public-chat

[craggy rose]

Might not be cost effective yet

But wow

The only additional hardware is the fans

Not counting the display and speakers

Surely The gallium nitride psu ain't gonna be more expensive than the integrated one

[drifting bison]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175128163583?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=5q3Kep4hQrO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=sdjkoquos4s&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

bros really trippin his head off 😭

6 GRAND! for a apple watch

[drifting yacht]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174903975673

this is another lis tening of theirs

[hazy beacon]

Yo guys

I need help building my PC right now

Or is there a better channel for that

[austere shale]

Having some electrical issues in the shop today, so we continuity tested the live on one circuit, to the ground on a completely different circuit, and they had continuity. I am now terrified to touch anything

[harsh quartz]

If only there was a channel named accordingly

[craggy rose]

Well, where are you?

In Discord

[hazy beacon]

Very hard indeed

Guys is this enough thermal paste

[idle nymph]

well eminem new song is kinda fire

[full fossil]

yes

[manic kraken]

Mightttt be my last chance, Idk tho

[sterile garnet]

so like, spare 3070, what do I do with it

[ancient stone]

Somebody hack into Sony and nab the source code for bloodborne so I can get my PC port

[ancient stone]

I need to upgrade to ddr5

Just gonna get a 7800x 3d, slap in 96gb ram and call it good

[sterile garnet]

I just got my monster rig up and running

[ancient stone]

What did you upgrade to

I still have my Rx 580 from highschool sitting on my desk lol

[sterile garnet]

Monitor:  Samsung 57" Odyssey Neo G9 Dual 4K UHD Quantum Mini-LED 240Hz HDR 1000 Curved Gaming Monitor

Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Computer Case - Black

Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply

Water Cooler:  DeepCool LT520 Premium 240mm Water Cooling Kit; High-Performance FK120

Cooling Fan: Lian Li UNI Fan SL Infinity Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120mm Case Fan x 6

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake 3.2GHz Twenty Four-Core LGA 1700

Motherboard: ASUS Z790-Creator ProArt WiFi Intel LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard

RAM: TeamGroup T-Create Expert 96GB Kit (2 x 48GB) DDR5-6800 PC5-54400

GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming Overclocked Triple-Fan 24GB GDDR6X PCIe

Drive Bank 1: Crucial T700 2TB TLC NAND Flash PCIe Gen 5 x4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD

Drive Bank 2: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB Samsung V NAND 3-bit MLC PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe M.2

[ancient stone]

Damn

I prefer 2 16:9 over 1 ultra wide personally

Is 240mm aio enough for that CPU

[sterile garnet]

well it was a free monitor so im not exactly gonna care

[ancient stone]

Hey that's neat

I'd use it too

[sterile garnet]

yeah

[ancient stone]

How well does that 4090 push the dual 4k

[sterile garnet]

I'll see today, I didnt have a DP 2.1 cable so I'm running 5120x1440 on forbidden west rn

my amazon 2.1 cable comes today

[ancient stone]

Neato

Surprised the 4090 didn't ship with one

[sterile garnet]

I didn't see 4090 box so idk, I helped build but I don't remember what were in the boxes

[ancient stone]

Ah

[sterile garnet]

I do wanna get a better picture of the pc

my desk doesnt have much room with the monitor so its a bit hard

[ancient stone]

If I go ultra wide I'm gonna get an arm

So I can mount something above it

[sterile garnet]

hooh just not 57"

I cant find any good arms for this thing

[ancient stone]

Yea it would be more 49 inch

[sterile garnet]

yeah

[ancient stone]

Arms are expensive

The good ones at least

[sterile garnet]

like $160 was what I saw for this monitor

[ancient stone]

That's not too bad

The one I want is like 300

[sterile garnet]

My income does not match my setup 💀

[full fossil]

That new gli router looks good

If I need a better router imma get it

[sterile garnet]

also goddamn this AIO doing some work

[eager notch]

Good job Reddit app for being totally fucking useless

[ancient stone]

Id go Intel but I'd like to switch over to linux

All I do is game anyway

Doing an all black build no rgb

[harsh quartz]

That’s the Reddit app?

[ancient stone]

Pro art motherboard with blacked out ek aio

[sterile garnet]

If I had a choice I'd go ryzen but MB capabilities lock me in a bit

[ancient stone]

Understandable

[ancient stone]

Still a great CPU

[sterile garnet]

idk how to change fan lighting

[ancient stone]

Im probably gonna upgrade the 7800xt to a 7900xtx

To maintain Linux ease

[sterile garnet]

I wanted 7800x3d before I got this

[ancient stone]

Im getting the 7950x3D

Probably ordering it on Friday

[sterile garnet]

my old pc was MATX and I was gonna upgrade that but now I have like 2 pcs I need to get rid of

[ancient stone]

Or you can slap a bunch of hard drives into one and turn it into a nas

I have a nas that stores all my roms

O

[sterile garnet]

Also I dont store that much

though I wanna start an archive

[mossy tangle]

Good excuse to be the family archive

I’m in the middle of a similar situation

[solemn axle]

you think that you are a straight man, and then discord one day be like:
nah, I'm 73% sure you are female

[craggy rose]

Where is that

[heavy violet]

hello poeples

[craggy rose]

And why Discord is trying to guess your gender

[craggy rose]

Hello

[harsh quartz]

Personalized Advertising

[solemn axle]

Privacy and Safety, request your data and open activity/analytics/event*.json in the archive you will get on your email

search by "gender"

[craggy rose]

Wow

[solemn axle]

Some servers have insights about their auditory, gender and age groups

[solemn axle]

but since Discord doesn't collect gender explicitly, they have to make AI guess it

[craggy rose]

What ads are shown on discord?

[graceful burrow]

they sell that shit lol

nothing you say on discord is private at all

[harsh quartz]

Why would discord need to show ads when they can sell the data to people who do?

[craggy rose]

._.

[harsh quartz]

Internet isn’t private, if it’s free, it’s because your the product 🙂

[graceful burrow]

or maintained by a regular person on an open source project

[craggy rose]

Weirdly is not as bad

[graceful burrow]

if it's private and owned by a company it isnt free

[solemn axle]

i'm rather done with discord because it is 73% sure i'm female

[graceful burrow]

no the implications are fuckin horrible
if they're using ai for that what else are they guessing

[craggy rose]

I mean sure

[craggy rose]

It's just guessing

[graceful burrow]

yeah and what else is it guessing and then SELLING

[harsh quartz]

Well, sure, but the majority probably aren’t going to be like that, and skepticism is better than naivety

[solemn axle]

if they keep guess wrong i'm fine with that tbh

[graceful burrow]

there are a surprising amount of open source alternatives made by people fed up with the same shit as you

[craggy rose]

Big W for them because it's just bulshit generated by AI

Lol

[graceful burrow]

bro does not understand the implications 💀

[craggy rose]

I can't

Sorry

[graceful burrow]

that's absurdly obvious lmao

[craggy rose]

[craggy rose]

I found funny that it is widely known that those big enterprises sell user data

[harsh quartz]

I’ve never understood how personalized ads work on people

[craggy rose]

I mean, companies

[harsh quartz]

Huh?

[craggy rose]

Neither did I

[craggy rose]

Enterprises, companies

Sorry, discord is stuttering

[rustic oxide]

people are just very susceptible to repeated images especially if they are enjoying the content they are consuming because they begin to associate that image with fun

[craggy rose]

⬆️

[harsh quartz]

And I’ve never understood this, cause myself and most of my family just aren’t. My stepmom is and it’s always baffled me. I mean, if I’m going to buy a product in a certain category, and I see an ad for a sale in that category, I’ll check that out

[solemn axle]

if

[rustic oxide]

That is how most people work though it is about getting you to associate that category with their product more than anything else.

There are some people who are UBER susceptible but that is pretty rare

[craggy rose]

[harsh quartz]

But I also know a lot of people who buy shit they don’t need just cause they impulse buy off of ads and whatnot

[solemn axle]

i don't know how long this thing has been learning, it can become better

or it is right i might be gay

[harsh quartz]

Being gay doesn’t make you female

[solemn axle]

but i'm not into boys

[harsh quartz]

That’s not a sentence I ever thought I’d need to type

[steady marlin]

i seen a god damn curved 32" for around that price damn

[harsh quartz]

I understand what your saying, but like, man that’s a weird way to put it

[craggy rose]

If it gets better I mean, based on what is it guessing

[solemn axle]

it was rather an irony/sarcasm

[ancient stone]

I meant the arm

[steady marlin]

ah

[ancient stone]

Gonna get an OLED monitor

[craggy rose]

Is it taking every single thing that you type as a way to improve?

[solemn axle]

ig it does, but probably it also uses profile data, idk

[craggy rose]

Gayn't

[harsh quartz]

I doubt it’s improving it’s probably just cataloguing and making guesses

[solemn axle]

I mean, there are people who explicitly put their gender into profiles or names, it can be used as a dataset

[craggy rose]

oh

[solemn axle]

and then extrapolate on those who doesn't put such things

[craggy rose]

So that's why they put that gender description below the name

[solemn axle]

idk, tbh people have been doing it anyway in the description

[craggy rose]

Its most probably using it

[harsh quartz]

I mean, yeah, depends on how it’s programmed to handle that, without knowing it’s all just speculation anyways :p

[solemn axle]

I'm just thinking in what ways i'm 73% female

like, what tripped it off

[craggy rose]

Name

[harsh quartz]

Pfp

[solemn axle]

[craggy rose]

Bruh

[solemn axle]

i sure there are a lot of black dudes with anime pfps

[craggy rose]

[harsh quartz]

DBZ pfps*

[solemn axle]

i mean, fair

[harsh quartz]

Never understood the fascination with dbz

[craggy rose]

What's dbz?

[solemn axle]

tbh guessing gender by pfp should be known to be prone

considering i'm speaking with mimique

and gem

[dusk pollen]

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-e210ma-11.6-laptop-intel-celeron-64-gb-emmc-blue-10227109.html good price?

[graceful burrow]

as long as you're aware the perf will be shit

cpu is technically discontinued, launched in 2019

[solemn axle]

I would look for thinkpads on ebay for this price

[dusk pollen]

idk where to look for good laptops

[craggy rose]

What do you guess based on mine

[solemn axle]

if you would be russian, i would look into local advertisements there are places with refurbished laptops

[solemn axle]

tbh i doubt your female, but probably i just see this community as such

[craggy rose]

True

[vapid smelt]

If I was Russian I would use my money to leave not buy a laptop

[solemn axle]

where, dude

in what direction

[vapid smelt]

Swim/ice jump east to Alaska

[solemn axle]

and what am i going to do without legality?

[craggy rose]

Naoki is Russian?

[vapid smelt]

Just live in the Alaskan wilderness

[solemn axle]

I am

[craggy rose]

Oh

[main hawk]

Hi!

[solemn axle]

I know it is a shitty situation to be in

dw

[vapid smelt]

Are you over 18?

[craggy rose]

I mean, you are

[solemn axle]

Yes, but I shouldn't get onto the front while i'm working in IT related companies

[craggy rose]

I'm hoping this just transforms into a cold war or similar

[vapid smelt]

Ah yes they need you for the cyber warfare

[harsh quartz]

Go to the eastern front and walk across the land bridge

[solemn axle]

I mean, I can't say what i did on the previous work (NDA) but I can say what i did as a test case before i signed NDA

it was a rat to track employee activity and keylog stuff as well as record video

[craggy rose]

Don't get yourself in trouble man

[vapid smelt]

Why get on trouble when you get in trouble

[craggy rose]

Stupid keyboard

[solemn axle]

Sounds like a self-destructive mission (warship, calm down)

[craggy rose]

[harsh quartz]

I was wondering where the ping went

[craggy rose]

Noclip to the usa

[solemn axle]

tbh usa doesn't look like a place where i would like to ever live

[craggy rose]

Brazil?

Canada

[solemn axle]

canada sounds nice

but no finances

[tepid jasper]

nice my ass

go anywhere else but this shit hole

[solemn axle]

ur ass is nice sir indeed

[solemn axle]

[vapid smelt]

Is it because Canadians also do war crimes

[solemn axle]

what do you mean by also?

[tepid jasper]

do? we invented half of them

give some respect

[solemn axle]

i don't remember any i did, except ones i forget about or undocumented

[harsh quartz]

Didn’t say Canada is nice, just said it “sounds” nice

[craggy rose]

Is getting into war, a war crime

[tepid jasper]

im letting them know its not

[solemn axle]

i thought getting out of the war in a wrong ways is a warcrime

[harsh quartz]

Im gonna go out on a limb and say Probably better than Russia

[vapid smelt]

Or you are using reverse psychology

[craggy rose]

Lol

[solemn axle]

nwm

also tbh i don't know english to immigrate

[ancient stone]

Guys

Lttstore.com

I haven't been to Canadia before

[rustic oxide]

Don't worry north americans don't know how to speak English properly either.

[solemn axle]

it might sound stupid, but my entire english dictionary that i got, i got using youtube and discord

[rustic oxide]

I was making a joke anyway.

[solemn axle]

including LTT channel

it isn't pretty (dict)

[craggy rose]

Linus lack tips

[craggy rose]

Your English is really good

[solemn axle]

then ig my pattern recognition is kinda working

[craggy rose]

Not a surprise knowing that you work on IT

Getting out of Russia would open a lot of opportunities

[craggy rose]

Mine is basically that as well

[opal thunder]

Real.

[solemn axle]

The real issue is rather speaking

Too awkward to know what to talk about in VCs, too bad to be able to discuss themes outside of my dictionary

[craggy rose]

I would start just hopping on calls on servers and talk

Don't know if you have the time but it's a nice way to get confident

[mental fable]

Need help with HDR screenshots. i have an HDR ultrawide monitor, my friends dont. so whenever i take a screenshot of a game on my monitor with either win+prt scr or windows game bar, the end image has very washed out colors and it looks nothing like the HDR view i am seeing, which makes sense sure, but it looks worse than when i am running my game in SDR

[stuck lynx]

chicken

[harsh quartz]

Cod BO2 lobbies

[solemn axle]

Probably it would be the way but I never held any game controller in my life

Although I thought to buy one for Elite Dangerous

But $50 is a lot for a toy

[vapid smelt]

Why the fuck did Chevy place the turn signal on the bumper

[harsh quartz]

Hyundai did it years ago

It’s so fuckin hard to see, especially when half of the back of the car is already lights, and the light just don’t do anything

[chilly fiber]

It's because anywhere else in the world the brake and turn signal are the same light, however outdated US laws don't allow that

despite allowing same red light for braking and turning

[craggy rose]

Should be an option to disable "retain HDR data on screenshots "

I think that's the name

[mental fable]

Oh. Okay I'll check tomorrow if there's an option like that and disable it. Thanks 😁

[sinful moat]

I made something beautiful

[vapid smelt]

I'm in a low sedan and couldn't see the turn signal of the car, but I could see his higher running lights!

Im blue he is red

Also I was doing 65 in a 70 so I don't know why he wouldn't speed up to pass me

Fuck bumper turn signals

[full fossil]

.

[craggy rose]

Are you a short person?

[idle nymph]

This shit is one of the worst idea I could have thinked off to put in a car

[craggy rose]

Adjusting Seat height could help

[idle nymph]

Tbh it's still a shitty thing lol

[craggy rose]

Yeah

[vapid smelt]

5"11

[fresh sorrel]

tiny

[idle nymph]

That's taller than avg no ?

[fresh sorrel]

yes i was jokin

[craggy rose]

It's just another lazy design "feature"

[craggy rose]

Oh wow

[idle nymph]

I geniunly want what they are smoking

[fresh sorrel]

i was going to say im surprised theres not visibility requirements, but i thought about it and im not

[craggy rose]

Diesel

[idle nymph]

That's some good shit ngl

[craggy rose]

Lmaoo

[vapid smelt]

I got a 1994 car with a bench seat I can go back and forth and recline

[craggy rose]

Oh

[vapid smelt]

It has power reclining though 😎

[idle nymph]

Cool

[idle nymph]

What car ?

[craggy rose]

Well, if it isn't too embarrassing, you could buy a firm pillow

[vapid smelt]

1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass ceria s in light blue

[vapid smelt]

Then my head would hit the ceiling

[idle nymph]

That's a nice car

[fresh sorrel]

oh my god Oldsmobile is a BRAND

Im not a car person

[craggy rose]

That backup light is quite charming

[fresh sorrel]

I thought it was slang

[craggy rose]

🫠

[vapid smelt]

It sadly died

Owned by gm

[craggy rose]

Just like Pontiac

[fresh sorrel]

i need to learn more about cars

i used to work at best buy and theyd be like "theres a (specific car)" outside can it fit a 65" tv and someone would immedietly know

and id just have to be like dude tell me what COLOR the car is idfk the difference

[vapid smelt]

My car is so old I use two normal keys, one set opens the doors the other starts it

[craggy rose]

Peak security

[vapid smelt]

3 days ago someone tried to fit a 75* TV in his camry

[idle nymph]

That's really really old then

Even my dad old 205 used one key for both

[craggy rose]

I wouldn't have any idea

[vapid smelt]

Thankfully I had a tape measure so I didn't have to waste my time flipping and spinning the TV to show it won't fit

[fresh sorrel]

i also worked at microcenter and someone tried to fit a massive tv in a tiny car and they brought their friends, and then they put the seats down and remembered their friends had to sit so they had their friends sit on the tv box

[craggy rose]

Yessss

[fresh sorrel]

yeah we werent allowed to load tvs in like that, if it only fit that way and the customer wanted it they had to do it themselves

[craggy rose]

That should be on the side of every tv box

[fresh sorrel]

it is

[craggy rose]

It is?

[fresh sorrel]

alot of them say dont lay flat

[vapid smelt]

We have to make them sign a release of liability thing

[craggy rose]

Bruh

That illustration is rather funny

[silver sun]

156

[vapid smelt]

293

[craggy rose]

69

[idle nymph]

503

[dusk pollen]

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-vivobook-go-14-flip-14-2-in-1-laptop-intel-celeron-128-gb-emmc-blue-10251644.html is this any good?

[steady marlin]

english is better than mine and im from scotland (country with english as the first language aside from the highlands)

[fresh sorrel]

for the price its not the worst thats about chromebook pricing. The storage is only eMMC so it wont be the fastest thing in the world, and 4GB of ram is really only going to be good for basic tasks

What do you plan to use it for

[dusk pollen]

i dont think it's a chromebook

it says its running windows 11

[fresh sorrel]

nono i was just saying its in the range that most chromebooks are

[dusk pollen]

just college work and light cad design

[fresh sorrel]

mmm cad might be hard on it

most ask for 8gb of memory minimum

[dusk pollen]

meh i run a very old version

the newer ones just dont hit the same

[fresh sorrel]

if you think 4gb is enough can try it

screen seems decent too, i cant find anything specific about it but seems to have decent colors with supposedly "wide viewing angles" so i assume its IPS

[tender glade]

I have a dream

Unix butter

Open source butter

[dusk pollen]

I can't believe it's not butter

[tender glade]

But it is!!! Depending on the developer

[strange elk]

Butter forks

[cosmic copper]

What distro of butter do you use?

[ancient stone]

Birds are not beef

[craggy rose]

Should they be reef

[ancient stone]

No

They are birds

[indigo sierra]

Mrbeast is so close guys

to beat tseries

1Million subs left 😮

[near nymph]

Fucking delicious. I got the black beans version

[rugged linden]

real

[vagrant fulcrum]

This was listed in my area💀

[strange elk]

Hell yeah sold

[vapid smelt]

Old meme

[vagrant fulcrum]

I opened marketplace and saw it🤷

[vagrant fulcrum]

I guess the guy stole that meme then, but it is listed in my area.

[hexed stirrup]

called out lol

[strange elk]

Im kinda surprised I still have not bought a CoD game

Im wondering if Starfield or Star Citizen would be better currently

[vagrant fulcrum]

Both are super hard to run and get boring super fast. Star Citizen is harder to run and is harder to access, Star-field gets boring super fast. Pick your poison.

[steel marsh]

just buy a hotas and elite dangerous

[strange elk]

I mean I have ED and SC, though I need to play ED more I guess. I like SC despite the issues, but it lacks story most of all (also persistence I suppose lol, my Avenger is nice though)

[steel marsh]

if you like modern flight sims theres dcs world

and microsoft flight sim

the one ive been getting into is IL2

[full steppe]

Just put more hours into Cyberpunk

[steel marsh]

i want il2 modules to be on sale sigh

[strange elk]

I have MSFS but its so slow to install and egh, windows isnt main OS now. Might check DCS, it got VR support?

[full steppe]

DCS Does have VR support, but its terribad

[strange elk]

Like Payday 2, Ark, or

[full steppe]

may be dependent on headset tho.

[steel marsh]

il2 is good if your into history

if not then

you won't get much enjoyment out of it

[vagrant fulcrum]

I play DCS VR, with a flight stick and all. Absolutely incredible and considering its free to get started at least try it.

[strange elk]

WW2 mostly, bout it.

Cold war topics I suppose too

[full steppe]

The setup I used had issues with the screen vibrating inside the headset, and it would force reset head position all the time. piss poor experience

[vagrant fulcrum]

When I tried with my quest 2 the setup was a little annoying but once I finished the setup my only issue was my horrible flying skills.

[full steppe]

granted, there were other issues as well. Owner of the stuff wanted all of the things all of the time. IE, 3 70" 4k TVs plus the VR headset running all at once

[vagrant fulcrum]

I was running windows 10 last time I played. Haven’t played it since moving to windows 11.

[full steppe]

This one had an HP headset? I forget

[strange elk]

I think MSFS was too "realistic" for me. Like it works with ETS2, but the scale is too large I feel like, but I suppose thats kinda preference

When you are in the air above cloud cover 90% of the time its kinda eh

Wondering what HOTAS I should get, or even if I should do HOSAS

I kinda liked the Logitech x56 when I used it but spensive and kinda archaic

[vagrant fulcrum]

I run a ThrustMaster t.6000m. Really solid stick and not super expensive.

[strange elk]

Also the switches are.. lovely. As well as the split throttle

[hybrid dew]

why is PROCHOT triggering at low temperatures

[primal sonnet]

What's the best music streaming service for android

[full steppe]

a hand crank FM radio

[strange elk]

.flac files

The VKB Gladiator is eally compelling.. and I could always (someday) make my own throttle

[indigo plume]

so you getting it or what

I need a new gaming chair tbh

[pallid falcon]

How's public chat

[indigo plume]

the leather is falling apart on my secret lab chair

need a new one

[strange elk]

Better than usual

[vagrant fulcrum]

Nah I have a dining room table chair at my desk that does the trick

[strange elk]

I really want a secretlabs, how's yours been? How long have you had it?

Been hopping between free chairs, one I'm using is literally falling apart but best I've had comfort wise

[indigo plume]

its pretty good only thing going out on it is the leather on the arm pads is peeling

ive had it for 4 years now

[strange elk]

very old

And a lot of the black stuff was still on it when I got it, flaked off everywhere lmao

[strange elk]

Why he thicc tho

[vapid smelt]

Butt implants

[tacit finch]

how much are capture cards?

(cheapest option i spend all my money on silly slimey things)

[young moon]

U should be able to get an used Elgato HD 60S for roughly arounf 20-50 bucks

Oooo I can get a proper 5x3 stream deck for 50€

Gonna use it to launch genshin and nothing else

[tacit finch]

ok so were in champion

[patent patrol]

What is a good cheap chair for long siting ( something that the back of it could move up to about 160 degrees or more)

[fresh sorrel]

See if you can find any ergo chairs used on Facebook marketplace (just clean it lol)

a bunch of businesses get rid of their like herman millers for cheap

[patent patrol]

yea facebook isnt a good option becuase you gotta ask every one what is the price (no one lists prices or it just as 1$)
donno if its only in my country

[opal thunder]

That's only your location

Only a small amount of people do that here

[fierce tinsel]

https://x.com/joshwhiton/status/1796222090216886682 excuse me, my brain hurts now..

[patent patrol]

ye no

i searched

[fresh sorrel]

damn :<

[patent patrol]

the chairs I usually see here are from brands made in my country

[graceful burrow]

Dang did that dude really leave cause I gave him an example of a capacitive touch screen? Gd

[fresh sorrel]

but yeah dont look into gaming chairs, anything thats ergonomic is far better

[fresh sorrel]

fr xD

[graceful burrow]

It was an idle message while making dinner lmao

[patent patrol]

I did see some miller chair but they used and have spots on them...

[fresh sorrel]

he either left or got banned, someone said that someone got banned

[fresh sorrel]

send a pic? what type of spots lmao

[strange elk]

wrong guy

[fresh sorrel]

ah then yes left lmao

[graceful burrow]

Nah he's here you got the wrong guy
He didn't do anything ban worthy he's fine

[harsh quartz]

Mine doesn’t hurt, I just don’t 100% understand why it’s easier to power the “lightning” accessories instead of just having tradition headphones?

[patent patrol]

He sells 2 of the same for my budget, maybe i can buy one for half budget
Its the Herman Miller sayl

@fresh sorrel

[fresh sorrel]

Off the top of my head not sure how good it is, looks like you’d be able to clean it relatively easily (esp if you have like a carpet cleaner thing)

I’d keep it in the back of your mind ask what their bottom line is, and just look at any ergo chairs that are available to you, check reviews and stuff

[graceful burrow]

No headphone jack
And apple has strict certs and verifications to allow audio through the lightning connector for proprietary reasons
But don't have restrictions on powering devices with the lightning port, or on Bluetooth audio devices

[fresh sorrel]

Don’t buy anything marked gaming

[harsh quartz]

So even the lightning to aux dongle has to have an approved lightning??

[summer folio]

Kinnarps Gaming

[harsh quartz]

I actually never thought about that, but Jesus Christ that’s bad

[graceful burrow]

Yes lol it's supposed to

[harsh quartz]

Makes more sense now. Damn that’s dumb

I was just thinking “buy a normal dongle and then whatever wired headphones will work” but I guess cause it’s lightning there is no “normal dongle”

[summer folio]

Thought EU 🇪🇺 forced apple to improve/adapt the modern USB-C standard already?

[harsh quartz]

You think every market can afford the iPhone 15?

He’ll, I can’t even afford the iPhone 15

[fresh sorrel]

Just get an Apple Card ez

[harsh quartz]

I remeber the marketing around that, where it was “buy now pay later, but it’s not credit” and it’s literally just a credit card

[fresh sorrel]

Legit backed by Goldman xD

[patent patrol]

wait, wdym by ergo?

[fresh sorrel]

ergonomic

[patent patrol]

I though it was a brand

[fresh sorrel]

xd

[harsh quartz]

There’s probably a brand named ergo, but it’s usually just a category of products

[patent patrol]

there is alot of chairs like that

here's one

[fresh sorrel]

yeah, anything marked as that with half decent reviews

[harsh quartz]

I still like my “gaming” chairs

[fresh sorrel]

is connecting discord to floatplane not working for anyone else, tried to troubleshoot myself but not workin

[tacit finch]

foudn literally 1 on ebay on a bid ima wait till its almost over and add 20 cents 😭

[harsh quartz]

Are you an active floatplane subscriber?

[fresh sorrel]

yeah

[shut lichen]

define "not working"

[fresh sorrel]

it opens the authorize page, i pull up my account, i hit authorize, then it brings me back to floatplane and does nothing

[shut lichen]

weird

https://www.floatplane.com/settings/help

[faint sierra]

hi

[graceful burrow]

hi

[faint sierra]

i was told to say hi

[smoky badge]

Hi

[near nymph]

The standard iPhone 15 is Abit pricey but I find that my iPhones last longer than most cell phones I've had

Big W on my books

[harsh quartz]

Yeah you missed the whole fuckin point of that conversation by a country mile my guy

[faint sierra]

apple overpriced

[near nymph]

What something about lightning

[lilac bear]

that $800 is a lot for some people

which tbh, even as an Android guy...
flagship> midranger

[near nymph]

I consider $800 a decent amount of money. Though for a device that will last me 5 years+. I think it's worth it. $160 a year

My pixel 7 pro start to act funny with the shit updates.

[lilac bear]

yeah I'm concerned about any SOC lasting 7 years that isn't SnapDragon

but.. Pixel 10 will have 8gen5

[near nymph]

Even the S22 my friend has is acting up

Soo...

Not a big fan...

[lilac bear]

I mean 8gen1 is technically just Exynos...

it was made by Samsung

unlike most other SnapDragons made by TSMC

[near nymph]

Yeah... But yeah androids don't last as long compared to iPhones from my experience.

[lilac bear]

yeah Android optimization kinda shit

[near nymph]

What made me switch to a pixel is the cell reception was ass on the iPhone X

iPhone X Intel modem situation...

[lilac bear]

Pixel still Tensor, which is based off of Exynos

well Pixel 9 will be last of G series chips

[near nymph]

Yeah... But still. the phones being sold in Canada and USA mostly are Samsung, Pixel and iPhone

[lilac bear]

yeah even Sony pulled out of the US

[near nymph]

We don't have the option to use the fancy Chinese phones here unlike Europe

Except like OnePlus I guess

[lilac bear]

god Vivo X100 Ultra on top

suck it Samsung

[near nymph]

They don't work as nicely on the north American cell network

[lilac bear]

which is what sucks, US is stuck with 3 companies

[near nymph]

And anyone that is a journalist or works in a sensitive field shouldn't use a Chinese phone 😂

[lilac bear]

I will withhold my opinion

like a good boy

[near nymph]

If you're a Chinese journalist... Avoid iPhone 😂 unless you're talking negatively about the Chinese government

[full fossil]

@keen cradle I researched the pride thing

And it's meant to be pride month on June right?

Happy pride month?

I think

[full fossil]

Oooh

[modest beacon]

happy pride month

[grim belfry]

Not working for me either

For like a month or so

[fresh sorrel]

I think that they changed the URL, https://floatplane.com/api/connect/discord returns a 301 status before sending you back to the home page, which is supposed to be the return link (plus your auth data)

[crimson ore]

Hi guys..

[prime island]

hi

[graceful burrow]

hi

[north wraith]

TIL that people sell empty Apple boxes for like 15 bucks plus shipping on Ebay

[potent timber]

sometimes even more

[north wraith]

This dose nothing to help my horder tendencies

on the other hand I also know from first hand the boxes and other Apple packing material make excellent ent fire starting material for a wood stove.

[grim belfry]

Usually to facilitate slightly unethical behaviour, but oh well.

[north wraith]

Oh... I feel better now

Didn't stop to think "why"

will resume my more ethical approch of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (or also use for winter heating lol)

[grim belfry]

lol

[north wraith]

I mean they are cool boxes and all so I thought maybe someone was like collecting them like baseball cards

not just using them for scams or whatever

[frozen zenith]

Drop reviews on galaxy flip

Or should I flip out the thoughts of buying it ?

[north wraith]

lol nice pun

[indigo plume]

Might drop out of Samsung for my next phone

Samsung feels as limiting as apple

Just feels like apple but with a diff face

[frozen zenith]

How is Samsung limiting ?

[long briar]

I'll always be bothered by a rainbow missing indigo

Like no disrespect but why is an inclusive rainbow flag excluding a colour of the rainbow

[long briar]

They have right to repair policies about the same as Apple

Locked bootloaders on their Snapdragon phones

So unlike other brands like Google or Oneplus, you're trusting what Samsung gives you is good

and if Samsung decides to screw everyone over like Windows 11 home, unlike windows you don't have a choice but to suck it

[potent timber]

You mean they haven't yet?

[long briar]

well they already have with repairs

but software wise so far it's ok

you can still use ADB to remove the included bloatware

but who knows what they might do later

[potent timber]

I'm actually okay with their OS stuff

[long briar]

yea I'm okay with it right now

but locked bootloader pisses me off

the fact they only sell batteries built in with the screen so you have to spend 200+ on a battery replacement means I'm already out

Pixel may have a ton of their own issues but at least they have reasonably priced battery replacements

if I one day decide Pixel's stock rom isn't for me, I can easily install a different rom

[frozen zenith]

I've never really trusted repairs (maybe bad technicians) but samsung software has worked pretty well for my work case.

[long briar]

Google even provides an Android flash tool online that I can use for custom roms

Dead easy to use, super intuitive

[long briar]

it's not a repair, batteries are consumable items and are replaced.

the fact you can't replace them with a good battery is stupid

[near nymph]

https://youtu.be/ZUWtHSd5GOo?si=FZM4dBN3cgnDc0ZB

This is kinda cool...

@grim belfry Ever been to Italy?

[frozen zenith]

Old times were best when you could take out batteries

[long briar]

I mean realistically... pixel battery replacements are dead easy

it's not for everyone since it's still glue removal, but it's really easy

Oneplus if you can source parts is also good

[frozen zenith]

Yeah but the phones are shti

[long briar]

no?

maybe if you live in EU but so are pixels then

In North America their phones are solid value

[frozen zenith]

I hear alot of people taking about Google camera but I never really use the camera so was never attracted to it

[frozen zenith]

I live in india and find samsung flagships better than oneplus

Maybe its samsung ui(been using it forever) that I find comfort it that I don't like other phones

[long briar]

Valid

[frozen zenith]

Also depends on what budget you're looking at . Samsung at lower levels is straight trash but the flagships are bangers

[near nymph]

Flagship OnePlus > Samsung non ultra plus shit flagship

[long briar]

not in EU

but pretty much yea

Ultra is like a halo product

Oneplus 12 and S24 being the same price is insane

[near nymph]

I wouldn't buy another pixel.

[long briar]

Oneplus 12 being so much more capable

[long briar]

Buying a pixel is just signing up to be a beta tester for the price of a phone

[frozen zenith]

I wanna buy a flip but I'm trying to find a reason to spend so much except for it flips

[long briar]

Tons of bugs everywhere

if I was older then I probably wouldn't use a Pixel, and would go iPhone actually

but I'm young and I love working out bugs and having fun with software

and the Camera on the Pixel is just great

4k30 on the Pixel 8 main sensor looks fantastic and S24 does not hold a candle to the 4k performance of the Pixel 8

[frozen zenith]

Idk if its the anit-china thing but people prefer buying Samsung or Apple in the high price ranges in india atleast

[long briar]

Apple is a status symbol

[grim belfry]

Very real

[frozen zenith]

They think but it isn't

[long briar]

it doesn't matter what is and isn't. If the mindset is there then they'll buy it

[near nymph]

People prefer to buy Samsung and Apple when they are wealthy in India. Middle Class and less fortunate prefer Chinese phones cuz cost.

[long briar]

Apple in North America acts like a luxury company but they aren't. Does it stop people from thinking otherwise? Nah.

[frozen zenith]

But fr people who earning daily wages can be seen sporting an iPhone bought on predatory emi/loans

[long briar]

I've seen enough people call Android owners broke because they own an iPhone to know so

[frozen zenith]

Yeah true, when you've got a budget you only look at specs and getting the best you can, when there's no budget other factors come into play

[frozen zenith]

Lmao people with iPhone 10s call people with s24 ultras broke

[near nymph]

If not all Indians I know. When they come to Canada they wanna buy a Mercedes, BMW, etc. fancy cars.

One hanged himself over it. Because he fucked up and realized he can't afford the financing.

I think it has to be a cultural thing

[long briar]

ykw though, iPhone X aged beautifully

I actually love that phone

Great form factor, good build, decent display

[near nymph]

I have one. It's great. Love it. Still works great. I need to replace it soon the Intel modem drives me crazy

[long briar]

I prefer the handfeel of the X to the 15 actually

nothing is quite like it

Pixel 8 is close but it's aluminum which is just not quite as dense as stainless steel

and the camera bar edge is just bruh

[frozen zenith]

Maybe yes, most people want to be kings and showoff their wealth(even fake it) and most of this group is attracted the foreign countries cause they see people online showing off there.

They also see how much higher the salaries are but not the costs.

Idk if its a cultural thing but they are mainly idiots

[frozen zenith]

Best iPhone ever was the 5, can't beat that perfect size

[near nymph]

The amount of people I know offing themselves over their stupid financial decisions in Canada is silly.

Some realize they fucked up. Sell their fancy Mercedes and switch to a hybrid Hyundai. After taking massive loses from depreciation and interest rates 😂

[long briar]

I actually think 5 is too small

I had the 5, 5s and SE 2016. Using them now is really hard

[near nymph]

iPhone 5 is Abit small... Looks down at crotch

[grim belfry]

That screen was tiny

[long briar]

Pixel 8 is perfect for me

I can't use the pro which is unfortunate

I wish I had that ultrawide camera

[frozen zenith]

It is for most tasks but I've come to realisation that less phone is better for me and calling and a few texting apps is all I use

[near nymph]

So the most basic phone. Great 😂

[long briar]

but both S24 and iPhone 15 doesn't even have autofocus on its ultrawide camera

[frozen zenith]

Now you know what those people buying pro maxes and ultras are compensating for

[near nymph]

No not rly. I like big phones to watch my films 😏

[long briar]

Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 pro are the only small phones with AF on the ultrawide

[frozen zenith]

Use a fucking tv

[long briar]

can't carry a TV in my pocket

also no TV peaks 2000 nits

[near nymph]

On a train?

[frozen zenith]

Fair

Laptop or tablet then maybe

[long briar]

Tablet maybe, Laptop defo not

[grim belfry]

Vision Pro. Problem solved

Affordable too

[frozen zenith]

So cheap

[near nymph]

India's rail instructor is pretty slow...

I wonder when is India gonna be like China and build some high speed rail

[idle nymph]

Same

[frozen zenith]

There is vande bharat and we're slowing progressing. Bullet train is proposed(or started building idk)

[near nymph]

India is interesting. Would like to visit. My friend has a place in Chandigarh

[long briar]

It's actually insane how stable those trains feel at 320kmh

[frozen zenith]

For me a greater concern than speed is the cleanliness and availability of proper facilities.

[long briar]

I took one a while ago and it's insane

[frozen zenith]

Like the newer trains are pretty good but I would never sit in those general trains(pretty upperclassly yes)

[long briar]

they have a display inside that indicates the speed of the train

[frozen zenith]

A chinese train ?

[long briar]

looking up and seeing 300+ is just wild to me

[long briar]

Yep.

[frozen zenith]

Cool

I wanna sit in a Japanese bullet train once

[near nymph]

Up to the people to respect the infrastructure

[long briar]

In China the high speed trains are shockingly clean

at least the one I was on

[frozen zenith]

Yeah but there isnt much enforcement of laws either. Tbh india in general has fuck tonne of laws but they don't enforce shit

[near nymph]

The people respect the infrastructure there is China.

[long briar]

Well there's also cops everywhere

[near nymph]

Same in India

[idle nymph]

China was pretty clean when I went there

[near nymph]

India and China are authoritarian states. China a little bit more fucked

[frozen zenith]

Yeah China is strict, that is good (maybe too strict maybe)

[long briar]

I don't live there so I can't say much if it's too strict

[frozen zenith]

There should be atleast 1 month prison sentence on littering and all the issue are solved

[near nymph]

K that's too much

[frozen zenith]

Exactly but people won't litter then

[near nymph]

India should take some inspiration with live organ harvesting and execution vans

[fresh sorrel]

If you litter they throw you in the incinerator

[frozen zenith]

Lmao will help reduce overpopulation

[near nymph]

https://youtu.be/mlYSl5IKP64?si=zeVnscJw7qseaJyb

https://youtu.be/MI8cOvGX_Nw?si=xdnBnkEw2s5ROxup
@frozen zenith

[frozen zenith]

Wait that's true, china's fucked up ngl.

Still jealous of their technology (built on forced labour but still quite advanced in some fields)

[long briar]

just like the Canadian railway!!!

[near nymph]

🤣 yup it's true lmfao. That's why I'm very careful in China. My mouth is shut. There is a lot of laws in place that can be interpreted differently. To send you into a van

[long briar]

being Chinese but with a Canadian passport I don't actually really watch my mouth

[near nymph]

I'm getting a Chinese passport soon...

[frozen zenith]

That's cool

[long briar]

but I know what is an absolute nogo in terms of things to say

[frozen zenith]

@near nymph you live in China?

[near nymph]

Haha no

I just happen to be of Chinese descent.

My parents are Taiwanese. China kinda gives us weird perks

Where they see us as citizens...

[frozen zenith]

Ah

[near nymph]

https://youtube.com/shorts/IdnCmZD_y3g?si=zz3k5Fifmp1SsWAx

[frozen zenith]

So caring of them

[near nymph]

This is great. They gave me similar treatment in China

[frozen zenith]

I love this guy

[near nymph]

I was given that treatment

I messed up and sat in the wrong carriage. Turns out First Class isn't the highest class on high speed rail it's business class...

[frozen zenith]

Lmao

[near nymph]

Got cussed at my an old man. He snitched to the train staff that enforces stuff.

Flashed my passport and he saw my birth area. He went to the old man and cussed him out and called him a disgrace to the country

[long briar]

this picture was taken back when I had an iPhone 5...

[frozen zenith]

Guiliun peaks

[long briar]

As much shit goes on in China, I think being a visitor you get to see the best of it and avoid the worst

[near nymph]

China is trying hard to look friendly to tourists lately.

[long briar]

this was I think a decade ago

[long briar]

yep.

[near nymph]

Naw they are really really trying. They are telling hotels to stop refusing foreigners

[long briar]

That location was used on the 2005 20Yuan bill

[near nymph]

Recent event

[frozen zenith]

Lol that's a vip

[near nymph]

The people's money kek

[near nymph]

Tbf I'm the same ethnicity as them so they kinda treat me better. If they see a South Asian they would probably take out a baton

They are hella racist

[frozen zenith]

Ah

How do they perceive indians ?

[near nymph]

Lemme get an ad to show you ...

[jaunty compass]

I mean..... depending on who you ask

[near nymph]

https://youtu.be/Few8kJ0zfnY?si=LZ5Js1qxs-erXtOC @frozen zenith

[frozen zenith]

So straight up racism

[jaunty compass]

Chat what the fuck

[frozen zenith]

But I saw a black man touring across China on yt and people were very interested in him. Like some kids didn't even know people could be black

[near nymph]

Wait till they get out the wash cloth to help the poor man

[frozen zenith]

And even the adults were welcoming

[long briar]

My family saw a black dude once and asked why would they stay out in the sun for so long... I had to explain to them that people from different places look different. It wasn't racism it's just blind curiosity/ignorance

[frozen zenith]

Lol

[long briar]

YO I was literally just telling a very similar story yayaya

[near nymph]

China is great to travel to. Honestly would recommend.

[long briar]

Great travel place, not great to stay for extended period of time

[near nymph]

I would stay there up to a month

Fuck staying too long

[long briar]

I would go about 1 month or two at a time

[frozen zenith]

Tbf every country has something unique, just make sure to visit the right places and you'll have fun

Like there's some places in india that even I won't go to being an Indian and tourists go there to have their trips ruined

[near nymph]

India is well... Y'all have hygiene issues...

[frozen zenith]

Not everywhere

[near nymph]

Well yeah.

But I'm saying... Delhi street food lol

The capital 😂

[frozen zenith]

Yeah fuck delhi man

[long briar]

Diarrhea for white people?

[frozen zenith]

North India is fucked up

[near nymph]

Eh... Gutter oil is pretty fucked

[frozen zenith]

West and South are better by miles

[near nymph]

Chandigarh is pretty clean and good?

[frozen zenith]

It's a good city but not really

Chandigarh has a reputation for being a well planned city but still wary of North India in general

[near nymph]

Y'all eat dogs up there

🤣

Problems that I have with India...

[frozen zenith]

What ?

Who tf is eating dogs

[near nymph]

Northern India eats dogs. Lol

[frozen zenith]

I'm limited to chicken, goat, sheep and fish

[near nymph]

India....use a more standard plug...

[long briar]

no that's China

[frozen zenith]

Not really, I mean as far as I know

[frozen zenith]

Yeah lol

[long briar]

Dog really just tastes like Bony chicken

[near nymph]

https://youtu.be/Vp_Y5Z0tJ2U?si=vDx4s7-MCRtBkzgs

[near nymph]

O.o

[long briar]

2/10 don't reccommend

durian pizza was a new one for me at the time, I love durian, I love cheese, it was awesome

[frozen zenith]

Nah nagaland does have Chinese influence for that, indians don't condone this

We're happy in just chicken

[near nymph]

Still India and Indian citizens... China has mostly stopped eating dog.

Ngl most eat it due to poverty

[near nymph]

Hmm... China built a rail to south East Asia... Durian prices went down

[frozen zenith]

But why tf eat dogs lmao, aren't chicken cheap ?

[frozen zenith]

Nah this is some weird shit tho

[near nymph]

Naw not rly...

[grim belfry]

Chicken is quite expensive

[frozen zenith]

It's like 280rs kg the highest price

[long briar]

Chicken is not cheap to buy

[near nymph]

Pork is the cheapest in China I think...

[long briar]

that's why most families have chickens they raise

[frozen zenith]

3.3 usd per kg the highest and shops discount it alot if you take lower pieces (neck etc)

[near nymph]

China is unpredictable with their Visa On Arrival...

Korean Airlines gives me troubles flying to Shenzhen for VOA

[frozen zenith]

I tried pork just very recently, was good

[near nymph]

I had to do last minute changes to Hong Kong 🤣

[long briar]

My friend recently took that route and it was mostly ok

aside from him answering a question wrong because he's single and they asked if he had a girlfriend

then his little brother exposed him

[frozen zenith]

Single people not allowed in China?

[long briar]

No it was a security question

[frozen zenith]

There goes my chance

[frozen zenith]

Ah ok lmao

[long briar]

in a way just to build a profile of you if anything happens

[near nymph]

They refused me saying I didnt have Visa. I showed him the Chinese Government website and the tourist company websites. They all say VOA for SEZ.

[long briar]

dang unlucky

I have to drive about 4 hours to get a visa here

[frozen zenith]

Was there not a stamp on your passport?

[grim belfry]

Passports don't usually get stamped anymore

[near nymph]

I told them... Alright. Cancels Flight

Runs to United

Realizes United is too slow

Goes back and books flight to Hong Kong and figure it out there

[near nymph]

China and India still stamps passports.

But no. I didn't have a Visa. I was eligible to get one on arrival

[frozen zenith]

Oh

[near nymph]

But Korean Airlines employees that day didn't know

[long briar]

RIP

[frozen zenith]

Must have cost you alot for no reason

Should have complained and gotten a compensation

[long briar]

Wait I take it that you're Canadian then right?

[near nymph]

Jokes on them. 24hr cancelation laws in Canada

[frozen zenith]

Oh nice

[near nymph]

Yup. I never disclosed my Chinese citizenship. Nor did I know I was one...

[long briar]

Go to Los Angelos airport and KR airlines to shenzhen?

[frozen zenith]

There's no canada, it's just north usa

[long briar]

real

[near nymph]

My original flight
YVR - ICN - SZX

Then I changed it to
YVR - ICN - HKG - Train to Lu Wo - Shenzhen

[long briar]

Oh right

[near nymph]

I was like screw u I'm circumventing y'all. They were like we are not responsible if you get stuck. I was like... OKAY

[long briar]

wait that's the same route my friend took actually

I just double checked

Flew to YVR - ICN - HKG

I guess it makes sense though

normally my route is YVR - MFM

then ferry to Zhuhai where I'd bus to wherever

[near nymph]

Chinese officers knew I was of Chinese decent so they kinda went after me

[long briar]

Interesting

yea no I never had any troubles

[near nymph]

They forced me to write my Chinese name

Bitch had her hand hovering between the Okay stamp and the deport ya stamp

I assume it's a refuse entry stamp...

There were multiple stamps

[long briar]

yea

[near nymph]

🤣 China is trippy. When it comes to power

[long briar]

It's a gamble every time

[near nymph]

Yeah... EU, US? And Australia

Then you get Hong Kong

with the GB Plug.

I had to buy travel adapters in china

[long briar]

wait really?

I don't have a single travel adapter

[grim belfry]

They put it upside down :(

[near nymph]

Transiting thru Hong Kong you need a GB Plug to charge.

Then you get China where if your US thing has a ground port. Get fucked

[long briar]

Oh right I never spent the night in HK

[near nymph]

Also. Gotta be weary about plugging US stuff cause 220-240v

[long briar]

so really funny story... one of my laptop charger cables might be missing its ground pin....

[near nymph]

Sounds very Asian of you to yank it out

[long briar]

most bricks are switching so it's usually fine, just double check

[long briar]

it works perfectly

[near nymph]

I would just get a new cable for just China if you're spending like a month there

[long briar]

well it's different now

I don't bother bringing a laptop anymore

[near nymph]

New laptops charge with USB-C

[long briar]

a multiport gan charger doesn't need ground pin and a tablet does perfectly fine

charges everything

[near nymph]

I bought a nice travel adapter

Lemme go find it

Travel adapters though are hella cheap in China

Unless you went balls to the wall like me

I have a similar one I got for a few RMB

No USB-C and stuff

[long briar]

yea no I have never bought or used one

[pure knoll]

i just bought something off this guy

[near nymph]

This is like a buck

[pure knoll]

ebay guarantee and paypal chargeback on my side tho

[near nymph]

Few cents

[near nymph]

Lmfao I bought something off AliExpress. The seller Uni-T the massive tool company in China is trying to scam me

[pure knoll]

judge for urself ig https://www.ebay.com/itm/395420572033?

im just saying i got myself covered and idrc if it doesnt come

so i literally have the perfect dela

[near nymph]

What credit card ya have?

[pure knoll]

are there any tech things u would advise me to buy from aliexpress

[near nymph]

If you have Citi. They suck at siding 😂

[pure knoll]

paypal + bnz

[near nymph]

Hmm... They have some nice old hardware... Uni-T makes good products but after they tried to screw me this time. I can't rly recommend them.

[pure knoll]

any specifics cuz i just want to buy random shit

[near nymph]

Baseus makes good chargers for phones and stuff

Momax makes good stuff

[pure knoll]

any advice?

[near nymph]

Baseus USB-C Chargers?

[pure knoll]

k

lmao

[near nymph]

If you're into coffee... Yuropress coffee maker

[pure knoll]

lmao nty

[near nymph]

Yuropress is a knock off of Aeropress.

[pure knoll]

more of like computer / networking hardware

pcie cards off aliexpress surely safe

[near nymph]

Hmm... They have cool cellphones

[pure knoll]

i want to see one lmao

is it like a north korea style phone

[near nymph]

Nope

[pure knoll]

do you reckon they have network swicthes and pfsense boxes

[near nymph]

Probably do. I wouldn't plug in Huawei equipment into my network though

They do have TP link stuff

[pure knoll]

dayum expensivehttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006439215291.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.2536cJaMcJaMPJ&algo_pvid=1985b2bf-b19b-4764-9879-0201a0772f1d&algo_exp_id=1985b2bf-b19b-4764-9879-0201a0772f1d-1&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21NZD%21244.99%21142.09%21%21%21146.99%2185.25%21%402101e80317172281691228255e95f2%2112000037172103869%21sea%21NZ%214473112806%21&curPageLogUid=3ja1UDuuwgZZ&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

[pure knoll]

is it legit?

[near nymph]

TP Link is Chinese... So most usually... Yes

[pure knoll]

do they have a store?

maybe i can find some good deals

im looking to upgrade some server infastructure

i rlly need a vlan but i dont have a box for pfsense

[fiery prism]

We only need one pwm header for the montech air 100 argb as all the fans are daisy chained right

[near nymph]

TP-LINK Flagship Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mM6CpeO maybe?

[pure knoll]

thanks 😉

[grim belfry]

TP Link gear is almost always more expensive on Ali vs a local distributor in my experience

[pure knoll]

do u know any pfsense boxes / ways i can get vlan on my home network for cheap

[grim belfry]

DIY?

[pure knoll]

how much do u reckon i could get that for?

[grim belfry]

~<$200 NZD for a banana pi

[cerulean canopy]

flashing a cheapo router with openwrt would be the cheapest way

[pure knoll]

i already have an orbi router and i dont want to do anything to it

[pure knoll]

im looking for more of a man in the middle between my router and switch

unless of course there is a better (non wiping) solution

[pure knoll]

link?
what is it?

[grim belfry]

Banana Pi R3

[near nymph]

Sounds like fun

[near nymph]

What can I do with this... Anything fun?

[grim belfry]

Anything you want 😉

pfsense, openwrt

[near nymph]

A overkill VPN host for my Great Mexican Great Wall Jumper for China?

Oh...

[grim belfry]

I mean its basically a RPI

[near nymph]

I might throw up a server in Mexico for my China VPN. For fun. Making wall jumping jokes

[grim belfry]

You could use it as a desktop computer if you really wanted

[long briar]

Baseus makes great digital stuff, better than ugreen imo actually

other things is like chifi iems and dongles/dacs

dedicated amps I'd avoid

project parts like bt modules are also really good

[near nymph]

Hmm

[grim belfry]

It wouldn't be a good desktop computer tho lol

[barren apex]

UGREEN and BASEUS survived the bullshit anker purge. Working on a new list of quality brands with quality components but getting samples from all of them
And testing them takes a lot of token

[near nymph]

@grim belfry Hmm... Do you have gigabit internet in Australia?

[barren apex]

Time a

[grim belfry]

Indeed.

[near nymph]

🤣 spare PC? I was thinking of places to temporarily host VPNs when I visit Communist China

Turns out residential IP addresses are less likely to get blocked

[grim belfry]

Over 42.5% of NBN Connections can technically purchase a gigabit plan. 19.5% of nbn connections are FTTP, and can definately recieve gigabit

[long briar]

Ugreen and Baseus are solid, Essager and Toocki are a step below but I'd be ok with recommending for stuff like car chargers

[near nymph]

Oh... I was expecting less...

[barren apex]

If you get time, send me a list of brands you think are quality and for what specific components. I can likely get free samples from almost all of them and run them through testing hardware, will just take me time to catch up

[near nymph]

Haven't tried Essager. Toocki stuff broke on me

[long briar]

Toocki I can't recommend for any more than basic chargers

[near nymph]

Their charging cables didn't last

[long briar]

their charging cables afaik are just rebrand generics, super stiff and not great quality

I have two car chargers from them, a 60w and 50w, both have been serving me well

[barren apex]

Self dox I know

[long briar]

Toocki for car chargers, I actually take back my recc for Essager they're just far too hit or miss

[spiral pewter]

Hi

[barren apex]

Have you tried Gooloo for a car jump starter? I for one as a sample years ago and it’s still able to jump a f250 super diesel

[pure knoll]

where can i buy a bannana pi

HOLY SHIT THAT IS SO EXPENSIVE
https://www.amazon.com/OpenSource-Wireless-Dual-Band-MediaTek-Bundle3-BPI/dp/B0BDG6R41Q

i got my server for the same price in usd

this

[barren apex]

Also I’d you have any recommendations on testing hardware for battery chargers or the computer based usb things I’d be interested, trying to expand my knowledge base

DMa always open

[long briar]

I have not, but I have a generic booster I got for really cheap that has served me very well. Started my M240i with a broken battery about 6 times on a single charge and could possibly go more

[pure knoll]

could i get one of these and just slap a ethernet port on it? https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w/

[barren apex]

My brother brought me back a cheap jumper he borrowed in the cold weather and it had like doubled in size. I did not trust it any more 😛

[long briar]

yikes.

it's actually sort of similar to this Gooloo one, uses the same connector for the alligator clips

the battery pack itself is thicker and not as tall

actually I'll go find it rn

[stoic sparrow]

does anyone have experience with building pcs

i just got a new case took the metal piece out to put in my gpu and can’t screw it back in??

[long briar]

show picture

[grim belfry]

The processor on those are slow as all fuck

[pure knoll]

as a router is fine tho right?

[stoic sparrow]

it’s like the hole to screw it in is missing

i’m actually so confused

[pure knoll]

this is my budget https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/SEVRBP0412/Raspberry-Pi-Zero-W-1GHz-BCM2835-Single-Core-CPU-5?src=raspberrypi

maybe 50nzd

[long briar]

unscrew the GPU screw first

[grim belfry]

You’d be lucky to get fast Ethernet out of that thing

[pure knoll]

mount a 2.5gbe port?

[grim belfry]

I’m pretty sure you can only get 10/100 Ethernet hats

[long briar]

slide the screw back onto the groove, there should've been a nut on the other side of the screw

[pure knoll]

oh damn wtf

[grim belfry]

It uses usb 2

[pure knoll]

im on 300/100 wifi but still fkn shame

[pure knoll]

do u know any solutions for like 50nzd i dont mind buying second hand

[stoic sparrow]

there isn’t

[pure knoll]

this is a bit over budget ngl https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/desktops/no-monitor/listing/4737846642

[long briar]

wait that plate is threaded

[pure knoll]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/desktops/no-monitor/listing/4731821545

[long briar]

that's a thumbscrew

[stoic sparrow]

yeah it’s not working

[long briar]

take it out, put the plate inside the case

screw it back into the plate