public-chat

[wraith sonnet]

and you're too stupid to sign back in to your ms account with the link I gave you

[olive saffron]

just ask the guy to go into their ms account and retrieve key tho

its better than someone else getting your data off of you

[long briar]

Ohhh yea that's unlucky

[fading belfry]

i've seen laptops WITHOUT MS ACCOUNT with bitlocker activated MANY TIMES

[wraith sonnet]

have you ever tried to get someone over 70 to do that shit?

[fading belfry]

so your argument is wrong

[olive saffron]

oh lord

[wraith sonnet]

this

I work for an SI that's target audience are retirees

[fossil frost]

<@&750150305383186585> they are basically just an argumentative troll trying to go out of their way to cause conflict now

[long briar]

bitlocker is tied to your pin or password when you set the pc up, not microsoft account

[fading belfry]

PC with soldered SSD are coming up real soon 😉

[fossil frost]

if you have a MS account, your bitlocker keys get backed up to it

[fading belfry]

ftgfdp

[long briar]

yes it gets backed up to it, it's not strictly tied to it

[olive saffron]

yeah ig

[long briar]

you don't need the microsoft account to get past bitlocker

[summer folio]

True. Can still just use 3:rd party encryption for importante files inside of windows also. For extra security, on top of Bitlocker?

[long briar]

most SSDs have their own encryption

[fossil frost]

some, not most... and it takes a huge pain in the arse to turn on too

[summer folio]

Yes, Truecrypt, that was what I was thinking

[fossil frost]

and, its usually encryption acceleration, not actual encryption

yes, but if the drive has it, the drive can be asked to do it inline, its marginally faster

[fading belfry]

Also, on the email address the said microsoft account was created (a gmail mail btw), I kept all the mails since I created this gmail account: no mail from microsoft aside the ones earlier when retrieving the account. I created the gmail account late 2023. never created a microsoft account over it. but yeah yeah blabla, i'm an attention seeker, and all the people on google claiming microsoft made an account wihtout their consent are probably lying too coz they're bored

[fossil frost]

https://tenor.com/view/nobody-cares-nobody-cares-spongebob-imagination-gif-8176136

[fading belfry]

then stfu and skip my messages but don't call me a liar, or vtff

[fossil frost]

if you were not an attention seeker, you would have dropped it now, like we all did

[long briar]

you don't walk into a chat to tell people to stfu

[fading belfry]

ok i'm an attention seeker

[stone swift]

Anyone here know mutch about power boards for say a TV (and basic electronics ect)

[fossil frost]

again, i dont care

[fading belfry]

then stfu

[fossil frost]

no

[graceful hamlet]

Anybody say Dell

[fading belfry]

then vtff

[long briar]

the only person who keeps bringing it up is you, though.

[fossil frost]

<@&750150305383186585> sorry for the repeated ping, but, very clearly a troll

[long briar]

like cool you got an email from an unique domain.

[fading belfry]

they say third time the charm

[long briar]

that's it, there's nothing more, maybe even less

[fading belfry]

you didn't block me and myself?

[long briar]

Nightingale and Bapt, both of you. Just stop.

You're engaging in a pissing contest and neither one of you has a weiner

[fading belfry]

Now that's a conspiracy

[fossil frost]

yeah im done now, im just going to go down the "stop feeding the troll and they will starve and go away" path now

[fading belfry]

🤡

alright, folks, catch you later! 🤟

[atomic gull]

always a dumbass argument going on in these chats

pointless arguments or contrarian debates

[fossil frost]

its the internet, its to be expected

[atomic gull]

True

[gilded vine]

me and my roomate are browsing prebuild pc
And where could I ask for advice here?

don,t want to bother too much explaining the why I go prebuild but I got many reason to I can share if desired

[fossil frost]

100%, forums... here, you will get a mixture of nothing, or "NO BUY PREBUILD!" or "what you want is something 11x your budget for scenarios you wont ever encounter"

[full fossil]

omg yay

my hero is here

https://tenor.com/view/gxaura-aura-gx-opera-operagx-gif-17979708190625458753

How much does my personal info sell for?

[fossil frost]

pennies

if that... its only worth something when sold with millions of other people's data

[full fossil]

so I'm helping google and microsoft and opera make millions?

[pallid falcon]

25 gold coins

[full fossil]

Yay

[fossil frost]

microsoft and google use it internally, rather than selling it, to profile you to more easily target you with the advertising parts of their business.. when its said that your data is "sold" to advertisers.. they never see your data... advertisers buy ads that target "people who are into anime, over 20, under 40, and live in country X"... and your data at microsoft or google, may or may not put you in that list... thats mostly how your data is "sold"

but its also actually sold, by collectors, to data aggregators. who collate data together and make similar profiles, without having to build up the huge platforms for collection that MS and google and FB and those types have... they then use it to do whatever it is they do with it... some aggregators make sure it sells to people who do advertising.. some sell it to whoever is willing to pay, including criminals

[full fossil]

Government is also interested UwU

[fossil frost]

government know all about you without all of this

facebook mark's eyes would explode out of his robot body if he saw the types of data the government hold on you...

aaaannnd.... a rat has just been snatched up by an owl in my back garden, and i can hear it shreaking in a tree...

and now it stopped... rat lasted a good 30-40 seconds

[full fossil]

Owl is trying their best

[fossil frost]

i have 2 dogs, my garden really really smells like dog... i dont get why rats think its the place for them

on about dogs... was on the mountain bike yesterday, going through the woods... saw a strange looking dog up in front of me... got to within 5 metres of it before i realised it was a fucking deer...

it just sat there and watched me ride past

woods, in the middle of a majorly built up area too

[jagged linden]

Can someone help me my air pods are no longer wanting to connect to my laptop and whenever I try to remove a Bluetooth device it says remove failed

[neat gull]

I just hit the 10,000 unread emails milestone

I take pride in this

[granite wraith]

People like you scare me

[fair sage]

i just delete the notification emails after a day or so

[summer folio]

Cool! I have 11976 unread e-mails in 1 of my gmails

[fair sage]

i could make it to show higher number, but why

[summer folio]

I don't really use this email anymore tho, changed main email 2012.

Lol, I apparently have 70,005 unread emails in my newish~ email, out of 78k emails. xd

I have to delete emails to send/receive new emails lol

[neat gull]

Blud got a record here

[tired hinge]

anyone know where i can get highres (like 4k) photos of cpu architectures? i want to make a poster that is similar to the intel architecture stickers

https://sl.bing.net/eB2mPkAXdue

similar to this ^

[obsidian zinc]

7 gamers 1 CPU with no virtualization when? Would be interesting to have a 7-way multiseat setup.

[tired hinge]

or is there any way i can take these pictures myself

[full fossil]

blud what that ain't possible

[summer folio]

So, just local couch coop gaming?

[obsidian zinc]

Yes it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSodGduWeL0

You can assign different Xorg sessions to different GPUs and USB devices/controllers

There's also Windows solutions

[summer folio]

There's also you play the same game, split screen or shared screen

But yeah, 4 players is usually max

[strange crystal]

DeadChatXD

[full fossil]

bread

[strange crystal]

Men

[full fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-bread-meme-googly-eyes-lick-gif-4828919955563198017

[full fossil]

uh if it isn't something anyone could do and can't be made entertaining that would be a tough sell based off of what linus has said on float plane

[obsidian zinc]

What has he said on floatplane?

[full fossil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdFIjsMfSc8

[obsidian zinc]

Anyone can setup multiseat if they have a dedicated GPU as well as integrated

[full fossil]

The actual shots were really long

one moment going to grab their actual quote

https://youtu.be/TLzqPQTzMfs?t=4535

there two possible great videos here
1 is driven by personaility
2 is super nuts and bolts on the hardware

it was also orginally 35 minutes long

but for youtube only 1 of them can make the cut

[rocky hinge]

What app is this displaying info about the cores on the mac studio

even at 4K its too blurry to read

To my knowledge its not cinebench even though thats what it vaguely says at the top. I think the main window is cinebench hence it says that but the app with the cores displayed is different im pretty sure

[full fossil]

it's because of youtube compression

first water cooled mac studio hmm

[rocky hinge]

Its the one where they hot rodded it

https://youtu.be/0Ueel1wXnZk?si=NsD9MrCwmIJPUJ0X&t=881

[full fossil]

even on floatplane can't read it

[rocky hinge]

Of course its paid

Thank you one and all

[full fossil]

that is amazing

[rocky hinge]

I shall now go sail the high seas ( FOR LEGAL REASONS THIS IS A JOKE)

[full fossil]

you gotta use third party software

to control your fans

and monitor their temps

[rocky hinge]

Theyre unnecessary thats why

Apple products dont overheat

Theyre magic

And do not produce heat

They don't use pcbs like normal crummy pcs they use printed circuit boards instead of pcbs

[lilac bear]

lmao what

[rocky hinge]

Completely diffferent

[rocky hinge]

was having trouble making out the text

[graceful burrow]

"they use printed circuit boards instead of printed circuit boards"

[rocky hinge]

Exactly

he gets it

[granite wraith]

This is making my head hurt

[rocky hinge]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[graceful burrow]

I'll give you props for sticking to your guns even if it is dumb as fuck

[full fossil]

^ this is rare

[graceful burrow]

No it isnt

[full fossil]

yall down voted me on discord of all things

[graceful burrow]

I didnt

[full fossil]

xeet

xeet this

xeet that

[graceful burrow]

This is the worst bait I've seen and even if it's on purpose you should feel bad

[rocky hinge]

The best part about using apple products is having to deal with the anti consumer nonsence and acknowledging all the crap by making it painfully obvious you're being sarcastiic

[graceful burrow]

Anyway

[full fossil]

it

is nice they have USB C now

[rocky hinge]

Apple invented USB

[granite wraith]

I kinda miss having my iPhone. Might jump again if the rumors about a slim one are true

[rocky hinge]

Still rocking an 11 Pro Max here

Screen on dad's 13 Pro Max died like 3 times in 6 months. He mentioned he might be handing it off to me but that was a while ago so lets see

[covert cradle]

I assume that's supposed to be a joke, but Apple is a major design contributor in the USB-IF. It makes it all the more funny it took them so long to put it on their phones.

[lilac bear]

Apple literally helped make USB-C become reality

and people fought against change when USB-C came out
not many supported it, was expensive as hell, "what's wrong with Micro B"

[wet abyss]

ha! Apple did not invent USB, Intel did

[lilac bear]

I said helped you doofus

that's like saying Italy had no ties with Germany in WWII

[lilac bear]

also I said USB-C

not USB as a whole

learn to read

https://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+read&form=QBLH&sp=-1&ghc=1&lq=0&pq=how+to+read&sc=10-11&qs=n&sk=&cvid=43AB9DA0E86D412B8D9E871F510946C8&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=

[winged spire]

thats not what he said lmao

apple did infact make the first computer with USB C

and the first computer with thunderbolt

[long briar]

It sort of makes sense? if their mobile chips didn't support USB 3.0 speeds for the longest time

that's why even when they switched to type c on the iPhone 15, bc the vanilla model had a last gen soc it just ran at usb 2.0

[winged spire]

does the 16?

[long briar]

actually

nvm that's stupid iPhone 16 is still 2.0

[marble estuary]

Apple moment

[covert cradle]

No one company "invented" USB. It was a huge industry collaboration. The USB implementers forum "invented" USB-C.

[marble estuary]

^^^

[winged spire]

correcting someone after misreading their message, and then being WRONG about the correction is kinda funny

[grim belfry]

Because USB 3.2 Gen 1 x 1 is a "Pro" feature*

[winged spire]

the pros are thunderbolt huh?

[long briar]

it's gen 2

[grim belfry]

Oooh fancy

[marble estuary]

There’s too many names

Should just be 1 2 3 4 etc

[long briar]

You know what Apple did invent though?" LTPO oled.

[winged spire]

is that the stacked OLED?

[grim belfry]

USB4 v2

[long briar]

no

[winged spire]

whats LTPO?

[summer folio]

I thought Samsung made their screens

[hearty spear]

V2.1a rev.3

[grim belfry]

Gen 4 v2 asymmetric 1:3

[marble estuary]

Very few technologies are actually “invented” by one company

The world is a big place

[long briar]

Samsung mobile and Samsung display are two separate entities. Samsung has material sets and can manufacture displays for other companies, but those companies design the panels and display drivers and send it off to Samsung display for manufacturing

[hearty spear]

Hey Lime, explain this plz
https://www.coolermaster.com/en-us/products/shark-x/

[winged spire]

$6999.99lol

[covert cradle]

LG created that one years ago. It was just so expensive they only sold it for integration in luxury vehicles

[grim belfry]

I got 3 popup modals as soon as I opened that website

[hearty spear]

6999

[long briar]

LTPO was actually an Apple thing. Shocking, ik

[grim belfry]

Cookies, wrong region, and newsletter subscription

[winged spire]

jesus look at that crate

[marble estuary]

Is that the OLED stuff I gotta be honest I have no clue

[winged spire]

google says OLED with variable refresh rate and lower power draw

[hearty spear]

If you're paying 7k for it... duh

[winged spire]

duh

[marble estuary]

Oh ok

[winged spire]

Low-temperature polycrystalline oxide

[marble estuary]

That’s definitely what I thought it stood for

[jaunty compass]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/485138525885431808/1295555754782359552/image-129.png? ps5 but good time

[slender swallow]

Is that on a PS5? If so thats pretty cool

[prime solstice]

If that’s on a ps5 I might have to jailbreak mine

[jaunty compass]

It's not actually on a PlayStation 5 it's more complicated than that

It is on this computer, which uses the same Apu as a PlayStation 5 which I was able to get playing games in Linux with modded graphics drivers

The good thing is that this computer is only like $50 on eBay even though it has most of the performance of the PS5

It's a little cut down but still has the performance of a 2600 ish and a Rx 6600

[jaunty compass]

It's not quite on a PS5

[rocky hinge]

Correct on all counts

[slender swallow]

thats amazing, its the amd bc-250 right?

[velvet marsh]

only the ipads are TB

[grim belfry]

Only Pro iPads are Thunderbolt*

iPad 10th Gen is just plain ol' USB 2

[granite wraith]

I still don't really know who the iPad 10th gen is for

[grim belfry]

People who want an iPad

The vast majority

[uneven stirrup]

Is that a 1050 bronze psu?

[jaunty compass]

Gold

[jaunty compass]

It's 1050 watt gold the lighting in my room is just really weird

[jaunty compass]

Yes

[rustic galleon]

Anyone experiencing worse stability/performance issues on the latest 565.90 driver? If so, please share which game thanks

[full fossil]

I has question. If I set thermal limit to 90c and the 7800x3d's operating temp is 89c...will it hit that 90c or stay below 89c??

I know it's 1c difference so it probably doesn't matter but I just wanna be safe with it

Couldn't find an answer on googs

[smoky badge]

Googs

[lilac bear]

I mean it's basically an affordable option compared to the rest

even if you're buying into "previous gen"

[long briar]

it's a cheap af tablet

what do you want from it?

[granite wraith]

I just think that it's feature set didn't really differentiate it from the 9th gen enough to justify the other changes it made. It not being compatible with the Apple pencil 2 was super weird

[long briar]

wait so correct me I'm wrong, people bash companies when products look the same... now we're bashing companies when the products look completely different?

that's a first

[grim belfry]

It was a complete design change?

[sleek hearth]

i have an acer 32' curved 165hz monitor and im trying to justify buying the new asus 32' 240hz monitor...

[granite wraith]

I'm not saying it shouldn't look different, but it didn't look that different from other iPads like the pro or air, and it wasn't compatible with a lot of the other accessories that those were compatible with. Just felt like it defeated the purpose of the design change

[long briar]

but it's not competing with the pro or air

it's like half the price of the air

people who are getting the iPad 10th gen aren't upgrading from the 9th gen

they're coming from the iPad air 2 from 2013

they're getting their first tablet

nobody is "upgrading" every generation for a base model iPad

[granite wraith]

I feel like I'm not getting my point across - why make the design more in line with the higher tier iPads but lock them out from the benefits that even older air and pro models benefit from?

The Apple pencil that it's compatible with can't even be charged with the ipad itself, because it had a lightning connector and the 10th gen is USB C

[long briar]

because other companies have done the same and the 9th generation iPad's base design hasn't changed from the first iPad in 2010?

Which tablet looks more premium?

[velvet marsh]

oled is worth it

[grim belfry]

We should've just kept 30 pin - The switch to lightning broke compatibility with so many accessories!

[granite wraith]

That's... That's not what I'm saying at all

[grim belfry]

It kind of is...

[granite wraith]

I'm sorry I feel like I may just be representing my point poorly

[long briar]

your entire point revolves around not being compatible with accessories, except most people buying a base iPad don't even bother with getting a pen... they just want a bigger portable screen

[grim belfry]

Because it's not a Pro or Air. It's like being mad that a 2024 Kia Picanto doesn't have the same features of a 2010 Rolls Royce

[long briar]

actually I'd be mad about this

[grim belfry]

It's like the cheapest car on the market

[granite wraith]

this wasn't meant to be this deep and I'm sorry, but I'm just confused as to why they wouldn't make it compatible with the pencil 2 when it looks like it would be and would clearly benefit more from it...

[long briar]

How would it charge the pencil 2?

[sleek hearth]

Thats why i want i because my monitor now is okay but its a cheap one i got at Walmart, want something more "official"

[grim belfry]

They're the kind to buy a dumb stylus from the cheap shop - not spend 20% of the iPad's value on a stylus

[long briar]

^exactly this.

[grim belfry]

Buy a charging dock that has lightning /s

[long briar]

most people buying a base model iPad aren't getting an Apple pencil

it'd be pointless

the tech behind an Apple pencil isn't exactly cheap either

[grim belfry]

lol

[long briar]

oh.

LOLLL

anyway

[granite wraith]

The same way the air and pro models do? A small charging magnet thing on the flat side... The pencil 1 uses lightning, but the pencil 2 is magnetic wireless, with a flat side that matches perfectly with the style of the newer iPads

[grim belfry]

There is no room for the wireless charger due to the camera iirc

[long briar]

iPad 10th gen was updated to bring the "premium" styling to the low end models. Not neccessarily the functionality. When I compared the Tab S6 lite and iPad 9th gen, S6 lite looks more premium but it's a piece of garbage to use.

[long briar]

nah there's plenty, it's just pointless

[long briar]

iPad nails the "it works well" criteria. It just looked 14 years old because it was

so you now have the it works well enough iPad with the more modern "even bezel" styling

[velvet marsh]

the pro has the same camera on the side and the pencil still charges there

[granite wraith]

I feel like you're being needlessly harsh to a simple question, I get it's a slightly more "budget" tablet but it just feels weird to not make it compatible with an accessory they're already making... Or just keeping the base model iPad with Lightning so it'd work with it. I dunno.

[long briar]

I wasn't being harsh to you, I was being harsh to the iPad and its main competitor

[grim belfry]

Idk then

[velvet marsh]

I think it has to do with the magnet positioning, because the 2nd gen pencil doesn't work with the pro either

[granite wraith]

Equally weird I guess, but Apple spends a ton on marketing research so clearly they felt it was the best choice

[prime solstice]

Looks like one of those things you see ontop of a debit machine that holds the pen to sign your signature

[azure abyss]

can someone help me? I genuinely don’t think my pc can be booted into bios

[smoky badge]

#1027757333117415424

[uneven stirrup]

I’m kinda annoyed… what happened to optimization for games?

[fringe oak]

My laptop went into a bout where it would crash after hibernating, repair the BIOS then lock the hard drive. It has stopped now, but I think I worked out it might have been because I laid it on something that kept flashing the battery while sleeping.

[full fossil]

Ew optimizations? if you can't afford a 5090 ti just say so because we gotta get crank out more games with less developers

[fringe oak]

One time it did that and damaged the display driver which also sorted itself out. Probably overheated.

[manic torrent]

Games became far more complex and advanced and as a result it's complicated?

But you know, why understand development when you can whinge about shit you don't understand

[full fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/cyberpunk-cyberpunk2077-cyberpunk-2077-cyberpunk-game-cp2077-gif-2699837781836328094

hey guys

"i finaly got gpu i need to get it pc assembled with new case afterwards"

[mossy compass]

Unreal Engine happened

[trail coral]

theres a guy in my country that "bought" it already, (he didnt receive it for some reasson)

[full fossil]

maybe gojo took it?

[trail coral]

it was prob that, took it direct from nvidia secret vault

[mossy compass]

So you live in the same country as Nvidia HQ?

[trail coral]

nop Brazil, but this country is kinda a joke, this guy bought it from someone in internet in 2023, of course he was scammed

[full fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/deltarune-spamton-kromer-gif-23153020

[full fossil]

He didn't become a Big Shot?

[trail coral]

Big shot?

Oh kk, I don't think so

[full fossil]

replace big shot with any slang for chad

[trail coral]

Just turned my notebook into a server, still figuring out why I need it, and how I will use it...

[vapid smelt]

to store movies and tvs hows

[trail coral]

As it only has 120gb SSD maybe it's not a proper application

[full fossil]

Suggestion start with a diy router

[trail coral]

Sounds interesting

[manic torrent]

home assistant

[trail coral]

I already have one on my PC pretty strong

[full fossil]

opnsense or pfsense or something then a diffrent computer proxmox

[trail coral]

Lol the fact that this cost 1/2 of a month salary in my country is crazy

[vapid smelt]

smh drop shippers

[trail coral]

Thanking God everyday for working to a USA company ngl

[full fossil]

Oh I should really make a aliexpress account

[full fossil]

Sorry but you live where uh brazil?

[manic torrent]

one what?

[trail coral]

Near São Paulo

[trail coral]

Personal assistant with home assistant integration

[manic torrent]

home assistant is home automation software.

[full fossil]

@trail coral just install proxmox on your server

[trail coral]

Yup my personal assistant can control my gadgets, need some updates but it works

Oh boy, I really need improve my English a bit

[manic torrent]

what do you mean "personal assistant"

[full fossil]

proxmox is great for running VM's

[manic torrent]

https://www.home-assistant.io/ <- this is what I'm talking about

[trail coral]

A py program I made with voice recognition and camera detection, I made some integrations so it can interact with house and smart device + integrated chat GPT for talking and a text to voice integration too

[trail coral]

I will check on it later

[wispy marsh]

I also want it

[full fossil]

I want some open source version of a gatebox

that can be tied into home assist

Would be such a futuristic smart home

[glass mural]

My laptop has the same CPU

You know it’s a bad CPU when it’s used in network equipment

[vapid smelt]

you know its bad when its starts with a N and not a i

[neon mesa]

At least it's not Z

[formal stump]

Hey guys, what is the best MOBO to support an i9-13900k and crucial ddr5 ram?

[vapid smelt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GsvD4D/msi-meg-z790-godlike-max-eatx-lga1700-motherboard-meg-z790-godlike-max

[idle nymph]

peak game

[mild bloom]

Bro has still water on the street

[full fossil]

Would the Shill hat sell on ltt store dot com?

[turbid oriole]

Only if it kept the piece of paper instead of professional printing

[full fossil]

what if the front of the hat was just velcro

[grave widget]

[glass mural]

Desktop CPU bad embrace shitty mobile low power slop

[glass mural]

It’s Linux

[full fossil]

Get a long sleve polo shirt from lttstore.com or subscribe to float unless you wish to perish

[hot loom]

What do you call it when you're presented with a bright source of light, and below is a non-illuminated area, and the brightness of the first zone obscures your vision of the second?

Basically, when something is so bright that it obscures things that are darker

[manic torrent]

Contrast, night blindness, gamma, overexposed.

[river solstice]

actually there is a better one

GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Xtreme X ICE

[neon mesa]

SpaceX launch cadence is crazyy
3rd launch in the last 24 hours, 4th in 48 hours.

[fleet hawk]

or light bleed maybe if you mean the astigmatism eyesight thing

[winged spire]

Yeah they launched the 2 biggest rockets in service back to back

Starship and falcon heavy

[neon mesa]

Starship is not in service, it's still an experimental platform.

[winged spire]

You know what I mean 🙄

I think for the IFT 6 I’m going to bring my film camera and get some sexy shots in 35mm

Need to buy a new telephoto lense… mines got fungus amongus

Japan moment

I got pretty close to starbase, about a mile closer than the official viewing platform 😳

If I had gotten there earlier I would have gotten even closer too

[tawny halo]

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
2550 MHz
8 GDDR6

Is that good or bad?

Trying to get a new gpu

[boreal token]

@graceful burrow

Goin to Maine tomorrow

[viscid elm]

its sad

[quasi belfry]

Morning goober activities

[turbid oriole]

Goobers :D

[fallen marlin]

howdy

[muted relic]

One year left bois, then Win10 hits End of Life

Just awful. All those perfectly fine PCs that have CPUs from before 2018 can't upgrade to 11 cause they don't have TPM 2.0

I got a buddy with a 4th gen i5. He just plays WoW and League on it.

He's unemployed cause of a medical disability, so he can't exactly upgrade.

[turbid oriole]

Mostly everyone despises it

Holy damn Baldur's Gate 3's design blows

[quasi belfry]

Fr

[turbid oriole]

How is the game expecting me to keep my distance of a certain enemy so that I don't get damaged, which costs Action and then also wants me to somehow attack it in the same turn??? Am I missing something? There's no tutorials or anything in this game that I'd call useful

Just looked up a playthrough and I was supposed to find someone on the ground, which I couldn't because the art style basically makes that person a perfect camoflague

Best part is that a Reddit post is full of comments saying "just go around them", which are basically enabling bad game design lmao

[harsh quartz]

Skill. Issue.

[turbid oriole]

That's like going into a house and a cannon shoots a knife at you, and in court you are told that you should've just climbed the fence and went in through the back door of the house

[turbid oriole]

Bad. Design. lmao

[smoky badge]

Skill. Issue.

[turbid oriole]

Cope

[smoky badge]

[harsh quartz]

Your the one malding

[turbid oriole]

I'm just pointing out flaws in the game 🤷‍♂️

[harsh quartz]

Seethe

[mossy compass]

As always, it depends on three factors:

• what you're upgrading from
• what's the price you gotta pay
• what's the alternative you can get at that price

[terse scaffold]

Hello

is the Rx 7900XT a considerable choice?

Or should i take a 4080 and dip?

[dense quail]

I'll still never understand what people see in film

Maybe hipsters poisoned the well for me

[boreal token]

I never take pics on my phone cause I don't value them

If I force myself to use up a few rolls of film that's like over 100 pics I wouldn't have otherwise

Also they look cool

[dense quail]

Digital cameras exist

They're pretty advanced now

And you can print them out just like you would with film

[boreal token]

They also cost way more money than film

Film is fun

[sturdy heart]

considering setting up a darkroom in my house

[tawny halo]

3050 and 360 quid idk 7700xt

[mossy compass]

Bad upgrade then
Unless you really have difficulty playing games on even low settings, it's worth waiting a year or a few

[idle nymph]

skill issue

[winged spire]

Not over time though

My wallet hurts every time I develop my film 💀

[boreal token]

I'm lucky it's cheap at the store I use

[winged spire]

Even developing your own film is like ~3-6$ each plus scans

[boreal token]

$16 for develop and scan

My buddy in mass pays like 40

[winged spire]

40 for how many canisters?

[boreal token]

1 lol

[winged spire]

Brother

💀

Thedarkroom.com is based

[boreal token]

His store forces you to buy prints

[winged spire]

It’s like 13$ shipped to them and back and very high quality scans

I need to start developing my own

[boreal token]

Film gud

[winged spire]

Tell your buddy to look at https://thedarkroom.com

They’re my goto if I’m not developing myself

[boreal token]

I like the store I go too cause family owned at its usually same day developing

I'll let him know tho

[winged spire]

Same day is nice

[zenith wraith]

hello

[turbid oriole]

This feels very AI written lmao

Also idk, even when it’s just adding to stuff it usually ruins it like AI generated and or AI driven thumbnails and video ideas

[red patio]

hey guys i need help with 2 things. so the first issue:
im at uni in accomodation, so i've been using my laptop as my daily driver which is working amazingly, but to be frank its a pain having to disconnect all the usb cables, hdmi, ethernet and power everytime i need to take the laptop with me to class, so is there like a hub/dock i could get where i just plug the laptop into that and its all hunky dory?

secondly:
im studying music production, and i use windows, and run ableton for my projects, but the uni uses logic pro a lot, and a lot of the people who i've been recording use it too, and its really impractical for them to send me their mixes and then me have to re do the entire project on my software just because i dont have a mac, so i was wondering what the tech requirements i would need to get for a mac mini, so that i could run logic pro and not need to worry about it crashing or anything. i dont have a massive budget, and im looking at second hand ones because mac prices are insane, any help would be amazing

[neon mesa]

I'm enthusiastic about AI and at the same time more insecure about my future as SWE. So i pivoted to hardware.

[neon topaz]

are these useful gadgets a guy sent me thishttps://youtu.be/70AGOR0ZvC4 i am a hardcore gamer with beafy laptop i think power bank would be useful what are your thoughts?

[graceful burrow]

Such a sickly color but the images it produces are great

[trail coral]

It will start being u know it's bad when it start with i and not ultra

[long briar]

AI generated voice sounds like ass

if you're a gaming with a laptop, a power bank might give you another 40 minutes of playtime

I have a 27000mah power bank for my Zephyrus G16

it effectively doubles my battery capacity

but that's only because it actually supports charging at 100w

[grave mirage]

Yooo

Got this rn

The fans

Front 3 I added

[summer folio]

Linus should be bald.

Great top comment on the latest LTT video.

[glass mural]

Then he should recreate the meme

[dusky widget]

I would say so

[dusky widget]

That would be fire.

And the studio lighting should be just so perfect to have maximun glare on his head

[glass mural]

They wax it and gloss it up

[dusky widget]

YESS

[glass mural]

Portable mirror on his head

[dusky widget]

Wrap his head in seran wrap

gloss and wax

and get a light directly on his bald head

Magic in the making

[gray zephyr]

Weird ...
Even tho i cleared cmos and did everything possible my motherboard was appearing faulty after i replaced it with my brother's to test out i left my mobo without the cmos battery for 2days in purpose
I have no issues for now

Bad electricity can get stuck in your capacitors even after a normal cmos clearing i believe ?

[slim meadow]

Hey all 🙂

[long briar]

using a Canon PowerShot from 2012 in 2024 is crazy

[trail coral]

guys should i buy a 4090? 8% discount

[pliant karma]

lol I still have one too. Fun to just have it for those fun times.

[turbid oriole]

It'll be 100-200$ cheaper when the 5000 series comes out, I'd wait with it lol

[trail coral]

how much it is in us?

the 4090

[turbid oriole]

The MSRP for the 4090(according to Google) is 1600$

So imma be honest idk how much you're gonna be saving if you wait 💀

[trail coral]

oh of course taking a plane and going to us and bringing it to brazil would be cheaper then buying here

OF COURSE, oh i love my country

[dusky widget]

hmmm.... honestly 8% isn't much.

[turbid oriole]

You'd need to declare it to customs on the way back home bud

[turbid oriole]

It's about 150$

[trail coral]

not outside the box i guess

theres a budget limit and a item limit

[dusky widget]

ima say get the 5000 series when it comes out

[trail coral]

guess only 1 gpu would not get grabbed by RFB

[turbid oriole]

Just move away from Brazil :P

[trail coral]

thats my plan for 2025, that is, if microsoft provide my visa

[turbid oriole]

Microsoft...? lol

[trail coral]

or u can just marry me so i can get the green card, also work tough

[turbid oriole]

I'm surprised they even hire people from the US anymore or want them working there

[turbid oriole]

Buddy I'm from the EU

[trail coral]

better then brazil tho

[turbid oriole]

From what I can tell almost every business is slowly switching to Indian/Chinese programmers because they're incredibly cheap to hire

[trail coral]

yup but im a 14 years experience developer, per more that india and china is cheaper my skill is very required in a lot of places

[fossil frost]

And then very quickly switching back away from code farms, because while they usually are cheaper, they are cheaper for a good reason

[turbid oriole]

The reason they're cheaper is because it's cheaper to fulfill their needs in their country lol

[trail coral]

they know how to program but their code organization so far i've seen sucks a lot

no documentation and poor organization

[turbid oriole]

They're still f--king people like my friends out of their jobs

[fossil frost]

They are cheaper for that, and cheaper because they provide no quality, no optimisation, no maintainability.. nothing. They are effectively LLMs

[trail coral]

nah LLM is cheaper

[turbid oriole]

Meh, I think at least the cheap overseas hires have reasoning skills

[turbid oriole]

Large Lithuania Mode is what LLM stands for in my heart

[dusky widget]

Is the flipper zero any good? I’ve been thinking of getting one. (NOT FOR MALICIOUS THINGS)

[turbid oriole]

I mean, it seems good for what it is but I'm not sure what the average person would need it for

[trail coral]

u need know programing and wring basics for it to be usefull

it alone cant do shit

[dusky widget]

I have basics

I would prob use it to emulate my TV remote lol

[turbid oriole]

Btw what language do you work in, if you work in a relevant field I might interrogate you on coding practices cause I haven't even started Uni yet for it

[turbid oriole]

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a remote 😭

[trail coral]

C# C++ python rust react node.js, next.js, tailwind, js, java, postgree sql, supabase, php, ruby and some others

[turbid oriole]

Is there anything you don't know?

[fossil frost]

An individual may do. But the company you hire them though, prioritises speed.. get the code out asap, no matter the quality

[dusky widget]

I would also use it for other things

[turbid oriole]

Also do you mind if I add you?

[trail coral]

i also have experience with advanced artificial inteligence and advanced algebra research

[turbid oriole]

You already said you'd use it for the remote, no takesie backsies

[turbid oriole]

EXACTLY

[trail coral]

pretty much always theres something to learn

oh i can also work with blockchain

[turbid oriole]

I just picked up a book about clean code and it describes perfectly how hard IT companies shoot themselves in the foot by not letting programmers do what they have to and instead incentivizing them to "just finish" their work instead of actually doing it right

[fossil frost]

Nobody cares about that now. It's been replaced with a new money making buzzword

[turbid oriole]

it usually ends up with either spaghetti code or illegible variable names and duplicate functions

[trail coral]

well knowledge is knowledge

[dusky widget]

Lol

[turbid oriole]

Those two words give me the heebie jeebies

[grave mirage]

It's from Sony dsc w830

[dusky widget]

Lmao

[trail coral]

oh i did a space between mb

[fossil frost]

Clean code is great in theory, but it often ends up being less clean that doing what people would consider dirty. You end up with layer upon layer of abstraction. It looks amazing, but nobody knows how it works or is able to follow ot

[turbid oriole]

That's not why I said it, I just don't fully grasp the concept of the blockchain and why it's beneficial to anyone. So far it's gained infamy because of scammers using it for their less than legal practices

[turbid oriole]

Not necessarily, that's what documentation is for, plus clean code means no mess or confusion in the end

[fossil frost]

Like anything. You need a balance. You need to balance clean code with the fact that time costs money, and you don't have infinite money to throw at a problem

[turbid oriole]

Unless you're Rockstar lmao

[trail coral]

welp if u need hide money from governament is truly usefull, but it is represented as a individual currency but as it is based on usd amount in pool i wouldn call it exatly safe money

[fossil frost]

In theory, yes, in practice, no

[turbid oriole]

I'm going to put a banana in your pocket and aggressively shuffle away

[fossil frost]

They are borrowing 4bn dollars to make a machine that will print infinite money

[uneven stirrup]

Is it worth it to spend $100 more on a pcie gen 5 board for the next gen gpus? Or is pcie gen 4 still worth it

[trail coral]

i think doing something smart is better than doing something clean

[turbid oriole]

Truuuue plus at some point the sunk cost fallacy kicks in anyway

[trail coral]

although the code still need to be good structured

[turbid oriole]

Nah, hide everything so that nobody knows where basic commonly used functions are

[graceful burrow]

4090 can't even use pcie Gen 4 worth a damn we're a long ways away from needing Gen 5

[turbid oriole]

Cute pfp

[fossil frost]

They know full well that they need a clean release. If they get a clean release, they will make their money back in the same week

[trail coral]

bro want to avoid layoff

[uneven stirrup]

Alright… I was getting worried cause I was kinda scared the motherboard I just bought was kinda crap ~w~

[trail coral]

i mean, it is a good strategy, if u get fired no one can modify the code

[uneven stirrup]

Thanks <3

[turbid oriole]

I wouldn't say 2 billion in a week but yeah they'll definitely cash in a huge check by the end of the week lol

Although I think the chance of the game flopping is still looming over everyone involved with the development

[fossil frost]

GTA5 got 1bn in 1 week

[turbid oriole]

They won't replace the dev team if the new dev team can't understand the workspace themselves 🧠

[fossil frost]

GTA5 covered its dev cost in the first weekend

[uneven stirrup]

What if the 5090 uses pcie gen 5 tho?

[turbid oriole]

Yeah but still I think most people are just assuming that it will be a massive success

With how many massive hits Rockstar has had so far it's very likely that it's gonna go massive tho

I just can't shake the thought of it being a miss and people waiting 10+ years for it :/

[graceful burrow]

The 3090 is a pcie Gen 4 card and doesn't get any gains from using pcie Gen 4 over Gen 3

[trail coral]

gta 5 code is pain to see

aswell most big games has shit codes

[graceful burrow]

You're putting WAY too much worry into this @uneven stirrup

[fossil frost]

its the type of game that will do well.. it always has, its always sold well, its always sold well opening weekend, week, and in general

[trail coral]

my eyes hurts when i analyze an big game code

[fossil frost]

GTA5 still sells well now....

[uneven stirrup]

Alright! I’m upgrading from a 1080ti

[turbid oriole]

I don't think I've seen anything from the code but I know its not very optimized. I remember how a lone dev solved the loading screen issue where it re-ran the same function 20,000+ times

[turbid oriole]

I really hope it does because I think Rockstar is like one of the only game devs that is known for not releasing stinkers, and we really need a good game right now lol

[trail coral]

a lot of randon waits too

[turbid oriole]

A lot of releases nowadays come out as unfinished or just overpriced

[trail coral]

welp gta 6 in my country will be at 4/5 of a minimum salary, guess i will not play it in release

[turbid oriole]

You're trying to future-proof but like way too much

[fossil frost]

one dev realised that they were building the data for some part of the online game, every time a method was called, he modded the binary to have the first call just cache the data in a hashtable...

[turbid oriole]

With the you know what community's existence in mind it will be already available in a month

[uneven stirrup]

Well technically I don’t have the 1080ti just yet I’m just picked up one for $99

[fossil frost]

rockstar said "this was on our list of things to do... but it was low priority, so we just never got to it... other things knocked it down the order"

still though... they gave him a well paid job

unlike wordpress, who are now actively trying to destroy their own community

[turbid oriole]

I wonder if Ubisoft will actually murder itself soon

[trail coral]

could say an company that sue peoples just for talking about games online

[turbid oriole]

AC is a cash cow, but I don't think it'll do too well in sales if it turns out to be another barely assassin esque game that just had the AC branding slapped onto it

[trail coral]

aswell did copyright the action of trowing a ball and capturing an animal

[turbid oriole]

Are you thinking of Nintendo? lmao

[trail coral]

wish i could remember one that did that

[trail coral]

u will prob get sued now

[turbid oriole]

As soon as they sued the Palworld devs, people started posting about how similar some other games characters were to Pokémon's, but I can't recall which

[fossil frost]

wordpress are cutting wordpress providers off from updates, of an open source product... because they dont pay wordpress enough money... even though they have no obligation to do so... and have no started forking some of the larger open source, but paid plugins too... and rather than adding them to the database as a new listing... WP have gone into their system, and replaced the URLs to the original, with their forks... stealing many years of reviews, good will, and bug reports...

[trail coral]

imagine copyrighting a fucking action

[fossil frost]

and when this was brought up... WPs reponse was "tough shit.. fuck you"

[turbid oriole]

And in the middle of all this mess Valve removes their TOS's point that made users unable to sue Valve, cause why not LMAO

[fossil frost]

nintendo dont want to get rid of palworld... they just want a piece of the pie...

[trail coral]

wordpress is the worst provider for now, just some dont accept it

[turbid oriole]

Remember when Nintendo made a MCN that took 30% of the youtubers' revenues just so they could make videos on their games LMAO?

[trail coral]

i remember a girl that won millions from roblox, they played the "she cant read why she can agree?" card

[fossil frost]

wordpress has always been shit... badly written, and terrible to use... but for some reason, people use it...

[turbid oriole]

Technically if I remember correctly they need a parent's email and permission to register to the website if they're under 13(or maybe under 18 as well idk)

[fossil frost]

the thing is, people see it as "good guy valve"... its not... they did it as a strategic business decision.. they didnt do it to be good... theres a reason behind it that helps them in their business

[trail coral]

that was after this entire process, before there was nothing with it but there was a TOS that literaly says persons account was not their and that u cant sue than

[fossil frost]

all businesses make decisions for the good of the business.. not for the good of the customer... its how businesses work

[trail coral]

something similar sony with their "What u buy is a license from game and not the game it self, u are provided the right to play but the game is not your"

tos those days are going crazy

[turbid oriole]

With the amount of companies hiding this stuff and Disney trying to argue that having a Disney+ subscription negates any legal liability for the accidentally poisoning of an allergic person, they ARE the good guys :/

[fossil frost]

no, they arent, they are less shit than the likes of disney, but they are not the good guys

[turbid oriole]

Then what about remote coop? Valve made a feature that only needs one click from the developer to implement that lets anyone play splitscreen games and such from the comfort of their own homes for free

You could buy Castle Crashers for example once and just play it with 4 of your friends from that one copy

[trail coral]

"accidently" someway that fell not accidental for me

[fossil frost]

now you buy more games through steam, and you dont buy them through EGS or GOG

[turbid oriole]

Exactly, but others aren't making this sacrifice

It's not just because they can't afford to, it's because they're not good companies

Valve from my view has only made choices that are good for everyone

ALSO, if they wanted to, they wouldn't have worked together so closely with iFixit to make a kit and repairability guides for the Steam Deck after release

[fossil frost]

valve did that for the good of valve, not for the good of the customer... valve made that decision because the decision ultimately comes down to the decision of 1 guy... where as Epic... has to convince an entire board... or a set of investors... its not because they wont, its because its harder for them, and easier for valve...

none of it makes valve good, it just makes them less shit han others

[turbid oriole]

So am I supposed to look at them in a bad light because they also benefit from their good decisions?

[trail coral]

since when big techs do something thinking on customer

[fossil frost]

the decision was still made in order to get you to hand over more money

[trail coral]

even when they do theres something behind

[turbid oriole]

They have to, since losing customers is bad for business

[trail coral]

sony that gets nothing with ps5 sells but u cant do shit without having ps plus

[turbid oriole]

I'm cynical but even I don't think this negatively of corporations as a whole

[fossil frost]

never said you should look at them in a bad light... never said that at all.. i am saying that you shouldnt laud any company at all... this "my favourite billion dollar company is better than your favourite billion dollar company" is all bullshit

[trail coral]

they get customer used to know only then

after that they can take tons money out of customers

[turbid oriole]

I still think they're better than most developers and most game retailer companies

They're customer friendly, that you can't deny

[fossil frost]

valve are not a game developer anymore, havnt been for a long time

[trail coral]

take adobe as example, they was a cheap service back in 2015 but now u need to pay tons to get a simple photo editor

[fossil frost]

because they realised they were the defacto choice... which lead to them being taught in schools.. and because they get taught in schools.,.. its the only things businesses will use, because its the only thing people know....

[turbid oriole]

They still develop games, they just almost never publish them, and correcting minor technical errors doesn't take away from my argument as a whole

[turbid oriole]

Plus CS6 users who bought the program fair and square just get blocked randomly from using it

[trail coral]

aswell excel word powerpoint are

[fossil frost]

i never said it took away from what you said... im just saying you shouldnt have a favourite company, because having a favourite company leads you to think they are your friend, and they are not, everything they do is designed to get you to hand over more money

[turbid oriole]

Buddy, I know how companies work

If you think that's what I mean by liking a company, you're the one misunderstanding me

[trail coral]

only the fact that we are fighting to decide if company think or not in costumers and manipulate everything to get on top

tell everything we need know @turbid oriole @fossil frost

[turbid oriole]

I'm simply saying that the decisions Valve makes as opposed to most video game retailers make are user friendly, and I can't recall any bad experiences with them. I'm not saying they're perfect but that I think they are the least bad billion dollar game company

Yes, the company makes decisions that positively affect both the user and the company's reputation HOWEVER I don't think that should affect how you view the company. I'm not calling them a charity, if I as you'd be right to correct me

[fossil frost]

and what i am saying is if you read any further down that just the surface level... they are doing the same thing all other companies do, just in a different way... arguably, in a more sinister way, they are tricking you into thinking they are your friends

[turbid oriole]

We're writing a ten page thesis with this one 🗣️ \❗\❗

[fossil frost]

for me personally... i see all billion dollar companies in the same light... and ill buy what i want to play, from whoever is willing to sell it to me for the cheapest 😄

[turbid oriole]

How horrible of them to give me free cloud saves(screw you nintendo) and competitive pricing, as well as free couch co-op with my friends around the globe

[trail coral]

bro every big company will get on the same place

cause theres something on this world called investors

[ionic abyss]

Is this a good buy for $25
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtPlXHE

[turbid oriole]

Not for Valve thankfully

[fossil frost]

see how you are defending them, like you know them, like you are their friend and they are yours... 🙂

[trail coral]

private capital

[turbid oriole]

You're trying to gaslight me LMAO

[trail coral]

still has investors but private

[turbid oriole]

They're self sustaining lol

[fossil frost]

no, im just pointing out that you are doing exactly what it is that they want you to do

[turbid oriole]

Steam makes enough money that they stopped focusing on game development

[trail coral]

OH its really not

[turbid oriole]

To say what's on my mind...? okay...?

[trail coral]

that kinda surprised me ngl

[turbid oriole]

Alright I'm quitting this convo because it's devolved into something stupid

[ionic abyss]

Was the aliexpress laptop ok for $25

[trail coral]

smart and stupid is just a concept that difers on view point

for something that think earth is flat saying its a globe is stupid as well the other way

[ionic abyss]

I was looking at the version that says 32gb ran with a 2tb m.2

[trail coral]

everything in this world is variable

[ionic abyss]

If a value is set it isn't variable

[trail coral]

oh sorry was not talking about that

[ionic abyss]

Sometimes win 11 makes me miss win10

[turbid oriole]

Well I mean

Not really, smart is a car brand and stupid is @turbid oriole

[ionic abyss]

I still miss up and win7 most

[turbid oriole]

They’re scams btw

[ionic abyss]

For $25 if it runs windohs 11 I'd be happy

[turbid oriole]

For 25$ you couldn’t even buy a 2TB ssd

[turbid oriole]

It’s fake. They take your money and don’t send you anything or they send you an unrelated item hoping that you don’t know how to ask for a refund

[ionic abyss]

Paypal is there for when they try

[fossil frost]

its $25, it wont run anything, if it turns up at all... at best, its a photo of a laptop

[silver sun]

286

[misty spear]

heyo

Yo, word goes an official Denuvo discord has been opened and it's getting a lot of hate.

[vital oak]

you can get old thinkpads for around that price if you look properly

[vital oak]

ok

[misty spear]

I just thought it could be interesting depending on how it develops.

[misty spear]

Damn in my country I can only find laptops from 20 years ago for that price.

[vital oak]

yeah well i am referring to laptops from 20 years ago so

[misty spear]

I see. That guy is looking for a dirt cheap laptop.

Damn honestly for the trouble it would be to run something that old i wouldn´t even bother.

might be better off looking for free spare parts and gathering a decent setup that way.

Like what "Duke" did in the latest ScrapyardWars

[quasi belfry]

Oh, forgot to mention it’s the day I turn one year the older

[misty scarab]

What type of Tequila is the best? Blanco, Reposado or Anejo

[muted relic]

Linus covered a crappy $90 emulation device for some reason.

Save yourselves the money and get something from Powkiddy or Anbernic for close to half the price.

It'll likely perform the same without the awful form factor that comes from blatantly copying a PS5 controller shape

Real brave to show MK64 gameplay though after Nintendo's very recent resurgence into killing anything that breathes emulation on YouTube

[vital oak]

No

[graceful burrow]

Which one did they show? I don't watch ltt anymore

[dense quail]

Why

Not challenging just curious

[graceful burrow]

I don't enjoy their content anymore

[dense quail]

Same as me then. I like gamers Nexus now

[fossil frost]

i find steve pads by repeating himself a lot

videos would be shorter and easier to watch if he stopped repeating himself

[dense quail]

I like the ultra accurate tests and journalistic integrity

[fossil frost]

as do i, but i dont like the padding for the sake of padding

[graceful burrow]

It shifted towards trying to keep your attention with stupid animations and shit that doesn't matter and clickbaity titles, where it used to be like
Actually just fun computer related stuff with bits of info sprinkled in
I'll thank ltt every day for giving me an easier road than I would have had on my own when it comes to learning what I know now
But the ltt I watched then isn't the same ltt as now

[fossil frost]

you can either be a proper journalist... or.. you can be an entertainer... you cant pretend to be both

[dense quail]

What?

That's an insane thing to say. Tons of great journalists were also wildly entertaining

Christ Hunter S Thompson's pieces are still incredibly entertaining and informative. You can absolutely be both

[fossil frost]

steve wants to be a real journalist and do ultra serious stuff, but then makes the most basic silly jokes that bring the tone right down

[dense quail]

I honestly don't get your point, probably just a taste thing.

[fossil frost]

probably

[graceful burrow]

I like that

[dense quail]

"you can't be a proper journalist and an entertainer" seems crazy to me

[graceful burrow]

Some of them land well

Old gn used to put me to sleep

[fossil frost]

you cant be a proper journalist... and be a childrens entertainer... is closer to what im trying to say.. and he makes some real childish jokes

[dense quail]

The dude has personality

I appreciate what he does

[full fossil]

Finally got it 😁

[graceful burrow]

Children wouldn't understand his jokes at all
But you do
Does that make you a child

[graceful burrow]

#off-topic tbh

[dense quail]

Heck I'd even go as far to say that part of being a journalist is having the ability to captivate and entertain an audience while delivering an informative piece

[full fossil]

Didn't know the public chat was topic specific given people talk about literally everything here

[graceful burrow]

This is bait btw

[dense quail]

You'll shoot your eye out

[graceful burrow]

It's more that mods never check chat

[dense quail]

It's more that the mods here never do anything

[full fossil]

I'm probably more likely to shoot the garden light it's pointing at 😂

[dense quail]

Lol

[dense quail]

It was a Christmas Story reference

[turbid warren]

Sick

[dense quail]

Asmongold is an idiot

That is all, please don't buy his PCs

[full fossil]

The only thing I've ever seen the mods do is ban me from this server for sharing a steam friend invite link because they thought a legitimate steam link was a phishing link. Had to make a different account just to prove to them that it was a legitimate link hence why I'm still here 😂

[dense quail]

Based

[turbid warren]

Real, they aren’t even that good value

[vapid smelt]

But the PCs are built well

[dense quail]

But one of the people profiting made some pretty bad comments

I'd look into it

[fossil frost]

if you look at most places you buy anything from, you probably shouldnt.. everyone chooses which questionable businesses they buy from for themselves

[dense quail]

This is different than some big company.

He's directly taking a fairly big chunk of the profit and his comments and worldviews are readily available

I agree with what you're saying but this is a bit more on the nose

[fossil frost]

its the same for any small company.. or "family company" too... this one is just easier for you to see

[dense quail]

That's the point. The face of most companies at least try to appear respectable

[fossil frost]

"i wont buy the pc from this guy because of things he said... " "im fine buying chicken from the local butcher... who happens to be a super super racist... but i dont know about it"

[dense quail]

But the local butcher doesn't bring that to work presumably

[turbid warren]

Yes because you don’t know about it and your stance would change if you did

[fossil frost]

it doesnt matter if they bring it to work or not.. its who they are... its just kept hidden from you... the only difference is that with the PC, you have been made aware of it

[dense quail]

It's almost like my mind would change if I knew.

Do you suggest I presume everyone I buy something from is secretly horrible?

I work with the information I have

[vital oak]

yes

[hot bobcat]

is it possible that someone can fix my ryzen 5 5600g it has bent pins

[vital oak]

assuming the worst is the best

[dense quail]

Based, not buying anything anymore

[turbid warren]

Would you buy from a butcher with a klan symbol on their door?

[vital oak]

do it yourself it’s not dat hard

[dense quail]

You can, look up a YouTube video

[vital oak]

am4 is exceptionally easy iirc

[fossil frost]

no, im just saying that you are telling everyone else what to do with their money based on something you have seen... rather than letting them decide for themselves.. im telling you the same thing about literally everyone else

[vital oak]

have you ever eaten a grilled cheese

[turbid warren]

Point taken, i just dont agree with the underlying apathy

[fossil frost]

yeah, and im aware its super bad for me, and that i shouldnt... but i make my own choice to do it anyway

same as, i know that eating an entire family size box of Maltesers tonight is bad for me... but i did it anyway, because its what i wanted to do

[vital oak]

i mean

it’s 2 pieces of bread and some cheese

it really isn’t that bad

until you start spicing it up that is

[fossil frost]

loaded with sugar and fat

[vital oak]

god put some tomatoes and sausages on a grilled cheese and i will kill 40 people for it

[vital oak]

vegan cheese

[fossil frost]

thats just yellow paper

[vital oak]

have u ever eaten good vegan cheese

[fossil frost]

no

[turbid warren]

no

[vital oak]

it’s ok

[turbid warren]

Alright fair enough

[vital oak]

maltesers scare me

[vapid smelt]

Prebuilds don't have much profit it's not like he is pocketing hundreds of dollars per sell

[fossil frost]

i will point out that i have had a day off today, and spent 4 hours on the mountain bike, in the mountains... enduro riding

[turbid warren]

The nestlé ones are better

Wait..

[vital oak]

hah the nestle ones are better

Noe.

nestle anything is not better

i would rather eat my cat than nestle stuff

[fossil frost]

nestle... one of THE most problematic companies... yet everyone still buys their stuff

[vital oak]

i can’t argue with yorkies though

[vital oak]

like all companies

[dusky widget]

i must agree that nestle stuff is pretty bad

[turbid warren]

I try to avoid them as much as possible but i get your point cause like

[vapid smelt]

Their cookie dough ice cream is too good

[dense quail]

It's almost like people can think for themselves and disregard my comments if they wish. I didn't realise my word was law, apologies, I should know how much weight my words carry given my stature.

[dense quail]

I don't

[vital oak]

i thought i was blocked

[dense quail]

Haven't for years

[dusky widget]

i was joking lol

[dusky widget]

i had to go to the apple store and i needed an excuse to leave

[dense quail]

I have this on my phone lol

[dusky widget]

they make Purina?

[dense quail]

So I know

[fossil frost]

purina is a subsidiary of nestle, yes

[dusky widget]

wait Wonka bars are real?

[turbid warren]

They own the company that does yes

I knew about this image and i still forgot they own fancy feast even

Just so many products, so hard to avoid

[dense quail]

Eh, once you start swapping to other brands it's not that bad

You realise pretty quick that you have options

Nestle uses literal child labour

It's disgusting

[fossil frost]

and then you look into those companies and the people they have actually murdered 😄

[dense quail]

Mmmm....no? The majority of stuff I buy is local produce or sourced from pretty ethical companies

Sounds like something a teenager would say without doing any actual research into alternatives

"world bad" mindset

World good too

[fossil frost]

or, it sounds like someone who lives in a globalised world, where more and more, local ethical alternatives are rapidly disappearing, especially if you live in places where its almost all already gone

[dense quail]

I don't live in dystopian America, I live in dystopian china

[fossil frost]

only thing i can source locally now, genuinely locally, and ethically... is meat... which i buy from a local farm butcher, which just happens to be near my house

[dense quail]

Lots of ethical options around here

[fossil frost]

i live in neither of those places

[dense quail]

Tons in Europe too

[turbid warren]

You have to know what is nestle first tho

[vapid smelt]

Banana wars

[fossil frost]

europe is a large continent, and not a country

[dense quail]

I'm European originally

I'm aware, but thanks!

[fossil frost]

availability of local ethical goods varies massively from town to town in the uk, nevermind between countries or continents

[dense quail]

Hahaha the UK

[fossil frost]

could say the same about the communist war mongering hell hole you live in, but i didnt

[dense quail]

I've been in France, Spain, Germany, Scotland and a bunch of other places and local produce is alive and well

[fossil frost]

in the places you went to, yes, or at least they told you that

[dense quail]

I'm not patriotic about china at all

You can say what you want

Nice country to live in tho tbh

Day to day life is fantastic

If you've got the money

[fossil frost]

EU law for X_Country meat_type is, it has to be packaged in that country... the meat its self can be sourced anywhere... as long as its packaged in France, it can be labeled as "French Beef"

could buy 1000s of cows from anywhere else in the world, and package them in scotland... boom... scotish beef

[dense quail]

You can absolutely find locally sourced produce in France...

[fossil frost]

yes, you can... if you live in an area where its possible..its not possible in all areas

[dense quail]

I'm not saying it's an available option for everyone and when it isn't then you work with what you've got.

[fossil frost]

you seem to think its everywhere... all the time... its not

[dense quail]

That's obvious, I'm not arguing against that

[fossil frost]

im saying... its not everywhere

[dense quail]

You've just turned "hey asmongold said some horribly racist things, maybe don't give him your money"

Into

"BUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING YOU BUY IS BAD!"

[fossil frost]

im saying its availability varies.. and you are saying "noope, its everywhere"

[dense quail]

It's reductive and childish.

[vital oak]

who even is asmongold

[dense quail]

Streamer who owns a part of a custom gaming pc company

[fossil frost]

some racist apparently

[vital oak]

i feel as if 1 answer is better

[dense quail]

Said some pretty heinous things about Palestinians and said he didn't feel bad for them

Quite literally a racist and apologist

[vital oak]

starforge systems are cool if u ask me

[dense quail]

Both are correct. I wouldn't give him any of your time

[fossil frost]

if he has said that.. he can eat a bag of dicks... i wont voice my opinions on it all, because... no-politics and all that...

[dense quail]

That's fair

Only streamer I give my time is pirate software

He's pretty cool, enjoyable to watch.

[vital oak]

i wish there was a prebuilt company that made decent matx/itx builds

that i know of none exist

[fossil frost]

hes a massive hypocrite, stopped watching him because he claims to be something hes not, tells everyone how to do things, then turns round and does things he claims people shouldnt be doing

[graceful burrow]

I watch Lobosjr sometimes

[sick valley]

looks like the mods have arrived

[covert oriole]

am i tripping or something happen

[lilac bear]

chat got obliterated AND IT TOOK MY MESSAGE

[covert oriole]

ok i aint tripping

[covert oriole]

bread

[viscid elm]

!bread

bread

[covert oriole]

what to do

[viscid elm]

warship make bread

[lilac bear]

I just wanted to say Pirate Software does get him trouble for people thinking his name is a verb

[covert oriole]

!make_bread

[sick valley]

Me every time a company demonstrates again and again that we own nothing

https://tenor.com/view/pirates-des-caraïbes2-pirates-of-the-caribbean2-voilier-sailing-ship-bateau-gif-19754507

[coral fractal]

Does anyones know where we can sold pc?

[lilac bear]

was always the case but new laws now require Steam to state it

Ubisoft was just mean with their wording

[sick valley]

You can sell a PC on your local facebook marketplace/craigslist if you wish, or LTT has recommended Jawa.gg several times too

[lilac bear]

I love that it's Jawa

[sick valley]

You would probably get more for your money from local selling, but jawa would likely be better for guaranteed results, especially if you live in area that doesnt have a thriving local marketplace for used PC goods

[coral fractal]

I tried to sell on Fb. Almost got scam :)))

[sick valley]

yeah, I would never ever sell via shipping on marketplace/craigslist. Local pickup is always my preferred method for this reason

[sick valley]

If getting cash, bring a pen that checks that bills are real

I dont get it :P

[coral fractal]

XD

[jagged linden]

Thinking about dual booting windows and Linux on my asus px13 how hard is this to do from a single drive and also what version of Linux would be the best

[fossil frost]

#linux

[lilac bear]

just use Linux and then emulate Windows

[sick valley]

ohh :P

[fossil frost]

that isnt an answer to their question

[jagged linden]

I have a 2tb ssd in the laptop and I can just make each have 1tb of storage

[sick valley]

I assume you are a newer user to Linux, I would recommend something like Linux Mint. Its interface has a likeness to windows, and its very easy to setup a dualboot

[lilac bear]

but they don't have to deal with NTFS then

[fossil frost]

what is there to "deal with" ?

[lilac bear]

okay instigator

[sick valley]

Just ensure that if you have an Nvidia card, you open the "Drivers" program to install your drivers once the OS is installed

[fossil frost]

NTFS is a file system... there isnt anything to "deal with"

[lilac bear]

ping the mods

[dreamy otter]

Nightingale has a good answer

[jagged linden]

I have never used Linux before

[dreamy otter]

anything debian based should have that option

[sick valley]

In addition to this, many OSs will just allow you to shrink the partition in the installer

often makes it easier for things like Linux mint so you dont have to manually partition out the second one

its kinda weird sometimes if you pre-partition it

[jagged linden]

But the thing I hate most about this laptop is that it’s windows

That’s what’s giving me the most issues

[dreamy otter]

Linux mint lets you half the drive for windows

[jagged linden]

But I’m still going to need to have windows for solid works

[dreamy otter]

then full boot linux. i do that

[sick valley]

Ive been doing it for over 6 years, done it probably over a hundred times. Never once was an issue

[jagged linden]

I still need windows for solid works

Fusion works on Linux but solid works does not

[dreamy otter]

yes i read your message before

[fossil frost]

also, https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+dual+boot+linux+mint+and+windows+11 plenty of videos, and decent guides on the first page. with pictures, it super easy to dual boo

[sick valley]

I should probably write some kinda guide up for new Linux users

[fossil frost]

f360 works on linux now? since when?

[dreamy otter]

i mean thats the biggest thing stopping people from switching.

[jagged linden]

Google lied says you need a virtual machine for it

[fossil frost]

there are literally 100s of guides

[jagged linden]

So imma need windows for all cad

[dreamy otter]

google ai? you could just y'know look at multiple sources?

[fossil frost]

all linux based CAD software sucks anus too

[dreamy otter]

and thousands of people who need them in very simple terms

[sick valley]

I want to write a seriously easy to understand guide (even with pics) just to try and help users, including some good practices to do after linux is installed, as well as how to kinda do things

introduce the idea of the terminal and such

[fossil frost]

no, fusion 360 and autocad its self, 100% refuses to run under linux at all, no matter which version of wine you try

[dreamy otter]

yeah that would be amazing

[dreamy otter]

fair.

[dreamy otter]

that was the biggest learning curve for me

[dreamy otter]

i speak uneducated to linux i can actually help w it.

[fossil frost]

there are large scale projects trying to get fusion 360 to even launch under linux... like, companies are putting money into it, and the best they have gotten so far, was a single version showed the splash screen then it died

[dreamy otter]

so me when i try boot up any 3d game that isnt minecraft or TF2

[fossil frost]

Autodesk could port fusion quite easily, without much cost... they choose not to do

[graceful burrow]

They'd rather move it to cloud

[fossil frost]

ive spent all day playing satisfactory on ubuntu

[fossil frost]

fusion360 is cloud based, with a desktop wrapper

[dreamy otter]

i spent all day playing arkham asylum on ps3

[graceful burrow]

Yeah I know :(

[fossil frost]

as i said, fusion360 is cloud/web based, with a desktop wrapper.. it doesnt matter what its code looks like

[dreamy otter]

do you have a GPU?

[graceful burrow]

I've been trying onshape but haven't had a good project tor rally test it

[fossil frost]

yep

[sick valley]

Sweet, I do as well. I always find it INSANELY annoying when the linux community gets hostile or rude with new users, or doesnt actually answer their questions and just tries to kinda make them do what they think is best, regardless of whether it actually is or not. The elitism in the linux community is genuinely insane

[dreamy otter]

what one? (I use my intel igpu)

[graceful burrow]

I'd rather computationally heavy programs run on my hardware not theirs

[fossil frost]

im mostly switched over to onshape now, i just dont like that you are forced to have everything be public on the free version

[graceful burrow]

I can ensure consistency on my machine

[dreamy otter]

yeah tech ppl lack social skills (commonly) and it does make it hard.

[dreamy otter]

and also we love gatekeeping

[fossil frost]

its not electron, its their home rolled thing, but still mostly just a browser

[graceful burrow]

I personally don't care too much about the public thing tbh

[dreamy otter]

and sounding smarter then we are

[graceful burrow]

But I can fully understand why you would

If I were working on something in secret I'd be using something secure

[dreamy otter]

its mostly localised to Arch linux and doesnt affect beginner distros

like Debian Ubuntu or Mint

all of which are Debian making my message redundant

[fossil frost]

amd 6750xt

[dreamy otter]

i dont understand amds naming scheme

[sick valley]

Well the thing is, its the linux community as a whole. If you join a linux discord or support forum. its not uncommon to find people who get elitist towards new users, I see it all the time.

[dreamy otter]

yeah its why im not in linux discords xD

[graceful burrow]

I hate Linux elitists

[sick valley]

Even if the MINT community is generally nice, the linux community is often intermingled

[dreamy otter]

i hate elitists

[graceful burrow]

Real

[dreamy otter]

even if sometimes i act like one

[fossil frost]

its a rx6700xt that is factory overclocked, on a more refined node (what the extra 50 means)

[dreamy otter]

something which i am tackling an trying to stop

[dreamy otter]

ah okay.

[graceful burrow]

We are in the same boat brother 🤝

[dreamy otter]

mhm.

[graceful burrow]

Not easy kek

[fossil frost]

its inherent in the linux community as a whole.. "my slightly different way to do this thing is way better than your almost identical, but ever so slightly different way of doing the same thing"...

[dreamy otter]

i mean i do lack a lot of social skills (which makes me sound incredibly mean sometimes) and also have a weird cadence online and offline.

[lilac bear]

bunch of coughs iPhone users

[dreamy otter]

yeah

[dreamy otter]

i use android

no it is not. the cheapest iphone is 450 pounds compared to androids which go down to 100 pounds

[sick valley]

Ive seen android phones (brand new!!) for as low as like $15 at some local stores lmao