public-chat

[obsidian horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-me-gif-19259515

[full fossil]

what in the jackery is this

[near nymph]

Including tax?

[restive lion]

Grand total of $3 USD

$35 with tax

[near nymph]

Gaming laptops are not practical for school unless youre going to university

For some engineering stuff

[restive lion]

How

Laptop move with, laptop go brr

[near nymph]

A M1 MacBook Air would be more practical

Good battery life, decent screen...

You won't fuck your back for lugging a brick around

[restive lion]

More practical != not practical

I have plenty of classmates who bring gaming laptops to take notes

[timber jasper]

i would be fine with gaming laptops if they didnt dissipate heat directly into my thighs

[vapid smelt]

nah oled screen chrome book they are much cheaper 😛

[near nymph]

K that’s just… shit

[vapid smelt]

just ignore the fact its a Snapdragon chromebook

[summer edge]

Iiiiiih

[timber jasper]

do NOT buy a chrome book
you can buy a high end thinkpad hardly a few years old for far less than this

[summer edge]

Do it do it your inner devil is telling you to /j

Get a macbook imho

[vapid smelt]

too late bought one last year to use as Dungeons & Dragons charter sheet

[summer edge]

A mediatek processor!?!?

[hasty canyon]

how do i get wallpapers on wallpaper engine?

[timber jasper]

you shouldve got a e-paper tablet for that

[vapid smelt]

do NOT buy a app that uses your computer resources for a screen you dont look at

[vapid smelt]

but that cost more then $40

[timber jasper]

you got it for $40?

[hasty canyon]

to late already bought it

[timber jasper]

are you against joy?

are you against the idea of someone using the machine they paid for?

[hasty canyon]

now tellme how do i get wallpaper

[vapid smelt]

no clue

[vapid smelt]

yup

[hasty canyon]

why can me not uplode picture?????

[vapid smelt]

because you need a role

[timber jasper]

sweet

[alpine gale]

Users with roles can upload photos and embed links. See #welcome for details on getting a role.

[vapid smelt]

How do i get the role that gives me accesses to all the hidden channels?

[alpine gale]

Oh, well, you see, comrade... um... well...

https://tenor.com/view/barackobama-talks-press-con-maybe-classified-gif-11864017

[karmic copper]

Wsg chat

[hasty canyon]

goddam that was a whole lot just get a role

but i maneged to do what i`ve been asking for!!

[pearl agate]

Hey guys from India
ThinkPad E14 - AMD Ryzen 5, 16 GB RAM, 512 SSD, Win 11 Home
21M3S08500
AMD Ryzen™ 5 7535U

Is this laptop good for under 55000 rupees?

[timber jasper]

whats the exact price

[pearl agate]

Like the MSRP?
Or for howmuch I'll be getting it for?

MSRP listed is 98000
On lenovos site it has been discounted for 53000

It has one year on site warranty that really caught my eye

[idle nymph]

emitting more heat than a nuclear bomb but its portable

[vapid smelt]

71.24 bigmacs

[warped burrow]

Should I get an iPhone 17 first or get a Mac mini first? If I get an iPhone first all my stuff will already be on the Mac but idk what to say cuz my current phones alright but I also have a gaming pc so what should I do

It's worth mentioning the base Mac mini is cheaper than the iPhone 17 and I can get external drive or smth and stuff for it for price of iphone

[uneven stirrup]

Budgeting my friend… if you need a pc now the Mac mini. If you mostly use your phone a lot then the iPhone 17 and wait for the Mac mini

[wispy marsh]

I would get an iPhone 15/16 Plus

[uneven stirrup]

The iPhone 15 pro used is like 500-600 too

[warped burrow]

imo not worth since it's still expensive and a 17 will drop to same price as 16 once it comes out of pre orders

so I may as well get the newer one

[warped burrow]

Hmm true I guess I can get the Mac now and wait for the iPhone 18 next year

[summer folio]

Sony Xperia 1 V with 120Hz 4K OLED, headphone jack & SD card.

[warped burrow]

since there's also some rumors of the upcoming iPhone being super cool

[uneven stirrup]

You can also say wait for the Mac mini m5 for $599 next year as well

[warped burrow]

Hmm true

[summer folio]

why would anyone want an iPhone

[warped burrow]

but I could use a pc first since my phone still working and plus I plan on releasing some stuff which I also want to release on apple platforms so I think a Mac is a good choice first

[uneven stirrup]

Cause… idk… iPhone

Blue bubble

Also they do offer the best battery life compared to other Samsungs

[warped burrow]

ios is just soooo epic

[vapid smelt]

https://www.apple.com/iphone-16e/

[uneven stirrup]

Personally hate the iOS 26

[warped burrow]

especially ios 26 i love it so much it looks so nice

[warped burrow]

I like shiny stuff i tested in a store and fell in love

[uneven stirrup]

Dumb phone at that price imo, no mag safe or wireless charging , no find my AirTag support…

[summer folio]

Androids got Revanved, so all apps are ad free, & you don't even have to listen to annoying sponsors because of sponsorblock that auto-skips those parts etc on YouTube videos.

[warped burrow]

yeah not worth it especially where I live it's overpriced compared to other models

[warped burrow]

umm i pay for yt premium 😶

mostly for yt music it's so cheap where I live

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-lol-the-simpsons-marge-lisa-gif-8714260

[uneven stirrup]

@ $599 you can buy a 14pro or 15pro for the same amount

[warped burrow]

6 euros a month and I get both yt premium benefits and yt music

[vapid smelt]

weaker cpu though

[summer folio]

ReVanced > YT premium,
Premium dont't auto skip sponsor & self promotion segments etc

[warped burrow]

cheaper than Spotify too... I would've gotten spotify but they don't let u play music on mobile it plays random stuff

[warped burrow]

Actually it does I can skip the sponsors it detects them and shows a skip button and it skips it

[uneven stirrup]

Fuck no, by a little. Also the 16e is lacking a lot of pro features for that price… even the iPhone minis had those features like wireless charging and AirTag support

[summer folio]

I said auto-skips such mind virus parts.

[summer folio]

battery life with the lockded down child grandma iOS was nice though indeed

[vapid smelt]

wireless charging and having your iphone ping for apple air tags are not that important imo

[warped burrow]

Air tags are stinky just don't loose ur stuff

[uneven stirrup]

Alright if you don’t use ultra wide camera and the telephoto camera sure. And you don’t want fast charging gohead

[uneven stirrup]

It’s for wallets and such I find it helpful

[warped burrow]

But wireless charging I find nice I have a lamp with wireless charging it was so expensive buy but I can't use it my Cmf Phone 2 pro doesn't have wireless charging

[summer folio]

everybody knows fast charging is bad for battery, & only used 5v <0.8 ampere chargers over night.

[vapid smelt]

good thing the 16E charges the same*

[uneven stirrup]

I personally dislike the 16E

Wouldn’t recommend it since there’s so many better phones at that price point

16E is the grandma phone

[vapid smelt]

like the pixel 9

[wispy marsh]

I recommend the 14/15/16 Plus

[summer folio]

GrapheneOS Pixel 9 Pro XL

[vapid smelt]

nah 14 stinky no usb C

[wispy marsh]

I'm using it now tho

[uneven stirrup]

16plus over the 16e

[echo sluice]

why not the 17 base model

nvm i see now

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/throwup-throw-up-gag-yikes-choke-gif-15544086876481746027

[uneven stirrup]

I love my iPhone 15 pro if it didn’t over heat and have iOS related problems

[timber jasper]

i was about to channel my inner hatred for modern apple but then i remembered android is equally cooked

use a feature phone instead

[uneven stirrup]

I was typing to someone the other day and my keyboard disappeared

Imagine that happened in real life you were typing on your keyboard at your office and it just randomly disappears

Looked something like this

[granite timber]

https://youtu.be/AiGP70XljBs
YALL ROCKIN WIT DIS⁉️
Im glad they ain't remove the PvP aspect as well

No embed 😭

[desert dagger]

YALL ROCKIN WIT DIS⁉️
no

[pearl agate]

@timber jasper

[granite timber]

Why not ⁉️

[desert dagger]

because

[granite timber]

⁉️

[desert dagger]

[granite timber]

Wat

Lol

[desert dagger]

[granite timber]

Ok anyways, im so glad Halloween with pvp is back. The day friday the 13th got removed was a sad day

[indigo plume]

Do ppl really change os for their phone

Feel like everything so similar these days what would be the point lol

[hasty canyon]

hello

[weak sluice]

Setup a camera to send mail to me if it detect motion. First picture? A rat 🥸

[hasty canyon]

good that means it`s working!

[timber jasper]

to be honest that computer's new and i dont really know prices for new stuff, im more familiar with the second hand market and the aliexpress reproduction / oldnew market

[sharp leaf]

Playing Doom on a Vape Pen

[keen cedar]

Does the vape still work is the question

[misty spindle]

Why didn't you just run it instead

What firmware do you have?

[zealous barn]

forzaaaa

[winged fog]

Hello Everyone!

[obsidian horizon]

portable bomb

[raven flax]

hello

[fossil parrot]

quick question if I add ddr5 5600 even tho my cpu says upto ddr5 4800 will I encounter any problems?

[subtle furnace]

no, it'll be fine

[fossil parrot]

awsome

[subtle furnace]

your memory manufacturer has rated your memory to run up to 5600MT/s. by default, it'll use whatever your motherboard manufacturer set in the UEFI

which will probably be around 4800

you could try to overclock it if you want but i really doubt you'd see any noticable difference

[fossil parrot]

I don't want faster speeds I just want more thats it, jumping from 16 to 32

[oak pier]

uh, no, it'll run at 5600 when you set XMP

[subtle furnace]

xmp is disabled by default

[oak pier]

Also you will see a difference between 4800 and 5600

there's no reason to leave it at 4800

[subtle furnace]

ok

[fossil parrot]

it won't allow my ass to run at max anyway

[oak pier]

why won't it allow it?

[fossil parrot]

.

[oak pier]

Are you replacing your current RAM, or are you adding additional sticks

[fossil parrot]

replacing ofc

[oak pier]

then it'll run at 5600mt/s with no issues

stated memory speed support on CPUs is always quite understated

[fossil parrot]

alrighty

[oak pier]

you'll just have to enable XMP/EXPO in bios

[light oriole]

Hi

[sacred urchin]

Not sure where to ask, but are these really the only two portable wireless chargers on the market that can also be recharged wirelessly over Qi/Qi2?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09W7YBS6H/

https://shop.tesla.com/product/wireless-portable-charger?sku=2058793-00-B

[fossil parrot]

I have it on already but I guess it will turn off since new ram detecter and new manufacturer?

[oak pier]

you’ll just need to reenable it when you install the new ram

[winged spire]

Fixed it

Not using Ltt cable ties though

[oak pier]

are they from infinite cables tho

[winged spire]

Are LTT cable ties biocompatible

I need to ask support 😛

[echo nymph]

Are gen 3 ssd's that worce than gen 4 ssd's?

[harsh quartz]

I got my 17pro. Ngl, this thing has too many buttons

I keep hitting the action button instead of volume, and randomly hitting the camer button when I pick up the thing

[subtle furnace]

i assume you're talking about nvme, but no, gen 3 nvme ssds are still absurdly fast and you likely won't notice any difference for general use between them and gen 4 ssds

[echo nymph]

Good I was planning to dual boot ubuntu and windows 11 on a gen 3 and gen 4 nvme ssd

[wide furnace]

my reaction to this was

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-steam-soldier-confused-count-gif-16049918

[thin fjord]

wtf did he do that why is no one talking about this

[maiden flare]

Made this edit out of a GIF

The original GIF: https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-psu-gamers-nexus-pc-bomb-planted-gif-22845602

[winged spire]

By far my biggest issue with FSD is its confidence

It’s not nearly confident enough

It will sometimes creep up to turn right on red then hesitate for a few seconds before actually doing it

I guess playing it safe with that stuff is better than crashing but

I need an aggressive driving setting

[winged spire]

sponsorblock has stat tracking lol

what do I get at 24h

[gilded quest]

I've saved 3 days skipping ads in my podcast app

[neon mesa]

meh auto skip sucks

skip button better

[mystic tundra]

don’t forget the lian li sp850

this one can catch fire and burn down your house

(worse than pgm in terms of danger)

[maiden flare]

Wait quick question

[mystic tundra]

also, i don’t think it has been fixed yet

[maiden flare]

Someone has a 2.6k euro budget for a PC, should I put a 5080 on it for them

[mystic tundra]

two rtx pro 6000 atleast

[maiden flare]

Aren't Lian Li known for good PSUs

[maiden flare]

Be serious please </3

[mystic tundra]

most of their psus are good, this one is 🔥

[maiden flare]

Oh wait the 5080 itself is 1016 euro

[mystic tundra]

three rtx pro 6000

[maiden flare]

They said below 1k Euro

Errrr what do I do

[mystic tundra]

ask them, pretty sure you can fit a 5080 in a 2.6k build

[hot umbra]

finished up my obsidian 250d mod with server fan (loud but actually reduces temps by like 15c lmao

[mystic tundra]

granted you don’t overspend on an overkill motherboard, flashy ram, aio and a case @maiden flare

[maiden flare]

Trying not to

Also is 1016 euro for a 5080 really the price one should pay

Granted it's the German Market but still

@mystic tundra Gigabyte B850M Gaming X WIFI6E for 169 Euro

Cheapest mATX B850 that isn't an ASRock or MSI board

There's a PRIME B850M-A-CSM but no WiFi, should I put that instead

[teal ibex]

Chat help me

My pc is breaked or something

I had fedora but that wifi issue made me mad so I stalled windows through a usb but it restarted and I am stuck in the grub menu with only 3 fedora partitions and none of them opens up

[pallid falcon]

Good question

Maybe #1027757333117415424 could help you

[winged spire]

this is wild

I didnt realize the BASE 128gb 13 gives you the credit too

you can upgrade from a base model, base storagre 13 to a 17 pro for literally 0$

thats insane

[harsh quartz]

That’s me :)

Went from a 128gb 13 to a 17pro yesterday. I was gonna get the pro max but I got my hands on it and it was fucking huge, and I didn’t like the last time I had a massive phone, so I just got the pro instead

I’m liking it so far

And the base 13 I got for like 250$

[winged spire]

mines gonna be base 13 pro max to 17 pro max

base 13 to 17 pro is crazy though

I still do not understand how they ever come out ahead its crazy

my data plan is NOT worth that much

[harsh quartz]

A lot of people probably pay them off early to upgrade

[mortal mural]

I’m curious if anyone knows how this works. If I order a new iPhone with that 2 hour delivery and do a trade in on my old one, how does the trade in process work?

[harsh quartz]

with ATT?

[mortal mural]

Nah directly through Apple. I think they use Uber or something like that for the actual delivery on 2 hour shipping

[harsh quartz]

No eye deer

[mortal mural]

ChatGPT says that the person doing the delivery would do the inspection and then take it back but it doesn’t make sense that I’d need to have the phone wiped and prepped before it even shows up

[unkempt bluff]

desperately need help with monitor options in India - tried ordering a msi G274QPX - received an empty box today

[harsh quartz]

Okay, and what in the world are we supposed to do

[mortal mural]

Don’t buy from Temu🤣🤣

[unkempt bluff]

Well guess what - It was Amazon

[mortal mural]

Then go talk to Amazon bruh🗿

[unkempt bluff]

already getting a refund - gotta order new and the confusion is immense

people here reccommended the acer xv 300 hz 1440p - than panel suffers big time with ghosting

im game for an international level product but my chosen msi has been phased out - in deep confusion wrt choice

[winged spire]

They will likely send you a box in the mail to send your old one back

[mortal mural]

Cool, thank you. It seemed mega sus that they’d have the delivery driver “inspect” the trade in and take it with them. I’ll probably call the store just to make sure

[winged spire]

it should say before you placed the order

like the screen just before checkout

[unkempt bluff]

if anyone can help, appreciated

Was looking at 1440p high refresh rate IPS Panels

[timid haven]

@mortal mural I've never done it with Apple directly, but I've done it a few times with Google and that's how it goes, you get x amount of days to send it, and they inspect and adjust credit if necessary

[mortal mural]

Yeah ChatGPT was probably just hallucinating with that

Oh look a scammer

[fading needle]

I enjoy frame gen

I saw a benchmark for the 3080 ti in microsoft flight sim, and my 5060 ti with 4x frame gen is getting more than double the fps

at 4k

[warped burrow]

Are u using performance mods

[fading needle]

no

but I do have to clarify one thing

its DSR 4k :/

but im not too sure the full difference between DSR 4k and normal 4k

[warped burrow]

Get the mod sodium

[fading needle]

I will check it out

[fading needle]

also, I dont really see a visual difference with frame gen at all

[winged spire]

https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3163/musk-reveals-tesla-fsd-v14-rollout-plan-starting-next-week

V14 rolling out soon, not that my car will get it

theyve left AI3 cars behind

10x increase in parameters, and a "fundamental architectual upgrade" over v13

BASED I didnt even see this

based based based

7 day strikes were horriblle

[neon mesa]

3.5 days is odd

basically 4 days
you do the strike at noon, it will be forgiven at night

i guess still better than 4 as you get to use it in the morning of the 4th day

[winged spire]

half of 7

[neon mesa]

yes i realized

i mean they could've made it either 3 or 4

[winged spire]

7 was so god damn long

you get a strike by being distracted too often or too long (its very touchy and not great especially if youre doing long drives) and each strike now takes 3.5 days to fall off

so if you have a strike, and dont get another its gone after 3.5, but if you get another one in the mean, the timer resets to that most recent strike and obviously the count goes up

after 5 youre banned for a week

previously if you had 3 strikes, you would have to go 3 whole weeks without another one for all of them to fall off which really fucking sucked

[stark idol]

Is this about the autopilot?

[signal flicker]

When will cpus be added to lttlabs website?

[winged spire]

FSD, not autopilot

[stark idol]

idk what fsd is

[winged spire]

full self driving

autopilot in teslas is just adaptive cruise control and lane centering

[full fossil]

How much hz u're looking?

[winged spire]

Lmao the region’s 911 system is down

Very based

[kindred hedge]

Omg Just found this...
https://youtu.be/TO7ECEdkZjI

Crab Rave on household devices 😂

[vapid smelt]

Hail Satan

[full fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/praise-satan-praise-him-hail-satan-glorify-worship-gif-16053907

[tacit ridge]

gaming

[icy rock]

gotta stack up the student discounts and back to sales

im using it rn

pretty good

[undone aspen]

guess the game!

[vapid smelt]

skyrim

Dragon's Dogma 2.

[mystic tundra]

check out b650

[silver sun]

614

[calm swan]

that's awesome

[misty spindle]

When is 25h2 releasing?

[vapid smelt]

we dont work at Microsoft

[summer folio]

2026

[misty spindle]

I'm not caught up with the news so i was just checking, the word "tech" is in the name

[pallid falcon]

Satya Nadella does

[stark idol]

So (20)24hX is in 2025 and (20)25hX is in 2026

Microsoft is releasing os updates late and apple is releasing them early

[winged spire]

Gonna have to call a friend to help me organize these by color because I’m way the fuck to colorblind this is the best I could do

I want as smooth of a gradient as possible, and with how much filament I have not on the rack I bet I could make it pretty smooth

[stark idol]

Holy shit 😭

[vapid smelt]

im sure james can help

[winged spire]

Blue ans purple are the same color

[stark idol]

Were you trying to do blue first

[winged spire]

They’re the same color

It’s just light and dark (blue purple)

Like shades

[stark idol]

Oh crazy

Bc in the middle
You got the red orange yellow green order right

For the most part

[winged spire]

I get red and pink confused as well

Certain shades of each

Dark pink is red and light red is pink

I guess I’m just missing some red cones because it’s basically like if you desaturated a photo by like 10% lol

To be fair some of these filaments are literally just multiple colors

This is one of the coolest looking filament tbh it’s crazy vibrant

[vapid smelt]

sir why is the brown with the red

[winged spire]

I’ve got plenty of these dual and tri color filaments but since this one is matte it makes the color difference really pop

[winged spire]

You’re abusing a disabled person 😭😭😭😭

Yall think I can get disability payments for my colorblindness

[vapid smelt]

my coworker had a color blind man install his car stereo system... for some reason it didnt work

[winged spire]

I cant do resistors

the resistor bands

much harder to see irl as well

[vapid smelt]

bro gets beat by a 3 year-olds

[winged spire]

😭

[oak pier]

have you ever tried reading it IRL?

[vapid smelt]

i never read

[oak pier]

understandable, have a good day

[mystic tundra]

warshipped

[lyric gyro]

yo chat

how is windows 7 the most used OS in asia again

W tho cl

[oak pier]

lots of old ass computers in asia

[lyric gyro]

nah globally too

it rose from 3% of all windows pcs to 20%

i can send proof in dms if u want

[oak pier]

send it here

[lyric gyro]

no image perms

[lyric gyro]

k

yh i dont have it

i dont got image perms

[hot tartan]

damn

[vapid smelt]

you need a role #welcome

[vapid smelt]

must be a skill issue

[oak pier]

must be

[oak pier]

no, you only get one turn buckaroo

[civic fox]

nuh uh

[vapid smelt]

is the tub fixed yet?

[winged spire]

still have not been contacted

[vapid smelt]

it just leaks on your downstairs people right your floors dont flood?

[winged spire]

I dont even notice

yeah, just my neighbor

[vapid smelt]

ah its fine then

[winged spire]

https://fixupx.com/starbasetx/status/1971370350094197216?s=46

StarbaseTX (@StarbaseTX)

Boca Chica Beach is eroding at 5-20 feet per year. Starbase City Commissioners met tonight to formalize an agreement with Cameron County and make plans to stop the erosion and rebuild the dunes. The collaboration will leverage state, federal, and private partnerships from @SpaceX

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FixupX · Sep 26, 2025, 12:24 AM

[sweet raptor]

hiii

[bleak hare]

give me some retro games i should put on my pi zero 2 (most recent system it can go up to with the available buttons is GBA and some PS1 titles), the buttons on it are: D-pad, A, B, X, Y, start, select, L, R

[vapid smelt]

space invaders

[wheat anchor]

minecraft

[winged spire]

https://fxtwitter.com/Raspberry_Pi/status/1971228458224357708

Raspberry Pi (@Raspberry_Pi)

Uncompromising performance, perfectly tactile.

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FxTwitter · Sep 25, 2025, 3:01 PM

this is fucking based

[winged spire]

its a computer

[vapid smelt]

nah impossible

[winged spire]

Its a 16gb pi5 and RP1 built into a mechanical keyboard

[unkempt bluff]

240 hz minimum

[full fossil]

Hmmm prices for that are kinda overpriced, try 1440p at 180

An IPS or OLED

[winged spire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHdCgeF4nvc

immediately into the cat cameo

based

[vapid smelt]

is the wrong iphone the air?

great video

[frozen bough]

yo

[unkempt bluff]

Pricing is like in INR
30K Approx for IPS and 55k for OLED
Oled does not make sense

[full fossil]

OLED for me is a good option, but more expensive, bit better performance in photo editing or video editing, but for games, IPS is the best choice, as I searched, here on Spain prices for high refresh rate IPS panels at 1440p, are kinda overpriced ngl

Around 250/300€

[golden nymph]

Oh, and before anyone asks, @pastel haven is my old account that i no longer use and can be kicked/banned/whatever (i lost the login to that account so i only have it logged in on my computer and haven't had time to leave servers on it (i left it logged in because i want to be able to read my old dms))

[vapid smelt]

just recover the password

or reset it

[golden nymph]

I had 2fa on that account
Lost access to the phone that had the 2fa codes
Lost access to the phone number linked to the account
And lost access to the email i used because that used the same 2fa account

[idle nymph]

well rip

sis lost everything

[vapid smelt]

and this is why we dont trust the French

[golden nymph]

I am not French lol

[vapid smelt]

iris is though

[idle nymph]

WHAT DID I DO

[vapid smelt]

you didnt send me any french bread

[idle nymph]

im broke and the shipping is too much

[pallid falcon]

What hadint you done

Now gimme the secret to free health care

[idle nymph]

good question 🤔

[vapid smelt]

mooooore taxes

[idle nymph]

socialism

[idle nymph]

why you asking tho

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/why-gif-21053985

[idle nymph]

im gatekeeping

[idle nymph]

idk is it

[pallid falcon]

I have a way to deal with gatekeepers

[vapid smelt]

keys

[pallid falcon]

Isn't that method only available if your in Mexico

[idle nymph]

tell me

[pallid falcon]

I dont think she wanted to be killed

[idle nymph]

i ran away

cause i wanna live

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/thor-hulk-gif-15448493095263756731

[hasty canyon]

Anyone pls help

[vapid smelt]

no

[rugged ocean]

Hey guys

[vapid smelt]

<@&750150305383186585>s check it out

[unique star]

@vapid smelt thanks for making my day

[vapid smelt]

np

[pallid falcon]

Mods will love it

[echo nymph]

Dam Forza Horizon 6 looks sick

[tardy fox]

is there a channel to ask for laptop recommendation?

[echo nymph]

I don't think?

[echo nymph]

maybe #tech-chat-1 or #tech-chat-2

[vapid smelt]

damn* dam is for rivers

[echo nymph]

Well maybe I am talking about rivers?

[golden nymph]

Wow, normies are brainwashed, had a listening comprehension or whatever in school and well in there someone said 'google it, google is our friend'

[echo nymph]

what?

[pallid falcon]

[golden nymph]

Google is not friend, google is enemy

[echo nymph]

Chatgpt is friend

[pallid falcon]

IDK anyone who claims google is friend.

[golden nymph]

Never said that

[vapid smelt]

@google they are talking shit about you

[tacit pagoda]

It really does

[flint fossil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1421053173585678346/1421059409425207296/togif.gif

[tacit pagoda]

Hihi

[round tendon]

Anybody know what linus meant by “brightness reduced mode” in his iphone review?

I dont see that option and my eyes did at nighttime

[mellow summit]

Is there anybody nitro users here

Can you please tell me is it worth or not

[smoky badge]

not worth it imo.

[iron blaze]

hi

yesterday i got a 27" late 2009 imac for free

[analog robin]

Is this the real Iinus Tech Tip's Discord?

[vapid wharf]

The brightness were reduced, duh

[echo sluice]

no

[agile dome]

hi

[pseudo sand]

GUYS

[golden nymph]

18 days left for windows 10

[pseudo sand]

my maths teacher is an ltt fan 🔥

[golden nymph]

Fire teacher

[pseudo sand]

He lowk is

And he watches Marques

Goated

[smoky badge]

https://tenor.com/view/cheese-burger-fast-food-burgers-cheese-hamburger-gif-27007543

[pseudo sand]

Sometimes I forget teachers also have a life

Outside of teaching

[craggy epoch]

thats a nice looking burger

[copper inlet]

Just finished an overpriced Burger

[mint sandal]

Man mlid should really quit as a youtuber

[smoky badge]

who?

[mint sandal]

Moorselawisdead

Some youtuber that does Hella clickbait and claims to have sources everywhere but usually his predictions are not true and he'll delete videos when those predictions he made turn out false

[wind raptor]

Hot take the xbox ally x is overpriced asf

[opal tide]

Is there a reason XMP would cause a boot failure

Like the system posts but then windows craps itself and asks for the bitlocker key

[idle nymph]

yes i do

[opal tide]

Hmmm maybe it’s because I changed my X3D cache preference to “driver” and it hooked the driver and threw off secure boot?

[idle nymph]

i guess i really gotta upgrade my main rig 💔

[opal tide]

On a b650 does anyone know what this light means?

[idle nymph]

death

[harsh quartz]

Means you should probably RTFM

[opal tide]

CPU not detected?

That’s what it says but all I did was enable XMP

[shut lichen]

RTFM

[opal tide]

Yeah I did rtfm that’s what it says

[shut lichen]

or turn it off so you can read what the label says

[opal tide]

The red light indicates the cpu is not detected or has failed

[shut lichen]

From what I can tell from the photo the cpu light is the one above

Need better photos

[opal tide]

Welp I reset my bios settings, rebooted normally, re enabled driver CPPC and XMP and it’s fine now

Weird it went to bitlocker unlock recovery mode tho

[idle nymph]

hi ethan

[shut lichen]

Hi

[opal tide]

My memory is at 5200mhz and allegedly games should go on cache CCD now

[idle nymph]

how's the ts holding up

did you swap out them ugly ass parts ?

[shut lichen]

haven't changed a thing yet

Other than the shift knob

Wallet says no

Also the AC wasn't a simple fix, it's mega fucked

gonna give Denso over a thousand dollars for new parts

Or maybe I'll be cheap and get some Australian made aftermarket parts

That'll be just under a thousand dollars

And easier to obtain

[idle nymph]

bloody hell that sucks

[idle nymph]

i mean if you can why not

[idle nymph]

oh thank god that one was utterly dogshit

[shut lichen]

Questionable tyres are holding up well, drove through a mountain pass tonight in the rain and little bit of falling snow and barely lifted the throttle the whole time

[idle nymph]

that's nice to hear

[summer folio]

Studded/spiked tires, surely

[crystal flare]

i want to go to canada so bad.

it's one of the 3 places in the world i'd want to go to. Vancouver/Toronto Canada, London England, and Tokyo Japan!

[vital lintel]

No Norway, Sweden, NZ?

[grizzled fern]

Norway and Sweden makes no sense, Sweden is just the half-way blend between Norway and Finland. So anyone thinking about hitting Norway and Sweden should skip Sweden, and come to Finland instead

[golden nymph]

Ah yes, the guy that went 95 in a school zone

[golden nymph]

Coldest take I've heard in ages

[golden nymph]

Install linux or just install windows 11 against Microsoft's will

[golden nymph]

Wdym on a b650? It's motherboard specific so read the damn manual

[idle nymph]

Meant upgrading the os

I got the specs for it I'm just sooooo lazy

[golden nymph]

Ohhh

[idle nymph]

I'm just a lazy bum and I liked window 10 more than the 11

[golden nymph]

Also my school started rolling out windows 11 to teachers computers but some say in update history windows 11 but they are still on windows 10

[idle nymph]

Our school still has some computers on windows 7

[shut lichen]

Shush Swedish ragebaiter

[pseudo sand]

yes ✅

[plush grotto]

Agree, never go into Sweden.

[harsh quartz]

Finland isn’t real though

[grizzled fern]

I'm not supposed to tell you this, but that's how we manage who comes here

[harsh quartz]

Your reverse psychology won’t work

[harsh quartz]

Oh no… that’s definitely worse than… any other country?

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-14318776788849531473

[gentle slate]

Note to self don't agree to look at electronics of relatives.

I now have a bomb in the house.

[elfin jetty]

Now you can tell them its a bomb and dispose of the battery safely

[gentle slate]

I stuffed it in a padded steel bucket with a concrete block on top.

I can call the repair shop tmrw tho idk how I'll transport this fucking thing

[oak pier]

a bucket full of sand

[gentle slate]

But the sand will get inside n shit.

[oak pier]

i mean would you rather it explode and light lots of things on fire?

you are actively holding a live bomb

[summer folio]

Well, can you fix it?

[gentle slate]

I ain't touching that. Im bringing it to a repair shop they can deal with it

[gentle slate]

Eh, 50/50. Currently it's in a bucket with a concrete tile (with a small hole to vent gas). It's also on an empty concrete slab outdoors.

[winged spire]

Still targeting October

Rare on schedule W

Oh that’s good

911 system is back 😐

[reef ice]

hello

[harsh quartz]

I saw south Mississippi had trouble with their 911 system

[winged spire]

About the entirety of Louisiana too

[harsh quartz]

Took less than 2 days for ATT to make repairs? Fuckin wild. I didn’t know ATT could make repairs that fast

[oak pier]

how do you take down 911?

it uses basically every tower that could even possibly use cellular

even military towers support 911

[harsh quartz]

Apparently fiber lines were cut for ATT and it killed services in the area

[winged spire]

For a whole region ?? Bruh

[oak pier]

someone is about to get fired for that being that critical

[winged spire]

Milllions of people

[oak pier]

911 is designed so that can’t happen

[winged spire]

We got a emergency alert telling us the normal number for the call center I guess

Non emergency line maybe

It was just a normal ass phone number

[harsh quartz]

Apparently it was Alabama too. But they say it was a third party company accidentally cut some fiber lines

I’m curious how cell services were working but 911 specifically wasn’t, unless that had a dedicated line or something

[winged spire]

Yeah normal phone service was working completely

And the call center could get calls to that one specific normal number

Just not from #911

[harsh quartz]

911 must be a dedicated line that was chopped then. Strange

[winged spire]

SpaceX gigabay in Florida is coming along

I’m guessing late 2026 for thr first Florida starship launch

[winged spire]

Real

[sterile rivet]

haram moderator

[mellow flint]

haram mod also

[sterile rivet]

moderators are employed by the idf :trollface:

[pallid falcon]

[austere shale]

If Apple actually has multiple thousands of machining passes for the new iPhone like the marketing material said then somebody should be fired

[echo sluice]

xiaomi 17 pro max

[snow pine]

i have iPhone 12

[winged spire]

Where do they say this

Apple’s machining workflow is about as optimized as it gets

That set up identical shops in America to design the processes and such before micromanaging the fuck out of their Chinese factory to make it identical

[austere shale]

Was scrolling Instagram and saw a video of somebody recording some keynote presentation thing. Forgot to like or save it so I can’t find it again but it seemed like a real video

[austere shale]

Okay so it was the launch trailer for the iPhone 17, I wonder if the video I saw of somebody recording it at an in person keynote thing saw an early version of the video where they said “thousands of finer and finer passes” then got rid of the word thousands in the actual launch one

[obsidian horizon]

that thing is crazy

[echo sluice]

[winged spire]

its not a coincidence its the 17 btw

[fossil frost]

only way that is true is if they count the placement of each component on the board as a "machining pass", or each tool path movement when milling the body. or something stupid like that

[winged spire]

they skipped the xiaomi 16 and added the "pro max" designation (for the first time) just to be the same as apple

its the most blatant copying ive ever seen at this level lol

[covert cradle]

that's embarrassing tbh

[fossil frost]

more so than apple copying the pixel camera bump?

[winged spire]

yes? significantly more

[fossil frost]

(yes, it is more blatent, because the cama bump should have looked like that all along 😄 )

[winged spire]

The entire phone is in the plateau

[fossil frost]

yeah, the thin bit is just battery and screen isnt it?

[winged spire]

yeah

what really

[vapid smelt]

iPhone air is pointless

[winged spire]

its a physical resistor it uses to determin 17 pro vs pro max board types?

[silver sun]

615

[winged spire]

even though they arent the same board

really odd

I literally cannot see a difference between these

ive just gone back and forth like 100 times

idk why it says theres some differences

[fossil frost]

the resistor will tell the A19, what mode to boot in, and once its done its first boot, it will blow some efuses to stop that resistor from being changed

[indigo phoenix]

Nah, it's a pretty nice phone TBH. I already know a couple friends who have been loving theirs.

[winged spire]

39 hours of video playback ❤️

[harsh quartz]

But why the air instead of the 17 or pro

[winged spire]

if my mf will ship

[vapid smelt]

It's not thin if it has a huge camera bump and you get less battery life and cameras

[winged spire]

its absolutely thin

you dont hold a phone by the cameras

[indigo phoenix]

Because they didn't want the Pro. What's the point of buying something just because someone else thinks you should rather than buying something because you enjoy it?

[fossil frost]

they would equally enjoy the 17, 17pro or 17promax too... they just wanted to fill a hole in themselves where their personality should be, with an "im special" device

[winged spire]

a big camera bump that you dont hold the phone by doesnt matter

[indigo phoenix]

That might be true for you personally

[alpine gale]

Yup. A device is only as thin as it's thickest point. Calling it anything else is marketing psychology.

[harsh quartz]

Imagine someone asks why you got something and you get super defensive about it and assume they’re judging you

[fossil frost]

i bought a pixel 10, and i bought a pixel 10, because it was cheaper than my existing pixel 9

[indigo phoenix]

I don't assume they're judging me, I answered the question. They asked why.. and the answer is because they bought what they wanted, not what someone else wanted.

[harsh quartz]

Usually there’s a reason to want something when spending large sums of money

[alpine gale]

Exactly. You try driving that 18 wheeler tractor underneath a 2m high bridge. Tell me how it works out. 🤣

[winged spire]

I will say, best handfeel out of any phone ive ever flet

[indigo phoenix]

Absolutely, and not everyone has the same reasons, and that's okay TBH

[fossil frost]

im using the inverse of the apple strategy now.. im measuring my 🍆 from the bottom of my feet now, all the way through my legs, and then to the tip

[harsh quartz]

Okay, that’s why I’m asking what the reason is

[indigo phoenix]

I hope you enjoy it! That's all that matters TBH

[fossil frost]

same for your friends... some random person on the internet making fun of them shouldnt matter to you, or them

doesnt stop me from making fun of them though

i make fun of my own friends who bought the air, for the same reason... to their face

[indigo phoenix]

I know one of my friends wanted the bigger screen but didn't want it to be heavier. The Air was a perfect fit for them. They have no issues with Genshin, and they still have everything they want from the phone

[vapid smelt]

The regular 17 is just Better

[winged spire]

its the first year where the base model is actually a good choice

[indigo phoenix]

Making fun of them is stupid, though. It makes no sense to degrade people for buying what they enjoy, which is not the same as criticizing the actual product

[winged spire]

bro why are you whiteknighting so hard 🥀

[indigo phoenix]

Huh?

[vapid smelt]

So true you are paying $300 less for one less gpu core and one less camera over the pro

[winged spire]

normally the previous year's pro is the best choice for 99% of people

the 17 is fantastic though

[harsh quartz]

That’s fair, I always use mine with a case so not something I’m ever worried about

[indigo phoenix]

It's kind of an insane value NGL. Especially for people who use more storage. Was NOT expecting 256GB out of the box

[vapid smelt]

Only the camera freaks will get the pro now

[harsh quartz]

This is why I was curious about people wanting the air. The 17 just seems like a better deal

[fossil frost]

making fun of them is part of being human, people make light of situations and things, because they can, because its possible to do.. because just as much as that thing makes some people happy, making fun of that thing, or the people around that thing, also makes different people happy... so no.. its not stupid, its just what people do.. and as long as its not aggressive or derisive, its fair game

[alpine gale]

Um, ackshually, I use a real camera. attempts to stuff DSLR into pants pocket, without success. Oh, um, okay, I guess I'll use my phone.

[indigo phoenix]

Sure.

[winged spire]

im scared to use my actual cameras again

[fossil frost]

why are you putting DSLR stuff down your pants?

[harsh quartz]

give it here I’ll put it in my cargo pockets

[winged spire]

@alpine gale yalls border agents pressed the hell out of me for my cameras

[indigo phoenix]

That's what the nikon coolpix is for xD

[fossil frost]

you shouldnt need to get the camera that close, that suggests other problems

[indigo phoenix]

I don't think that's what they meant

[vapid smelt]

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=13502&idPhone2=14050 more battery more camera and stereo speakers for less money 17 base vs air

[harsh quartz]

Does any country really claim their border agents?

[winged spire]

lol

[alpine gale]

Oh? What for? Like, action cameras on your car or something? Maybe they thought you were "working for money" or something...

[vapid smelt]

Try ltt cargo pants

[harsh quartz]

Cigarettes in the camera

[winged spire]

I had a nikon F50 (1980s film camera) and a nikon p900 (telephoto bridge camera) and they were really suspicious about it

they defintiely tried to imply I had some "illegal content" on there

[harsh quartz]

I thought about getting some of those but man, they’re so fucking expensive

[fossil frost]

tbh, i take nice-ish photos with a DSLR, then transfer the pictures to my phone, and then do basic tweaks with google photos.. (because fuck adobe, i dont want to use any of the adobe suite any longer)...

[alpine gale]

Yikes. That's just wrong. It's a camera, bro.

[indigo phoenix]

I think in particular, users who either have their phone volume quite low or rely on AirPods anyway aren't going to be miffed by the single speaker. Though I really think stereo speakers is a big missed opportunity

[winged spire]

they asked why I dont just use my phone

[fossil frost]

"what is on that camera" "your momma" <<< only correct answer to be let go immediately and allowed on your way

[winged spire]

mf its a film camera and a 2000mm equivlent zoom camera

how would I use my phone

[vapid smelt]

You infused drugs into the film!

[fossil frost]

telescope, and superglue

[iron blaze]

guys the imac i found works

[alpine gale]

Because a camera with real optical zoom will ALWAYS be better at telephoto than a phone camera, you dumb dumbs? Sometimes I wonder if people in positions of authority or power ever think whether or not their statements might need rethinking...

[iron blaze]

it's probably a late 2009 with core 2 duo if i had to guess

[harsh quartz]

Working ≠ working well. Those things last quite a while but run like dog shit

[iron blaze]

i will upgrade the ram tho

[vapid smelt]

Bet you feel silly now 😼

[iron blaze]

that is until i replace the hdd, ssds make such a difference on these old machines

[winged spire]

try takign these with a phone 🥀 (p900 photos from google)

[harsh quartz]

I hate how you can see both the phone screen and also the profile shot of the lens

[fossil frost]

they are not as stupid as you would think, i tried an aliexpress one of these... it was... "not-shit"

[alpine gale]

Ah yes. Reminds me of the "loudener" attachment from that one Simpsons episode.

[winged spire]

lol

[iron blaze]

pretty sure it has the stock 4gb ddr3

[harsh quartz]

Maybe, but macOS on old hardware is still pretty rough

[winged spire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHtyF_rCqU

its been sent out already?

[iron blaze]

well honestly i run sonoma on a late 2008 macbook and it runs decently

it's not my main but i use it as a backup

[fossil frost]

these things actually work though (some of them, IF you get the right one.... and by "work", i mean "work" not work

[harsh quartz]

I’ve seen a couple things about it. I don’t understand the backwards screen though

[iron blaze]

ironically macos will run worse if the model was any newer

[winged spire]

thats what they always do

[indigo phoenix]

I really wish Xiaomi would actually make use of their resources and talent and create something special instead of just making clones.

[iron blaze]

terascale 2 was a fucking mess

[winged spire]

they copy existing sound designs, add 1 or 2 meh features and ship it as a much more innovative device

[alpine gale]

I know they "work" but they're not as clear as having a properly fitted lens affixed to the camera itself. Still, better than digital zoom.

[fossil frost]

why bother spending loads of money on research, when you can steal somebody elses research for free?

[indigo phoenix]

Yeahhhh. It's lucrative.

No point changing 😭

[winged spire]

its literally just an iphone

[vapid smelt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zsTmP6/patriot-memory-pv316g186c0k decent 16gb kits aren't too expensive

[winged spire]

apple should make a portless iphone thats rated to like 10m depth lol

[iron blaze]

i need sodimm, i can probably get some for cheap locally

[vapid smelt]

Oh

[indigo phoenix]

I would honestly go for a portless iPhone

[winged spire]

I exclusively use magsafe anyway

to the point that my old 13 pro max wasnt able to charge via the port because it was so dirty

if you just dont use the port ever it fills with pocket lint and stuff

[harsh quartz]

I’ve never used MagSafe. I might see if I can get a holder for my desk

[vapid smelt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7Qqbt6/crucial-memory-ct2kit204864bf160b $300 for 2x16gb kit 🤣

[iron blaze]

btw it has 4 slots so i can go for 4 4gb sticks

[winged spire]

the magsafe pucks are great @harsh quartz

[fossil frost]

i used to always get that on sony phones, the usb-c port always got clogged with lint.. since i moved to pixels.. never had the issue... i dont know why any given usb-c port would be different to any other.. but.. just doesnt happen on my pixels

[iron blaze]

lmfao

[vapid smelt]

But it's less efficient than a Cable

[iron blaze]

that's actually how basically everyone does it

[fossil frost]

ebay, same kit... about $9

[winged spire]

I dont use a stand

[harsh quartz]

I’ve just never felt a real need for it, especially now that I have USBc charging, I have a few 10ft USBc cables from ugreen. A stand might be nice though

[winged spire]

I will be wirelessly charging my car as soon as thats possible

[indigo phoenix]

I use MagSafe for so much. Desk stand, car mount, etc. It's so good

[harsh quartz]

Okay, wireless car charging is different than wireless phone charging :p

[fossil frost]

nothing like throwing away around 60% of your energy when wirelessly charging your phone.. cant wait to throw away 60% of the energy im using to charge my car

[indigo phoenix]

I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near as low as 60%

[winged spire]

wireless charging in the 20+kw range has been a thing for years

[vapid smelt]

I think mag safe is up to 80%?

[winged spire]

and several of them are upwards of 90% efficency

[winged spire]

(forklifts)

[hot tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-its-always-sunny-charlie-day-charlie-kelly-hobby-gif-8651231

[indigo phoenix]

I think it's time to refresh my MagSafe stands actually. Maybe a new design

[winged spire]

Its not like electricity is expensive

20% losses isnt that big of a deal

[fossil frost]

where you live, maybe not.. its really fucking expensive everywhere else

[winged spire]

electricity is cheap in 99.9% of the US

yall should fix that

nuclear

[fossil frost]

fun fact.. the US is a very small percentage of the planet

[fossil frost]

hard agree.... we need more nuclear... everywhere.. cant keep crying about it because of that 1 thing, 1 time

[winged spire]

pretty damn close to the center

[vapid smelt]

But a huge percentage of the Internet

[fossil frost]

look at me... joint 3rd most expensive

[winged spire]

OK I do really like this

[vapid smelt]

If only Germany didn't close ALL of their nuclear power plants

[winged spire]

but the new selfie camera kinda solves this

I dont see any reason to take a selfie with the back cameras now with the upgraded selfie sensor on the 17s

[indigo phoenix]

Yeah, the new front facing camera is night and day compared to the old one

[vapid smelt]

We pay 11 cents or .08£ per kwh

[winged spire]

same

[fossil frost]

that 40c/kwh is on the cheap side too, if you get a good deal, you will get that

probably closer to 45c

[winged spire]

that average is also going to be much lower in practice because youd just get your car to start charging during off peak power prices

some power companies here even offer FREE home EV charging (during off peak hours)

so like midnight to 5 am

[fossil frost]

peak vs off peak isnt really a thing here for almost all people (businesses get peak vs off peak... where peak can be as high as 55/kwh, and off peak, where nobody is at the business, is as low as 10/kwh)

[winged spire]

we dont have a peak here either but like in Cali it can fluctuate between 2 cents and 80 cents lol

[fossil frost]

SOME suppliers are STARTING to offer EV specific tariffs... where you get 45/kwh in the day, but between 1am and 5am, its close to free, because nothing uses the grid at those times, and they sort of need a load on the grid...

[vapid smelt]

My city uses 50% coal , 25% hydro, 12% renewable landfill gas, 6% natural gas turbines and 7% spot market purchases for our 11 cents per kwh power

[fossil frost]

so some suppliers, rather than going through the expsnse of scalling up and scalling down production... find it cheaper to just leave it at a certain level all day/night, and sell it cheaper to EV users at night

[winged spire]

I cant imagine louisiaan has too many renewables

we still live in the dark ages

wind turbines in a hurricane would be concerning

[vapid smelt]

[fossil frost]

my ex-wife just switched to an "ev" tariff... she gets 45c equiv /kwh..... except between midnight at 5am. where its about the same as 5c/kwh... so her car is plugged in when she gets home, but only scheduled to charge between 00:05 and 04:55 😄

[winged spire]

5 cents is crazy

that would give me 270 miles of range for like 3.5$ lol

[vapid smelt]

I would say its cheaper to drive gas but you fucks pay out the ass for that too

With no EV tariff

[fossil frost]

its cheaper to sell it for that, than it is to wind down production, paying for that wear, paying for that whole process, paying for all the safety that goes with it.. and even when they do wind down production, they still over produce slightly..

[fossil frost]

to get an EV tariff, you have to live in certain areas where the suppliers support it

i DO live in one of those areas, not a lot of people do

[split swift]

id prefer gas anyways, I just love hearing it scream, especially ones that are built up

[fossil frost]

her "fuel" costs have gone from £80/week to £4.something a week

[split swift]

https://tenor.com/view/top-fuel-dragster-idling-exhaust-flame-fire-gif-5521018327572092457

[vapid smelt]

It would be cheaper for me to drive a EV but I park outside and don't want to install a EV charger at my parents home

[winged spire]

yeah, I save nearly 2000$ a year using SUPERCHARGERS over gas

and superchargers are like 5x the price of my home electricty

[fossil frost]

super chargers here cost about the same as petrol, on a per mile basis

[winged spire]

oof

its about 30-40% cheaper than our SUPER cheap gas

[vapid smelt]

Your gas is free though you pay after you fill it up right?

[split swift]

like you cant beat this: https://youtube.com/shorts/7IvhEQEAfmI?si=5Ofo4v6-V04ASRR5

[winged spire]

gas is like $2.70 per american gallon here

[split swift]

so damn cool

[fossil frost]

7.2kw are cheap, 22kw and above, are all at petrol stations, and all the petrol stations control the prices, so they peg it to petrol

[harsh quartz]

That’s about our prices on average, it changes weekly but stays about there

[fossil frost]

its a very specific criminal offence, that you can go to jail for.... to not pay for petrol

[winged spire]

jail??

bruhh

something something police state

[harsh quartz]

So it’s free until you get caught

[fossil frost]

yeah, if you fill up your tank, and just drive off.. you can go to jail for that... because so many people were doing it... and just accepting the fine of £50 (a tank would cost £80-120, depending on the size of the tank)... it was switched to criminal

[fossil frost]

EVERY petrol station has ANPR

[harsh quartz]

I have no idea what that is

[winged spire]

like FLOCK cameras

[fossil frost]

Automated Number Plate Recognition... i thought it was a thing that was everywhere?

[harsh quartz]

Fuck those things

[vapid smelt]

No wonder we split from the UK they are mobster level greedy

[harsh quartz]

I can’t believe flock is legal

[winged spire]

we do not have many here

in louisana its less than 100 for the entire state

[vapid smelt]

We don't even have red light cameras in my state

[winged spire]

same

[fossil frost]

yeah, we have tax on the fuel, and then we pay VAT on top of both the fue cost AND the tax

[harsh quartz]

It is here but no one refers to it by an acronym like that

[winged spire]

UK really turning into watchdogs legions thats crazy

[harsh quartz]

Also, just take the number plates off

[fossil frost]

we have speed cameras.. on the motorway... as well as regular roads

[vapid smelt]

I'm glad we don't have that

[fossil frost]

nobody refers to it as the full name here, everyone knows it as ANPR

[winged spire]

the few speed cameras we do have dont even put points on your licnese

its JUST a fine

[vapid smelt]

We have road signs that flash your speed but have no cameras

[fossil frost]

the cameras are all in the middle of being replaced too, with cameras that can not only detect speed, but can detect if you are using your phone while driving

speeding? 3 points on your licence + fine... mobile phone use? 3 points + fine.... if you total 12 ponts or more? banned from driving, 18 months

using your land rover to drive through a fence, killing 2 children in a nursery? thats fine, you get away with that by letting the police know you are an old white woman... and the children were brown

[vapid smelt]

Are you getting your big brother digital ID? https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/breaking-adults-britain-need-government-35965980#Echobox=1758812951

[fossil frost]

kill somebody with a knife? 15 years in jail... kill somebody with your car? maybe 2 years.. MAYBE.. and thats if you dont put up an argument that you are really really sorry

[fossil frost]

our PM got caught accepting huge illegal donations... these ID cards are a distraction from that... .they will die out in a few weeks when everyone forgets about the money

[harsh quartz]

Usually I heard it referred to as license plate cameras or something here, or just cameras that run plates. They’re not really referred to as anything specific, since they’re all private companies. The most prevalent one that’s starting to become a generic term, like aquatic mentioned, is those flock cameras. Those things are fucking everywhere

[fossil frost]

same as your president got caught touching children.... so one of "his friends" got shot

[fossil frost]

ANPR is run by the government, police, private companies.. anyone really.. you can buy access to the database.. i can access the database if i wanted to do

[vapid smelt]

yeah a few a hours after it they voted not to release the files he promised:/

[harsh quartz]

His friend got shot? Sad. But did you hear about the new ballroom they’re building? It’s a great ballroom

[fossil frost]

the guys wife didn't miss an opportunity too... shes using it as a way to advertise hew new christian only dating app, and telling everyone that shes on it now too

literally everyone in that orbit is on a massive grift, using everything they can to extract as much money as they can, from as many people as they can

[harsh quartz]

The fact that they launched memecoins before shutting down the FBIs crypto task force, and then using the memecoin as a way to buy private time with the president, I mean it’s just insane. If you wrote this shit in a tom Clancy novel it would’ve been too heavy handed and fantastical

[fossil frost]

was talking to a friend of mine yesterday about trump, and this term as president.. he asked if i knew when the next election was.. "it has to be coming up right?"... its only been 9 fucking months... hes managed to fit several presidents worth of whole 8 years worth of crazyness.. into 9 fucking months

[vapid smelt]

Now big monopoly Nvidia is buying 5 billion dollars Intel Shares

[fossil frost]

i would say that "there are over 3 years of this left".. ..but that assumes hes going to leave.... he was on the edge of just not leaving last time... but this time, i can absolutely see him just saying "no"

[vapid smelt]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/intel-nvidia-investment.html

[fossil frost]

this is gonna be a takeover via the backdoor

slowly gobble up shares over time until you are able to approve your own takeover on both sides

[winged spire]

they made almost the exact same revenue in 2024

[vapid smelt]

But don't worry the US government has shares in Intel too so it won't get hit with anti monopoly legal shit

[harsh quartz]

They’ve already talked about different ways to keep him in

[fossil frost]

but not profit, intel are BLEEDING money

[vapid smelt]

Thankfully our founding fathers gave us tools to keep that from happening

[winged spire]

nvidia's final bottom line profit margin in 2024 was literally like 65% wtf

[harsh quartz]

They actually didn’t IIRC, they didn’t even set the term limit

[fossil frost]

they dont need to talk about it... with the level of control they already have, nevermind the control they WILL have in 3 years.... they will just refuse to take part in the election, and refuse to acknowledge the results, and have enough control to force the result t heir own way

[winged spire]

hes refering to 2a lol

[harsh quartz]

Ahh, well, now that’s a different story

That’s a whole rabbit hole of maga

[vapid smelt]

Have you seen the movie Civil War (2024)? I think that's the outcome if that happened

[winged spire]

that movie was good

[fossil frost]

noope, but i will take a look

[vapid smelt]

States and Hawaiian shirt pro gun people fighting back to take over DC

[iron blaze]

guys i hit the jackpot

what the absolute fuck

[fossil frost]

"2009".... you dont say 😄

[vapid smelt]

Nice a i7

[iron blaze]

it barely looks a day over... 16 it's chunky af

[vapid smelt]

512mb of vram damn

[fossil frost]

im absolutely not pirating it right now...

[vapid smelt]

That would be illegal I would never do that

[winged spire]

its a really good movie

I like gore in my movies

[vapid smelt]

I would never pay $32 a year in crypto to have a pirating streaming service on my phone and tv

[winged spire]

actual brutality, not that cheesy ass 500 gallons of blood they usually do

[harsh quartz]

Texas just being call the western forces is extremely funny

[winged spire]

its texas and caifornia

definitely the west side of the country

[fossil frost]

i like both styles, for different reasons

[harsh quartz]

Oh good, Tennessee is in the “Florida alliance”

[winged spire]

how bad do you have to fuck up for California AND texas to secede together 😭

[harsh quartz]

They needed our moonshine

[vapid smelt]

They banned alcohol

Only way it would happen

[fossil frost]

USA tried that before... it went... poorly

[winged spire]

I think ive finalized a motor for the base of my arm

[vapid smelt]

Organized crime disagrees

[harsh quartz]

Tennessee disagrees :)

[winged spire]

its a big ol servo

[fossil frost]

or a really small banana

[winged spire]

it uses canbus so I have to suffer through that

fuck canbus

fuck the dumbass that invented canbus

bury him under the prison

[harsh quartz]

I read that as you use cannabis

[winged spire]

I would never do something as illegal as weed!

its more illegal than cocaine is !! very dangerous indeed

[wheat anchor]

big personality tho

[winged spire]

I dont think I will be able to finish tihis project without an ER visit

[vapid smelt]

But it has nothing to do with colors you can finish it!

[winged spire]

this plate spins at over 100 degrees a second and over 200 N m of torque

[slow vine]

Im rly interested in pcs but my pc has a 7700XT and a 5800X and I always feel jealous lol

[fossil frost]

jealous of what? thats a decent setup

[slow vine]

Yeah I know but like idk

[plush jungle]

WTF my pc starting to use up 32 gb ram to run games now

[vapid smelt]

I only know nm because of the torque specs on my bike

[fossil frost]

what annoys me about torque wrenches is that you are properly putting the pressure on.. and the "its worked" noise is SNAP!

[vapid smelt]

I love the snap/ click sound

[split swift]

until the snap means something broke lmao

[harsh quartz]

You can still like the noise and not what follows

[fossil frost]

when you are trying to torque a bottom bracket to 65nm in a carbon fibre road bike... and you hear SNAP you get PTSD

[amber forge]

That’s just consumerism, the only reason to upgrade is if you need it. A few extra frames isn’t gonna be a huge difference maker.
Upgrade for a reason not just bigger numbers

[vapid smelt]

But fuck the Walmart employee that installed my original bottom bracket took me and my dad to undue it putting out body weights into the wrench

[fossil frost]

i have a similar level of "fuck that guy" with a halfords employee who locktite'ed a BB in once

[vapid smelt]

https://youtu.be/VZHWi2Ou5U8?feature=shared I'm scared of them

[split swift]

im pretty sure all the name brand ebikes are also from china, ik surron is

[fossil frost]

most of them are made in the same factory as each other these days

[iron blaze]

i still can't believe the specs on the imac

[split swift]

I want a surron, they look fun af

[iron blaze]

like goddamn for a free pc it's worth it

[fossil frost]

the difference is QA. S grade, go to professionals... A grade become the top level bikes for the top level manufacturerrs.... B-C, lower spec, or mid level manufacturers

[iron blaze]

it's not worth the back pain though

[vapid smelt]

I bet this loctite will work well as grease/lube for this bb

[split swift]

red loctite is best loctite

[fossil frost]

i hated that guy for a while.. but... i came to sell a bike at one point, and while i was getting it ready to go, i was bleeding the brakes. stripped the thread from the bleed hole. so i locktite'ed the stopper in, and then added black sealant over the top of it 😄 ... some mechanic somewhere, really hated me

but.. fuck shimano for having a metal stopper that screws into a plastic thread

[vapid smelt]

That so fucking evil bizz!

[fossil frost]

ohh, i didnt tell you.. was racing last week on my tri bike... part way into the bike section of the race.. i snapped my handlebars on one side

had to do 18 of the 20k bike section, with 1 side of my handlebars just flopping around

[vapid smelt]

Did you hit something?

[fossil frost]

pot hole

at 40kph

oddly, it wasnt the carbon but that snapped.. it was the metal clamp bit on these bars.. new parts on order 😒

[vapid smelt]

Did your good half still have control to the front brakes?

[slow vine]

I have a couple things that could use an upgrade, but like they’re not important, like a better motherboard with WiFi and more PCIe, a better PSU, or more storage

[fossil frost]

rear brakes only.. averaged 36kph for 20k

[vapid smelt]

Having the weaker brake for a high speed race sounds exciting

[fossil frost]

im shit at swimming, so i tend to spend the entire bike part of the race, overtaking people, so generally ignore my brakes 😄

[vapid smelt]

Are you getting some fancy milled aluminum handle bars?

[fossil frost]

then on the run, all the people i overtook on the bike, i try and keep them behind me, so i dont look like a bellend 😄

[fossil frost]

friend of mine has offered that, if i can get a set of good parts from the manufacturer, he will measure, draw and make, a couple of sets of stainless steel replacements

he said i will only ever need 1 set, and that ill snap the road before i snap a set of stainless steel clamps

but its easier for him to make 2 from 1 billet than it is to make 1

[vapid smelt]

Nice

[fossil frost]

adds about 100 grams to the bike for the swap from ALU to steel. but... 100g is acceptable for a part i have now snapped twice

[vapid smelt]

Could go titanium...

[fossil frost]

i did ask.. he said to "fuck off dickhead"

which i took as "no"

[vapid smelt]

Ruin his tooling bits

[fossil frost]

hes set up almost exclusively for steel. he does a LOT of steel work

[indigo phoenix]

Like getting oil and water to be on the same team lmfao

[winged spire]

I’m rich anyone want a 5090

[pallid falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/rainworld-slugcat-scug-give-slugsign-gif-10311702131866772553

[polar pine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ259Jx8MQY

You're telling me Dialup had native connection bonding at the ISP level

But I can't natively do the same with Coax/Fiber without some sort of third party service bonding the incoming traffic

We've gone backwards

1Mbps over dialup is wild tho

[maiden fractal]

Yes please 😭😂

[winged spire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVbW6Fc11Y'

(These send all data possible back to china btw)

and with a big ol lidar on the front with vision means it can get a LOT of data

[echo ravine]

helloo! :3

[sharp lynx]

how quick did whaleLAN sell out? sucks i missed the opportunity to buy a ticket lol

[autumn pilot]

When is Ghost of yotei coming on PC?

At everyone

[alpine gale]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostoftsushima/comments/1nm59j7/pc_release_for_ghost_of_yōtei/

[toxic needle]

hi yall

watching WAN but im behind cos i was babysitting

😛 "cedar is like hobo garbage compared to fir"

thats where im at lol

[lunar apex]

10 billion years

[toxic needle]

bruh

thats older than earth

[pallid falcon]

It comes out when I rule earth!

[toxic needle]

i dont think any tech will be left by that time which cna play it

[hard oriole]

drying 4 rolls of filament so im having to manually temp control my oven. got a thermocouple in there and having to turn it on for like 2 minutes every 10-15 lol
my oven dont go that low

[winged spire]

I got a shirt that says 5G kills from the thrift store but I didnt realize it was an infowars tshirt lol

how do I remove printed letters without runing the shirt theyre on

[alpine gale]

You can't. It's an Infowars product. Best course of action is to use it as a rag around the house.

[winged spire]

a 5G kills shirt is funny as fuck but im not being assocated with alex jones 💀

[winged spire]

atleast infowars is printed on the back so theres actually a hope of removing it

[vapid smelt]

5g does kill have you ever seen a 5g tower fall on someone

[winged spire]

I have infact

[alpine gale]

That's not 5G doing the killing though - that's gravity.

[vapid smelt]

shhh

[winged spire]

they call me the Crescent City Cutout, im upto 4 towers now 😈