public-chat

[scarlet timber]

There are cheaper Creality printers that are decent, but you might be missing out on features like auto bed leveling or wireless file transfer (depends on the model really, you can have both of those, but at that point I would just buy an A1/A1 mini)

If your budget is a bit higher, the Bambu Lab A1 (not mini) has a bed twice as big, but you have to consider what you are going to do with it

you might be

1. Never using the extra print area
2. Wasting extra desk space

[icy oak]

Dbrand be making the best screen protectors with arguably the best applicator.

[oak pier]

you clearly haven't experienced a Magic John 3.0 Screen Protector

[austere slate]

You know it's funny I got a dbrand skin for my essential phone back in 2018. Just found them randomly searching online for slim cases.

And was surprised they were Toronto based and so cheap back then. Had no idea they would turn into this big thing.

Well I should say I had no idea until I started watching ltt a couple years ago

[icy oak]

I'm not really surprised. Good products for a good price?

[austere slate]

Yeah, it's great to see success like that

[icy oak]

I need to get a Grip case for my 17 Pro Max

[austere slate]

What's that?

[icy oak]

Dbrand.

[austere slate]

Oh nice

Looks slick

[icy oak]

Then again, I should probably get one of those Mophie battery cases bc I got a concert next week

[austere slate]

Ironic that they work so hard making phones as thin as possible and we just thicken them up with batteries and cases

[icy oak]

We need the bigger batteries because more of our lives are run on our phones than ever

[austere slate]

Oh really.. That's cool

[hearty spear]

buy the brick phone

[tired glade]

Or just get battery bank

[summer folio]

Don't you guys have chargers?

[plush grotto]

Realistically how often do you need a phone to last multiple days on a single charge

[summer folio]

Having a dead phone is not the end of the world after all

Enjoy the outdoors

[steel halo]

yo

is anyone good with earbuds here

[plush grotto]

Depends

[plush grotto]

Yeah, last time I needed more than 1 day on a charge was june 2024 at a 4 day festival.
But I had 6 20k powerbanks.

[stark idol]

i jumped to linux
amazing decision i made

[peak sable]

I finally did the same for like 90% of my shit. Only have 10 on my PC for my partner when he comes over and uses it. Other than that it's kubuntu.

So glad gaming had gotten better on linux

[icy oak]

I work as an Amazon driver

[icy oak]

Can't mount those in the vans.

[icy oak]

I carry one. Even so, having extra battery is nice.

I saw that lmao 😂

[plush grotto]

https://oukitel.store/products/oukitel-wp100-titan?variant=50379086594342

Just removed the million cookies

[terse trout]

How do I activate tpm 2.0

[oak pier]

bios

[somber pewter]

Does this look fixable?

[plush grotto]

Unfortunately not, I think its a throwaway.

[somber pewter]

I can't send images

[plush grotto]

[static perch]

just get some

[vapid smelt]

Hey I see a sexy coopatroopa in that photo with 3 bombs

[static perch]

the fourth made the picture

[vapid smelt]

Can they be flown on a commercial airline?

[static perch]

the smaller ones yes the big one no

[vapid smelt]

Wonder if they would actually take them from you

[static perch]

i have no reason to fly anywhere else
other countries are not really better

[plush grotto]

Yes, yes they would

[sharp summit]

It'll pass, the need to be different 😹. I tried it too once , good riddance is all i can say 💀

[sharp summit]

Why not

They want you go drive like its the 1990s?

[icy oak]

No. We have our work phones.

[sharp summit]

Ahh

Well it said you can't mount the phone holder so i took it as a blanket statement

You mean you can only mount the work phone right

[winged spire]

https://x.com/dexerto/status/2028508764135931912?s=46

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

Reese's is releasing a peanut butter cup flavored toothpaste for a limited time in Australia and New Zealand

X · Mar 2, 2026, 4:32 PM

This has to be illegal

[graceful mortar]

• 1st new processor since 2018
• 1st new Intel since 1st gen i7.
• first non HEDT. 🥲 Please don't have it blow up Intel 💀

[vapid smelt]

How much

[winged spire]

15

[graceful mortar]

$210

[silver sun]

769

[graceful mortar]

$370 😭. Was $100 kit

[vapid smelt]

For doodoo stinky timing ram

[graceful mortar]

Watch me go from NAS build to gaming tower Ft. "NAS" 💀💀

Nah the only GPU I like is $4,300

[graceful mortar]

Yep 😭

CL 32

I wanted a SINGLE 32GB stick so bad! But vapor ware at this point.

[calm swan]

c32 on 6400mts ram is pretty common

just tune it yourself

[vapid smelt]

Wait yeah it is, I guess micron is getting better ram now

Before they had shit timings

[mystic tundra]

micron d is a step up yes

unsure what are the more recent dies called

i have micron d and it behaves very goody at times

on some motherboards

specifically asrock ones which i have the most

but it's much better than something like micron a

also i should be calling them rev.a and rev.d otherwise it confuses people and they think i mean hynix

[mystic tundra]

the question is can it run 1:1 6400mt/s cl32

or only 1:2

[graceful mortar]

Well they only sell to OEM now. Crucial is dead ... In fact since the announcement they've actually not raised their price at all as they try to nuke all of the inventory... Which means somebody made like $250 Just by selling me this ram kit

Hell I did this ... not because they are good drives... But because you cannot beat that price for 4TB rn. Hell a 4TB T7 is $700 ....

[mystic tundra]

beware i did manage to get my micron d up to boot at high mt/s but the minute i put load onto it... yeah nice bsod

don't get your hopes up

[graceful mortar]

Literally no idea. The only reason that I got the k was because I couldn't get a normal 245 🤣. It's for my NAS. 💀💀💀

I'll probably mess around and see what the setup can do. But I'll just run JDEC (or whatever until says it's supposed to be) and the CPU is getting restrained to 55-65W.

[mystic tundra]

what does 245 mean srry idk

[stark idol]

did you get it fully set up

[stark idol]

cpu intel 245k

[mystic tundra]

ah

stupid intel's new naming scheme

[graceful mortar]

It's the top of the line core i5. K being unlocked for OC, and much higher base clocks on E cores.

[graceful mortar]

No, about to go to work. I'm waiting on my hard drive to show up and then my case doesn't actually show up until the 6th but I might do a on the motherboard box build just to kind of get an idea.

A bit .... concerned the PSU box has masking tape

[mystic tundra]

i'm also bit concerned about it being thermaltake (they're infamous now for swapping parts inside psus without changing name or clearly indicating revisions or model)

they usually downgrade to ce-link

[graceful mortar]

Hmm ... Well I didn't have a ton of choice in SFX

[mystic tundra]

well... failing protections inside psus is concerning

[graceful mortar]

Annoyed I apparently bought a Chinese knockoff LSI instead of a real LSI for the same money...

[mystic tundra]

with something like adata i know what i get

cwt. when i choose on the tierlist

[vapid smelt]

I was just a small micron fan

[graceful mortar]

Darn, I was posting the build for like 3 days and nobody said anything.

I even made a whole ass build.thread

[mystic tundra]

the one you bought is fine so far despite being ce-link

but literally everything else "sfx" thermaltake is a component and self hazard expect the 1000 gold tt

i wouldn't be sure with these frequent part swaps

[stark idol]

oh i thought you were going to go with the prebuild
thats what you seemed to lean towards
bc this was essentially the last message about the actual hardware

#1476701607659048970 message

[mystic tundra]

@graceful mortar vetroo sfx would be better

the 850w specifically

it also costs less

[covert cradle]

Intel only supports gear 2 (1:2) or gear 4 (1:4) on DDR5. 6400 MT/s is their max rated speed on the 245K so it should definitely be capable of gear 2.

[mystic tundra]

ich mean that for amd y mb

i amd guy

7800x3d, 7700, 7600, 7500f, 7400f ❤️

cough i mean i hate amd 💔 bad anti-consumer tactics

7600 broke after only inputting 1.4v

it's 999438293% fault of the cpu

not mine -402929233%

[vapid smelt]

Should've bought a 7500f smh

[mystic tundra]

nuh uh i have a 7400f

and also 7700

no 9xx0 tho

i just found them all kinda lame

[vapid smelt]

Intel refresh energy

[mystic tundra]

plus i cannot buy them from china as "tray" for like 60% the price

[mystic tundra]

i'd rather have two 7400f than one 9600x

oh now 9xx0 are also on aliexpress for 75% the price

[vapid smelt]

Oooh

Now we just need more Chinese ddr5

[mystic tundra]

9600x four 145

at this rate i will never buy electronics at retail 😂

[fossil frost]

china making more DDR5 and shipping it world wide will kick start non-chinese companies into upping production instead of of keeping production low on purpose to inflate prices

[calm swan]

dang

[vapid smelt]

I'm 80% sure Samsung did this a few years back during cheap ssds days

It's too cheap stop half the production!

[graceful mortar]

My last thermal take was a 1000 W.. The picture on Amazon showed fully modular it is not at all. But it survived the 1950 x 1080 ti so I guess it's "fine"?

This thing. I was the ONLY 1k PSU available. And it was $170 .. back then 1,000w of this quality were $80

Sigh, 4th delayed package in 2 weeks 🫤 I was looking forward to booting tonight

[mystic tundra]

well, concerns are the protection and overall electrical performance during high loads

your config is fine

[graceful mortar]

Ya, then I realized the u green only had 8GB and price had gone up to $1,500. Price is back down to $1,370. But idk

[graceful mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/how-hard-can-it-be-gif-21244431

[graceful mortar]

I don't see it on part picker

[mystic tundra]

but a good psu behaves accordingly to when there's a problem with electricity ranging from tripping when your overload it to protecting itself from brownout

[mystic tundra]

oh this doesn't meet your requirements or diff country? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/GtHp99/vetroo-cp-psu-vt-850w-sfx-bk-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-sfx-power-supply-cp-psu-vt-850w-sfx-bk

[graceful mortar]

They are ramping up, it takes 5 years to get a new line online. Also they lost money the past 4 years, Soo I see why they were sitting down lines.

Remember there is a 90 month wait on generators!

[graceful mortar]

Yeah, it cost them more to build then they could sale for.

[fossil frost]

theres only a wait because the cost of waiting is cheaper than the cost of spinning up faster

[graceful mortar]

All because The last big ramboom they ramped up, then supply free fell and they were stuck holding all the liabilities.

[fossil frost]

any part of the pipeline can be spun up faster if people really wanted to do.. but they dont want to spin up fast, they want to spin up slowly, with the option of spinning back down quickly

[vapid smelt]

They could've stored the rest for a rainy day aka ai

[heavy barn]

Be careful with PSUs. If the company is not well known, check for recalls.

[vapid smelt]

gigabyte

[graceful mortar]

😅 like umm ... Unstable input voltages? No load I get 122v on the main line, with 7A it falls to 113v. 18A 111v. 25A is like 104v.

[heavy barn]

actually gigabyte is a psu I have that has a recall on it. I need to send them an email.

[graceful mortar]

Nope, 8 sata, 2 molex minimum

[mystic tundra]

some psus can blow up from low voltages such as 100v

they just dont trip uvp

[rustic tundra]

100v is crazy

[heavy barn]

I tried to turn on my gigabyte with a paperclip jumper. Won't work.

[mystic tundra]

and internals are not well built to handle <100v

[heavy barn]

I got a corsair cs650 psu 11 years ago. Still works good. Open box too.

[graceful mortar]

No. When they shut something down, they sell the equipment, because mothballing costs money in the form personal, equipment maintenance, etc.

Also they got multi year burned last time they moved hell and high water and ramped up blank check style.

Investors won't let them do that again.

[graceful mortar]

Yes, the correct business response. Vs spending $500 in materials, $5,000 in personnel, and $800 in infrastructure... To sell the batch for.... $400 💀

[mystic tundra]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JrLFf7/cooler-master-v-sfx-gold-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-sfx-power-supply-mpy-7501-sfhagv-wu there is also lian li sp v2 but unsure about that one

[graceful mortar]

Ddr3? For AI?

[mystic tundra]

lian li already has history of melting capacitors inside a particular psu

[fossil frost]

i never said i blamed them for it.. i said they CAN if they wanted to.. but they dont want to do.. never specified the reason they dont want to do

[mystic tundra]

like literally the x cap just melts under unfavourable conditions

[exotic sierra]

https://youtu.be/GCxwQUxmXbs?si=T7myJTNWwC6TdE9s

This video is truly peak

[graceful mortar]

I mean, very few make their own psu. A few design their own with help. Most buy premade and change shell and connectors. Aka even ex power supply king Corsair had the HORRID CX line selling next to their HX line.

[graceful mortar]

Lovely.

[graceful mortar]

I'm aware. You should see in summer. Even a 5A line load (600w) will dip from 119v to 112v

[heavy barn]

I see. I have a gigabyte 750 sitting here and I am going to contact support.

[graceful mortar]

Gold didn't make sense to me knowing I would probably be under 200w at full load. I wanted titanium... But ya lol

[graceful mortar]

They can't want to, investors won't let them, they will bankrupt the company with stock sell off if they repeat their past mistakes.

[graceful mortar]

This is actually why we got crazy cheap SSD prices, vs $200 for 64GB

[vapid smelt]

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250113VL205/nand-samsung-sk-hynix-oversupply-production.html oh it was 2025

[graceful mortar]

Literally playing with fire

[rustic tundra]

couldnt really imagine using anything lower than 200v on the mains

[graceful mortar]

cries in North America

[heavy barn]

Yeah... Just hoping to get another one.

[rustic tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/two-people-laughing-on-table-laugh-laughing-lol-gif-3006610283817764608

forgot those dont work here

[fossil frost]

200v would be critically low in anywhere that uses voltgages that high.. uk uses 240v (230v really) anything lower than 212v coming out of the wall and stuff stops working

[mystic tundra]

your unit is only cybenetics silver on 230v btw

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-out-loud-lol-jerry-mouse-tom-and-jerry-gif-16446046

[graceful mortar]

If I'm waiting until Wednesday anyways, I might as well wait for the case to get here. It better actually show up on Friday. And not be "delayed" like everything else has been.

[graceful mortar]

I just picked something lol. I was looking for 450w or so, but they didn't have enough connectors

It was # of connectors, 80+ platinum, sort by price, done

[distant jay]

Linus do be the biggest lurker here. No message in 6 years

[winged spire]

he doesn’t use discord

He ain’t lurking lol

[rustic tundra]

he just has a life

[heavy barn]

im trying to send in my power supply for replacement. Gigabytes support page is kinda strange.

Also apparently this isn't a recall? Even though it's known to explode. GP-P750GM

[fossil frost]

almost like he has a 3 companies to run, and a family, and hobbies

[tidal compass]

✅

[silent skiff]

brain check...15 amps is a ridiculous amount for an appliance to draw, right? (US)

[winged spire]

what appliance

https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/2028616009222082696?s=46

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight)

Artemis II: Very much subject to change, but we're hearing from KSC folk that there's a target of NET March 19 for SLS to roll back to 39B.

That's still a while away, thus subject to change, but it does point to them having a good grasp of the issue and the resolution path.

Max

X · Mar 2, 2026, 11:38 PM

[chrome vector]

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

This is my favorite "brief analysis/retrospective"

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

Bread Circus is great

Some of the best Star Wars content I've seen.

[burnt swallow]

Only 115fps with a rtx 5090, nvidia should release a better gpu, need more fps in lawn mowing simulator 🥸

[odd pelican]

hey guys just curious if im away for a weeks should i unplug my pc completely or keep it plugged in?\

[strange elk]

Oh boy.

[strange elk]

I'd unplug it personally, probably doesn't matter

[odd pelican]

ok thx

[odd pelican]

would a power outage damage it

[strange elk]

Brownout could damage the psu yea. I think.

[junior wyvern]

Question, What's the best old wanshow to watch in taking back when they used to be 5+ hours of yapping and you'd just fall onto it whilst asleep cause of YouTube auto play and wake up with a random wan playing

[quartz dew]

ofcourse its a german

[odd pelican]

ok

[junior wyvern]

W8 there was only 1 5+ hour?! I thought back in the day it was common to have 5 hour wans

[pallid falcon]

[junior wyvern]

Maybe it was just playing them back to back to back so I thought it was longer

[burnt swallow]

I'm swiss, if i was german i would play "Fliesentisch Simulator"

[quartz dew]

my apologies

[winged spire]

Anyone here do meshtastic stuff

https://lilygo.cc/products/t-echo-plus?variant=51926548840629 thoughts on this guy?

I think it’s beteeen this and the normal non plus version

[covert cradle]

both UVP and OCP would have to be incorrectly designed for brownout to pose real risk. In current year, I could honestly see that happening but it still should be exceedingly rare

undervoltage lockout is just two resistors so it's really hard to fuck up

[strange elk]

I mean ive experienced it before but that was with an HP AIO back in like.. 2012 or 2014 probably

bruh. I was thinking about PPAP in the shower and I come across this shit https://youtu.be/3gL9PFk9JtA

[covert cradle]

It's not like two design failures is a totally impossible occurrence. Could also be the combination of a design failure and a component failure. Two concurrent failures is just rare enough that you can usually take it for granted that it won't be a problem for the overwhelming majority

[strange elk]

I mean, I cant deny that

[covert cradle]

definitely been some OCP design failure out there

https://klipy.com/gifs/gigabyte-psu-1

[atomic crane]

hi im new here

[covert cradle]

Hi new here

[full fossil]

hi

[rare horizon]

Hi new here I'm Maxar

[graceful mortar]

When you AI better than the guy who is using AI to respond to your emails 💀

Little does it know that was by design 🤣

[late cloak]

Wondering has there ever been a pc cooled using auto coolant

[graceful mortar]

.... Are you new here??

[graceful mortar]

"LTT whole room water cooling"

[gilded quest]

whole room water cooling used more bacteria than coolant...

[late cloak]

So they made a video using coolant made for a car to cool a pc

I can't find one

[graceful mortar]

🤫

[graceful mortar]

Yes actually 8 PC's

All on single loop

Langley house

[late cloak]

Can you share the video

[graceful mortar]

It's a whole playlist

[graceful mortar]

https://youtu.be/R7sIgBpe6Co ahh the memories

This is going to sound crazy. But does anybody know of a Bluetooth speaker that has terrible battery life because it doesn't automatically sleep it's Bluetooth?

I bought a $100 flip 7 JBL And the moment I click pause within 30 seconds it's putting its Bluetooth to sleep and it doesn't come back You have to restart the speaker.

Also it may be "35W RMS" But over 50% volume it's super distorted 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Im using it instead of my monitors 2w speakers. Onn(Walmart) had one that was perfect for my use, but they don't sell her anymore. OH And these new Bluetooth speaker models are mono ... You have to buy two of them if you want stereo sound 😩

[alpine gale]

Seems to be a common complaint of JBL and other Bluetooth speakers. I understand why (battery saving when the speaker thinks there's no input) but can see how it's annoying for stationary use.
https://www.reddit.com/r/JBL/comments/lzeupo/jbl_speaker_sleep_mode_solution/

Short of getting a not Bluetooth speaker, you could try a model from BOSE. From what I remember, the idle-shutoff feature on our Bose Soundlink Mini (original) was far less aggressive. https://www.ebay.com/itm/198149615229

[graceful mortar]

It's really weird. So like I just pushed pausse and in 30 seconds it will
" disconnect" But when I push play again it'll start playing again on the screen, so it's clearly has a Bluetooth connection but it cannot receive audio.

And then because it has a stupid easy connect feature that you can't turn off... You can't just go to the device that it's paired to and tell it to disconnect, reconnect. And every single time you let it do it smart pairing it puts it on the Google account which that means all your other devices in the house try to connect to it 😭

[alpine gale]

Reason #47826 Bluetooth sucks. Still. In 2026. 25+ years later. (See my old message: #public-chat message)

[graceful mortar]

Like It's really not that much more power savings to just idle it. 16 hours is the listed battery life ...

Cool, give me some battery saving mode in your stupid app that you have to use to update the damn thing anyways... And then make it just work normal when it's not in that mode.

[graceful mortar]

I'm thinking about going old school.. sound core 2. The only reason why I don't like it is that will be a micro USB device.

And it's listed as only five watts so even if I get two for $60 10 Watts doesn't feel like it's going to be enough.

But again somehow this $150 Bluetooth speaker starts distorting over 50% regardless of the input source...

[alpine gale]

Is there a reason you're going with Bluetooth for home use? There are much better sub-$100 wired options.

[graceful mortar]

Like maybe they get better as they break in... But this legitimately to me feels just like a cash grab product. The two woofers they list are just passives. And this speaker I think it's just a single one. SOOO ... Why is it $150 again?

[graceful mortar]

Because I'm worried about ripping the TV arm out of the wall. And I don't really have a place to put a non portable one.

Ignore my mock up tape

My monitor does have 3.5mm out. So maybe that's the play? I was looking for monitor sound bars, but they all seamed low wattage .

[alpine gale]

Your JBL Flip 7 was only 10w output so... (35 watt RMS is for both the sub and tweeter.)

[graceful mortar]

Yeah it said 35W RMS for the device

[alpine gale]

I have heard good things about Creative Labs soundbars, at least for their sound quality to size / price.
https://us.creative.com/p/speakers?filters=2458

[alpine gale]

Output power (W): 25 W RMS for woofer, 10 W RMS for tweeter
https://www.jbl.com/FLIP-7.html

[graceful mortar]

Reminder $150 ....

[graceful mortar]

What damn woofer, they are passive radiators 🤣

[alpine gale]

Engineered correctly, passive radiators can sound better than powered woofers. (Obviously when comparing similarly spec'd and priced products.) Our Soundlink Mini sounds way better than any other Bluetooth speaker I've ever hear in the same size / price, and I believe it was using dual passive radiators.

[graceful mortar]

Very true, they are clearly here though just to move around to make you think you're getting an amazing experience.

[alpine gale]

I mean, if the experience sounds better... you are getting a better experience, regardless of what you think? Unless you're also expecting to physically feel rumbly bass, which isn't going to happen at that size / price point.

[graceful mortar]

That NASTY high tiny noise? Yeah idk what AI BS they have here, but it ruins everything.

It's like some one did a lil bass boost, and +15 on 15k+ freqs.

Maybe You were supposed to use it like their advertisement show??

Which is carrying this heavy ass thing off the front of your backpack strap when you go for a hike for 17 hours with your friends....

But hikers I know saw down their toothbrushes to save weight....

[elfin jetty]

Source: VideoCardz.com
https://search.app/6N2mk

Lovely

Core ultra plus

Pro max

[graceful mortar]

Silly name, take a stand and call it series 3, If it's not good enough to be called series 3 then just don't release it.

[long briar]

Take a stand? against who?

The shareholders?

if you don't act in the best interest of the shareholders they can vote you out 😄

[graceful mortar]

No, They keep rebranding.

Pick one and run with it.

Yes I KNOW This is the same reason that modern cars have vehicle codes not vehicle names.

You would say I drive "a Legend", But the brands wanted you to state their brand so then they change the name to RLX. That way you say 'I drive an Acura RLX"

[graceful mortar]

Just they need to make it less confusing lol. I 100% agree with just Josh that adding an x in front of the 9 is not good enough for consumers to understand that it has the 2x powerful IGPU

And the fact that at the last minute they changed it from allowing to say "series 3" to where they HAVE to say "x series 3" on the actual sticker of every laptop containing an X-Core chip.... Why wasn't it that way from the very beginning???

[long briar]

well, AMD did "5" to connotate a much better igpu...

[graceful mortar]

Like this is what's so frustrating. I understand that they wanted to make a product for every market segment and have an ability to have a defective chip become a sellable trip and not just scrap..

But now nobody knows what the hell they're getting!!

And it's actually hurting the brands because if I go in there and I go "oh let me get this 385 and I believe (due to cryptic questionable claims on advertisements) it's an x9 with the big boy GPU... And then it performs like crap ...

I'm going to tell all my friends yeah those series X's are complete trash go buy an AMD laptop with an Nvidia GPU instead...

[graceful mortar]

True, but we are talking 4060 performance from the iGPU.
From a company that notoriously has struggled with its IGPUs and got stagnant since like 7000 series.

[long briar]

lul

[exotic sierra]

How do you even stretch that out to 12 hours

Also fellow fallout pfp w

[silent skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/robocop-gif-20203001

definite OCP design failure

[pulsar kiln]

Is it actually crap? What if they're the typical Consumer that doesn't tinker with settings, just uses the auto detected settings that probably puts everything at near low and 1080 and just wants to play some games? Not everyone is trying to play at 1440 or 2160p ultra

We need to stop thinking just because someone plays games at lower settings they can't have fun.

Not everyone plays triple A games either

[graceful mortar]

Umm You're missing the point..

They buy a laptop that they THINK has this high-end IGPU in it and that helps JUSTIFY the price that they see on the tag.
Only to find out later that it does not and they were misled.. but they don't know that they were misled... They just think that they got ripped off by Intel, When it's actually the OEM with their dubious advertising which is ENABLED bY Intel ridiculous first idea for series 3 stickers.

Like I said, they have "fixed it" .. now it will explicitly say x9 or X7 on the Intel sticker if it has the good GPU... But still it's not really clear enough for the kind of performance Delta that you are looking at in that product stack.

That was the whole point that just Josh brought up blatantly with the Intel product representative at the launch was that it was absolutely ridiculous and they need to get their head together and there's no reason why an i5 hould be faster than an i7.

[pulsar kiln]

You really think someone buying a laptop with only an Integrated GPU thinks it's a full on gaming machine? Maybe you're missing who this customer actually is.

[graceful mortar]

Hell he even said as a tech reviewer that he can't even figure out the naming and that means there's NO WAY that a normal person sitting in a Best buy is going to know what they're actually buying and whether or not they're actually getting good value.

[pulsar kiln]

That is exactly the point!

[graceful mortar]

Well it's a 4060 .... So literally is the point of the x9

[pulsar kiln]

You think the normal consumer has any ideas what the numbers actually mean? You're a bit out of touch

[graceful mortar]

Right! And all of it is because until got mad that people kept referring to their processors as i7 i5 i3 and they wanted them to stay the name of the brand "Intel".

But it's harming consumers and it's hurting Intel.

[graceful mortar]

They know They see these massive headlines all over the place about how Intel's new series 3 CPU no longer needs a dedicated GPU and they can have a $1800 computer that smokes 2500 gaming laptops of the prior generation.

[pulsar kiln]

No they don't bro. They have absolutely no clue what these numbers mean.

They might know Intel and AMD and Nvidia. But thats the extent

And that's a big MIGHT

[graceful mortar]

But they only see series 3 9 and think the $1,900 Best buy model they're looking at is what they saw advertised on capabilities. When it isn't, it's less than half the GPU performance. And the model that they just swipe their card for is actually $700 overpriced.

They got fleeceed. Because even a simple Google search would not have given them the information they needed They would have to literally sit there and read articles to figure out which process are they're actually trying to buy

[pulsar kiln]

Google search would provide them completely incorrect facts

Stop recommending people use that trash tier shit

[graceful mortar]

Exactly, "is Intel series 3 good for 4k fortnite" Google says yes. Customer buys. Customer did not know to ask for a specific model code and didn't realize that Google was only talking about the x9.

Customer gets a unit home it runs like crap they're out of the return window and now they're going around to other friends don't buy this series 3 bullshit for $2,000 it's a piece of junk.
Now Intel is losing customers.

[graceful mortar]

Here watch the video. You clearly are not understanding at all the point that I am making.

https://youtu.be/AzGFbkKZE7A

[pulsar kiln]

You don't think AMD is purposely trying to confuse customers as well? Or nvidia?

Welcome to the tech landscape of 5 years ago man

Regular consumers have zero knowledge of what you know about the products. They go to best buy and buy what the rep at best buy says to buy. Not what Google says.

You talking about a GPU and CPU would lead to deer in the headlights reaction to most consumers. Eyes get quickly glossed over like they have no idea wtf you saying.

[hazy parrot]

They done an excellent job if that's their prerogative

[pulsar kiln]

Even working in an IT company, people have no clue what an i9 even is or what a 4060 or 780M is. They don't know what they need or want. They take what is recommended to them or the equal of what they currently have.

[hazy parrot]

Now gpus are all about some software

[pulsar kiln]

Making money is their prerogative. Not making things easy for customers to know what they need to buy.

[hazy parrot]

That's a given. Except there's been anomaly lately

Nvidia is supporting the software gimmicks modern gaming relies on for cards back in 2018 with continuous iterations

AMD has spent the better part of a year in radio silence

The incentive makes no sense

[pulsar kiln]

Nvidia is getting close to exiting the consumer market. The writing is on the wall. There is not enough money there

It was my 2026 prediction, and the signs are getting stronger

[hazy parrot]

Everything on this topic is just....conjecture. we just don't know why

It doesn't make sense

[pulsar kiln]

When it starts getting close to single digit on your profit, you start strongly considering why bother?

They already cut the super series out

[hazy parrot]

Sure but with amds market share they are way more incentivized

Relatively.

Nvidia is doing excellent for consumers

[pulsar kiln]

They could just exit and leave it to Intel and AMD to fight out. Nvidia go full on business and enterprise.

[hazy parrot]

Then why keep supporting it

Why not stop like amd

[pulsar kiln]

Still shove GPUs in business class devices and sell to enterprise.

[hazy parrot]

These are gaming features

[pulsar kiln]

It's all they need to do.

[hazy parrot]

Right.

[pulsar kiln]

Then push everyone into nvidia geforce now where they still show off and use those features. Pure software, easy

[hazy parrot]

Which is the problem. The reason for 1 that doesn't apply for the other.

The consumer benefits with both vendors are trading iterations.

Supporting older hardware.

Amd proportionally is much smaller. So the incentive is higher to keep doing this

Unless it's actually a tap out

Which....is such an explosive move to your business

Imagine Michelin stopped selling tires to continue their restaurant rating board

Its illogical

[pulsar kiln]

Except nvidia and gaming is getting smaller and smaller. AI is getting bigger and bigger and more demanding. Nvidia being biggest player and supplier to AI might say screw it, we need the fab for AI products.

[hazy parrot]

Sure. But. Why keep supporting the old hardware when their competitor doesn't

[pulsar kiln]

We've already seen other companies do this

[hazy parrot]

Why keep iterating these gaming only features

Your competition is gone

Go full AI

That would make sense

It's like a gesture of good faith

[pulsar kiln]

Advertising to what they can do to their geforce now products. Look at LTT video and geforce now. A lot of the performance he ended up seeing, he later realized it was Frame Gen

[graceful mortar]

That's clearly gone over in the video.... Did you watch?

[pulsar kiln]

The argument made no sense. Yes

[hazy parrot]

They already won. So what's with the (very relative) altruism

[pulsar kiln]

Name brand is powerful. Move everyone to geforce now and use their existing devices like phones and TV's. Get that same performance. It's not inconceivable at all for the majority. Power users and gamers are such a small market.

Pure gamers and hardware freaks like yourself, are not really their market anymore.

The masses are

[hazy parrot]

My confusion still lies with AMD. The only sensical reason I pull out of my ass is they cannot afford any of their engineers work on FSR. Cant share any development time to release int8

All hands on deck for the AI

[pulsar kiln]

I am confused by AMD as well. I don't understand withholding FSR4

[hazy parrot]

Ah I'm glad I was able to get thru

That was getting circular there

[pulsar kiln]

My only consensus is they don't have the manpower

[hazy parrot]

And that's just conjecture

It wouldn't be so annoying if they just said it

[pulsar kiln]

Sorry. I never meant to reject your AMD arguments

I was hung on nvidia

[hazy parrot]

You're totally good lol

[pulsar kiln]

Yeah I don't get AMD GPU division at all. They have huge opportunity, but don't ever take it.

Watch Intel come in and surpass them. Totally wouldn't surprise me

[hazy parrot]

If this is not a bizarre stasis after their engineers fix whatever's going on in the commercial side of things. The only other thing it could be is complete market exit

[pulsar kiln]

The one area AMD has opportunity is handhelds. But even there, Intel has caught up. AMD needs to watch out there

[hazy parrot]

And that's just explosive regardless of revenue stream

[hazy parrot]

This too!

Like we've done for the past 3 months anyway. I guess we'll have to wait and see

Redstone came out for one game

Nobody even liked

Radio silence for another 2 months

FSR 4.1

[pulsar kiln]

Brb, I gotta go take a nasty ass shit

[hazy parrot]

Then look over at DLSS 4.5, it's model variants, it adaptive framegen, its robust replacement implementation and it's legacy support

[graceful mortar]

No it does. Consumers trust brands that they know.

but if the brand gets shamed for deceiving consumers then it undermines trust and then the brand has a choice which is no bankrupt or make it right... Or become a defense contractor...

[graceful mortar]

To hold them accountable? If everyone just went 🤷. All of Europe would be "Germany". Remember they need you more than you need them.

[hazy parrot]

Where is that accountability for the other....

It's bleak

[graceful mortar]

They got wrecked for their "decoder whee l" launch. And Nvidia had to unlaunch a GPU.

Why treat Intel different? The gain consumer trust with i3 i5 i7 i9 tiers meaning things to consumers as far as performance. Now after the consumer has established trust with the company they're just changing things up for no reason other than to cause confusion the best that I can tell. I don't understand why their ex series 3 chips could not be called "ARC9"

Oh wait, because they want people stating their name out in public not just their model codes 🤦‍♂️

[hazy parrot]

It's just..
Easier to ignore Intel's in context of this because of their overall limited reach to the "consumer GPU" market.

[hazy parrot]

^

We have a competitor to Nvidia dropping out of a market that they stand to benefit way more from

By just...not ignoring it

[gilded warren]

hi

[long fog]

damn

I just sold 5x rx9060xt 16g for 450$ second hand

I bought all of that for 360$ each

pretty good

[long fog]

Hi

<@&750150305383186585>

[modern pier]

end of an era

the $1000 apple stand is dead

[tired glade]

Apple stop selling monitor or something?

[calm swan]

no they introduced a new 27” miniLED monitor that includes the stand

[tired glade]

Oh, will it be still locked to Apple products?

[calm swan]

probably

[tired glade]

Pointless announcement, I guess

[calm swan]

it’s cheaper than the outgoing pro display xdr which is nice

more interested in m5 pro/max macs tho

[tired glade]

It's replacement product,price doesn't matter

[thorny lark]

Hi guys

[oak pier]

maybe, maybe not

[pallid falcon]

👋

[thorny lark]

Better late then never

[pallid falcon]

Homie im just waking up shhh

[thorny lark]

Oh... i'm Norwegian so for me it's 17:15

[slim perch]

Woop woop ordered new tv

[winged spire]

Russia fixed their manned pad it seems

Soyuz can actually launch humans again

[tulip tusk]

Can we get dance dance revolution 6 already?

[shut lichen]

Ukraine has the opportunity to do the funniest thing rn

[halcyon hill]

Hi

[junior wyvern]

why does youtube auto mute a video when i click on it now

[pallid falcon]

Firefox?

[junior wyvern]

nah edge, sue me

i like using default things

[tame ermine]

wsgd

[pallid falcon]

Never had that issue on edge

[junior wyvern]

started happening 2 days ago

[strange elk]

I don't even bother changing the resolution on my games. I figure the developer intends me to play in 720p on my 1440p monitor

[zealous cedar]

Funny thing is you have a ton of people defending 1080p nowadays. They upgrade everything about their rig just to play on a 1080p monitor.

[hearty spear]

I need a 9950X3D and a 5090 for 1080p

(I wish I were being sarcastic, but people are REALLY doing that sort of shit)

[strange elk]

Saw someone defending it because its 24" and 1440p being larger makes it just as good. You lack screen real estate and overall space for elements though

[tawdry oak]

1080 Ti: May I retire? Me: No. You're on eternal guest against demons like Guts in Berserk.

[merry gull]

1080 Ti: Am I finally retired? No, you're just going into another PC.

[hidden geyser]

Good news and awkward news

I got an ergo chair, but it has made my desk feel tiny

[sturdy dune]

should get more desk

does your desk really box in your legs?

[hidden geyser]

It is so awkward; I could easily scoot under the keyboard shelf in my previous chair

Now I am forced to have some distance between myself and the keyboard

[sturdy dune]

you should do a wall mount or a sit stand desk

you can construct a sit stand desk thats quite nice for probably 400$ or so

[hidden geyser]

Maybe, but that will have to wait a bit

Buying the chair wasn't easy for me

[silver sun]

770

[winged spire]

https://x.com/nasaartemis/status/2028926641825517892?s=46

NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis)

Following the discovery of a helium flow issue with the Artemis II rocket, engineers have determined the issue and made repairs.

NASA is preparing to roll the vehicle out to the launch pad in the coming weeks ahead of a potential launch in April. https://t.co/BsRijNEucJ

X · Mar 3, 2026, 8:13 PM

[analog zinc]

hey

[smoky sundial]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1zZM7ISP8

linus linus linus

if u dont ask llms to pick a distro but use a good one and read a wiki or two

maybe it would be positive

and yk also not calling a x11/cinnamon issue a cachy os issue

[vapid smelt]

What flavor did he pick?

Oh cachy

[smoky sundial]

cachy was luke

he was POP!OS

LOL

[vapid smelt]

Oh

[smoky sundial]

luke also lied about steam not being in repos its in v3/v4/v2/extra/extra all the vs and zen 3 / 4 /5

and all the guis that come with cachy ootb for app stores have it

[vapid smelt]

I'm surprised old tech people like them have problems with Linux

[strange elk]

Still dont think he knows what octopi is

[smoky sundial]

their problems aint even real

i never had any of these on any modern distro

[hasty geode]

Homie that was literally the entire premise, "what would a real normie do to choose a distro".
They would ask chatgpt or a shitty listicle and be done with it, try whatever popped up, and at the first sign of trouble, bail on the idea. It's 100% realistic.
The problem is that anyone that's ever used Linux on the desktop successfully enough (me included) have already deviated from "normal".
It's this xkcd comic (https://xkcd.com/2501/) but for Linux and people keep not getting it 😭

xkcd: Average Familiarity

How could anyone consider themselves a well-rounded adult without a basic understanding of silicate geochemistry? Silicates are everywhere! It's hard to throw a rock without throwing one!

Literally none of my normie friends would open up a wiki or do any deeper research to choose.

And the premise sounds like it's aimed at linux vets ("hey, here's what normal people actually experience, could we work on this?"), not at normies ("hey, this is what you should do to try linux")

[vapid smelt]

I would look at YouTube guides and reddit threads for distro help and do for modding games on steam os

[hasty geode]

But again, in 2026, the average person also won't do these things.

[harsh quartz]

Well it seems like your someone whose highly informed and practiced in the space, and it’s probably not as easy to know all of this for anyone that hasn’t been using it for a long time

[hasty geode]

The average person buys a laptop and expects it to work. In that regard you could argue system76 did more for Linux mainstream appeal than anyone else because they at least tried to sell laptops with preinstalled linux 😭

And Valve's also doing some effort with the Steam Deck and Machine.

[smoky sundial]

but popos does suck

[hasty geode]

It does suck, but that's not the normie's problem.

[harsh quartz]

ChromeOS

[smoky sundial]

it is

[hasty geode]

The common average human buys a pc, it comes with an OS installed, and they don't run into any major issues with said OS. They don't flash bootable live usbs, they don't install other OSs

[smoky sundial]

tuxedo

lenovo

[hasty geode]

ChromeOS is a good example of something that the normie CAN use successfully

[smoky sundial]

hp ( DID BEFORE)

[hasty geode]

Like my mom genuinely doesn't give af what her laptop runs. She needs Chrome and Excel to work, and the second a single window is in the wrong place she crashes out.

[smoky sundial]

just mint or cachy or nobara or bazzite or fedora max or opensuse

[calm swan]

i mean dell and lenovo also sell laptops with leenux preinstalled

[hasty geode]

We already know all those distros and probably literally anything else is better than popOS

But nobody here is a normie.

It feels genuinely baffling that everyone fails to grasp the real level of research and tools used the average person in the world is willing or capable of using

[vapid smelt]

How many laptops sellers give a $100-150 discount for not having windows installed

[hasty geode]

Even a desktop is starting to be too hard, a lot of the younger gens are touch/mobile only

[calm swan]

pretty sure just lenovo and dell do this

[hasty geode]

I think Framework does as well?

[calm swan]

that too only the precision and p lineup respectively

[calm swan]

ah yeah them too

[hasty geode]

But then again, I also wouldn't expect a normal person buying a laptop to go for the cheaper option unless they have someone that's tech savvy that can install it for them.

Imagine your 60yo mom. She's buying a laptop on Amazon or whatever. Unless you install it for her, what are you expecting her to do with a laptop that doesn't come with an OS?

It's a literal brick with 0 use.

[vapid smelt]

They would buy a Celeron 2 core 4 thread laptop with 32-64gb of slow emmce storage

[hasty geode]

100% and that's also the point

[vapid smelt]

Already happened years back

[smoky sundial]

it comes with fedora and ubuntu argueably the most easy to use

[hasty geode]

Normal people have absolutely 0 skill, knowledge or interest in tech. They get whatever thing they find or whatever thing someone else recommends, and it either works or it doesnt.

Also can people please stop recommending immutable distros for desktop usage to normal people and linux beginners 🙏

[winged spire]

James has figured out what you’ve been upto.

[harsh quartz]

why the fuck does my notepad have spellcheck, autocorrect, and copilot now

and formatting

[hasty geode]

idk I use micro

[iron blaze]

guys does wifi actually harm your health

my gf keeps claiming so no matter how much research i try to do

[supple shell]

no thats not true at all

[oak pier]

no, not in the slightest

your girlfriend might be chuck mcgill

[iron blaze]

she keeps being afraid of everything

[civic fox]

no

[vapid smelt]

If it did we would all be sick or dead

We had it for over 29 years

[covert cradle]

the power levels for RF to be a health risk are enormously higher than any wifi router/device could ever output. An AP omnidirectionally emits a measly 1W at maximum. Client devices are even less. You need 100x the power and for it to be directional for it to be of any actual concern

[harsh quartz]

We have a customer that says our internet gave her cancer

She still has our internet tho

[vapid smelt]

Funny thing is they are way more likely to get killed riding the bikes on the road

[winged spire]

Leave her 😂

[iron blaze]

fuck no

just so you know we found a middle ground

that it can be harmful if exposed too much, especially for people that claim to have electromagnetic hypersensitivity if such even exists

[vapid smelt]

Braces are just a way for the government to control your child remotely

[oak pier]

that's why i went invisalign as a kid

[winged spire]

No women is worth sacrificing reason and intelligence

[iron blaze]

apparently some people claim to feel ems

like her dad which is a total piece of shit

[winged spire]

Lotta mental illness in the world, yes

[vapid smelt]

Like in better call Saul ?

[iron blaze]

she doesn't even have a mobild phone, no wifi in the house

[winged spire]

She needs a therapist 🤷

[iron blaze]

her dad fucked her over

i mean like

messed everything up for her

idk how to explain

he messed her up mentally if that makes sense

[vapid smelt]

Phycological trauma

[iron blaze]

yeah he's an abusive piece of shit i'm sorry

i know i probably shouldn't talk about this

[elfin jetty]

https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/

Oh microsoft. Please die.

[covert cradle]

except that's not a middle ground, that's just false. There's no amount of exposure to the RF of wifi that'll ever be harmful. Directed energy weapons exist, so there is a level of energy that can be harmful. It's just never coming out of a wifi device lol.

[iron blaze]

yeah, that's what i tried to tell her, it's only a middle ground so i can get to reason with her later if that makes sense idfk how to explain

[vapid smelt]

Radio signals have been blasting non stop for 130 years too

[iron blaze]

she's just really worried about everything and looks for info until she finds the one that agrees with her

[covert cradle]

more powerful ones than wifi even

[vapid smelt]

We must move under water to keep safe frfr

[iron blaze]

damn i wanna meet spongebob

[covert cradle]

let's make atlantis real

oh wait, I forgot it's already moved over to the pegasus galaxy

[vapid smelt]

I call getting to walk Gary

[iron blaze]

reminds me that i managed to put all of season 3 onto a single-layer dvd 😭

[vapid smelt]

Is she afraid of cars yet?

[iron blaze]

that no at least

she was worried about kissing giving stds tho

[restive lion]

They can tear windows 10 from my cold dead hands

[vapid smelt]

1 in 107 chance to die in a car accident for the USA

[iron blaze]

i'm glad to be a mac user /hj

[vapid smelt]

We need bigger SUVs and trucks to make it an even 1 in 100

[iron blaze]

even bigger?

[vapid smelt]

Ofc we need to compensate even more

[iron blaze]

😭

[elfin jetty]

I gave up on windows entirely

[iron blaze]

i wanna get an xbox 360 ngl

what do y'all think

[restive lion]

Yeah I use Mac for everything but gaming now

[iron blaze]

same but i wanna try gaming with crossover and stuff

[vapid smelt]

https://all3dp.com/2/kinect-3d-scanner-easy-beginner-tutorial/ for the good first generation Kinect?

[winged spire]

Kinects make fantastic depth sensors

[iron blaze]

idk i just wanna play minecraft on a crt 😭

[covert cradle]

hey, azure kinect is pretty cool too. Too bad they canned it, but at least Analog Devices still makes the sensor

[vapid smelt]

For 3d scanning first gen is better then second

[elfin jetty]

Ive always hated apple. I run linux on all my machines now (specifically debian)

[winged spire]

For 3d scanning you’re better off doing photogrammetry

It beats out the even $2000+ scanners

[iron blaze]

why do people even choose linux

what's so attractive about it

[vapid smelt]

From what I saw the Xbox Kinect sucks at doing small scans, it needs to be bigger than a human head

[iron blaze]

people keep telling me to switch to linux but i don't really care about customizability or being open source

[vapid smelt]

No ai or microslop

[iron blaze]

i can disable apple intelligence from settings so idk

[winged spire]

The v1 is like 480x640

[oak pier]

more light weight than windows, and more customizability

[vapid smelt]

Microsoft had so many broken updates this year for w11

[iron blaze]

i just use 10 on my desktop

i wanna do a patched install of 7 tho

it's 10th gen so it's a bit difficult

but i did it once before

[oak pier]

there is no safe way to run a win 7 install online

[upbeat harness]

#laptop

[iron blaze]

i don't download shit from sketchy websites

[vapid smelt]

V2 could track your heartbeat

[iron blaze]

so idk

[oak pier]

that ain't the issue lol

there are so many other vectors

[vapid smelt]

Wifi

[winged spire]

🤨 how

[iron blaze]

well idk i haven't really found much info

i used vista online for like a month 😭

[oak pier]

Anything that has lost security update support, is inherently unsafe

the fact you haven't had a problem so far, is not evidence that you won't have a problem in the future

[iron blaze]

what safety risks are there tho

[vapid smelt]

can track heart rate in real-time without sensors by using its 1080p RGB camera and infrared (IR) sensor to detect minute color changes (photoplethysmography) or intensity variations in a person's face or skin. Google ai summary

[oak pier]

An endless number of unpatched security concerns

Some of which are known, many more which are unknown

[winged spire]

Mmmm

Yeah that cannot be reliable

[vapid smelt]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5579477/

[vapid smelt]

But imagine horror games using it

[covert cradle]

I still want to make something with the ADTF3175, but it's so much work to make it into a proper product. Probably would be good idea to include a color sensor too.

https://www.analog.com/en/products/adtf3175.html

[junior wyvern]

I wouldn't go that far, I'd still set it to high but I wouldn't change individual settings, the global high setting is fine + most of the time games defaults to your monitors resolution anyway

[vapid smelt]

Why didn't you tell me poor French people and French prisons were shipped over in the 1700s to boost the population of Louisiana. All this time I could've been talking to a part French person 🤢

[winged spire]

I am NOT a native

nor fr*nch

if I was born in louisiana bro ... 💀

[vapid smelt]

Oh thank God that was close

[fossil burrow]

freak

[winged spire]

bro deleted the message

[vapid smelt]

You don't have img perms

[fossil burrow]

i cant send pics

[winged spire]

crazy

[fossil burrow]

i had a boatload of ram on my arm tho

[fossil burrow]

it was cool :(

[crude dome]

I found a 16+256 MacBook m2 air for 550, is this a good price? Local so no shipping or tax

[sturdy dune]

not really

[vapid smelt]

Yeah

[sturdy dune]

i mean modern macbooks are not much more expensive than that at holiday pricing

[vapid smelt]

$760* from apple refurbished m4 16gb 256gb mac air

[sturdy dune]

m4 air was like 699 this past black friday

maybe 599 but i cannot remember

[vapid smelt]

Sorry it's $760 not 850

[crude dome]

thanks

[crude dome]

My budget is 650 max and I’d like to spend less

[sturdy dune]

550 isnt bad you should see if you can get him to 500 tho

[crude dome]

idk it was listed at 600 with no tax and shipping I’m fine at 550 so I think imma do it

[humble dove]

I just got a flashback of the old Windows 95 turn off screen message...my knees hurt now lol

[graceful mortar]

Shit

Up $0.13 form yesterday

QT by my house went up 20% overnight!

😭

[winged spire]

That’s what happens when you close the strait of Hormuz

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/goat-gif-8239001140115414404

[median idol]

Windows 95 startup is a huge nostalgia trip

Eat your fucking heart out, XP

[winged spire]

https://fxtwitter.com/matthartensveld/status/1959472278833648052?s=46

Matthew Hartensveld, PhD (@MattHartensveld)

Class 100 Cleanroom Shed I Built For Semiconductor R&D :)

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FxTwitter · Aug 24, 2025, 4:26 AM

Ts is wild 😭

The autism is strong with this one

He’s WELL above the specs for class 100 too

[blissful anchor]

sup

[distant herald]

heay

[karmic wedge]

certified hmmmmmmmmm

[versed void]

Keep waking up to calf cramps anybody knows what could trigger it
It become so badly that i started always feel pain on my calf

[chrome vector]

You need water

or electrolytes

or you're fucked

[vapid smelt]

bananas

[chrome vector]

potassium too

[versed void]

i drink a lot of water i might even get water sickness that much

[chrome vector]

Then you need electrolytes likely, like potassium

[versed void]

i eat around 2 every day but dont directly eat it put it into things i eat

[restive lion]

"free wifi fee" is certainly a phrase

[chrome vector]

Either that or it's something else and you'll have to go to a doctor because multiple things cause it

[versed void]

first time hearing electrolytes let me search it

[chrome vector]

Common ones are lack of water or lack of electrolytes

[versed void]

oh i'm def getting a lot of potassium but not sure about electrolytes

[restive lion]

time to have some gatorade

[versed void]

search but didnt understand that one

[versed void]

yeah imma do that but wanted to ask anyways to relive myself

this shit actuall hurts

like even when i'm getting calf hits doesnt hurts this much

[chrome vector]

When I wake up with that I stand up immediately

Goes away in a second or two

Other way it to stretch it out

[versed void]

cant really strech it to be honest this is not like regular cramps i'm getting i dont know why this much cramps i'm getting

[karmic wedge]

Indeed it is one of the fees ever conceived

[swift briar]

Hi

[pallid falcon]

What happened to the floatplane chat

[shut lichen]

Nothing

[alpine gale]

Your Discord client seems broken. Fully close it, ensure your mobile device has a working internet connection, then re-launch Discord. Of course, this is after ensuring the app is updated.

(There should be categories for Notifications and Floatplane between Info and Main.)

[mild sorrel]

haiiiiii

[fast arrow]

ho hi

[plush grotto]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LOoaJ2lbqmduxOaZpS

[fast arrow]

reduced to atoms

[sudden thunder]

i booted up my computer to this… i thought it was a death threat

It’s crosshair X’s free trial ending notification

[austere shale]

My custom plates got here finally 10/10

[loud blaze]

Toes? Like on the feet?

[modern pier]

apple you jerks

$599

[frank lagoon]

apple prices are silly

[young trench]

hey

[strange elk]

wow I had no idea people liked Halo Reach more than 4

Thought fans didnt like Reach even

[strange elk]

Free trial for an application that puts a graphic in the middle of the screen and brings it to top?

Damn thats cringe

[rustic tundra]

i would say its enough for the target audience

its supposed to be for school and those who dont require a lot

[strange elk]

8gb ram/vram

[strange elk]

Thats called a Chromebook

[rustic tundra]

arent those shit?

the neo runs full macos

[strange elk]

Whats a neo

[rustic tundra]

the new macbook?

[strange elk]

What the fuck lmao

[rustic tundra]

13in mac with an a18 pro chip that runs full macos

[strange elk]

Starts at $600 I mean

[rustic tundra]

considering the air starts at 1000

[frank lagoon]

yoga chromebooks are peak sometimes

[strange elk]

Its not great still. Id pay less for it anyway

[rustic tundra]

the neo might even be my first mac

thinking about it

[strange elk]

Im still looking at the mac mini just because its got more memory and thunderbolt. And M4

🫃

[rustic tundra]

id rather just have a first time mac experience with everything mac

the display and convenience of a laptop in case i want to do anything other than gaming

[strange elk]

The display and keyboard are the only "Mac exclusives" youd be missing out on. is the display even that good?

mm liquid retina

Idk Ill have to see more about it

[rustic tundra]

its not the average ips though

[strange elk]

Looks promising

[rustic tundra]

apple cares about image quality

[strange elk]

I get that, but its a budget laptop. they cut corners somewhere

[rustic tundra]

one of reasons why im going ❌ on gaming monitors anymore

[strange elk]

weird flex but ok

Ill enjoy my 144 fps

[rustic tundra]

and "downgrading" to a professional monitor

120hz is more than enough for me

after experiencing multiple refresh rates

[strange elk]

120 is prob fine but I like the number 144 more

[rustic tundra]

i had my current monitor at 120 and i didnt notice it despite it being 144

ive experienced 24hz, ive experienced 480hz

120 is the ideal balance between bandwidth and smoothness

[strange elk]

Idk aout 24hz but def sub 10 fps

[rustic tundra]

my monitor can literally do 24hz

[strange elk]

wym by bandwidth

[rustic tundra]

4k has a high bandwidth itself

[strange elk]

Oh I dont use 4k either so non issue for me rn, 1440p is plenty for me

[rustic tundra]

and i only use 4k

[strange elk]

Good balance of pixel density/image quality and price

actually shit

Ill prob recommend that laptop to my mum, what could go wrong

[frank lagoon]

i got 720p 😎

may the ps3 be forever with me

[strange elk]

cant PS3 do 1080P?

[frank lagoon]

i do have 1080p on youtube

[rustic tundra]

can do 1080i

[frank lagoon]

Yes.

[strange elk]

right

[frank lagoon]

Most games dont support more than 720p

I mean ps3 has upscaling to 1080p

wonky

[rustic tundra]

what will i buy to play gta 6 bro

xbox is apparently dying

[frank lagoon]

a wii

[strange elk]

rpcs3 has scaling higher than that 😌

[rustic tundra]

and i dont really want to buy a ps5

[frank lagoon]

well guess what, i dont emulate.

If i want to play a game on a older console, i buy it!

got myself a ps2

[strange elk]

I mean I have the consoles

[frank lagoon]

i bought angry birds trilogy for ps3 when i was in lapland

[strange elk]

Just can be more convenient and can look better. Not always but

[strange elk]

My opinion that the DS version is best

[frank lagoon]

maybe.

[strange elk]

At least one of them

A cromulent phone is gonna be better but like.. feels like it was made for the DS

[hearty tangle]

hi

[wary summit]

macbook neo is reminding me of the old 13inch mac

[glad lichen]

I don’t understand why Nintendo doesn’t have a DS/Arcade Classic on the switch 2. Sell a vertical adapter, turn 90 degree. Dual screen/vertical arcade. PROFIT

[strange elk]

Because Nintendo is run by lawyers and bankers instead of engineers and game designers

[tired glade]

What's macbook neo?

[strange elk]

"budget" lineup

[tired glade]

Oh, another one

[glad lichen]

Nintendo be thinking they are Disney

[glad lichen]

8gb ram , it’s rough times

[tired glade]

I don't know, Nintendo park looks better

[tired glade]

If they hadn't remade os for it,it will be gone in a gen

[glad lichen]

I would imagine they originally planned 16gb but cut back

Wouldn’t had surprised me

[strange elk]

Well im not buying a switch 2 for it. Unless its like.. 6 years later like I got my switch 1

[glad lichen]

Switch 2 is nice. Finally a decent switch for portable use. I wasn’t able the use the original switch portable. Screen was so bad, so freaking bad

[exotic sundial]

this would be sick. Anyone know if any of the handhelds support this? even an emulator and older games would be cool, even if you dont get "modern" nintendo games

[glad lichen]

Just get a DS emulator

Not a thing on switch tho unmodded

[exotic sundial]

i just have a DS

only handheld i have

[exotic sundial]

i didnt know if any of the linux/steam handhelds did

[strange elk]

Ayaneo Thor is cool obviously. If MelonDS/Azahar can do it though then.. yea linux can do it

All you need to do is set your display to vertical I think

[winged spire]

https://fxtwitter.com/sawyermerritt/status/2029206124218479049?s=46

Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)

NEWS: Apple has introduced the MacBook Neo, their most affordable laptop ever.
︀︀
︀︀• Price: $599 ($499 for students)
︀︀• 16 hour battery life
︀︀• 13" display, 500 nits
︀︀• A18 Pro chip
︀︀• 256GB or 512GB of storage
︀︀• Four colors: silver, indigo, blush, and citrus
︀︀• Weight: 2.7 lbs
︀︀• Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 6 connectivity
︀︀• 8GB RAM
︀︀• 1080p front-facing camera, dual mics with directional beamforming, and dual side-firing speakers with Spatial Audio.
︀︀• Lowest-carbon Mac. Features 60% recycled materials, more than any other Apple product.
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FxTwitter · Mar 4, 2026, 2:43 PM

Kinda crazy

[strange elk]

How do I student

[winged spire]

Now they’ve got the best budget laptop too 😭

[strange elk]

500 nits? oof

[winged spire]

Every 500$ laptop on the market is a steaming pile of shit

[gilded quest]

I'm sure it'll be fine

But it's so uninteresting to me

[strange elk]

Genuinely just gotta see how it is I think, I want to see it compared with the funny mac mini

I have always wanted a macbook I suppose as well. And 13".. yes. Obv gonna be better than a MBP 2014 at least which was the last one I considered before

[exotic sundial]

as someone who pretty muches refuses to buy apple products (other then the ipad because of the pencil in school)
I give them much respect for the neo. I wont be buying one, but i think it is fantastic

[tired glade]

You don't need their console for enter amusement part

[calm swan]

16gb would have made it the easiest rec ever

[tired glade]

That's a screen with a keyboard, nowadays

[winged spire]

Had to half bathe him today

He does NOT like

Idk if my water Temp was off though

Maybe too cold

[glad lichen]

for SDR it's fine. not a HDR display i assume

Tho have u guys seen those laptops from CES. So many still saying "Coming soon", no pricing.

[strange elk]

Tw🤮tter

Can't even use it without an account now

[strange elk]

Oh like a physical location? Lmao who do you think I am

[olive patio]

Hey everyone, I'm an industrial design student engineering a new controller design for my studio class. I need some hardcore data on controller ergonomics, stick drift, and switch tactility to make the CAD models accurate. The survey is 100% anonymous (no emails collected), all multiple-choice, and takes 3 mins. I'd massively appreciate your input to help make a controller that doesn't actually cause hand cramps! https://forms.gle/4nrzteJKomMeYAZd7

[harsh quartz]

Nooo we finally got away from the 8gb

[glad lichen]

twitter prob the most crazy place these days

it's 4 chan -turbo

[winged spire]

Spoken like someone that’s never used Twitter or 4chan 💔

[glad lichen]

I'm on twitter every day, and now twitter is also a place to post 4 year old 4chan posts

[junior wyvern]

holy shit they put my childhood game back on steam but its unlisted, cs:go is so back babyyyyyy

[vale fractal]

hey

[summer folio]

Make 4GB RAM & 32-bit OS great again

[languid aurora]

Guys what would happen if you take an ssd from a laptop with windows already on it and put it in a new computer without an os

[summer folio]

it would auto-detect what drivers are needed & boot up gg ez

[languid aurora]

So i wouldn’t need to change anything in bios? Perfect. This is goated

[summer folio]

Your luck may vary, worked fine for me

[languid aurora]

Trying to download windows on a headless laptop is such a pain. I think this is the only viable strategy

[vale fractal]

man i bought a laptop and it only has 16gigs of ddr5 ram at 6400 mhz

now i gotta wait for the ram prices to drop

[languid aurora]

I’d just suck it up and buy them now if i were you. That shi is not going down before your laptop becomes outdated

[vale fractal]

no student is buying that even i got a $1500 laptop as a student

[winged spire]

You “got” a laptop?

[vale fractal]

yeah ig

[summer folio]

Why would you ever need more than that? RAM Disk Drive?

[winged spire]

Bro was given a 1500$ laptop and now has no understanding of what affordable means 💔

[mystic tundra]

random fact: mrbeast is using cocoa in his chocolate that is as well sourced from child labour

[vale fractal]

3d rendering and gaming stuff

[mystic tundra]

that's all i have to say today

[winged spire]

Absolute clown behavior

[vale fractal]

yea ig

[languid aurora]

Mr beast is a billionaire man. You don’t make a billionaire without exploiting people

[vale fractal]

had to score a 3.5 gpa to convince my parents

[winged spire]

Should studied harder lmao

[restive lion]

Lol lmao even

Most the students I know that aren't in my program would buy that

[languid aurora]

1500 isn’t a lot to save up as a student, at least in America

[winged spire]

His dad bought it for him

[vale fractal]

yea

[vale fractal]

i am not american

[languid aurora]

Where you from

[vale fractal]

cant say vro

[winged spire]

India

Nice try tho

[vale fractal]

i can just say that i had to face constant crashouts for 6 months

[languid aurora]

1500 is like half a year’s worth of wages in india holu

[vale fractal]

to get this

[vale fractal]

the pc prices here are too much

i could have got a 5070 one at the same price in us

most of the brand services are bad here too

had to buy a reliable one

[echo sluice]

Yea dude we are gonna track you down

https://tenor.com/view/tole-tole-mei-mei-cat-vro-sister-mei-gif-14175610132671381767

[vale fractal]

https://klipy.com/gifs/patrick-patrick-star-25

[harsh quartz]

Honestly the more I look at this the more I dislike it. Phone chip and 8gb of ram with extremely low storage when instead you could get one of these for 70$ more

[fossil frost]

look at the windows laptops for the same price. thats what apple are chasing.. i3 level with 8gb of "unified" ram too (8gb of single channel system ram, that has 128mb partitioned off for igpu)

[harsh quartz]

Sure, but the refurbs are just a better deal imo

[fossil frost]

same for windows laptops.. but many people want new, or HAVE to have new for whatever reason.. and.. we will NEVER have a refurb market is people DONT buy new... so... refurbs are a better deal for you, but are not objectively a better deal for everyone

[winged spire]

Many windows laptops in this price range literally do not work out of the box

It’s insane

[fossil frost]

im aware

[calm swan]

the $679 ones are 8gb as well. the $759 m4 ones are what you want to look at

or ebay 14" m1 pro for $659 w/ warranty

[fossil frost]

was looking for something for my kids before xmas.. the difference between spending £400 and £500, was similar percentage wise to the difference in spending £1000 and £2000... at the low end, every extra £1 seemed to matter A LOT

[harsh quartz]

8gb isn’t the biggest deal on a low end laptop, and at that point your 160$ over, starting to spend significantly more. But for 70$ more you get significantly more storage and processing power

[fossil frost]

£300, you got intel an intel atom, or something like that, £400, i3 level with 8gb ram, £500, i5 low power with 16gb of ram, or the good i5 with 8gb of ram

[harsh quartz]

That’s why Chromebooks were interesting, they didn’t seem to have the same issue as a windows machine at that price point. Like the n series chips in the Best Buy specials for cheap windows S mode laptops, those things are abysmally bad

[calm swan]

something like this would be an absolute banger. the only downside is support

though tbh the neo for $499 new is pretty compelling if youre a student

ill probably see a LOT of neos at my college next year

[winged spire]

I know lots of people still rocking old LCD MacBook airs

[harsh quartz]

Yeah, that’s why the refurbs are a nice deal, significantly cheaper than a new one but still has the Apple support

[calm swan]

like m1 mbas? yeah

[winged spire]

Older

Didn’t realize they were still LCD

[calm swan]

the airs are

[winged spire]

Lit up apple logo old

[calm swan]

oh OH

[winged spire]

lol

Not so much in the engineering department obviously but plenty of business and art majors using MacBooks that old

[fossil frost]

i never understood the hate that chromebooks got.. people who didnt like them, didnt like them because they were trying to force them to do something they were not designed to do.. .and getting angry that the thing they got for free.. wasnt better than their home computer that they paid for... a chromebook needed to run chromeos, and a browser, and they needed to be cheap, so that schools were able to buy 100s of them.

[winged spire]

I got lucky enough with timing when I worked at Bestbuy we got the Alienware m16 R2 for 960$ brand new

4070 and intel h155

Employee discount go crazy

Put 64gb of ddr5 in there when it was less than 200$ for the kit 😭

[solemn mesa]

Is there a hardware channel to ask for help? With my pc

[fossil frost]

#1027757333117415424

[solemn mesa]

Thanks

[winged spire]

They ain’t increasing the ram even if they wanted to

They’re just overproducing iPhone chips and figuring out what to do with leftovers 😂

[harsh quartz]

I think a lot of the hate was because companies started making “expensive” Chromebooks for like 800$-1k and they still sucked cause of course, it’s chromeOS

[winged spire]

The a18 pro apparently outperforms the M1?

[fossil frost]

sits just above M1 apparently, which is still more than plenty for most people

[winged spire]

Yeah definitely

Crazy my phone has that power lol

I guess that’s how death standing runs so well on it

[fossil frost]

crazy that we can get so much performance out of such a low power budget.. yet x86 based cpus still suck down several 100 watts

[graceful mortar]

Crazy world we live in that this is $2,000 ... And they are all used 🫤.

[winged spire]

Give us a raspberry pi zero 3w with apple silicon 😭😭😭

[fossil frost]

tbh, if somebody else could put in what apple put into ARM, and have a 2nd real competitor.. and THAT went onto rpi's, that would be even better

will start forcing the whole market that way

[summer folio]

Idk man, Apple Macbook with Core 2 Duo from 2010 could type in Word as well.

• it's cheaper.

[fossil frost]

personally, only reason i wouldnt buy the neo is that its too small for me

i know a few people who would love it.. but.. my hands would make it look like a toy

[calm swan]

wont happen

apple controls the whole thing which is why asi is succesful

[fossil frost]

google has the might to do it, but not the will.. amazon keep trying, but keep failing

google keeps pushing out NPUs instead

[summer folio]

You don't really need anything faster than a HP Mini 2140 Netbook single-core Atom N270 10" 1024x576 for school tbh

[graceful mortar]

Hmm SOOO it's hitting that heat sink. Will it matter?

The cooler mounts to this frame with springs screws

[raven breach]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/745382159715532885/1478854355405770763/vid.mov?ex=69a9e9f2&is=69a89872&hm=1eb374072f1c423054d249f7596949d5f4297027c1e9b98cbecefbf02c674829&
Whats happening??

i cant send embeds here /:

#off-topic message

[gilded quest]

Dremel

Angle grinder

Belt sander

[thorny kite]

RE: the recent Reboot vid, this is where I first learned about Sticky-Shed Syndrome, last year. 🙂 ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp8giuiWP5Y

[lost mango]

Is anyone active that knows how to build a pc

[long lotus]

I thought LTT wasn’t doing members only videos anymore because of how it spammed feeds?

[sinful hill]

Hello where i can buy cheaper ddr5 Ram sricks i m from middle europe

[viscid elm]

rip

[rose cargo]

press public

[regal ore]

https://www.geoguessr.com/join/KFKB7?s=Url

[cedar pulsar]

Hi

[elfin isle]

hi

[summer folio]

@hybrid spear explain yourself

[oak pier]

No where

[strange elk]

Floatplane money wasn't enough

😔

Man with all these block games coming out we're gonna have some competition for best one again

Even though Vintage Story was out sooner

Hell even MC Java getting Vulkan support is somewhat exciting

[digital oar]

You can filter it out now lol

[digital hawk]

I can't wait for the games based on the backrooms movie to come out

[teal heron]

Try used because other whose it’s rarer then diamonds

[main sleet]

Hi everyone am new here

[glacial ivy]

hey people

[hexed goblet]

Hiya there y'all!

[nova tulip]

Hello new here.

[digital hawk]

Hey I'm one of those things!

[glacial ivy]

1155...?

or just 11

kidding.

[long lotus]

oh im aware of that but they either uploaded a video or did a wan show bit about how they were removing members only videos and making it floatplane only

oh i see, they did an update to the video because they added that button

[spiral zodiac]

A "little known show" called reboot? Are you kidding? It was one of the shows I loved watching way back in the day lol

[winged spire]

Japan had another launch failure 😭

Rapidly spinning while falling back to earth is suboptimal

[spiral zodiac]

The fun problem of the guys backing up the show explained in a video. The heads they just got that are literally new in box and the only ones out there. They have a VERY short lifespan

[thorny kite]

500 hours :/

[spiral zodiac]

Lol yeah

Mostly down to bearings and the rpm that head is spinning at

If only they could slow it all down and extend the lifespan