public-chat

[fossil frost]

i bought a new samsung tv today... today... and it refused to allow me to use hdmi, or, terrestrial tv, or anything else, refused to allow me to continue beyond the welcome screen... without creating and logging into a samsung account

[tardy terrace]

well yeah that's on you for buying samsung

[full fossil]

but still on woefully slow hardware :(

[pliant karma]

My grandma asked my neighbor to trim her fruit trees in the evening……and that happened when he carelessly whipped the trimmer around.

[tardy terrace]

I've got the little 4k puck that does just fine

I even got it in a baby blue

[fossil frost]

it was cheap, and i wanted a cheap tv to provide background noise to keep the voices in my head at bay, when im trying to sleep 😄

[graceful matrix]

If i move to USA what should i look for ( accept the karens , Taxes at the cahsier, House prices and guns )?

[graceful matrix]

fell and hit cabel?

[fossil frost]

turns out, that cheap TV has a hidden cost.. the cost of me flying to south korea to go to the samsung HQ, and stab whoever thought that this was a good idea

[tardy terrace]

have you tried black screen thunderstorm sounds? I just started putting that on this week and I pass out within 10 minutes

[full fossil]

valid

[pliant karma]

Cleanly pulled it from the power line

Which for the height the cable was at it shouldn’t be possible yet it guess so

[fossil frost]

ive tried all the white noise/grey noise type of systems.. only thing that seems to work is actual talking.. chat shows, or panel shows, or quiz shows.. where its just a load of low level talking of things that dont require your attention

[tardy terrace]

tell your idiot neighbor to take a safety course on overhead lines ffs

[graceful matrix]

why not undergroubd?

[fossil frost]

or, just stab them... will be a much faster lesson

[graceful matrix]

if usa shot

[tardy terrace]

no felonies

[fossil frost]

"do stupid thing... get stabbed"

[graceful matrix]

medival sword

[fossil frost]

"self defence" or "it was coming right for us"

or "resisting arrest"

[tardy terrace]

yeah see that doesn't apply over internet wires

[fossil frost]

"they cut my internet wire, then tried to cut my head off, so i stabbed them"

[tardy terrace]

ok psycho

[pliant karma]

Cost more for AT&T to dig so they just run it on power lines

Anything they can cut cost they’ll do that

[abstract oxide]

Is there anyone that could help me I made a post in tech support

[graceful matrix]

ye most of the infrastructure is underground

in germany

[graceful mortar]

Since 45 minute commute each way is like considered average I was like okay well that's like 70 to 90 miles a day in just commute 🤷. Idk maybe we just drive faster during rush hour than most?

I had to run to the IT department just now to get the hardware key for the Mac.

It's raining so took along time.

[graceful matrix]

car

[graceful mortar]

??

[graceful matrix]

i thik it rains

[graceful matrix]

I dont have a car

but wana have one

bbut they sell cars like 4k ( not even 2 year and some would sell it for 400)

[graceful mortar]

Sorry that was a bad picture

[graceful matrix]

from 6 to 65?

[graceful mortar]

Oh lol, nah it's just the heads up display gets cut off sometimes

[graceful matrix]

I saw those mostly in cokpits in tha game Warthunder

[graceful matrix]

like those?

[graceful mortar]

Odd, GM has been doing it since 1988.

[graceful matrix]

ye nice to have

[graceful matrix]

How much was the car?

[dense zinc]

Do I need to upgrade my fans? it says antec 3 speed on the front

[graceful mortar]

The 1988 Oldsmobile Pace cars?

[graceful matrix]

use a Turbo fan

[graceful matrix]

yes and currend

[pliant karma]

Noice what sucks in my area is that we were DSL before. So really no fiber until a couple years ago.

[graceful mortar]

1st it was Claymores now it's well .... Man does fire 💀
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[pliant karma]

Plus AT&T is the dominant provider in my area so not really other providers.

[graceful matrix]

Germany is kinda upgrading to Fiber

[graceful matrix]

I got like 4 to 6 companies fighting eachother

[plush grotto]

Time to watch the girls drive around again.

[graceful matrix]

bruh german church have like 400 Billion euros

[formal nebula]

ahhh

[graceful matrix]

B

[graceful mortar]

We have McDonald's at home 😁

[faint yoke]

meanwhile me who does less than 5000km/year lol

I'm also still a student and not working full time yet so there's that

[vapid smelt]

Why knobs glow?

[graceful mortar]

asthetic i guess. its DUMB there is a switch for it

[radiant oxide]

How do i get steam awards does anyone know?

[alpine gale]

The 2025 Steam Awards haven't happened yet... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steam_Awards

[radiant oxide]

no i meant like the badges you get gifted from friends? like go level up your steam profile like make it look better

[alpine gale]

Oh so Steam Badges, not awards... you get those by completing achievements, some of which are time-based. You can see all your existing Badges by visiting the following URL - replace my username with yours of course.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/kirashi/badges/?sort=c

[meager oak]

hi

[severe marsh]

btw psa to anyone with xfinity

you can no longer enter bridge mode

or exit it

if u have bridge mode enabled, avoid replacing the modem at all costs, and go and get ur own asap

they just pushed out a firmware update to prevent you from using ur own router

[alpine gale]

Oof. I wish we could get our own modems. Up here in Canuckistan, that's not an option for many providers. I hope our Xfinity reseller doesn't get this firmware, but... they likely will in the near future.

[severe marsh]

they prolly will soon

if its already enabled they arent disabling it

but u wont be able to do anything

[severe marsh]

#tech-chat-1 message

look at that

[alpine gale]

Hesus fuckin' christie cookies. I understand the logic ("this should reduce support calls") but for those of us who know what we're doing, this sucks hard.

[severe marsh]

and there is no way to enable or disable it in the app it seems

[severe marsh]

so OK THEY JUST CHANGED IT

[severe marsh]

youll need to enable the admin panel thru the xfinity app

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/admin-tool-access

[alpine gale]

Yeah, they've never had a way to enable / disable Bridge mode from the app.

[severe marsh]

u have to "enable" the ability to access the admin panel now

but this just basically semi bricked my modem LMAOO

i find it hilarious they rolled out the change to modems already in bridge mode

[alpine gale]

No it didn't. If the modem were a brick, it wouldn't provide internet. It severely limited the functionality the modem used to have out of the box without the app.

[severe marsh]

its why i said semi bricked

[alpine gale]

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

[severe marsh]

:kek:

kek

it says ive used 2.56TB of internet

out of unlimited, i got their 2gbps its expensive as fuck

[polar fern]

Is this your modem or a landlord’s?

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wireless-gateway-enable-disable-bridge-mode

You probably need to do a hard reset. Good luck.

[severe marsh]

i already showed the guide that u just need to enable a different setting

but mines already in bridge mode so im not worried abt it

they bricked their own UIs lol

[polar fern]

If you say so

[severe marsh]

the flaw they did was they pushed out the firmware without setting this toggle to already True for modems that are already in bridged mode

and u cant use the xFI app for modems already in bridge mode

u can still use that UI to manage a few things even in bridged mode, but i already have everything configured so im not too worried abt it

[polar fern]

Brick means it’s only useful as a brick. It’s not a term used with functional devices

Again, hard restart.

[severe marsh]

again i said the bricked their ui, not the modem itself

why tf are u even trying argue with technical terms

[polar fern]

Comcrap’s residential stuff has always been shit. Always. Their predecessor companies’ stuff at the time typically superior

Brick is not the correct term. Disable is the correct term.

[severe marsh]

oh yah clearly lmaoo, they made this stupid change without actually verifying what theyre doing

or atleast checking if the modem was already in bridge mode

which i find funny, bc now this modem cant be taken out without a full reset

it has no reset button on it either is the worst part

so itd have to be replaced

but i dont plan on leaving bridge mode so

but people who do want to leave it will find themselves having a hard time

[polar fern]

Yeah it’s just your equipment. Hard reset should fix it.

[severe marsh]

i dont think ur understanding what im saying

[alpine gale]

All Xfinity modems have a reset procedure. Some have reset pinholes, others you just hold the WPS button down for an amount of time - usually 30 seconds.

[severe marsh]

yeah i think i found it

i decided to do some research just for documentation purposes

[alpine gale]

https://www.rogers.com/support/internet/how-to-restart-or-reset-the-rogers-xfinity-gateway-modem

[severe marsh]

like future knowing

you gotta hold the WPS button on mine for abt a minute

[polar fern]

Verizon’s stuff typically has a single function button and/or pinhole reset button.

[severe marsh]

i actually have a verizon modem i need to return

the homelab is finally up and running fully

two old laptops be sufficing

[polar fern]

I prefer the G3100 to the CR1000a because the G3100 has both.

Both are a huge improvement over the MI424WR

actiontek stuff is prone to overheating

The previous gen gateways were mostly enclosed & they would regularly overheat & die

They changed to an “oops all grille” housing & they still self-cook

Old housing

Current design

“Oops all grille”. This is the bottom of a dead unit.

[full fossil]

mochi is back

[dreamy otter]

ok this new video has to be entirely AI

https://z.blueion.dev/u/XOPdUL.mp4

[full fossil]

why does linus have braces

does he actually have so or no?

[winged spire]

Have you seen an ltt video from the past 5 months lol

The braces ain’t new

[obsidian horizon]

he recently got them

not so recent but yeah

[winged spire]

Yall what is there to do in Atlanta

I been to the Coke factory already

Boutta go and release a new virus from the CDC HQ

[full fossil]

havnt sadly

[winged spire]

Racing this Waymo

Bro has made identical turns as me

[severe marsh]

me silently being so glad im using Windows 10 LTSC lol nvidia gpus are now having issues on Windows 11

due to the latest update

[strange elk]

Sending data to your insurance company

[winged spire]

I already got the country’s highest insurance rates please no 😭😭😭

[severe marsh]

oh and now Windows 11 broke GTA 3 lmaoo

every day i go and think “hmm Windows 11 doesnt look that bad” then i see more bullshit breaking and im like “yeah nevermind”

[forest wave]

Hello ltt fans

[strange elk]

And I think San Andreas? Maybe it was 3 I'm thinking of but that was more of an unsigned variable finally causing issues

Bug in Rockstars code technically

[wary canyon]

Why the fuck am I getting "martincitopantsLIVE" videos in my subscription feed? I'M NOT EVEN FUCKING SUBBED TO HIM

[shut lichen]

You're not being very silent tbh

[vast crow]

Can someone help pls

My laptop is all shit and fucked

[hot pier]

Ello

[graceful matrix]

un dust it?

[vast crow]

Its not dusty

Tho i might replace thermal paste

[sonic meteor]

Run him off the road

[full fossil]

what happened?

[vast crow]

Blue screen of death

[graceful matrix]

that blue

[vapid moss]

You'll probably get a lot better help if you describe your problem with all the details in a #1027757333117415424 thread

[vast crow]

I already fixed it

[full fossil]

yay

[vast crow]

Fucking pain in the ass

It was confusing as hell

[full fossil]

what specs does it even have

[vast crow]

I7 9750h gtx 1650

🥀

[full fossil]

that aint bad at all...hm

its still respectable in 2025

[vast crow]

Ye, but i got a 7800x3d and 9070xt pc

Im wondering what to do with it

[full fossil]

that laptop is still a respectable computer thougj

[vast crow]

Its pretty good for esport

[full fossil]

you can use it as a media center thing

[vast crow]

Runs cs2 and fn at 60fps

[full fossil]

or emulation console

[vast crow]

What emulators are good

And how do i get the games

[full fossil]

what console though

[uneven stirrup]

I still don’t like liquid glass

[vast crow]

Gamecube n64 switch

[vast crow]

Me neither

[full fossil]

dolphin has gamecube and wii

project64 has n64

[vast crow]

But how do i get the games

[full fossil]

and you have yuzu for switch

[full fossil]

you can dump those games into playable files for those consoles, which i dont know much about

or you could find the games on the internet

which is pretty hard to find a good site for

[vast crow]

I dont have the physical games tho

In 14

[full fossil]

then install online, but i dont know if the "nintendo ninjas" still care about 20 year old videogames that dont make any profit for nintendo anymore

you can also play dos games and older games that are abandonware by now

(my personal fav)

my favorite abandonware game is unreal tournament

[fossil frost]

UT was a tech demo for unreal engine, which became popular and got turned into a game. Gears of war was the next tech demo for UE after that, and that turned into what it did.

[full fossil]

i do want a physical copy of ut2004 to whip out for whatever reason

[rustic tundra]

hur hur hur

[graceful matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/freddy-mewing-gif-16618854983432963802

[obsidian horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/fnaf-fnaf-memes-freddy-fazbear-freddy-freaky-gif-12693495263874297725

[onyx heath]

has linus really played this gmae for 9+ hours?

[steep elbow]

What the hell am I looking at

[graceful matrix]

Hor hor hoor hoor hor hoor

[steep elbow]

That doesn't tell me anything dawg.

[graceful matrix]

Freddy fazz bear hor hor hoor hoor

[elfin jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/not-you-not-no-nope-nah-gif-15452978

[graceful matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-tprr-fnaf-freddy-bear-gif-13779000632949419104

[full fossil]

hey guys

[keen mural]

salutations

[graceful matrix]

Hey hey

[spring seal]

Heyy

Good day

[jolly mist]

anyone here watching the fnaf movie next month?

[keen lance]

I've been playing world of warcraft for 21 years

[left summit]

Would this be a good desk for a setup?

[oak pier]

it's a desk

if it fits in your space, and you like it, its a good desk

[late cloak]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hi-hy-hey-gif-8520159980767013609

[scarlet wigeon]

What’s best series on Netflix?

[oak pier]

this is one of the most subjective questions i've seen in a bit

[covert cradle]

not on netflix, but check out Taylor Series

[graceful matrix]

Pipes

[polar fern]

hyte x50 patchwork edition when

[graceful matrix]

Edition

[polar fern]

looks like the 3 beverage themed cases have the leg nubs and the more industrial colors have the brackety legs

[solemn goblet]

Let’s gooo I got iron supplements

Hopefully I feel better in a couple of weeks

[winged spire]

Fuel pipes

[subtle flint]

hi

[polar fern]

i do organic blackstrap mollases for iron

[winged spire]

Just cook everything on cast iron pans and use metal spatulas with that

Unironically

[polar fern]

20% daily in like a tablespoon

[graceful matrix]

Still pipes

[winged spire]

Yes

[graceful matrix]

Metal pipes

[polar fern]

i add it to coffee or tea occasionally

[graceful matrix]

Solid metal pipes

[polar fern]

sometimes to cereal/oatmeal. depends on the meal/day etc

[solemn goblet]

My iron level is like a 14-19. It should be 100-200.

So the iron supplements will definitely help

[graceful matrix]

Eat iron pipes

[solemn goblet]

Gonna take them on an empty stomach because that helps with absorption.

[errant glacier]

Can someone help me in choosing earphones, I have two options

[graceful matrix]

SaY it

[solemn goblet]

I also got multivitamins

Just incase there’s some other thing missing

[graceful matrix]

I use ace

[polar fern]

iron pills can cause constipation, so be careful.

[solemn goblet]

Yeah

[errant glacier]

Soundcore P30i (r50i NC) or Soundpeats Clear Pods

[winged spire]

This Home Depot has like 8 flock cameras in the parking lot

😐

[polar fern]

if you have to do pills, you could take some fiber drink mix wiht it, and plenty of water

[errant glacier]

They're like the exact same price 22.7usd

[graceful matrix]

I saw your bio, when did you enter usa?

[solemn goblet]

I was in Moscow, Russia for about 2 years at an orphanage

[graceful matrix]

Daim older than I am

[graceful matrix]

But got a family in the usa?

[solemn goblet]

I mean I was a baby lmao

[solemn goblet]

Yes I have a family. An adoptee family

My original family couldn’t take care of me

[graceful matrix]

Good times ?

[solemn goblet]

Yes

[graceful matrix]

Sounds bad

[graceful matrix]

Still on an accent?

[solemn goblet]

Nahhh I lost it

[graceful matrix]

Im still on it

[solemn goblet]

I love being in the USA though. Truly a great country despite the things that are happening

[graceful matrix]

I live in Germany rn so , but how i the Average weather in your area,

Trump doing questionable things

[solemn goblet]

Certainly better than what’s going on in Russia though

I would rather be here than in Russia

[graceful matrix]

One other question, qhat aspect if Autism?

[graceful matrix]

Mostly but like 95% no houses

I also got adhd like most people here

[errant glacier]

Anyoneee?

[full fossil]

just got told nord VPN is good

as "google said it was"

ya not virus ridden yes but still sells your data

[echo nymph]

I’m nervous that my 140mm peerless assassin won’t fit in my mATX case

[full fossil]

proton or mullvad is so much better

[faint yoke]

what case is it? you should be able to look up the specs and see cooler clearance

[echo nymph]

It’s the asus a21 which supports up to 165mm coolers and the cooler is 158mm

In height

[faint yoke]

should be fine then

[echo nymph]

Hopefully

[small cosmos]

guys, should i get 9600x & 5070ti or 7800x3d & 5070

[primal spruce]

9950x3D and rtx 5090 YOLO!

[small cosmos]

i wish

[stark dagger]

Does anyone have any suggestions for bone conduction headphones for work. My job does not allow in ear headphones

[oak pier]

bone conduction headphones universally suck

[fossil frost]

Tbh, the cheapo Chinese Amazon ones have been just as ok for me as the aftershokz full branded ones

[hidden geyser]

So... my dad arrived to warn me about "fraudsters peddling nonsense about how AI is magically bad somehow"

[fossil frost]

They are all piss poor audio quality, that's just a function of the way they make sound, but the proper ones just seem to be extra dogshit

[hidden geyser]

Yeah, my dad was a hard believer of an all-AI future, before AI was in any non-gaming discussion

So when he saw the recent stuff about AI, he was internally excited

[stark dagger]

I was seeing people suggesting shokz mainly for their customer support and warranty.

[hidden geyser]

What is funny, is that he is currently bitter about "how long it took" for AI to be relevant in tech

[stark dagger]

I personally hate them but I need music at work

[fossil frost]

thats the 1 good thing about them. i bought some because of their advertised "16 hour" battery life. they lasted 2 hours. i sent them back, they sent me a different pair. 2 hours. i sent those back, they sent me another different pair. also 2 hours.. they then said to keep those, and they sent me an entirely different model... they lasted 2 and a half hours...

the cheapo chinese ones, last 8 hours.. which is what i need when im doing 5-6 hour long training rides for ironman

2 hour battery life is beyond useless for me 🙂

but yeah, their warranty and returns is top notch

[hidden geyser]

I get 8 hours from my basic bitch Nothing Air

[fossil frost]

i use them when im out running or cycling, when the audio quality does not matter at all, its more the "i need something to distract me from the fact that ive been out for 4 hours"

i wouldnt mind some better quality ones for running, because im not on the road, in traffic.. so i need to rely on traffic noise less, but, i need the same pair to do both jobs

[winged spire]

Still waiting for a diving bone conduction headphone

Can’t dive with normal headphones even if they were waterproof

[fossil frost]

the cheapo chinese swimming ones work "ok" for open water swimming. not sure what ATM they are rated for, but they suffer through being drowned for well over 2 hours

[winged spire]

The open shocks water ones are rated to like 15 feet

Which is half of what my phone does… very dumb

[stark dagger]

You take your phone diving?

[fossil frost]

they sell a fantastic warranty, for a piss poor product 🙂

[fossil frost]

i take mine open water swimming, when they say they will last "30 minutes"... thats on the low side of the estimate, mine has been under water significantly longer than that, and been fine

[winged spire]

Gimme some bone conduction headphones that are rated to like .. 40 meters

Minimum

With buttons that work well with thick gloves on

[fossil frost]

just checked the cheapo chinese £30 amazon ones.. rated for 5m 😄

perfect for swimming... less so for diving

[stark dagger]

I would never take my phone near water. I 100% do not trust those ratings.

[winged spire]

Apple needs to sell an iPhone that does 100m depth

Portless phone

[fossil frost]

insurance, and warranty. i never even gave it a second thought. if i even got a hint that it had died in the water, google owes me a new phone, and so does my insurance

[winged spire]

Yeah I got Apple care

11$ a month and I’ll take the thing swimming

[fossil frost]

swimming, road cycling, running, mountain biking. all just in my pocket

except when racing, because that is expressly forbidden in the rules

[stark dagger]

Sad thing is. Most warranties don’t cover water damage even though they have a resistance rating. Some insurances do for accidental water damage

[winged spire]

AppleCare does

iPhones are practically waterproof anyway tbh

[stark dagger]

That’s an insurance and like I said some insurances do cover it

[winged spire]

The rating is for water intrusion but water getting in doesn’t do much anyway

All the important bits are conformal coated

Your biggest issue comes from water getting into the cameras

[fossil frost]

my insurance is "if you drop it, if its stolen, if you lose it, if you drop it down the toilet, if you go swimming and forget you have it"... literally everything other than intentionally dropkicking it

[stark dagger]

That sound like my T-Mobile insurance 😂

[fossil frost]

i could phone up my insurance and just say "my dog ate it", and they would pay out

as long as i prove i have a dog

which i cant, because i cant take a photo of the dog, because the camera, on the phone, is now in the dog

[stark dagger]

T-Mobile requires me to send in the old phone unless it was stolen or lost

[winged spire]

Most carriers here go through asurion which is straight ass

[supple pawn]

Asurion is an anus?

[alpine gale]

With how difficult their claims process can be, they may as well be...

[covert cradle]

I've only ever had to deal with them once for a screen repair and that took about a minute, but it was indirect through google fi support. They just asked when/how and then sent a replacement.

Speaking of they went up $1 (but then next 12 months are discounted $1) just a couple days ago, but now replacements/repairs are free instead of $49-129/$29.

[silver sun]

671

[graceful vector]

What happened to Jake? I just saw he has his own channel now?

[graceful matrix]

what is that ?

[graceful vector]

The new "let's drive boomers insane with made up terms" lingo.

[dapper arch]

Is second monitor worth it?

[cerulean canopy]

yes

[untold pivot]

Hi

[oak pier]

He left LTT

given how he and linus talk about it, on less than perfect terms, but neither has really elaborated on it

[primal spruce]

Any crazy Black Friday deals? Some of my friends want to camp game stop for pokemon cards lol 😆 I’m like nope

[blazing ether]

I got a whole 10 dollar discount on a case, not to brag

[winged spire]

Not for the past 5 years

lol

[blazing ether]

Yes, brainrot subway surfers reddit stories can always fill it

[primal spruce]

Sometimes microcenter has decent mobo and cpu deals. I might stop by for fun

[blazing ether]

Wish I had any sort of parts store locally enough, would be fun to just look through stuff

[primal spruce]

Used to be a frys electronics in Anaheim close to me. Had nasa space shuttle theme. All the cool gadgets would be released there but they’ve closed l unfortunately

[blazing ether]

Aww, that sucks

Closest thing I have is like this old vinyl shop that sells retro game consoles as well, otherwise we only got like phone shops and stuff like that

[winged spire]

The 100th falcon 9 booster just did its first flight

Nice b1100

[primal spruce]

Some of those retro shops got sick Merch like the modded xbox or ps2 with all the games

Been wanting to pick one up

[blazing ether]

Oh yeah maybe

[primal spruce]

Every once in a while I’ll see the vandenberg launch from my house

[winged spire]

One day I’ll see it 😭

I’ve been to 6 starship launches and 0 falcon 9

Not close enough to see the jellyfish either

[primal spruce]

My dad would be watching tv and shout “there’s a launch 🚀 right now!”
And we would run out side to watch with the neighbors haha 😆

[neon mesa]

does that number includes first generation falcon 9?

[winged spire]

Probably? All f9

[neon mesa]

because i feel like the last 3 years of launches are all done by the same 20 something boosters

so 100 feels a lot

haha only spacex where i can say 100 boosters is odd after 500+ flights

[winged spire]

150 this year

Probably over 160 by January

1.5x the total boosters ever made launched this year alone

[polar fern]

It’s a rocket man

Burning up his fuse up there alone

[gloomy crow]

Yall know a good wireless gaming mouse for around 40 usd

[left summit]

Which desk is better for a mac setup?

[winged spire]

https://fxtwitter.com/niccruzpatane/status/1992719314022170736?s=46

Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane)

This is Waymo’s 6th Generation autonomous platform based off the Hyundai Ioniq 5.
︀︀
︀︀• 13 cameras (down from 29 in Gen 5 Jaguars)
︀︀• 4 lidars
︀︀• 6 radars
︀︀• External audio receivers (for sirens/emergencies)

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Incredibly sleek compared to the jags

[thin warren]

what are the prices? i like the one on the right

[winged spire]

The jag Waymo’s aren’t even recognizable as jags they’re so kitted out with sensors

[gilded quest]

On the one hand, it's time for the Jags to die

On the other hand, can't use this gif anymore

https://tenor.com/view/jaaaag-gif-19266466

[winged spire]

The ipace ain’t even produced anymore

Waymo definitely bought up the entire supply

[gilded quest]

Personally, the ipace was a downgrade from the Pacifica

[winged spire]

I wouldn’t have even guessed it was a jag if It didnt say

So bulky

[gilded quest]

Peak.

[winged spire]

You seen the Id bug

Or

Buzz?

The EV vw van

[gilded quest]

I don't like how it looks

But it is an electric van

[gilded quest]

id buzz

[winged spire]

The air filter takes like

3 hours to replace

[gilded quest]

Mine takes 20 minutes

[winged spire]

Mine takes 2

[gilded quest]

Why do I have to remove the whole glove box

Stupid fucking kia

[winged spire]

Not nearly as bad as the buzz

[left summit]

Yall for a 17" deep desk, what is an appropriate monitor size?

Debating between 22in, 24in & 27in

[winged spire]

27 is the absolute minimum monitor I’d get anyway

[gilded quest]

Wow that is very bad

[hybrid echo]

I see tons of these guys on roads here in downtown Austin

[winged spire]

The Waymo’s? Yeah there’s a Ton in Atlanta too

[alpine gale]

https://tenor.com/view/unittest-integrationtest-bug-baddesign-crappydesign-gif-8112114

[harsh quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/sausage-german-gif-4728644

[slim echo]

Hi

[harsh quartz]

I just learned Steve Jobs founded Pixar and that feels extremely jarring

[slim echo]

Does anyone know if there is a phone case brand that makes cases with a o ring seal for the front that's supposed to go over a glass screen protector?

[peak scaffold]

hi

[serene totem]

hi

[twin reef]

Hi

Kinda surprised I never noticed this Discord before. And it's massive!

[vapid smelt]

we get that allot

[dusky swan]

hi

[strange elk]

:D

[winter adder]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1442429719114027099

any help would be appreciated

[vapid smelt]

no

[flint fossil]

It was 8 minutes ago

Unpatient meds

[inland oracle]

i’ve had the same fans in my pc since i built it 4.5 yrs ago and i can hear the bearings on some of them now so i wanna replace them but idk what brand is good

what’s that brand that does the brown fans

noctua

is there anything reliable that doesn’t break the bank

[hexed pulsar]

How yall like my pc 💀 😂 sorry for the mess in my room been building 3 different systems

[wanton quiver]

lol

[winter adder]

just figured it might be seen easier if i post it here? i got assistance its fine now,

[warped burrow]

What happened to taxis 😔

We dont need robots driving us everywhere

[glacial goblet]

i remember someone posting on one of the forum channels here that his entire house including their pc burned down. does anyone know what happened to that guy? i think that was like a year ago

[proud nymph]

cant wait for the ltt mouse pad to arrive

[brazen inlet]

hi

[warped burrow]

Arctic

[elfin jetty]

Now we need to see the other 2 XD

[hexed pulsar]

You like my pc

It’s a sleeper

[elfin jetty]

Oh? What are the specs?

[hexed pulsar]

A modest 5600GT and rx5700 1tb 2x 512 ssds 16gbs of ddr4 lpx dddr4 3200mhz

[elfin jetty]

Hey thats still far better than what it came with, the only additional thing id probably add is a fan to that side vent sucking in air so things dont get too toasty. Older cases like that tend to be.... not optimal for warmer components

[elfin jetty]

Neat

[hexed pulsar]

I got this 1080ti hybrid it’s getting a kraken g12 bc the aio is dying

That’s why it’s not in my system rn

That’s the inside of my pc

[steady spear]

Oh dang I did that mod back when I had an r9 280x

Put an aio on it and lil heatsinks on the fans

Good times

[brazen rivet]

hi

[pseudo coral]

Can anyone help with a pc problem i have I put it into the tech support channel but didn't get any responses

[tall magnet]

then wait the way everyone else does?

[pseudo coral]

Bro its been 12 hour

[tall magnet]

this isn't anyone's job so wait

[granite lava]

Are glass mouse pad good

[latent fern]

Hey guys, got some left over money ($1,000) and wanted to buy a nice curved 4K monitor that is 34’’ that is good for my software development work and gaming (I use the monitor for both) that doesn’t have a horrible reflection since I game at night.

I was considering the MSI MPG 341CQPX but I am lost without a Plouffe video talking about monitors used for work

[elfin jetty]

dayum thats tight

[hexed pulsar]

Ikr

[idle turtle]

Anyone know if there's been any LTT videos on budget keyboards recently? or any reccomendations they've done? I'm coming from a membrane and have a <100 euro budget, they have vids like that for mice and controllers but I can't find em about keyboards

nvm found https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/834558873398411335

[wind violet]

[graceful mortar]

fun .....

[versed void]

In Steam is it possible to not give your games to somebody in your steam family

[dawn pivot]

probably

[versed void]

can you help me how i've been trying but it was impossible for me to find

[dawn pivot]

I have no clue on how, I’ve never used it but I’m assuming there’s a way

there’s gonna be some games you don’t wanna family share, especially if you’re actually a family

googled it, set the games you don’t want to share to “private”

[versed void]

thank you sir

[graceful matrix]

pipes and lumber jack thing

[winged spire]

These fire or nah

[dawn pivot]

no worries! Happy to help 😁

[kind knoll]

I know you might like ban me

But yeah

But i promise

[supple pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/well-never-know-whats-behind-that-link-ignace-aleya-we-dont-know-what-it-contains-we-dont-know-what-it-is-all-about-we-wont-know-whats-behind-that-link-gif-17789165

[kind knoll]

And if someone clicks it ill get 10 bucks off my plan

If youre not scared

[calm swan]

oh tmobile in some other country

whatever then

.sk what is that slovakia?

[kind knoll]

Yup

But if he does i get 10 bucks off

[graceful matrix]

at 4K 120fps?

[wind violet]

My nanogen secretlabs chair is squeaking

[graceful matrix]

I use some 50 year old wood chair that is about to fall apart

[winged spire]

incredibly cringe

Bro got the affiliate link 💔

Bad

[graceful matrix]

Link?

The Ban hammer is also Heavy

[winged spire]

That’s an affiliate link I think

[graceful matrix]

hm a sus link? and caps lock?

[winged spire]

If artificial intelligence gets named person of the year I’m gonna lose it

[wind violet]

It was a typo my bad

[pulsar bay]

Yoo

How's it going?

[split swift]

<@&750150305383186585> is this allowed?

[split swift]

And this

[split swift]

Dude left

[silver sun]

672

[graceful matrix]

hmm bank acc numbers?

[dapper arch]

Should i install monitor drivers from manufacturer site?

[robust crest]

Did they remove the upload date and view counter for YouTube shorts?

[graceful matrix]

Good night people

[winged spire]

Is he dead

They ain’t supposed to stop moving huh?

Bro died

[supple pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/circleoflife-lion-king-gif-9855575

[keen mural]

onfg

[vapid smelt]

Bro taking a nap during work hours

[winged spire]

Real

[graceful mortar]

I can't believe we had to manually calculate hashes lol. #public-chat message
Wtf is this class at this point

[faint yoke]

omg these are certainly... interesting

[rare otter]

So im running bazzite on a old PC with a nvidia qualdro k420 and the resolution is fucked

How do I fix it?

[vestal mirage]

Hey guys

[deep palm]

hello

[eager notch]

This is Austin

[vestal mirage]

Hello Austin this is master

[fast cipher]

I saw the recent monitor video and now I am looking forward to labs doing tests on these monitors, my dad got a Dell monitor and its SDR is okay but its HDR mutes the SDR colors massively. Dell says on its website that the monitors are operating within its specifications, and that made me conclude that Dell has very low standards for HDR

[rare otter]

I got reverse scammed

I bought 2 4 gig ddr 3 sticks for a old office pc build

Or atleast I thought.

Turns out they accidentally sold me 2 8 gig ddr 3 sticks of ram

And to that

I say w

[graceful mortar]

🤤

[restive breach]

give me a good opinion for me to make it better a 7800x3d b650 asus tuf motherboard 32gb of trident z5 5060 8gb hyte y60 1000W power supply a 2tb m.2 and a msi mag core liquid a13 360 aio this is for my next streaming build and the one i stream on right now is 7 or 8 years old

[gilded quest]

Road kill?

[graceful mortar]

Ground beef lol the steam

Cheese burger goolash with the good melting cheese (American)

I used an American amount of cheese (too much)

[upbeat minnow]

That looks good asf

[winged spire]

Bro has never been to Italy 🥀

No such thing as too much cheese in any place with good food

[graceful mortar]

It normally is .. but I think I literally used 15 slices .. which is WAYY too much

I got distracted, I only realized when I went to throw away the wrappers and I was like "oh my God there's already like 12 in the trash can 👀"

[zealous grail]

Why does that look so bad yet sounds appetizeing

[graceful mortar]

Because I didn't really cook the corn because I used canned corn so like it's a bit too bright.

I over seasoned it, which is fine, but the cheese use is truly excessive, more than enough for 2lbs and I only cooked one

[wind relic]

Does anyone here work in hotels? Like on the market analysis side? I have a question, I really need some help.

[winged spire]

Does this ramdemic mean Apple has some of the best pricing in the pc market?

It’s definitely way more competitive at the very least

[zealous grail]

Do whatever the fuck you want with cheese you can even do there's meat in my cheese amount of cheese

[vapid smelt]

Holy shit the ram inflation, that used to be like 90 bucks

[shut lichen]

Apple's is still double the price then since it's upgrading from 16 to 32

[molten wind]

Hi

[graceful mortar]

hey, is there a way to not have screen shots go to the desktop on mac?

what about having it automatically put in the clipboard?

[vapid smelt]

64gb is $170...

[winged spire]

It’s unified on chip

And dollar for dollar it’s the comparison to ram sticks

[winged spire]

True I guess

[vapid smelt]

It's the "same" lpddr5x apple has (they mainly use Samsung not micron)

[winged spire]

My point is you can’t just stick a dram chip into your pc

[vapid smelt]

I bet someone from Brazil has

That's where all the good GPU memory modders are

[winged spire]

Nothing compares to that guy making the ASMR iPhone storage upgrades

[vapid smelt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BZKnTW/v-color-manta-xsky-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl36-memory-tmxsal1660836kwk $208 is the cheapest 32gb ddr5 desktop kit now 😭 fucking ai

[full fossil]

Are only DDR5 prices going up and not 4? Or are both going crazy high.

[silver sun]

Yes

[full fossil]

nvm I can just check derp. LOL

[winged spire]

What are auto litter boxes so expensive 😐

Litter robot came out with the “pro” model

A pro cat litter box

😐😐😐😐😐😐

??

[crystal prairie]

I saw how 256gb of ddr5 is now like 1000 new vs 500 in january 2025

like 2x price increase

[merry bloom]

say hi!

[karmic whale]

Hello herman miller aerons are 30% off right now is it worth buying

[winged spire]

Not new lol

[alpine gale]

Not new. Refurbished Herman Miller is where the sweet spot is for a like new comfy chair.

[winged spire]

Secret lab gets a lot of hate but it’s probably gonna be my next chair again

Love my current one but it’s pretty old

Not bad

Gotta be the soft weave because I live in a place that gets [temperature]

[sturdy dune]

they also sell covers now

[full fossil]

500 oh my

my chair is 20 ;-;

[brazen rivet]

Anywhere I can report someone who is impersonating staff?

[heady fox]

If a chair is comfortable and you’re gonna fit in it or your pet sleeps on it, then it must be comfortable

[plain pine]

this year was amazing for gaming

[heady fox]

Assetto corsa rally let’s go

But wwe26 got canned

And f1 26 got canned it’s just dlc

[plain pine]

wtf are these game choices

[hot pier]

howdy doo

[full fossil]

I can't wait for Dinoblade

[lethal ledge]

“please make an account on our dedicated app to unlock the neccesay features of your device“

[obsidian horizon]

they are gonna make it +300 for every 8 gb in some months

[elfin jetty]

Yummers

[hushed furnace]

was this supposed to be possible?

the top one is my phone's cellular connected via usb, the bottom one is my normal ethernet connection

[mint abyss]

https://jmail.world/ reminder that you can login gmail as jeffrey epstein, i don't got time to read through all that so please share what you find is funny (maybe in the off-topic channel)

[jagged linden]

Apples ram prices are finally reasonable

[mystic tundra]

i think they’re overrated as well

their chairs are more abt the ads than actual value per durability + comfort + features

[mystic tundra]

@winged spire also probably bad for your back

[ashen magnet]

Hi

[graceful mortar]

"80% of the nursing workforce does not have a graduate degree. " Okay ... That 20% is still significant. And shouldn't we want the healthcare workforce as trained as possible??

Let's not forget the projected doctor shortage for the next 10+ years, and because of that, rules are being changed to allow nurses to provide care without the supervision or "signoff review" of a doctor.

[left summit]

Smart features has existed for years, and also Gemini will only tap in ON REQUEST.

The fact that is spreading this much is ridiculous

[dense cloak]

Dang Unifi’s Black Friday deals are crazy

[wispy marsh]

but we don't want gemini

[left summit]

Then Don't ask Gemini. It's that simple.

If you don't ask it to tap in, it won't tap in.

[dense cloak]

A UDR7 is $230 right now which is a great AIO router

[wispy marsh]

is this why google's stocks are soaring

[dense cloak]

Also the UCG Fiber is a $180 which is wild

[left summit]

Plus like I said before, this feature has existed for years. It isn't new at all.

Some Smart features always tap into emails, but it's been that way, like I said, for years, even before the AI bubble

[dense cloak]

A 10gig router for $180 is crazy

[wispy marsh]

no, you're supposed to join the doomsayers

[left summit]

No thank you, I'm genuinley getting pissed about all the misinformation spreading like a wildfire recently.

There is so much misinformation just going on in TechX alone. I don't want to see that spread anywhere else.

[red sapphire]

[left summit]

Two I can list off the top of my head is Gmail smart features and the entire Adobe Creative Suite

[wispy marsh]

What about using 365 copilot?

[left summit]

?

[winged spire]

No

[mystic tundra]

yes

flatback hair

and those racing corners

[winged spire]

Ok 👍🏻

[mystic tundra]

they may make you slouch

[winged spire]

Nope

[mystic tundra]

the flatback is still bad.

[winged spire]

???? They literally all have adjustable lumbar support

Have you ever even used a secret lab chair before

[mystic tundra]

does it have a lumbar pillow or that mechanism that barely does something

[winged spire]

Ight bro

[mystic tundra]

which one?

the mechanism in secret lab chairs barely does anything if you watch reviewers of office chairs

also, multiple complaints of the chairs being stiff if that’s ok with you

[winged spire]

So much description of a chair you’ve clearly never interacted with

[mystic tundra]

i watched reviews of them yes

[winged spire]

Yep

[mystic tundra]

it’s still flatback even when you adjust the mechanism

[winged spire]

It’s not

They aren’t built for 350lbs people so that seems like what could causing your reviewer’s issues

[mystic tundra]

https://youtu.be/9tNUQ-cVJrY

[winged spire]

Dude I literally own the chair

Crazy how a first hand experience for 7 years isn’t enough but this reviewer’s single video makes you an expert

[mystic tundra]

i’m telling you my concerns…

[winged spire]

Ok

You are incorrect

[mystic tundra]

okay then show me when you adjust the mechanism how much lumbar support does it provide

based on what i can find the chair look flatback before and after the adjustments

[winged spire]

Ok

[mystic tundra]

which is not good for your back long term

(probably)

[stiff obsidian]

hello people

[winged spire]

What’s good

[stiff obsidian]

nothing much

how are u

[mystic tundra]

you can look up how proper ergonomc or even office chairs look like… and compare them to racing style ones

[hot pier]

Honest opinion. Cod ghost is better then cod bo7

[mystic tundra]

there is 10x more lumbar support

[tardy terrace]

ghosts was the goat after cod4 & mw2

[winged spire]

You must have a really fucked up spine if you need more lumbar support

[hot pier]

one of my cod games to be made

[winged spire]

Scoliosis build

[hot pier]

but after bo7 came out. Im giving justis to iw, aw and ghost

[mystic tundra]

i see basicly none lumbar support on the secretlab

[winged spire]

https://tenor.com/view/scoliosis-excuse-me-back-pain-gif-3782027377722042472

[mystic tundra]

tbh you may develop back pain or scoliosis if you don’t move enough and sit on that…

and if you get back pain it may be a bit too late

[empty crow]

hi every one

[strange elk]

So like how is it

[winged spire]

It’s very solid imo

[strange elk]

I have back pain from the current chair I have lol

[winged spire]

I own the the 2019 model or whatever and I’m probably gonna get the new one

I think it’s 2019 I don’t remember

2020?

My cat loves climbing on it

My biggest complaint is the wheels eat up any wires on the floor

[strange elk]

Yeah I have the same issue with all rolling chairs. Also my hair is long so it builds up

I hope they sell the warframe one. Expensive chairs though

[faint yoke]

you can change chair casters super easily at least

[hot pier]

opend up cod ghost. What good memories

[faint yoke]

I have rollerblade style wheels on my office chair

[strange elk]

This I kinda want lol. But still would run cables under my chair which isn't ideal

[willow bramble]

The secret lab chairs would be a chair I need to sit in before I buy. The reviews have been polarising and few people that I personally know have sat in both it and other standard office chairs like Steelcase and HM

[winged spire]

https://fxtwitter.com/keller/status/1993354233740247314?s=46

Keller Rinaudo Cliffton (@Keller)

Today we’re making one of the biggest announcements in Zipline’s history. We have signed a $150m contract with the US State Dept that will come with $400m of co-commitments from our African partner govts. This will expand life saving autonomous delivery to 130m people in Africa

**💬 9 🔁 15 ❤️ 163 👁️ 5.5K **

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Based

[neon mesa]

Modern android apps are insane

I remember the days 200MB gets you the top of the line, peak mobile games

Now fucking Google photos which I never even open is a gigabyte

[faint yoke]

that's not an android app issue, games on iOS are equally huge now

[restive lion]

Android apps tend to be bigger because they have to bundle more dependencies since they can't rely on the OS having the same amount of stuff as iOS apps can

(Games are just fat in general)

[gilded quest]

How much of this data is cache

Chrome for example

[austere shale]

This is objectively pretty cool, and this is going to be an ignorant question, but why do people insist on living in uninhabitable places

[slim echo]

How long until Linus is 50

[winged spire]

?

You don’t think Africa is habitable?

[austere shale]

I think a large part of it is inhospitable yes

[vapid smelt]

Cheap land

[winged spire]

The place people live is

[austere shale]

I think if you need drones to call of duty care package stuff in to save your life that automatically makes it inhospitable

[winged spire]

?????

What

Those aren’t related at all lol

[austere shale]

Is that not what that was about “life saving autonomous delivery”

[vapid smelt]

Are you talking about the mark rover video?

[winged spire]

Zipline is an American company doing millions of deliveries in america

[austere shale]

I’m talking about this

[winged spire]

It has nothing to do with habitability or not

Drone delivery and a place being habitable aren’t correlated at all

[austere shale]

Yea but if you NEED a drone to drop you off medical supplies to save your life you just shouldn’t live there

[winged spire]

Insane lmao

“If you’re homeless you should just move to the places with houses “

[vapid smelt]

Just buy a house if your homeless

[austere shale]

It’s more like “if you’re homeless you should go to a homeless shelter”

[winged spire]

Lmao

Where are you going to fit the 5 billion people with poor or no public infrastructure

Roads are not ubiquitous

[austere shale]

That’s their respective governments problem to deal with

[winged spire]

??? And?

[austere shale]

Idk just move 🤷‍♂️

[winged spire]

How old are you 💀

[vapid smelt]

Heaven

[austere shale]

25

[winged spire]

Bro

🥀

[winged spire]

[austere shale]

I wish

[echo sluice]

If ur homeless just get ur money up and lock in

pretty simple if you ask me

[vapid smelt]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jwtSUEc8EVc?si=PO2s3iJXXVphnPsd

[dapper arch]

isnt 180hz for secondary monitor to much? doesnt it eat much performance?

How demanding is 60hz vs 180hz?

[silver sun]

673

[graceful matrix]

so long it takes he has full white hair

[graceful matrix]

Days without buying a new cpu

[slim echo]

I want to see Linus's last video be a livestream of him getting dunked into a cryogeneic chamber

[uneven stirrup]

Old

[junior wyvern]

Um, I think amd released a new graphics driver today and it broke the GPU, HDR is unavailable, my second display won't work and the driver software isn't even launching, it keeps saying error. Maybe it's just me??

I'm trying to uninstall and reinstall it now to see if that does anything

[junior wyvern]

NEVER mind my false accusations, I just uninstalled and reinstalled the driver software and it's all up and working now, that was strange

Gotta love pc problems

[faint yoke]

are you using the beta driver or stable release?

[junior wyvern]

W8 no, maybe it was a problem cause it auto reverted to the update from 6/11/25, the update I had before was 25/11/25

[junior wyvern]

It was a release from today

[willow snow]

Has anyone gone from the 30L peak design everyday backpack to the LTT backpack? I’m considering making the switch.

[haughty delta]

can someone please help me at #peripherals ? 🙏🏻

[winged spire]

Another 3rd has been chopped off

You can see the transfer tube now

The transfer tube is almost the same height and diameter as a falcon 9

[dull granite]

anyone ever feels sad because of hawking radiation

not only microscopic black holes can't really exist

but uhh once everything turns into a black holes then it will evaporate too

[gilded quest]

Nope I have no feelings about that

[graceful mortar]

Shopping consoles for the first time since ps2

These all feel awfully pricey vs steam deck

[dull granite]

steam deck is less powerful tho

much less powerful, actually

it runs on a battery instead of wall socket

[graceful mortar]

Oh lol forgot to even ask a question 😅

Is the Xbox worth that eye watering price 5 years after launch??

[dull granite]

it's still very impressive how much power they fit there

[graceful mortar]

I probably should have led with that.I included the steam deck as a comparison.I'm just actually shopping the two consoles rn. I do like the idea of the steam deck. It's just really hard to pass up that new lenovo, even though it's obscenely priced

[winged spire]

I wouldn’t get an Xbox at all

[dull granite]

i doubt valve will make the steam machine a deal better than any consoles (at least for playing games, since it's a whole pc)

[graceful mortar]

Normally, I would just compare them fairly, but I have a ton of xbox anywhere games

[winged spire]

Atleast PlayStation has some games that aren’t on PC already

[dull granite]

oh

[winged spire]

Death stranding 2 just got its PC age rating 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[graceful mortar]

I personally think they will.I think it'll be priced right aound eight hundred and fifty dollars.

We all know next gems are gonna have at least a two hundred dollar up charge, cause they're barely making money on these right now.

[graceful mortar]

Yeah, and the only playstation exclusive game that has ever made me lust for one is gran.Turismo. but I said it when the playstation five was launched, I cannot justify spending a thousand dollars effectively to play a single game

[winged spire]

What

The PlayStation is not 1000$

Or close to 1000

[dull granite]

part of steam deck price was the fact people will buy games on steam

[graceful mortar]

No no no, i'm saying you go out there.You get play station for $750, .You go and buy your hundred dollar game or a hundred and fifty, depending on what the top trim is. That's 900 + tax $1k

[winged spire]

Are you talking about real dollars or Canadian dollars

[dull granite]

steam machine has less steam buying power

[winged spire]

Because what 🤣

[dull granite]

and DRAM prices had just gone up a lot 😭😭

[graceful mortar]

I should clarify. We're talking about at launch when nobody could get them,
I think prices have come down a bit, but yeah, if I was buying it for just grand turismo, the racing game, I would get the pro 💀

But that's not really what we're kind of talking about today.We're just comparing the two consoles

[graceful mortar]

Yes, and that was the same business model as microsoft had, which is why they were always cheaper than playstation.And then now they've decided that they want to make a reasonable profit on every console.Sold, which is why we have these funky prices

[winged spire]

The ps5 is 200$ cheaper than that and games are about half that price

[dull granite]

valve totally could create the best deal ever but they have a hard choice

[oak pier]

has to be canadian

[graceful mortar]

Usd

[dull granite]

reputation and position on the market versus revenue

[oak pier]

where are you buying a PS5 for 750usd?

[winged spire]

Or games for 150

[oak pier]

MSRP is 500usd, with quite a few at 400usd rn

[winged spire]

Comes with a game even

[dull granite]

valve already has unimaginable levels of reputation compared to literally every other multi billion dollar company
and they don't want another steam link / steam controller 2015 sitatuion

[winged spire]

Not that anyone should ever waste their time playing NBA but

[dull granite]

i'm guessing they'll pick a price that's affordable for most people

[dull granite]

i want to believe it will be something like

below 700

[winged spire]

They’ll pick a price that’s possible

[dull granite]

valve's weird tho

and uh

[winged spire]

They aren’t magic

[dull granite]

i'm struggling to call corporations like apple "smart" for making their monitor stands cost more than my monthly benefits

but they're selling so uh

[winged spire]

They’re also not nearly big enough to get the bulk discounts someone like Sony gets

[graceful mortar]

$90 for the only game I would ever play on it, $749 for the pro, add your 10% sales tax basically a pizza order away from $1k.

But like I said, that was back then we're doing something completely different now.

[dull granite]

90$ for a videogame?!!?

[winged spire]

I’ve never paid 80 let alone 90 for a base game

[dull granite]

okay

[winged spire]

Bro just getting scammed

[dull granite]

nevermind

new call of duty games costs 350 pln which is

[graceful mortar]

Ugh yeah ... p c games are regularly $150 for the actual full game

[dull granite]

96$, for the base game

[winged spire]

Nope

[dull granite]

ohh wait is it canadian

[winged spire]

That’s just like strictly incorrect

[graceful mortar]

Anyway, the example I was using was gran.Turismo seven twenty fifth anniversary edition, which was $89.99

[dull granite]

that's like the

[winged spire]

Which games are “regularly 150$” lol

[full fossil]

and i thought 20 was expensive, woah

[dull granite]

deluxe versions etc

these are always expensive because they usually just add bunch of

[winged spire]

Deluxe editions are an upgrade from the normal copy

[dull granite]

either bundled with dlc's or just cosmetics

[winged spire]

It is completely incorrect to pretend that’s the normal standard price for these games lol

[dull granite]

yeah

unless you live in world's 2nd economy

[graceful mortar]

Bo7 is $100 if you want to play the full game.

[dull granite]

it's funny

[calm swan]

it’s 70 freedom buckaroos

for the full game

$100 just means you get some dlc

maybe an expansion pass or some shit

[full fossil]

all for another cashgrab game in a dying series?

[winged spire]

It should be illlegal for semi trucks to get into the left lane on a highway or interstate

Death penalty

[graceful mortar]

But yeah. With nintendo hiking, the game prices by thirty dollars.
We're going to see that across all the platforms, the new normal is going to be $100 for the cut down base game, and a $150 for the actual full game

[calm swan]

they should have their own lane

[dull granite]

why should i bother spending 100$ on Call of Duty 30, with a 6-hour campaign (that doesn't really seem good), with same multiplayer as Call of Duty 29

and reused assets as previous 5 call of duty games

[full fossil]

microsoft gave up on the xbox?

[winged spire]

< Prices for base game

Posts a game that isn’t the base copy

[dull granite]

while i can spend same 100% to get between 4-8 amazing indie games, or 2 amazing AAA games

[calm swan]

mfs2024 is also 70 freedom bucks

[graceful mortar]

Yes, that and DLC are the full game.

The cheaper one is just a preview.That's gonna annoy you constantly by trying to upsell you anyways.

[calm swan]

what?

[winged spire]

The DLCs are EXTRA content

[calm swan]

that’s genuinely the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard

[winged spire]

You pay extra for .. extra things

That doesn’t make the game magically cost 200

[graceful mortar]

All right well, let's be factual here.Call of duty six and seventh.We're starting development at the same time.Seven clearly has a lot more polish and has not suffered any of the nightmare crashes that six has STILL...

And I play zombies exclusively so 😅

[dull granite]

i have 22 hours into silksong and i'm pretty sure i still haven't one third of the content
and it costs 20 bucks

[graceful mortar]

I said full game. Not cut down basically trial versions

[dull granite]

w h a t

[calm swan]

holy shit first the laptop dilemma and now this bs

[winged spire]

I don’t think you know what full game means

[dull granite]

i'll

at this point i can only guess that it's ragebait

[graceful mortar]

The consamt "upgrade to unlock this feature" "upgrade to participate in this global event and earn rewards"

[dull granite]

you know you don't need to buy it, right?

[winged spire]

Not getting the extra, separate, additional, supplemental content doesn’t make it not the full game

[graceful mortar]

No I don't look at it that way, back in the day when you bought a game.It was complete nowadays when you buy the game.You get certain sections of it later.

But you have the option of getting the trial version which only includes part of the game

[winged spire]

If you don’t look at it that way you’re looking at it incorrectly

Idk how to else to say it lol

[dull granite]

very often there isn't many extra content to begin with

[graceful mortar]

No, you do if you want to participate in the reward system to be able to keep up with everybody else.

Now, in theory most games, you can just grind.Instead, so you can put in 80-90 hours in the first three weeks and be able to keep up with everyone

[winged spire]

Yeah, most of it is cosmetic

[dull granite]

because if "deluxe mega 20 super" version is available at the launch

then you're not gonna get any DLCs

[full fossil]

lets change the topic or something
would you rather have shawarma or kebab

[winged spire]

Shawarma 100%

[graceful mortar]

Okay, that thevway i view it. Because as somebody else pointed out, the six hour campaign is not worth seventy dollars.So clearly that's not the full version of the game. You need all those d l cs that are going to be coming out to complete the game that you paid for

[dull granite]

paradoxically, the sims 4 1000$ bundle offers much more content than call of duty vault editions, because you're getting the DLCs

not saying they're worth the cash

i'm pretty sure it's only for whales, and regular people just pick a few DLCs they want

[full fossil]

same here, not a lot of people selling kebab here, only shawarma

[winged spire]

Lmao

Cannot wait to see my cat

I been gone for like 5 days

[graceful mortar]

No, it's genuinely not.
I don't think modern base games are worth their money. They should be twenty dollars or less because they don't contain anything.You need all the d l cs to get the actual complete game as the developer intended.

Now I will concede.There are certain extremely greedy companies that just give you a bunch of cosmetics for double the price.But most of them include content, including guaranteed, future dlc, which is again to me, like act, one act, two act, three of a game.

[calm swan]

https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-naked-gun-the-naked-gun-facepalm-facepalm-meme-gif-11743768702765397589

[dull granite]

tbh looks same to me 😭

[winged spire]

Bro what

[graceful mortar]

Can you imagine buying diablo 2 And it only containing act one... that's how I view modern base games

[dull granite]

okay

wait no i looked into it more

looks a little bit different
never ate it before tho

[full fossil]

or, maybe think of it like this:
the base game lets you play the campaign and online while the the deluxe edition gives you extra content (if you enjoyed the game and want more)

[dull granite]

okay nevermind it's a whole different thing sorry

it's like saying chicken nuggets and fried chicken wings are the same

[graceful mortar]

Regardless, i think we got onto this about the $1k PS5 , yes the game was $90 , and the ps5 pro is $750 that comes to $840 add 10% tax and you are at $924, as I said basically $1k

[winged spire]

🤣

[dull granite]

added tax is so american

[graceful mortar]

Moving on is Xbox worth the premium commanded?

[winged spire]

Least I ain’t paying 30% lol

[dull granite]

because i'm pretty sure anywhere else it's included in the price

[dull granite]

yeah -_- i think it's 23% where i live which might be all EU

[winged spire]

Fucking ouch

[dull granite]

wait no

[winged spire]

23😭😭😭

[dull granite]

it's similar

[graceful mortar]

Yeah like I said it's a cut down trial. And it doesn't have online, that's extra. 😜

[dull granite]

but it's higher than eu average yea

[winged spire]

My sales tax is less than 10%

[graceful mortar]

Is the Xbox worth 30% more than the Playstation?

[dull granite]

100$ is 2 weeks worth of food (if you cook and don't waste money)

[winged spire]

I fucking wish lmao

[graceful mortar]

Not in USA lol
$300 /mo is considered the extreme thrifty plan

[dull granite]

i remember doing some calculations etc and uh

[winged spire]

You don’t buy groceries?

[dull granite]

at least where i live, it's technically possible to have 3 meals for 1 person

and pay less than 5.5$

[winged spire]

“Technically possible” is not how I like my food budget described

[dull granite]

note it's mostly ingredients

[graceful mortar]

For the USA you don't have to do the calculations.The USDA already does, it's like $273 per month for base essentials, and yes that cooking everything at home from scratch

[dull granite]

and stuff you kinda get in bulk

and it's not really good quality stuff

uh depends on how much eat because i might've been

very mistaken on nutritional value of food i aimed to eat

[full fossil]

its NOT a cut down trial, its the full game. without extra content

please put it through your thick skull.

[graceful mortar]

$550 is more realistic for a single person.

[winged spire]

Wish Walmart sold smaller things of milk

I throw so much milk away lol

[dull granite]

does walmart not sell milk?

oh nvm

[graceful mortar]

Ground beef being $8.99 /lb and chicken at $5.49 /lb does that.......

[winged spire]

Gallon and half gallon

[dull granite]

oh

[full fossil]

anyone here like fried rice?

[dull granite]

oh that's kinda a lot
where i live they sell cardboard milk which is 0.5l

[graceful mortar]

Well then why is it $70 for 6hrs of included gameplay?

[dull granite]

or 0.13 gallon

[graceful mortar]

They sell half gallons

[dull granite]

that's about right

[dull granite]

that's probably the

[winged spire]

Correct

[dull granite]

less processed meat

[winged spire]

It’s all processed

[dull granite]

if you want any type of meat then it's cheap

[full fossil]

you forgot to consider how long an average player would finish the campaign and the online features

[winged spire]

It’s ground beef lol

[full fossil]

also replaying the games is a factor

[dull granite]

oh i just learned what ground beef is

yeah the hell
i can buy one kg of that for ~6$

[winged spire]

You can get like 20lbs tubes of ground beef 80/20 for around 4$ a pound

Costco goat

[graceful mortar]

$1,000 per month when that family grosses $2,500 a month .... assuming both parents work full time, when rent is $2k avg...... the USA is soo freaking cooked from the recent rapid devalue of the USD

[winged spire]

Or just get your own cows

[graceful mortar]

Yes that's raw ground beef, and chicken breasts

[winged spire]

Easy

[dull granite]

i'm hungry

i gotta go eat something

[graceful mortar]

Online is not included with the game.You have to pay extra for that.

[winged spire]

1 cow is like a gazillian hamburgers and brisket