public-chat

[raven grove]

Really?

Even fed ex?

[boreal token]

yeah

[raven grove]

Ups?

[boreal token]

they usually kick my packages across yard like a football so guessing they wont open box to check whats inside

[boreal token]

I checked all of them

[raven grove]

Thats rough

Pack it with other shit like candy or something

Send them an ass load of buckeye candies

[boreal token]

I was just gonna empty a 12 pack of soda and glue the box shut

and wrap it in a million layers of bubble wrap

[raven grove]

That would probably work

[boreal token]

when I went camping up north bought a bunch of buckeyes to give to everyone and my fatass dad ate them all the night before I drove up lol

[raven grove]

I cant blame him

[boreal token]

this is the one

looks like diabetes in a can

[raven grove]

Yeh

[lilac bear]

oh yeah the PSN thing was the bomb that broke the dam

the railgun getting nerfed was tolerable

[raven grove]

Yeah i mostly stopped playing after the psn thing

[lilac bear]

but when the fire breaker got nerfed after the PSN thing, man was that a oil spill

[lilac bear]

yeah I didn't touch the game because I wanted Arrowhead/Sony to see player count go down

instead I played a better game

https://tenor.com/view/concord-concord-ps5-concord-game-it-z-it-z-concord-gif-8390306247193287570

||the joke is that Sony killed two games in one year||

[neon mesa]

It better be satire

[jaunty compass]

I bought a bunch of parts to build an ITX rig

I will never financially recover from this

[gleaming harbor]

mini pc
itx - small to almost medium
laptop
computer- large or big
??

[lilac bear]

idk laptop fits in so many spots there

18 inch Razer Blade is pretty huge

but then you can just get a chromebook and route connect into your home PC

and then there are those custom build PC suitcases

[sour yacht]

cleaning time

[lofty rampart]

i have a glorious model o- and wanted to get a new mouse, could you guys give me some options?

(preferably i want a mouse thats the size of a normal model o)

or normal mouse size (whatever that may be)

[sour yacht]

dav3 pro

[long briar]

Featuring my favorite game: Pick a lane and stay in it for as long as you can!!!

[civic fox]

its been cold but last winter and this winter it has snowed twice and then left the next day

not the usual 3 to 4 feet of snow we usually get

[manic torrent]

It's 85% humidity here right now. It's fucked

[vapid smelt]

You ask how to fix #1027757333117415424 questions, not what parts would be best to get or what you should buy

[restive lion]

lanes? where we're going, we dont need have lanes

[obtuse mirage]

remind me to never again get an amd graphics card

or maybe its just XFX

first card, died within a month, send it back for RMA,
Now this card, consistant crashes and issues on anything involving dx12

[prime solstice]

Oh my towns favourite game is speed up and drive in the middle of the road

[opal thunder]

That's crazy unlucky.

I've had my card for a while with 0 issue.

[obtuse mirage]

its an rx 7600

so its not like a stupid amount of money went into it, but god damn

[civic fox]

seems like people prefer AMD cpu and nvidia gpu

[opal thunder]

It would be a disaster if my 7900 XTX started dying after already being returned from RMA 💀

[obtuse mirage]

one thing im having though, im not sure if its the gpu or not anymore.
sometimes when i boot it up, theres just a screen of green lines for a split second, and then it boots normally

[civic fox]

thats like a $700 dollar gpu

[obtuse mirage]

im not sure if its the gpu, because both cards did the same thing

even tried updating the drivers (it still had the old one from april since thats when the first card died)

[opal thunder]

It's double that but ok.

Still expensive if it was that price.

[obtuse mirage]

1400 is like, 4080-4090 territory

[opal thunder]

Oh wait you are talking about USD

[obtuse mirage]

oh

[opal thunder]

1400 CAD is still not 700 USD

nvm after taxes its 1600 rn damn

which is about 1150 USD

[civic fox]

idk where i got 700 from then

i'll stick with my 1080ti for now

[opal thunder]

Maybe one of the cheaper models was on sale and you saw that price or my model is more expensive rn?

[opal thunder]

1080ti is a beast for lasting so long.

[civic fox]

let me check because i saw it somewhere

[civic fox]

oh its brand new i bought it for 94 bucks from a friend

[opal thunder]

Worth tbf

3060ti perf iirc

[civic fox]

so newegg is around 800 to 900

[opal thunder]

no rt but who cares about that on a low end card

[civic fox]

thats where i got it from

[opal thunder]

That's crazy

[civic fox]

take a look

idk how much it is for you

[opal thunder]

Ill take your word for it

[civic fox]

hell yea i got the aorus version

[opal thunder]

oh it's just my model is expensive

damn

[civic fox]

lmao yea thats quite expensive

[opal thunder]

Was good trade for my 4080 anyways

[civic fox]

did you sell it?

[opal thunder]

Was traded on marketplace

[civic fox]

ah

i want a rtx card just so i can mess with it

my 1080ti is enough my cpu is not

[pliant karma]

yea hoping mines don't have problems but I think I scored a working open box 7900xt now that I have been using it for a few weeks

[opal thunder]

Looks way better than the gigabyte model and is about as fast as a 4080S in raster and I needed something without what were at the time poopy linux drivers

[civic fox]

people tell me its not but idk it doesnt seem like it

[civic fox]

you are a fellow linux user?

[opal thunder]

Fedora and arch

[civic fox]

eyy i have fedora and nobara

[manic torrent]

Lies nobody uses linux

[civic fox]

i do

daily

[opal thunder]

Want to switch to KDE instead of gnome, I saw some juicy features like brightness control that had to be jury rigged on windows through LG app api

[civic fox]

do it its worth it

i use KDE 6

[opal thunder]

gnome is sexy tho

[manic torrent]

I heard Linux doesn't even work for playing games

[civic fox]

i prefer to stay away from GNOME tbh

[manic torrent]

And it's hard to use

[civic fox]

havent had a single issue

runs each and every game i own

[opal thunder]

most games work unless kernal anticheat and its easy nowadays

ill give you an idea with my library on steam

[civic fox]

Kernal anticheat is the only issue

[manic torrent]

Kernel, not kernal

[civic fox]

tomato toemato you get the point

[opal thunder]

84% of my library works and another 4 work but not properly.

[civic fox]

running games from NTFS was my main issue

[opal thunder]

I have a lot of games that dont work because of anticheat though

[civic fox]

turns out it needs to be ext4 or btrfs

[manic torrent]

I've only been using Linux for 25 years

[civic fox]

i have for 2

[opal thunder]

lmao

bro was trolling us b4

[civic fox]

bruh

[pliant karma]

Bob always trolls lol no surprise there.

[opal thunder]

yeah

I forgot I was talking to bob

He is pretty active here

[civic fox]

yea i just started to become active here

i was lurking for the longest time

[opal thunder]

I haven't been here that long but I know a few of the most active guys by their username already lmao

[civic fox]

i've been here since april

after my birthday

[pulsar violet]

my friend had these mismatched ram specs is there any way i could help him with a custom XMP profile as the ones that came from manufacturer don’t work obviously

[civic fox]

if they are different i dont think you can

[pulsar violet]

oh ok

[civic fox]

i believe they have to be the same

[pulsar violet]

the timings are the same but clock is different can i try 2933 clock on all?

[civic fox]

maybe you can manually do it

[opal thunder]

You're going to have to run JEDEC speeds unless you tinker with it.

[pulsar violet]

oh ok

[civic fox]

try finding a OC panel and maybe you can manually do it i know my mobo has it

[pulsar violet]

i think he has it but would it be fine for the 3200 MHz ram? just making sure

considering it’s on JEDEC i think it’s fine

[civic fox]

i think it would be fine

im gonna let wizard give his thoughts

[pulsar violet]

ok

[opal thunder]

That 2933MT/s ram is probably not able to reach those speeds stable since it probably has ass die

[pulsar violet]

ah ok

[opal thunder]

You can try though

milk whatever you can get

[pulsar violet]

just to clarify just trying to make everything 2933 MT/s

[civic fox]

you can try, if it doesn't work then maybe you can replace it

get it the highest you can i suppose

my one ram stick can hit 5600 MT/s

[opal thunder]

mismatching ram is a pain in the ass if it doesnt just work 99% of the time

[civic fox]

yea i learned the hard way

i still have mixed ram tho both timings are different

[pulsar violet]

yea true 2133 is fine, friend in question prefers stability more than anything

[civic fox]

no issues for some reason

[pulsar violet]

got him to do his first BIOS update on his B550 board today

[civic fox]

as long as its stable and he's ok with it then awesome

[pulsar violet]

true i was seeing if it was theoretically possible, thanks the help everyone

[civic fox]

anytime glad we could help

[manic torrent]

I remember when quake3 came out for Linux and it was a big deal 🙂

[civic fox]

i really hate the windows taskbar its too thick

[supple pawn]

How thick is it?

[civic fox]

thick enough for me to get frustrated everytime i use it

i dont use windows anymore tho so not a problem

[opal thunder]

Autohide

And disable the animation

that's what i do for it rn

[civic fox]

well if i had windows i would do that thankfully i threw it in the trash

[grim belfry]

Low res display?

[acoustic valve]

hi guys i think i was unfortunately sold a pc with a fake gpu and wanted to know if anyone knows how i can prove my theory

[civic fox]

no its just thick literally

all my displays are 1080p my laptop is 1200p tho but i switched to linux full time and my taskbar is hidden away unless i need it

[grim belfry]

100% scaling or something else

Because at 100% on a 27" @ 1440p display it's a little too thin for my liking (When I'm wearing glasses)

[civic fox]

i just found a person who likes denuvo and they claim i'm a pirate because i hate ugh some people

[civic fox]

i dont use windows anymore

[grim belfry]

Ah, was hoping you'd have remembered :)

[civic fox]

but i always have it at 100% and it was still fat either way the taskbar was bad

[grim belfry]

Hmm interesting. Good eyes I guess lmao

[civic fox]

not really lol i wear glasses

[grim belfry]

Nevermind

lol

[civic fox]

lol

[pliant karma]

what taskbar I don't see mines.

Lol got into the habit of hiding the taskbar and a blank wallpaper with no icons.

[grim belfry]

I hate when people have that turned on

[manic torrent]

Thicker than a bowl of oatmeal

[manic torrent]

The only way to be in 2025

[pliant karma]

At least I can have rotating wallpapers from the photos I take on my dslr/drone.

[civic fox]

best way to describe it

[grim belfry]

An animal!

[manic torrent]

There is simply no longer a need for taskbars

[grim belfry]

But... But...

[manic torrent]

The only reason to keep a taskbar is because you're afraid of change

[grim belfry]

I like the taskbar

It shows me the time and date

[manic torrent]

Honestly the only thing to miss is the time

[civic fox]

i have a pink taskbar

i should say pink and dark blue

[grim belfry]

I can't imagine what life would be like without a taskbar

[civic fox]

mine are hidden on the bottem middle and the top right corner

[manic torrent]

Better

[grim belfry]

Lies!

Hearsay!

[prime solstice]

If the taskbar were to disappear I would loose my mind

[grim belfry]

Next you're going to tell me I can't have my desktop gadgets

You're crazy!

[alpine gale]

Same. ADHD brain means "if I can't see it, it no longer exists" so seeing what I have open is a MUST.

[civic fox]

linux customization wins for the taskbar

[prime solstice]

Yeah but with me since I have autism and adhd it’s like oh it’s not there time to mess around and corrupt the c drive again trying to make it appear again

[civic fox]

unmedicated ADHD is rough

[manic torrent]

Yeah but I can see everything I have open, more or less

[grim belfry]

If you're after customisation, Linux will always win

[split swift]

guys, do yall wanna hear a crazy story?

[manic torrent]

No

[civic fox]

yea i like making it bend to how i like it hence why i use it

that sounds wrong

[split swift]

why 😦

[alpine gale]

Look, Bob, we can't all be lucky enough to have your monitor setup. Shakes fist at cloud.

[manic torrent]

Why do I need a taskbar. I can literally have everything open!

[grim belfry]

Two monitors = Two programs in view. No more, no less

[manic torrent]

Oh god, full screen? Never. Only games

[grim belfry]

It confuses my monkey brain when there are too many things open

[prime solstice]

I would flip out because I don’t know how many times Firefox opened or how many pages steam opened

[grim belfry]

Edge is full screen about 95% of the time

[split swift]

edging the full screen

[grim belfry]

Bunnings sells EVSEs now

[manic torrent]

Sure you do. Either you're actively using them or you smash win/win+tab

[grim belfry]

Neat as

[manic torrent]

Although I am too used to gnome as a daily and I keep hitting windows key expecting it to show me all open windows.

[grim belfry]

I forgot what win+tab does and now you've shown me all the crap I had open

[manic torrent]

I mean, look, it legit does take some learning and change, but life without the taskbar is better imho

[prime solstice]

I never use win+tab because I never known what that did before today

[manic torrent]

Doing yourself a learn!

[prime solstice]

Yeah

[patent violet]

Win + # switches to the corresponding program on the task bar

[grim belfry]

I've done it Bob.

[manic torrent]

You can absolutely have a balling setup on a budget though.

[grim belfry]

You think I can count?

[grim belfry]

I hope you're happy, because I'm not :p

[manic torrent]

You will be unhappy for a short time

[patent violet]

Get power toys and if you use Win + Shift + / itll show you shortcuts and this

[manic torrent]

Then you will realise true freedom

[grim belfry]

Hmm it's not too bad

It's just something to get used to

[manic torrent]

Tbh I Only did it because OLED. But I found it was better.

[patent violet]

Win + These keys are some shortcuts.

[grim belfry]

I wonder if you can turn off the fucking animations

[woeful kayak]

what's a taskbar?

[patent violet]

This is what PowerToys shows you when you do the shortcut key for show shortcuts

[prime solstice]

The only key I know that makes windows faster is alt+f4

[grim belfry]

Yeah I guessed it'd be there

[civic fox]

you can in the settings

just search animations

[grim belfry]

Neat it's in Settings finally

[grim belfry]

I can't see my notifications

:(

[patent violet]

Win + A

[grim belfry]

Some apps display the notifications as a badge and not in the native Windows notifications pane

Like discord and my softphone

[patent violet]

I have never checked if discord shows up in action center actually

[grim belfry]

Maybe if I just had the taskbar on one monitor

[manic torrent]

Surely you just have discord on the secondary or tertiary monitor

[grim belfry]

I don't leave it open, no

I minimise it

[patent violet]

hold on ping me in like 10 seconds

[grim belfry]

@patent violet

[manic torrent]

.... Why

[deft junco]

bar of tasks😆😏

[grim belfry]

So I don't get too distracted

[manic torrent]

Who do you think you are.

Collecting your bar of tasks

[grim belfry]

Windows App :p

[deft junco]

the collector

[grim belfry]

If you open the Microsoft Store app on a Windows computer, you can install the Windows App app

[civic fox]

let me open terminal and make sure that app is not in the rpmfusion or repositories

[grim belfry]

Apparently you can't do normal RDP in the Windows App app on a Windows computer, but you can do it on the Windows App app from iOS

Wait maybe I have to add the credentials in Admin Centre?

[woeful kayak]

the only bar i know is alcholoic

[pliant karma]

lol drank for the first time recently. Not that bad but I overdid it haha.

[unborn juniper]

what'd you have?

[pliant karma]

good question I don't even remember lol. It was at a brewery my friend works at, her boss invited me and 6 other guys in my class to have drinks on them.

[still marsh]

What's the device to the right of the streamdeck?

[unborn juniper]

well, if you want to continue drinking, i recommend beer flights while you find out what you like. great way to try a whole bunch of different stuff

also, i envy you. i wish i could try black butte porter for the first time again

[pliant karma]

say the least I was semi-coherent, was not driving so I just was having a moment during the class trip my prof invited me to go on after with the group of people I was with.

[patent violet]

.>

[manic torrent]

It is a Behringer midi control surface, with a custom mounted 9" touchscreen

[patent violet]

"I followed the wiki"

[woeful kayak]

am so glad I do not have to use my work issued ProBook, and I can use my Mac.

[still marsh]

I also suffer from too-many-monitoritis, do you have a link to the touchscreen you got?

looks really well DIY'ed

[grim belfry]

They should’ve given you an Elitebook :(

[woeful kayak]

im glad they gave at least 8 cores and 16GB of ram

[grim belfry]

That’s standard

[civic fox]

mine has 10 cores

[patent violet]

you would hope

[grim belfry]

Next refresh I everyone should be getting 32gigs

[civic fox]

32gigs would be nice right now

[grim belfry]

That’ll be when the G13 comes out though

[unborn juniper]

memes aside, Arch isn't THAT bad, it certainly ain't gentoo

[civic fox]

i'm spending my next paycheck on a new phone tho

[woeful kayak]

...oh dear no

[manic torrent]

Yeah I was very happy with how it turned out. I don't have it handy, but I went on AliExpress and searched for touchscreens

[woeful kayak]

it is far from standard.

[grim belfry]

Not my fault your employer doesn’t value business productivity

[woeful kayak]

average consulting firm

[grim belfry]

Either that or their MSP is doing a shit job

[civic fox]

i forgot how many dang mods i had for L4D2

[still marsh]

no worries, I'll look around. I'm guessing it's just using usb for the display?

[manic torrent]

No, HDMI for the display, USB for power and touchscreen

[grim belfry]

Who am I kidding one of the directors’ relatives is probably “handling it” part time

[manic torrent]

"oh we can save a few hundred dollars by getting shit tier laptops!"

[grim belfry]

These Lenovos from Harvey Norman will be fine!

[manic torrent]

To be fair my boss also tried that and I was like .. yeah nah X1 carbon thx

Not even that expensive really

But getting shit tier laptops will cost you far far far more than you save in lost productivity and unhappiness.

[grim belfry]

Most of our clients’ machines are leased anyway

[manic torrent]

Exactly

[grim belfry]

Capex scares business owners

Which is understandable

[manic torrent]

Ooooh, scary Capex!

But it isn't really

[grim belfry]

Leasing is convenient and I prefer it anyway

[manic torrent]

Oh, from a business pov it doesn't ever matter

[grim belfry]

Then they can’t keep the same machines for 7 years

[manic torrent]

Push button recv machine

[grim belfry]

Forced upgrades

[manic torrent]

Yeah exactly. Forces them to upgrade

[grim belfry]

Then the old machines get sent to a recycler who flips them on eBay for a couple hundred bucks and someone gets a bargain laptop

[grim belfry]

Just give the end users a button in their portal to upgrade their machine /s #tech-chat-1 message

[manic torrent]

.... Why /s ?

That's literally what many businesses do

[grim belfry]

I would totally do it but nobody I’ve asked has said yes yet

The storage one is there

[manic torrent]

After X time, you can just request a new one

[grim belfry]

But everything is redirected to one drive anyway so it’s easy to increase a user’s storage

[manic torrent]

After X+y, it tells you you're getting a new one and makes the order for you

[grim belfry]

3 year refresh for everyone is how it works at the moment

Makes invoicing and MSAs a whole lot simpler too

[manic torrent]

We have 6 employees. And 4 different os setups 😄

Two windows, two macOS, and two Linux - but different distros

But the boss who is on macOS moved the ansible stuff to an alpine VM, because his shit wasn't working right and I was like... Well, it works on my machine 😄

[grim belfry]

Oh god

[wise tundra]

ALPINE?!?!

Ayyyyyy

Alpine ftw

[crystal pike]

Is the mac mini m4 on amazon

[manic torrent]

We use a lot of alpine in dockers

[crystal pike]

i think ive answered my own question, no it isnt

Its on ebay, but idk if i trust the sellers enough

Because the middle man (the service im using to buy from those sites) offer zero help if something goes wrong with the received product

Let it be the wrong package or damaged

[grim belfry]

Can you go through Apple.com?

[wise tundra]

I've daily driven Alpine for years. I use it on all of my machines

[full fossil]

hoa

[manic torrent]

Omg shocking idea

[crystal pike]

How did you retain your sanity?

[wise tundra]

What mental sanity?

[crystal pike]

Just sanity, sorry

[wise tundra]

Jk in fact Alpine has given me less issues compared to other distros

It has a learning curve but I've been happier with Alpine

[crystal pike]

I used it for like i think a day or two, i couldnt do it

[crystal pike]

Oh it really does

[grim belfry]

Often people on this server really forget about the easy way to do things ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[long briar]

105 in 110? Hope you're in the rightmost lane.

I know some people are afraid of driving limit, but saying you don't care about other traffic is a terrible mindset

you NEED to care about other traffic

ignoring everyone around you puts you in harms way more than anyone else

At the very least if someone is merging on the highway, have the decency to be aware of other traffic so they can get in and avoid an accident

[manic torrent]

Why would you worry about other cars? You should worry about yourself!

[long briar]

Also I do prefer the idea of Drive with the Flow

if everyone else is doing 130 on 110 you bet I'm doing 130 minimum

plus if I'm going 150+ on a flat highway it makes a long drive less boring

[manic torrent]

(in Australia)

[long briar]

(km/h, btw)

40 over limit here is a 373 dollar fine

[tulip bobcat]

Hello

Cam someone help me in #tech-chat-1

[long briar]

and maybe points on your license

[manic torrent]

$840 and 6 month licence suspension

[long briar]

that's crazy

yea for us it's basically just a few demerit points + a fine up till 51 over limit

[manic torrent]

Yep. Because it turns out that speeding here is more dangerous than the rest of the world

[long briar]

51 and above is a mandatory court appearance

and they decide whether you should have your license suspended or not

[long briar]

Wildlife?

[manic torrent]

No, idiots.

Specifically idiots in charge of road laws

[long briar]

Oh

For us it's idiots on the road

[manic torrent]

It's not actually more dangerous here

[idle nymph]

Tf you can do 50 over and get only a fine ?

[long briar]

4 demerit points and a fine yea

okay well 50km/h over

not mph

but still, yeah

[idle nymph]

Still

[long briar]

it's kinda funny

[idle nymph]

That's insane

[long briar]

if I get caught doing 110 on a 60 by a photo radar, it's basically a 500 dollar fine and no demerit points

if I get caught by police then just tack on the demerit points + inconvenience of being pulled over

but what's even funnier is that the snow rn is fresh

so if I do 110 now where there's no cars, the photo radars are still useless because my license plate is covered in snow that gets kicked up

we also only have back license plates, none in the front

[patent violet]

In Texas, speed limits are a suggestion

To most people

Including myself

[grim belfry]

Lol I was talking about that a couple mins ago

[silk island]

that’s also insanely dangerous

[long briar]

Not really

actually not at all

[silk island]

yes really

[long briar]

what makes it dangerous?

[silk island]

…you’re a shitty driver if you think it’s ok to go 150km/h on a highway with a 110km/h limit

[long briar]

so it's about feelings?

[silk island]

a) it takes a lot longer to slow down when you’re going 150km/h to the point where it makes it far more dangerous as it makes it more difficult to see potential obstacles
b) it’s also incredibly risky to wildlife and other kinds of animals

the speed limit is there to make it safer for you and other drivers. it isn’t there to be ignored or bypassed

and the fact that drivers think it’s ok to bypass the speed limit because there isn’t a lot of actual monitoring going on is absurd

[long briar]

a) I don't think you realize how flat I'm talking, I can see kilometres ahead of me on the highways I drive lmao. Drive to the conditions, not to the sign. If the conditions are right to do 150, I'll do 150.
b) lol.

The speed limit is there because the government needed to put some number there to cover their asses

[manic torrent]

150km/hr on a flat highway is fine. lol.

[silk island]

okay, no

literally every single driver instructor in existence will tell you that the speed limit is the maximum speed limit for normal conditions

[long briar]

Because they're legally required to teach you that way?

[manic torrent]

actually the speed limit is there for MANY reasons, and it's also a limit that has to apply to the lowest common denominator

[silk island]

also because it’s insanely unsafe to go 40 over

this is why I hate Alberta drivers

[long briar]

I did 70 on a 60 on my driving exam many many years ago, they didn't really care because the conditions were right for me to speed

[silk island]

they think they’re the kings and queens of the road

[long briar]

LOLLL

Most alberta drivers don't know how to turn I don't know what to tell you

[manic torrent]

it's insanely unsafe to go 40km/hr over the limit on a flat highway in good conditions?

[long briar]

Put em on a highway in bc they're doing 90

[silk island]

I have been told numerous times by my instructor to keep to the speed limit

[shut birch]

autobahn

[manic torrent]

yeah people just die

[manic torrent]

because it's literally their job to do so

[long briar]

yea that was what I was going to mention, Germany has a section on the autobahn that you'd be doing 200 and you'd have to pull to the right to let someone pass you

I have nice tires in the summer and a car that can easily handle the speed, why not?

[manic torrent]

I mean, if I'm driving a golf cart, it's insanely unsafe, I'm totally in agreeance

[shut birch]

yeah i hate when people doesn’t know how to focus on road

[silk island]

except speeding under any circumstance is grounds for automatic failure on your driving test

[long briar]

tbh I could probably stop faster at 150 than you at 105

[silk island]

yeah no

[manic torrent]

uhhh yeah yeah

[long briar]

Nice cars go wild

[shut birch]

in future im gonna take sportbike ngl

[long briar]

tires make all the difference in stopping distance

[manic torrent]

you'd be amazed at the difference it makes with decent suspension and performance tyres.

[silk island]

cool so you’re a rich guy who goes 150km/h in a 110 bc you’re a bum

[manic torrent]

don't have to be rich to have good tyres

[silk island]

lol since when were tires the only factor in braking efficiency

[manic torrent]

since physics

[bright silo]

I mean you're not putting overly good tires on a corolla so

[manic torrent]

I see you don't know about the corolla blade 😛

[bright silo]

The what?

GR?

[manic torrent]

blade. They shoved a 3.5 V6 into the corolla

[bright silo]

Oh I mean there's the GR too but I'm talking the normie ones lol

[long briar]

I mean I guess weight matters too? But like, tires and suspension make up most of braking distance. What tires do you run?

[bright silo]

Like my 2017 SE lol

[long briar]

Bet it's a 2GR

[manic torrent]

any not-total-shit grade car is not limited by any of the braking system in a single stop.

Multiple stops? absolutely.

[long briar]

yea that's a pretty big misconception

large brakes are great at reducing brake fading

not so much single emergency stop distance

[silk island]

okay but saying you can stop faster than a person going 105 while you’re going 150 is silly

braking distance exists, you have to start applying the brakes a lot earlier at 150 than 105

[manic torrent]

you actually don't, because physics is hard.

I mean, I can see how you think that, but the faster you are going, the better you can brake.

[silk island]

okay that goes against literally any driver manual I’ve ever read including Alberta’s, B.C.’s, and Saskatchewan’s

[long briar]

yea my tires were I think 1300CAD for a set of 2 + 2 staggered Pilot Sport 4?

[manic torrent]

for the same exact car? sure. Between cars? yeah nah.

Having stormed to 400 km/h in just 32.6 seconds, the Chiron takes just 9.3 seconds to stop, and needs just 491 m (1,611 ft)

[manic torrent]

from 400km/hr.

[long briar]

okay so total was 1300 yeah

you don't have to be rich to afford that

[long briar]

"typical"

6 metres to come to a stop from 30?

[silk island]

dude I stand by my statement that you’re a shitty driver if you go 40 km/h over in a 110 km/h zone

[long briar]

it's not even zone lmao

the entire highway is 110 because the gov't had to put a sign on it

[silk island]

Spoiler alert speed limits change depending on the stretch of highway

[long briar]

Not really

[manic torrent]

they really don't

110 is the maximum allowed here regardless

[long briar]

I've driven hours on 110 without it ever changing

[silk island]

bruh I’ve literally seen a stretch of road go from 80 to 70 and then 60

I literally drove on it

[long briar]

you're in the city lmao

[manic torrent]

https://www.hankooktire.com/au/en/company/media-list/media-detail.627890.html?tabCode=&contentType=

33.3M 100km/hr braking distance

[manic torrent]

... not a highway

[silk island]

or you just didn’t notice because you’re going 150 km/h on a highway rated for 110 km/h

you’re just asking to be involved in a car accident

[manic torrent]

lol

[gray zephyr]

Guys
I have found 7600x3d cheaper than 9700x that i was about to buy
I will play 1080p but just 165hz with mid to high settings

[long briar]

I can see kilometres in front of me, it's shocking to have eyes. I know.

[silk island]

that doesn’t mean shit

you’re still driving illegally

[long briar]

about 120km stretch of highway. you know what they all have in common?

[silk island]

I’m well aware

[grim belfry]

More accurately motorways

[silk island]

I was just saying that depending on the highway speed limits can change even on the same highway

[long briar]

it's 110 the entire time.

[grim belfry]

Highways do often change speed limits abruptly

Not to a dangerous extent though

[silk island]

okay? that doesn’t apply to every single highway in Alberta

[long briar]

Like?

A highway in the city is 100 max

[silk island]

bruh assuming all Alberta highways have the same speed limit the entire stretch of the highway is idiotic

[long briar]

A highway outside of the city is 110

[silk island]

because that is very much not the case

[silk island]

It. Can. Depend.

Even Alberta Transportation officials themselves say this

[patent violet]

93 in a 68 in american... yeah no thats Texas

100 MPH in the 65 is a daily occurance

The police nab you at 97

thats when they can fuck you

[long briar]

Nah this person is mad that I can drive 150 on a 110 because the highway is flat for a long stretch and I can see kilometres in front of me

[silk island]

because you’re doing something insanely stupid

[long briar]

their main reasoning is "the book says it's bad"

[silk island]

my main reasoning is the fact that it’s ludicrously unsafe

[patent violet]

So is driving

[grim belfry]

It depends :)

Drive to the conditions

[silk island]

no, that’s not a thing

[grim belfry]

Yes, it really is.

[silk island]

at least not when it comes to going 150 km/h in a 110

[grim belfry]

I'm not encouraging anyone to speed, but drive to the conditions

[silk island]

the speed limit signs are the recommended speed in ideal road conditions…

[long briar]

I could go 200 if I'd like to (I'm not claiming that I did)

[grim belfry]

There are plenty of areas with a speed limit of 80 where you'd be an idiot going over maybe 45

[silk island]

you’re very much an asshole driver

[patent violet]

Seeing someone get this mad over a +25m/h is funny to me

[long briar]

Asshole to who?

[gray zephyr]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1310196721497669672

[long briar]

the road is literally empty for 90% of the trip

Oh look there's one car, I'll slow down to not startle them

lmao got warshipped

[silk island]

That doesn’t give you the authority or legal right to speed

[long briar]

The authority as far as I'm concerned is my foot on a gas pedal

[silk island]

driving is a privilege not a right and it could very easily be taken away from you

[long briar]

That's true

[patent violet]

No one except those rolling code as emergency vehicles have a legal right to speed

[grim belfry]

If you're on a motorway with a not much traffic I see no issue driving at quite a high speed

[patent violet]

Wont stop people

[long briar]

but you know what else could be very easily be taken away from you? Literally everything.

[grim belfry]

Other than your guns in the US

[long briar]

Oh true

[silk island]

…none of your reasons are valid to go 40km/h over the ideal speed limit

[long briar]

why is it ideal?

[long briar]

lets say you're in Germany on the section of the autobahn where there's no speed limit. How fast will you go?

[silk island]

because the speed limit signs are the ideal limit for what the roads were designed and built for…any road engineer would tell you this

[silk island]

We aren’t in Germany we’re in North America

[long briar]

Just answer the question

[grim belfry]

There's actually not too much of the autobahn which has no speed limit iirc

[long briar]

Yeah

[silk island]

I’d go the usual speed limit of what other stretches of the autobahn are rated for

[patent violet]

thats actually more dangerous in some cases

[long briar]

^ yeah.

[grim belfry]

Drive 👏 to 👏 the 👏 conditions 👏

[patent violet]

its literally designed for you to floor it and everyone else behind you will be

ok well dont floor it you will blow your engine at some point

[long briar]

Lightspeed. Got it.

Usual limit lmao

[silk island]

I’m not going to go 130 on a 110 km/h highway.

[grim belfry]

Sure

I don't care

[long briar]

I swear this is like some hyundai venue driver or smth

I specifically mention that car because I have beef with it

[silk island]

for not wanting to break the law??? are you kidding me?

[long briar]

What do you drive?

[manic torrent]

Nobody said it wasn't illegal. Illegal is not the same as unsafe.

[long briar]

^this.

Besides I was driving with a cop the other day we were both cruising 70 on a 60

[grim belfry]

Yeah that means nothing

Lots of police officers are absolute idiots

[long briar]

Is it illegal? Technically yes. Is it unsafe? Nope. Does anyone care? Also no.

[patent violet]

Exactly

[manic torrent]

.... In my other car I would get to 160 doing a simple truck overtake.

[silk island]

people don’t care because majority of North American drivers are buffoons

[long briar]

if everyone else was the problem, it's time to do some introspection

[long briar]

oh easily

I would go past 130 in my rav4 though, wheelbase is too short and it's kinda sketchy

[silk island]

you do realize that speeding to overtake a vehicle is also illegal right?

[long briar]

BAHAHAHHAHA NO WAY

They really jus said that 💀

[manic torrent]

People do illegal things literally every day

[grim belfry]

Depends where you are

[long briar]

You do know that overtaking a large truck at 110 when the truck is doing 105 is a lot more unsafe than overtaking at 160 right?

[mint yacht]

Not in a lot of countries

[long briar]

in fact being close to a truck at any point is unsafe

[silk island]

you people have literally zero patience at all

[manic torrent]

Also - I try to be entirely aware of any law I'm breaking

[grim belfry]

So you can try to break it as well as possible? :P

Go hard or go home

[manic torrent]

Exactly:D

[mint yacht]

In the UK at least it is perfectly legal to overtake, but there are still some rules about it

[manic torrent]

Also - one crime at a time

[long briar]

True. I would never use my phone while speeding

Only when I'm driving limit /s

[silk island]

no, I’m not saying it’s illegal to overtake or pass another vehicle I’m saying it’s illegal to speed while doing so

[long briar]

Is it more dangerous to follow behind a large truck or to pass it?

[grim belfry]

What even is legallity anyway

[manic torrent]

Where I live it's the law to give way to a bus on a roundabout. But if you do, literally everyone gets confused, because nobody does it.

[reef acorn]

Hi sup

[grim belfry]

Wait what

You give way to everything on your right yeah

[silk island]

and this is exactly what I mean when I say drivers are freaking i d i o t s

[grim belfry]

And don't use your indicators because you're driving a BMW

[manic torrent]

No, you give way to traffic on the roundabout .... And busses.

[silk island]

busses are vehicles

[grim belfry]

OOOOOOHHHHH

[spare creek]

Hi!

[long briar]

Okay hear me out

[grim belfry]

I feel like an American not being able to use a roundabout now

[manic torrent]

Yes but the busses do not have to be on the roundabout

[long briar]

I usually use my indicators, but they really are stupid

[silk island]

indicators aren’t stupid

[grim belfry]

I often just can't safely do it exiting a roundabout because I've left it too late and forgotten

[long briar]

I don't like that to cancel an indicator I have to push the stick up again

it's so weird when every other car I have driven is just bring back down to the middle

[manic torrent]

The way people use indicators at roundabouts is also incorrect...
But again, if you do it "right", it's worse.

[long briar]

Like yes I'm used to it, no I don't like it

[reef acorn]

I missed being here, you guys helped me last time with pc-related questions and troubleshooting, props to you all

[long briar]

bad time to join the convo but welcome back!

[spare creek]

Are you also a returner? I was gone for a lil' while too

[reef acorn]

Yes

over a year or so

[long briar]

I didn't say it is, I said my beamer indicators are stupid

[silk island]

most vehicles have an intermittent indicator if you slightly move the signal switch up or down

so it’ll only stay active for a few seconds

[long briar]

intermittent indicator is only used if you're switching lanes but that's also stupid

[reef acorn]

but the troubles came back lol
Where can i go for pc related troubles? Tech support?

[long briar]

it's normally 3 blinks which is NOT enough time to indicate, shoulder check AND finish the lane change

[grim belfry]

Is there ever a good time?

[long briar]

and your indicator has to be on for the entire lane change, according to the rulebook you want to follow

[manic torrent]

That's a fancy new car thing!

[long briar]

oh and yea my rav4 doesn't have that lmao

[grim belfry]

I actually really hate that feature

Because when I try to indicate normally it turns off after a couple blinks

[silk island]

the whole point of learning to drive is to be able to do it safely and responsibly

You’re def not responsible if you break every driving law in existence

[spare creek]

Same

[long briar]

I'm not breaking the laws that actually put my in danger

[silk island]

speeding literally does put you in danger

[long briar]

How so?

[silk island]

oh my god I shouldn’t have to actually specify the risks and dangers of speeding

[long briar]

Speeding excessively sure, if you're driving a corolla with tiny tires doing 180 probably a danger

[spare creek]

Also because I want help with verifying whether or not to build a computer https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1310199434524758027 but it seems hard to get input on tbh

[grim belfry]

It's not illegal because I'm not driving. I'm travelling

[silk island]

no, you’re driving.

[grim belfry]

I am a free traveler and have unrestricted right to travel

[keen tiger]

How long should I wait for a new motherboard to post when it’s sitting on the vga light?

[long briar]

Again, I have nice tires and a decent car. Speeding is fine

[silk island]

it is not fine.

[long briar]

What's more dangerous about going 70 instead of 60 then?

[silk island]

if you get your license taken away because you speed then I’ll just laugh

[reef acorn]

the additional 10 mph

[long briar]

we're in kmh rn lol

[manic torrent]

My car is illegal to drive. You cannot increase track of a vehicle by more than 15mm, and yet I run wider tyres on an increased offset, which widens my track by a bit more than that.

[reef acorn]

ohh!! then i don't need to think in mph haha

[manic torrent]

I literally die every time

[long briar]

But alberta laws don't even give license suspensions for speeding under 51kmh

[silk island]

well they should

[grim belfry]

Drivers are legal entities (legal fiction)
Travellers are living people who are not subject to the same laws as drivers

[spare creek]

Lifehack: Don't have a license and they can't take your license away

[long briar]

you just get 4 demerit points and a 500 dollar fine for speeding 50 over limit lmao

[silk island]

for going 40 over it should be more than just a fine and demerits

[manic torrent]

Death. Instant death

[reef acorn]

I don't have either and i live just fine for now lol

[long briar]

well womp womp the government who made the book you follow also say that

so are you saying the government was wrong on something driving related?

[spare creek]

Yeah, same here

[long briar]

(edited cause the government sucks)

[manic torrent]

Illegal things are bad! The government wouldn't make lazy blanket policy .... Would they?

[reef acorn]

gov sucks in general, regardless where you live

[silk island]

the fact that you actually like tempting fate with that $500 fine and the demerits is insane

[long briar]

The fact you're getting so mad about me even going 130 on a 110 is insane

I've had flow of traffic at 140 and nobody cares

we all just pass people like you on the road why? Because there's no point in going slow

[manic torrent]

I know some people that know some people that have driven at over 200km/hr in a 100km/hr zone. We all died.

[long briar]

if the government raised the highway speed to 140 would you go 140?

[silk island]

again: drivers are assholes. I’m not joining the club by speeding

[long briar]

assholes to WHO?

themselves?

[grim belfry]

They cannot fine me. I am travelling in my private property.

Section 8, sub-section 12 of the Imperial Acts Application Act dictates that “All promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void”

[silk island]

assholes in general

[grim belfry]

All fines are illegal

[silk island]

you’re generally an asshole if you don’t respect driving laws

[grim belfry]

Luckily I'm not driving

[reef acorn]

the liberal party in austria (The Grünen) are going hard against car owners and speed limits on highways because they want to combat the smog and CO² emissions (Weeeell, i saw this turned out fine with all the additional electric cars being used and driven here, we had like 7 days with smog)
And here i thought the Grünen would do a significant change lol

[long briar]

"asshole" as an adjective is subjective, it relies on the state of mind on an observer for interpretation. I'd say anyone who speeds in a manner that isn't actively harming anyone is not an asshole.

[grim belfry]

The State relies on collecting as much revenue as possible .. hence why we are not taught the basic rules of law and your rights as a citizen .. they have hoodwinked the population coercing them into being afraid to stand up to the system .. like trained sheep /s

[silk island]

speeding and intentionally violating driving laws because you don’t care is inherently being an asshole

[long briar]

oh no I care, I slow down at every photo radar to avoid being ticketed

😄

[silk island]

that doesn’t mean you care that just means you don’t wanna get caught

[long briar]

I care enough that I won't get caught

[silk island]

again: that isn’t you caring

[long briar]

If the government raised the limit of the highway to 120, would you do 120?

[silk island]

you just don’t want to get in trouble bc of your shitty driving habits and etiquette

[finite pike]

Well, driving in a solid state of traffic-intradict timid plague to the senses of pain when crashing, - is ten times worser than conflicts in a rat poisonate

[long briar]

oh no it's not even habits

[patent violet]

what the fuck did I just read

[long briar]

I choose to speed because it puts me in a position where I decide where I want to be, not traffic

Fortunately the time I went to Toronto I felt right at home with how everyone drove

130 all day

[silk island]

this is stupid

like I said

Most drivers are idiots and assholes

[patent violet]

i havent slept in 3 days so Im not as good at deciphering "whack", "stupid", or "My hands were in the wrong place on the keyboard" today

[long briar]

What car do you drive and what tires do you have on it?

[silk island]

why does that matter?

[long briar]

I just want to know

You seem like a Prius driver

but like, not the new prius

[patent violet]

He drives a lifted Ford F150 with oversized tires

[reef acorn]

max speed limit in austria is 130 lol

[silk island]

not a he.

[patent violet]

OOOOOOOOOOO

Well now we have our answers

[long briar]

Oh wait that explains it

[silk island]

how the fuck do you get “guy” from “Evelyn”

[long briar]

man 4am I didn't even put that together LOL

[patent violet]

Were on the internet, girls dont exist here

[grim belfry]

i havent slept in 3 days
That's my guess

[patent violet]

Yeah that too

[long briar]

Why not just say it?

[patent violet]

I didnt even read the name after the first 2 letters tbqh

[silk island]

because it’s irrelevant

[long briar]

yes it does, a better car is a safer car

[grim belfry]

I just look at the pictures lmao

[silk island]

you’re trying to attach my stance on driving and speed limits to what car I drive

[patent violet]

Most of the time I associate people based on the first letter of their name (because I have Pfps off)

[grim belfry]

Reading is too hard

[silk island]

when I’d have the same exact stance no matter what car I drove

[patent violet]

This is all I see.

[grim belfry]

Can't do that in here with the green
It all blends into one, esp without glasses on

[patent violet]

Green is actually one of the more difficult colors for me to read

[long briar]

do you believe there's no point for cars to go fast

[median idol]

[patent violet]

It does that to me too

[long briar]

I think it's the light green that messes with me too

[silk island]

no because that’s the whole point of racing and such

[grim belfry]

Bad colour for text

[long briar]

okay so clearly you don't drive a sports car

ugh I sound so old saying that term

[patent violet]

Smart Car

[silk island]

why on earth would I drive a sports car

i live in a city

[patent violet]

meep meep

even better, moped

[silk island]

and ew I hate smart cars

[long briar]

So you probably drive a crossover because you're in Alberta or something

[reef acorn]

sports car goes brrr

[silk island]

aren’t you literally in Alberta too

[long briar]

yeah?

I don't drive a crossover

[grim belfry]

You could be neighbours

[patent violet]

yall should go on a date, id bet it would actually go well

[silk island]

I’m a sedan person not an SUV person

[grim belfry]

Isn't that so weird

[long briar]

but sedans get stuck in the snow

[patent violet]

ive actually had this happen

not quite neighbor but 2 streets away kinda shit

[long briar]

unless you have awd which doesn't really exist except for luxury and sports sedans

[patent violet]

small world moments

[grim belfry]

The internet people aren't meant to be nearby

[long briar]

oh wait you drive a Nissan Sentra

[silk island]

no

[long briar]

Altima

wait not aggressive enough to be an Altima

[silk island]

stop trying to determine what car I drive

it holds no relevance

[long briar]

hmmmm

[patent violet]

Does she even drive

[long briar]

well she knows the alberta driving handbook so perhaps?

[patent violet]

That means you have a license

[grim belfry]

Do they really even love me, or were they just playing around?

[long briar]

Sedan in Alberta driven by someone who hates going fast

i'm trying my best here to stereotype someone here hold up

[silk island]

I don’t hate going fast I hate not respecting the law there’s a difference

[long briar]

yea the difference is that you suck up to the law when it only inconveniences you and everyone around you

[silk island]

It doesn’t inconvenience me

[patent violet]

Idk we dont know who this person is:
This person couldve been in a massive accident before and is taking an aggressive stance based on previous experiences

[long briar]

I bet you connect to ask the coffee shop owner before connecting to their public wifi

[silk island]

No…?

[long briar]

I don't think so

[patent violet]

The one I used did

Pastel-darkerish colors only

[long briar]

you broke a law! at least somewhere idk

[silk island]

that is not a law literally anywhere in existence

[long briar]

It is

[silk island]

no it isn’t

there is no law saying you must ask before connecting to a public internet connection

[reef acorn]

it yesn't

[grim belfry]

How do you know it's public?

[long briar]

Sedan in Alberta driven by someone who hates going fast.... man this is hard

Cause even Camrys are pretty nifty nowadays

[median idol]

[silk island]

i do not hate going fast

[patent violet]

How long has this conversation been going on now

[long briar]

you don't go fast, you go less than the limit even under perfect circumstances. You hate going fast

Is your car reliable?

[silk island]

did you forget the current state of our weather????

[long briar]

yeah, I still go limit

do you have winter tires on?

[silk island]

LMAO so you go the speed rated for when the roads are completely dry

this conversation is over lmao it’s clear you don’t care about speed limits

even in bad snowy conditions

[sonic blaze]

[long briar]

That's not what it says though

[silk island]

YES IT IS

[long briar]

Do you have winter tires on?

[silk island]

“Posted speed limits represent the maximum speed for that road in ideal driving conditions. This means that as the weather worsens, affecting traction or visibility, you should decrease your speed appropriately.”

[long briar]

you SHOULD, not you MUST

orange signs are not the same as white

You're driving with all seasons?

[silk island]

oh my god stop

[long briar]

No wonder you're scared of going limit

[silk island]

I GO THE LIMIT WHEN ITS SAFE

[long briar]

and so do I?

[manic torrent]

Which with your shitty tyres is rarely

[silk island]

no you don’t you intentionally go over it by like 40

[long briar]

I don't go 150 in snow?

that's stupid

I don't even drive my car that I'd do 150 in snow during the winter

[silk island]

so is going 40 over in general

[sonic blaze]

this convo is grand

[reef acorn]

yes

great time to join indeed

[long briar]

For you I guess so

Your tires be slipping with 100hp on dry land

[manic torrent]

Quick question, if a road changes speed limit after a review (as they sometimes do), say from 100 to 80. Does that mean the people yesterday doing 100 were stupid and unsafe? Or the people who today are doing 100 are stupid and unsafe? Or both?

[median idol]

Car talk is fascinating Fr

[long briar]

this isn't even car talk I'm just having fun now

[silk island]

I’m saying that anyone who doesn’t respect the speed limit is dumb & silly

[reef acorn]

i realized that earlier lol

[silk island]

if it gets increased, go the increased limit

If it decreases, go the decreased limit

It’s not that fucking hard people are just impatient as hell

[long briar]

This is how deep the snow is rn

Of COURSE I'm gonna adjust me driving style

that means I take longer to accelerate, I slow down wayyy earlier

but I cruise at 60 on a 60, that's not a problem

and yes I don't bother with winter tires either lmao

[manic torrent]

But you're saying it's unsafe. How is it suddenly unsafe?

[reef acorn]

wish i had this much snow in austria too where i live. Here is a drought as we speak. I live in region with only 2 mountains surrounding us and we are 360m above sea level. Whereas the other regions in austria are above 500-600 meters and where much more snow falls

you have 4x4 i assume, no?

[long briar]

yea it's a 4wd rav4 v6

[reef acorn]

nice

[long briar]

it's actually worse than most awd bc it's not really an awd

[reef acorn]

oh, how is that?

[silk island]

how is the fact that speeding is one of the biggest causes of traffic accidents and deaths not known to you???

[long briar]

it's a fwd with a clutch pack as a diff lock in the middle

[reef acorn]

ah okay, well i don't know much about cars in detail but i think i understand lol

[manic torrent]

That is absolutely hilariously wrong.

[long briar]

basically it's either fwd or all the wheels attempt to spin the same speed with the same power distributed to each

[long briar]

it isn't, actually.

[manic torrent]

Speed as the cause of an accident is very uncommon

[silk island]

says the Australian who doesn’t know anything about American or Canadian car crash / collision statistics and their causes

[reef acorn]

its not speeding but careless drivers and those who chose to drink alcohol and bring others in a dangerous situation. Speeding was never dangerous but careless drivers are

[manic torrent]

You'd be amazed what I know

[long briar]

Failure to yield is actually the leading cause of car accidents

[reef acorn]

Ah gotcha

[long briar]

Speeding rarely actually causes accidents, not yielding or turning into a blind spot is.

[silk island]

Quite simply, speeding is dangerous, and can increase the risk of crashes and the severity of injury when a crash occurs. Research is clear that higher speed is related to increased crash and injury risk at both the individual driver level, and at a road section level (Aarts & van Schagen, 2006; Elvik et al., 2019).

[grim belfry]

Australians are idiots.

[manic torrent]

"excessive speed" as a contributing factor in an accident is a tickbox that is checked, and never questioned.

[reef acorn]

Idk who wrote that but this is a onesided argument.

[silk island]

It isn’t.

[grim belfry]

Most Americans are much better educated than those idiot Aussies

[reef acorn]

It is lol

[silk island]

It literally isn’t

[manic torrent]

Ironically, the study has a flawed premise, because there is no control

[reef acorn]

Lol it is

[silk island]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures-that-work/speeding-and-speed-management/understanding-problem

[reef acorn]

Like i said earlier, speeding isn't the main cause of traffic accidents but careless and stupid drivers and those under the influence

[silk island]

I didn’t say it was the main cause you dingus

[grim belfry]

Did you know the cessation of heatbeat is the leading cause of death in 2024?

[reef acorn]

By that logic you would say that race car drivers who drive on a race track are dangerous to others as well?

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/themoreyouknow-star-rainbowstreak-nbc-gif-4884642

[turbid oriole]

Let’s change that, everyone start murdering each other! /j

[reef acorn]

Also no need for insults if you cannot bring arguments to the table

[sonic blaze]

dingus

[turbid oriole]

I can bring the utensils to the table

[reef acorn]

awesome, lets eat

[turbid oriole]

I still don’t know which go on which side but I’ll try my best

[median idol]

I'll get some food whilst we're at it

[grim belfry]

The human flesh?????

[reef acorn]

nah, too tough. Lets eat chicken lol

[grim belfry]

How do you know human flesh is tough

[reef acorn]

reports from people who ate it

[turbid oriole]

KFC?

Kentucky Fried Canadians?

[reef acorn]

btw is it a fact that 4x4 drive vehicles use more fuel in general?

[median idol]

I heard that it has a pork-like taste, am I wrong?

[long briar]

Speed is a contribution not a cause

which I do agree with for the most part because people don't know the limits of their cars

Many people overestimate what their car can do

I do know for me specifically, doing 150 is gonna take longer to stop than 110, but stopping from 150 is probably faster for me than 110 for you.

So it's really really hard to quantify that data

as such, you cannot make the claim that speeding is one of the biggest causes of traffic accidents and deaths

[manic torrent]

Also defining "speeding" in this context gets increasingly messy

[long briar]

yeahhh

doing as much as 31 in a 30 zone is considered speeding

even though 50 in a 30 zone outside of school hours is not

yes I go 30 in school zones during school hours because of the kids

I have no empathy for anyone who speeds in a manner that puts other people's lives at risk

[manic torrent]

There's a school zone on my way to work that's on a 6 lane road, and the school has no entrance anywhere near that road, and I have never ever seen a single kid there. But it's still a school zone! Clearly, if I was to exceed that limit, it would be unsafe and dangerous

[long briar]

also because this is from my own city's release, speeding could also even mean going limit with snow

[long briar]

oh that's scuffed

unlucky

[manic torrent]

I mean I usually slow down for it but sometimes I miss the start of it because it makes no fucking sense whatsoever

And ironically, it's more dangerous because people have to slow down in an unexpected way

[long briar]

yehp

which is ironically the reason I'm scared of drivers here

I can handle the speed and aggression of the states

I can't handle the uncertainty and hesitation of the drivers here

[manic torrent]

Haha like driving in the CBD of Melbourne... It's good because everyone is an asshole.... But you know what to expect

[long briar]

Exactly

Here it's like you don't know who's a good driver and who isn't

and people just randomly do things you don't expect

[fossil frost]

Try driving anywhere near any taxi driver in the UK. They are the worst. They truly believe they own the road and can do what they want and everyone else will get out of their way and everything is everyone else's fault

[long briar]

stuff like this happen all the time here, though.

Everyone owns a truck and so everything that the truck can get on is a road apparently

OH WAIT

I got a better example

[long briar]

We got a new light rail system here and in less than a year of opening

Like cars just driving onto the platform

[long briar]

like that is small right

[manic torrent]

It's like 40 fucking tonnes

And travels on rails

[long briar]

yeahhhh

[long briar]

yeahhhhhhhhh yikes.

[dense quail]

Just text my boss I wouldn't be coming in today

I rarely ever call in sick but I still feel so guilty

[dense quail]

gasp is the sequel to famous movie Super 8?

[manic torrent]

Yes

[obsidian oracle]

gta 6 leaked gameplay

[deft void]

How tf

[deft void]

Lowkey would be fun to derail trains in a game

[obsidian oracle]

nah i want them to be solid af so we can use them to shoot tanks to outer atmosphere

[deft void]

I've heard they might not even release gta6 but let's hope that's bs

Some well known leaker said it

[obsidian oracle]

lmao

[deft void]

Apparently game isn't near to be even alpha build

[obsidian oracle]

they have a 170m viewed trailer and they spent hundreds of millions into it

they have no other choice but release

[deft void]

Rockstar has more than enough of money to waste haha

Gta5 sharkcards were the biggest scam

[obsidian oracle]

they dont even have sponsors in the game, if they need more money they can just get sponsors and use real brands in game like sprite instead of random ass other green canned juice lol

[deft void]

Sprunk yeah

[obsidian oracle]

shame on people who buy them then, why blame the company for making something thats being used

[deft void]

Have you seen their car prices and everything?

[obsidian oracle]

i have and i dont care

[deft void]

So you think millions for a cop car is normal?

[obsidian oracle]

it takes less than a week of racing with your friends and playing fun games to buy a TON of cars

[obsidian oracle]

buying a cop car isnt normal thats for sure lol

[deft void]

Well I have every cars lol but still prices are wayyyyy too high

I've been playing since 2014 so I ain't playing legit anymore

[obsidian oracle]

its not high when you managed to buy all, its only reasonable

[deft void]

Yeah ig

But as a car guy cars are the best part of the game

[obsidian oracle]

it would be boring af if it wasnt high, u would buy every thing so quickly and game would have no other meanings to you besides racing and whatnot

[obsidian oracle]

as someone thats addicted to cars and anything around them, i hate gta5's that aspect. the models are not from real cars

and the driving is just too damn sticky, let the car free to slide

[dense quail]

Scariest stories:

I was going to get the train to the vet then I saw the conductor was.....the creature
"I will crash!" Said the creature terrifyingly

[obsidian oracle]

gta sa had more fun driving than 5, u cant do shit in 5

[dense quail]

Mods

[obsidian oracle]

mods on mp? yea i dont like getting banned

[deft void]

Play fivem

[obsidian oracle]

boring

[deft void]

Lmao

[obsidian oracle]

and lots of stupid kids in it

[dense quail]

GTA online is a piece of shit and you shouldn't be surprised you don't enjoy aspects of it

[obsidian oracle]

its not about online, its about car physics of the game

[deft void]

Fivem is dope asf especially good rp servers

[dense quail]

If it's not about online then download mods and then play

[dense quail]

Fivem is also pretty good, way better than vanilla online

[deft void]

Yeah I love the mini game servers

[obsidian oracle]

im talking about the game overall, with enough mods no game is different anyway

[dense quail]

Also to all my loners who are having memory leak issues with stalker go download the optimisation mod on nexus

Went from a gross feeling 130 FPS to 144fps consistently