekiro

[full fossil]

its aways funny

[dreamy rose]

killbinding should have been stock binded to K in like 2010

[full fossil]

i used to killbind in CSGO sometimes

but its not as funny

[dreamy rose]

killbinding in CSGO is just stupid

[full fossil]

yea i just wanted to try lol

[dreamy rose]

you just have to wait for the next round

[full fossil]

yea

[dreamy rose]

TF2 gives you funny ragdoll and scream

[full fossil]

i think people in the community servers are very deranged

no, that's a fact

[indigo plume]

I'm just waiting for valve to add community stuff 9nto cs2

Imo they shouldn't have removed csgo till they had workshop and community stuff working

[full fossil]

they removed community servers from cs2??

wtf

[dreamy rose]

they didnt remove it they just made it a legacy option in the Beta menu

[indigo plume]

Well they haven't been added to cs2 yet

[ionic abyss]

so tesla cars/suvs arent waterproof?

or rain proof

[full fossil]

what

[dreamy rose]

it was thought of as an Evolution instead of a new game

[full fossil]

yea

[dreamy rose]

no shit. nothing is waterproof

[ionic abyss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pka9KaQh7DA

[full fossil]

like how overwatch did

and failed terribly

[ionic abyss]

$21000 repair for driving a telsa in the rain

[dreamy rose]

OW2 was just destined to fail.

[lilac bear]

I would not submerge them, no

[dreamy rose]

some guy sealed one up and did that

he drove through the water

[full fossil]

wouldn't that work with a normal car

[ionic abyss]

if it costs $21k for each rainy day drive to own a tesla i dont need one

[dreamy rose]

Combustion cars need air

[lilac bear]

it's more of a Halo Infinite moment
it released without forge or co-op, which are two staples of the franchise
as to Overwatch 2 where the whole point of it being a sequel was scrapped

[full fossil]

snorkels then

[dreamy rose]

you put a combustion in water its gonna waterlog

[full fossil]

i liked halo infinite multiplayer but got boring real fast

[dreamy rose]

in general Tesla repairs are dumb fuckin expensive

[ionic abyss]

so i am good with a fully armoured suv rated to run in upto 24" rain with a fully sealed engine and passenger compartment

[lilac bear]

https://youtu.be/UC4CQdAHW5g?t=176

[vapid smelt]

snorkels

[full fossil]

i think of teslas as drivable rc cars idk why

[ionic abyss]

well the suv can actualy run with the hood under water

[dreamy rose]

i havent watched into it but i can say it sounds like a failiure of some kind of seal and it fried something

[ionic abyss]

but water damage might occour

[lilac bear]

bro same lol
and I CBA about the lore cause anything past reach is horrible

[dreamy rose]

never really cared for Halo ngl

[full fossil]

me neither

[dreamy rose]

tried it couldn't really care.

all i need is my half life and my Perfect Dark and i'm set

[full fossil]

i never get bored of half life

i still play half life mods

[dreamy rose]

some DOD and CS at the side with an extra side of TF2 i'm golden

[ionic abyss]

i say its better to own a suv with a windsheild rated to stop 50cal blacktip rounds than not to and need one

[full fossil]

i played hl1 even in my phone

[vapid smelt]

normal telsa bumpers rip off in big puddles

[dreamy rose]

theres no way this guy isn't american

[full fossil]

finished it like 4 times

[full fossil]

it's even built like a rc car wth???

[vapid smelt]

he could be from mexico

[full fossil]

it reminds me of it so much

[dreamy rose]

he talks like someones gonna randomly pull a magnum and start blasting his windows for no reason. thats American

you just dont have it happen if you be a decent human being yk

[full fossil]

reminds me that we're gonna probably have windowless cars just like cyberpunk

[dreamy rose]

delorean windows

they actually kinda suck with that design half of em is solid and doesnt move

sounds exactly like something we want in car windows

[full fossil]

the DeLorean is rly strange

[vapid smelt]

DeLorean was a bad car

[dreamy rose]

sure is fun to drive 88 in it though

[full fossil]

i saw in a video it says it the AC smells like gas because its too close to the gas tank or something

[ionic abyss]

hmmm so xbox cant fix blizzard

[dreamy rose]

they can throw the POS out pf Blizzard yes.

cant do anything about OW2 though

[full fossil]

didn't they just remove ow2 from steam also

[summer nova]

Does the south bridge chip on the ps4 control wired controllers?

[full fossil]

and gonna release again

[lilac bear]

that carussy looking thicc

[dreamy rose]

still up for download

[full fossil]

ohh

[full fossil]

cmon

[lilac bear]

🐱

[lilac bear]

if they did it's up again
I don't have it in my library and it's avaliable

oh my god one of the top reviews is just a link to tf2 and I LOVE IT

[calm swan]

yesla

[ionic abyss]

so what game was that gia stealth skin released for?

[lilac bear]

if anyone wants to watch the recently deleted video this is basically the same thing but instead of Shark just put Starforge

https://youtu.be/MoGKwig8dwU

[vapid smelt]

baby shark?

[ionic abyss]

doo doo doo

so a dog did a speed run of a game

[polar fern]

Interesting…. https://a.co/d/iOH7UKO

Integral copper vapor chamber & stuff

[velvet marsh]

Fastest internet

[polar fern]

intel & amd versions too

Cool.

Need to buy an outdoor rated cat6 cable for my girlfriend’s place. Currently the ont is connected via coaxial which limits it to just over 100 megabit

[velvet marsh]

Oof. Yeah that’s rough

[fallow barn]

Why did the secret shopper part 2 video get taken down?

[prime solstice]

starforge systems made a response

[crystal willow]

Yeah why?

[polar fern]

Provisioning is 100/100, but the cable can only prolly do 200 reliably. The next tier is 350/350 for no extra cost. So it’s not worth the frustration though the $ is the same

[crystal willow]

what did they say?

[polar fern]

Didn’t theirs get damaged?

[velvet marsh]

I think it was about the shipping

[prime solstice]

yeah and linus said it was $300 to ship when it was really $99

[crystal willow]

Does anyone has the video?

[crystal willow]

here we go again

[polar fern]

Customs fees tho

[crystal willow]

I'd just drive to there get it and come back

do canadians need visas?

[polar fern]

You’d still need to go through customs

[prime solstice]

https://x.com/StarforgePCs/status/1715184873676111924?s=20

[polar fern]

Yes.

[crystal willow]

Would you have to pay for import fees if you say it is your personal computer?

[polar fern]

Post a screenshot so we don’t have to use muskrat’s site

[crystal willow]

probably not

[manic torrent]

yes

[lilac bear]

it was $99 shipping and $201 import
for a total of $300 to move the PC
the issue is that LTT combined the two

[indigo plume]

Or stunt

Pr*

[crystal willow]

No but, if you visiting someone and your taking your laptop with you for example, do you have to pay customs on it or import taxes if it was yours?

[manic torrent]

no, that's a simplification. Maybe just say things that you understand

[vapid smelt]

linus Lie tips

[polar fern]

Even $99 should see better protection.

[manic torrent]

... that is not buying a product internationally.

[lilac bear]

never

[indigo plume]

When shipping to another country should use higher quality materials to ship with

[polar fern]

Basic multi-layered foam etc, yeah.

[crystal willow]

I mean if you drove to the usa yourself got it and came back, you wont pay anything. British colombia is a short ride to there.

[calm swan]

based on ur logic if i drive to toronto i need to pay customs and import taxes on my car since its mine

[lilac bear]

BC to Texas is not a short ride

[indigo plume]

BC to Texas is far from short

[calm swan]

sir bc to texas is like 2 days

[polar fern]

That was clearly shipped in a retail shipping box (like you’d see sent to a store) not a proper intl box & padding.

[manic torrent]

..... so what?

"if I did something different it would be different"

[crystal willow]

Pay for shipping to somewhere near the border, drive there, pick it up come back and spare 200$

[manic torrent]

we get it, your time is worthless.

[polar fern]

That’s not how it works.

[lilac bear]

you'd have to claim you bought it in the states at the border

[calm swan]

37hr damn

[velvet marsh]

Texas to Texas is not a short drive lol

[crystal willow]

Dont drive to texas, get it dropped off somehwere near the border and pick it up!

[calm swan]

i-10 in texas is like 837 miles long 💀

[vapid smelt]

ive seen longer

[indigo plume]

U still paying import fees when u cross border

[calm swan]

877miles**

[vapid smelt]

not if you do crime

[calm swan]

just say you have nothing to declare bam

[eager notch]

We have these things called airplanes

[manic torrent]

not when you lie about it! The secret ingredient is crime.

[lilac bear]

jump the border would make it so you didn't have to pay, yes

[calm swan]

please read the message i replied to

[crystal willow]

37 minus from ltt hq to a town in the us.

[calm swan]

you realize it still costs money to ship to that small town right

[polar fern]

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/checklist-aidememoire-eng.html#

[prime solstice]

its 13 hours from where i live to the ltt hq

[calm swan]

its over 2 days by car for me

[crystal willow]

You must be making over 600 dollar per hour for a 20 min drive to be worth 200 dollars

[polar fern]

That’s where ltt ships most of their stuff from

[lilac bear]

$99

[restive ice]

Why was the recent video delisted? People complaining about import tax and shipping fees to Canada?

[manic torrent]

look, providing accurate and up date information that's publically available is not ok! You need to wildly react without basis in fact

[polar fern]

Indeed.

[lilac bear]

TLDR LTT said it cost $300 to ship when it was $99 plus imports

[manic torrent]

Misunderstandin about stuff, being fixed, storm in a teacup

[indigo plume]

Wasn't the import cost included on the shipping costs

So it wasn't clear

[restive ice]

We can blame trudope for those import taxes

[indigo plume]

That it was separated

[calm swan]

??

[manic torrent]

yes

[polar fern]

It’ll be back. Don’t worry.

[lilac bear]

it was trudeau that was the reason the newest LTT video was deleted

[eager notch]

More like 15 minutes

[lilac bear]

is it even secret shopper anymore if these companies know who shopping 😭

[vapid smelt]

best president

[restive ice]

Yes sir!

[polar fern]

Can we not.

[calm swan]

border crossing, so probably 30

[lilac bear]

rename the title to "Shooper"

[steady sky]

where did the secret shopping video go?

[restive ice]

🍞

[indigo plume]

Can we not involve politics

[polar fern]

🍞

[restive ice]

Look above

[lilac bear]

removed because minor issue
cats out of the bag and fixes are being applied

[tardy terrace]

[eager notch]

I killed it

[steady sky]

Oh ok!

[restive ice]

I mean talking about moving an item over borders is directly related to politics

[steady sky]

thanks I hope it will get reuploaded

[crystal willow]

5% of 2000 is still 100 dollars, not 200

[prime solstice]

#public-chat message

[restive ice]

Look at bread 🍞

[polar fern]

Well “politics” aside, posting that image is offensive af

[indigo plume]

Not really

[lilac bear]

nuh uh

[restive ice]

I know, our PM is a racist bigot who should be arrested

[crystal willow]

But what if you just hide it? Will they search you?

[lilac bear]

in some cases, yes

[manic torrent]

... read the shit that you posted you dolt. it literally says right there that duty varies

[indigo plume]

How does talking about import fees involve talking about the prime minister

[tardy terrace]

Everything is politics

[crystal willow]

take the pc apart and hide the parts all over the car, if they catch one, the part woyld be under 200 still.

[tardy terrace]

Jeez

[eager notch]

I sold a GPU to Canada a couple of years agoand the duty was like 11% so the 200 extra dollars is exactly right

[polar fern]

@tardy terrace Tis true

[indigo plume]

No

[manic torrent]

Wrong

[lilac bear]

catches the RTX 4090

[tardy terrace]

No, it's not. Sarcasm was heavily implied.

[velvet marsh]

Bc is 12% I believe

[glass stag]

Toxic take

[vapid smelt]

it cost me like $40 to ship a matx case/computer in 2016ish

[tardy terrace]

Well, ok everything is, but it doesn't need to be talked about like it is

[manic torrent]

pretending politics isn't everything is the take of the ignorant