tech-chat-1

[candid bolt]

Sim?

[tidal geyser]

they are both a520

[plain cypress]

A series chipset is an L

[tidal geyser]

but its up to you

[tidal geyser]

no performance loss tho

[candid bolt]

Gigabyte a520 or tuff?

[tidal geyser]

and you still have PBO and ram OC and so on

[plain cypress]

Doesn't make it not an L

[plain cypress]

Both low end get whichever is cheaper tbh

[tidal geyser]

but yeah fine if you have the extra to go for that just go b550

[candid bolt]

How much is a b550?

[tidal geyser]

yea

[strange atlas]

I want to move my nas to another room but what can i do for the internet situation

modem is in my room

[plain cypress]

E
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E
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C
A
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L
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[strange atlas]

damn

[plain cypress]

If your house has coax you can use moca but honestly just run a damn cable

[strange atlas]

i dont have it unfortunately 😦 and for the cable thing i put it way above my room

I dont even think you can find a cable that long

Oh you can def find wth

[frigid blade]

I love MoCA

[somber mason]

should i make a post in #1106613567966429224 for phone recommendations?

[plain cypress]

Just run it on the floor

[frigid blade]

Is Ethernet over Powerline more reliable than WiFi?

[strange atlas]

They will kick me out of the house

[plain cypress]

Slit their throats

[frigid blade]

There are adapters that you connect to your wall socket

[plain cypress]

Powerline sucks

[strange atlas]

maybe i can find a way to make cable go between walls

that would be fine ass hell

[frigid blade]

Your location can be a guinea pig, buy some Ethernet over Powerline adpaters on amazon and test that vs WiFi

if its worse you can return for free

[plain cypress]

Or run a cable very neatly

[frigid blade]

Or that but they said they cant do it

You can also stick mounts to the walls really high and run it across the very top of the walls

[plain cypress]

No they said they can do it
They would just be sacrificed

There's a difference

[strange atlas]

it will def be better than wifi thank youu

we have heavy ass concrete walls

it blocks the signals or something even phone lines cuts when i get in my room 😄

shitty istanbul houses

[frigid blade]

LTT made a video explining it almost a decade ago, at that time theoretical limits were 2Gbps

Doesn't look like it has changed much, 2.4Gbps theoretical limits now

[strange atlas]

around 500 mbps is enough for me

[frigid blade]

Realistic performance is only like 35% of the avertised powerline rate

1Gbps adapter -> 350Mbps actual speeds

[candid bolt]

Any one knows a non explosive cheap fully/semi moduler psu?

[plain cypress]

AX1600i

[strange atlas]

thats still good enough for me thank youu

[candid bolt]

Me?

[frigid blade]

It really comes down to the powerline cables, if they are old you'll probably have slower speeds. Either way I think it would be cool to test

Ive never had an application where I had to test it so I'm wondering how it goes

I was lucky enough to be able to use MoCA adapters and do ethernet over coaxial

I get almost max speed on them

[jolly brook]

Which was more memorable? Windows 7 or windows XP

[true stirrup]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/2/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?pli=1#

[candid bolt]

I fr dont know how to use that list

[strange atlas]

ctrl + f

[frigid blade]

or f3

Dude it literally explains how to use it

[tidal geyser]

reading it

[frigid blade]

after that its just comparing colors

[candid bolt]

And where is the psu names?

[frigid blade]

look at the top

[strange atlas]

no way you would buy b tier psu for rx 6800

at least in this day and age

b tiers are so expensive it costs almost same as second hand rx 6800

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/50first-dates-i-cant-read-i-just-cant-read-adam-sandler-henry-roth-gif-21316867

[true stirrup]

Good enough

[frigid blade]

B tier PSUs are not expensive

[jolly brook]

I installed windows 11 on my Nintendo switch Lite 🤓

Yay

[frigid blade]

Im pretty sure a lot of A tier PSUs are expensive either

[true stirrup]

Physically impossible

[jolly brook]

I got Apple intelligence on my windows XP pc but ok

[true stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/lie-lie-detector-cap-you-are-lying-stop-lying-gif-12198388917433403789

[frigid blade]

oh wow these dropped $50

[odd marsh]

It would never work

[frigid blade]

udimm vs sodimm

[true stirrup]

The "or" between speeds is killing me 😭

[strange atlas]

i bought my gpu at 8000 turkish liras and like asus tuf 750w gold psu (b tier) costs 8162 turkish liras

[frigid blade]

$210 for a b tier?

You can get A tier 1500W PSU for like $150 on eBay if you look hard enough

[strange atlas]

second hand yeah sure but i dont trust second hand psus

I think high end stuff is only expensive here

cause i'm looking at worse ones they are cheap ass hell

but only b or mores expensive

[frigid blade]

Wow, that delivery price is bad lol

[strange atlas]

it says 239 there

• 38 dollars shipment

so its same?

[frigid blade]

refurb $150

[strange atlas]

man stop with that emote thing its annoying

[frigid blade]

<@&750150305383186585> ^^^^

[strange atlas]

Found this one MSI MAG A750GL for 4999 turkish liras i guess there are cheap ones too if you look good

[tidal geyser]

MOMO PLS

ty

xd

hello jawa

wow warship is slow

https://tenor.com/view/sandcrawler-pod-racer-star-wars-gotta-go-fast-phantom-menace-gif-7806705348498142854

[spring latch]

anyone else just got absolutely random and completely not connected hobbies and intrests?

[signal acorn]

Video games are my hobby/job, but I also like photography a whole lot.

I think someone might have asked this before but I thought I'd double check before turning it on. I have a 9800X3D and I've got some Corsair Vengeance ram that supports EXPO. I have EXPO enabled but I didn't turn on High Bandwith support. Is it safe to turn that on as well?

[lethal bay]

High Bandwidth… are you referring to Smart Access Memory?

SAM should automatically be enabled ngl

[spring latch]

tornado siren ambiene from 12/4/2024

[frigid blade]

Yes, until I found more

I used to enjoy RF way too much for my age, but now its all connected since its all tech

[spring latch]

this siren you see here is a Whelen WPS 2750, this is one of 2 towns in iowa maintaining this siren, and also the only one in the USA with a digital 864 controller

you only here whelen until 18 seconds where theres an ASC T-128 from tiffin

[frigid blade]

thats like an autism hobby

im not saying that in a bad way 🤣

[spring latch]

all the sirens heard:
Whelen WPS 2750 - x1
Whelen WPS 2805 - x1
Whelen WPS 2910: x2
Whelen Vortex - x1
Whelen WPS 4004 - x2
ASC T128 - x2

[stoic nova]

sure, we all do to some extent, its part of what makes us human

[spring latch]

americas most boring answer

[stoic nova]

you like tornado sirens, I like numbers stations

[signal acorn]

It looks like this:

[frigid blade]

why does your ram have AI

[lethal bay]

Oh. I’ve never seen that lol.

[frigid blade]

tf is AI boost

[signal acorn]

I have no idea!

[frigid blade]

why is there AI in everything now

[lethal bay]

You can definitely bump that FCLK up though

[peak knot]

ai boost is just auto oc

[frigid blade]

so its renamed same system

[lethal bay]

basically

it’s all marketing

[frigid blade]

thats so stupid

[signal acorn]

But the XMP/EXPO High Bandwith Support, should that be enabled?

[tidal geyser]

no

[signal acorn]

EXPO 1 has been on and it runs fine. I’ve just never seen the high bandwidth option before.

[signal acorn]

Okay, just not needed? Would it conflict with EXPO?

[tidal geyser]

just do not use it

[trim gyro]

I don't see a reason to change random settings if everything works fine as is

[signal acorn]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. I just didn’t know if it was a feature that needed to be enabled for better performance or stability.

[signal acorn]

What would that do in general? I usually don’t touch anything like that.

[lethal bay]

Up your memory bandwidth a bit, can help in some games that like bandwidth

Honestly, if you’re unfamiliar, 2000 is fine lol

[signal acorn]

All new to the wonderful world of DDR5 and AMD processors.

🥳

[winter lantern]

500w 20$ psu aliexpress vs 5090

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-hi-cute-kitten-cat-gif-6917710866304482943

[true warren]

someone try that

[fickle sonnet]

i don’t know too much about mothboards, what is that stuck on cpu looking chip on the mono

mobo

[lethal bay]

the chipset?

[fickle sonnet]

oh I was guessing so thanks

[red bluff]

Anyone knows the name of this case? (I don't know, im trying to find out which one it is)

[steep heath]

anyone have a recomendation of like, less than 40$ wireless earbuds for pc, ?

[lethal bay]

Any experience I’ve ever had with wireless audio on pc has been terrible so I run wired everything lol

well, besides mice but yeah

[tidal geyser]

is google lense broken for you?

[red bluff]

Never worked for me. Hahaha

[tidal geyser]

as this is what comes up for me

[red bluff]

Found it tho!!

[tidal geyser]

does this not work?

[solar moat]

where is is air flow

[red bluff]

Although it's weird, my friend has the hdd cage, and the one I found doesn't 😦

[tidal geyser]

no thanks

[normal tusk]

i want to let yall know in advance if any of you spoil grand theft auto 6 for me when it comes out im going to sign you up for scientology

[trim gyro]

it's going to have crime

[stuck depot]

which cpu is better? ryzen 5 3600 or the 5500? on paper tge 3600 seems to be better because 32mb l3 cache and pcie gen 4

[hidden hill]

if i were to chose a pc with identical specs besides the cpu, which should i pick? the one with a ryzen 9 9900X, or the one with a intel core i7 14700F?

[thorn cove]

ryzen 9 9900x

that way, you get more cpu compatibility. AMD plans to support AM5 up to 2027

and i'd expect the 9900x to have a lot more performance

but in terms of value I am getting, is an 820$ 9070xt from micro center or a 620$ 7900xt a better gpu? I like the 9070 xt more because it is newer and has more RT cores and better AI gen frames to put even more life into it.

but would that be worth a 200$ increase?

I also found a 5070 for 620$, I also like this option because I dont like staying loyal to one brand

[hidden hill]

ok ty!

asking for a friend and i think theyre going with a prebuilt

ends up being similar in price due to some deals at best buy and the membership

[thorn cove]

yeah it seems the 9900x is similarly good to the 14700kf

[hidden hill]

think im going to have my friend go for one with a 5070

nvidias features are pretty nice tbh

[thorn cove]

they are good but make sure he isnt overspending, prebuilts have a bad problem with that.

[hidden hill]

yeah been calcing the prices and comparing, ibuypower seems to have some decent prices with the deals

[winter lantern]

why does my 1650 laptop run much better then my 1650 super desktop

i get like 50fps on sm2 on the laptop and like 10 on the desktop

[blazing blade]

CPU RAM?

[winter lantern]

way better on the desktop

13900kf and 64gb

laptop is 10500h and 32

[blazing blade]

Could be a cooling issue

[normal igloo]

Hello- does anyone know a good motherboard/CPU that'll go with an AMD 5700XT, within a 600w power supply ?

[thin plover]

10 vs 50 sounds like a bug

[blazing blade]

but even that type of perfomance loss doenst seem normal

[thin plover]

bugged drivers or something

[winter lantern]

ig laptop performence is better then desktop

it was just a conspericy

ill reinstall drviers ig

[thorn cove]

do you guys recommend a 5070 ti instead? as long as tariff prices dont return before my paycheck, I can buy one.

[winter lantern]

should i sell my 4090 or send it to rma

i heard rma destorys cards making them unfixable

[trim gyro]

that doesn't sound profitable

[distant frigate]

Lmaooo Jesus

That noise

[thorn cove]

pov: its your turn during karaoke

[distant frigate]

Ok I fixed it I think lmao

Banged the dryer and pushed the wheel inside and the noise stopped

[winter lantern]

rma isnt profitable

they want to not fix them

[lost lance]

Anyone he'll with this laptop

I'll plug it in and it won't charge but as soon as I turn it off jt will charge

[steel umbra]

send it to rma bruh

why are you asking this question over and over

we already gave you the answer multiple times

and which person said they’re going to destroy your card? that is bs. at most they’ll disassemble the card

i’m starting to really think you’re just a troll @winter lantern instead of taking advice, you ask the same question over and over and not even respond to most of the answers you get

[winter lantern]

How does that make me a troll

Its an expensive item

I need alot of reassurance

[steel umbra]

you ask the same question 10 times what do you expect from me at this point
i can imagine you asking the same thing in other servers too

you’ve been called out on ignoring people’s advice on this server before

so…

[winter lantern]

If the issue is under the core they will strip the core because they need proof they can't work on it. Making it worthless

[random gyro]

definition of a waste of $100:

[teal sinew]

fire game tho

[random gyro]

single player yeah but multiplayer is just MUI goku

no balancing at all

[winter lantern]

Single player game moment

[teal sinew]

fair i havent played pvp at all

i just get on every now and then to play offline

[winter lantern]

I played untill the end of namek and didnt like it tbh

Fighting games arent my thing ngl

[teal sinew]

i havent even played the campaign mode on it xd i just do 1v1 against cpu

[random gyro]

i tried to refund it and they didnt let me

[random gyro]

the campaign is great

[winter lantern]

Game didnt have drm so that wasn't a problem for me

[random gyro]

xenoverse 2 jjust clears in any aspect

[steel umbra]

you have been told atleast twice asus only wants your sn and the card, if the core has a defective ball joint for example they will fix it, nobody at the rma team will steal a part of your gpu as that would literally be a theft or fraud
has the card been opened?

[winter lantern]

It has not
The theory is cracked pads under the core

Which rma doesn't fix

[steel umbra]

does rma have specific policy that they will not fix the gpu if it has lost ball joint contact?

i highly doubt

[livid mason]

Ethernet, I miss you. Please come back to me

[winter lantern]

They dont fix a broken pcb

[steel umbra]

is that stated in their rma policy?

again if it wasn’t user induced you can get a repaired or a new card

just send them the card bruh

[junior valve]

What the warranty does not cover:
Software applications or programs.
Non-Asus products or peripherals.
Uninterrupted or error-free operation.
Damage caused by accidents, natural disasters, or misuse.
Damage caused by external electrical faults or improper maintenance.
Damage from using the product outside of the specified operating or storage parameters.
Damage from third-party software or viruses.
Software or data loss during repair or replacement.
Damage from unauthorized repairs or modifications.
Damage from using non-Asus parts.

i something

[trim gyro]

for accidental damage, you can send it in for repair

[winter lantern]

Its accidental damage

All damage is accidental

So they dont repair any

Besides ones with simple issues

[steel umbra]

so he can indeed get repair, these are mostly standard terms
if the manual does not state he has to use a support bracket for his 4090 tuf he can totally get a replacement if the ball joints lost contact on the mem or core, or pcb cracked

[steel umbra]

by accidents they mean dropping the card for example

also you’re fucking speculating what’s wrong with your card, why do you even care just send them the card for repair

or replacement

why are you doing everything in your power to not send them the card when you literally can

that’s why people called you out.

instead of taking advice and sending the card for rma you ask the question again, again and again.

[winter lantern]

A guy offered me 800$ for it that's why

Theyre a gpu tech and can probably fix it

[steel umbra]

$800 not just for the card but taichi board too.
4090 in current market is worth well over $1000
just send it for rma

[steel umbra]

you tried the gpu in a separate system right

again send the card for rma

[winter lantern]

Yep it was the same type of mb so it did the same thing

[teal sinew]

you can still sell 4090s for $2000

[steel umbra]

send the card for rma, end of story. don’t ask the same question again please whenever you should do something else with your card.

[winter lantern]

Theyre nowhere near that

Theyre like 1.5k

[trim gyro]

it seems to be going for ~$2300USD on eBay in my country

[teal sinew]

itll be a bit less if youre doing facebook marketplace or reddit hwswap, but you can still get around $2K

[trim gyro]

enough to buy a weeks of groceries

[steel umbra]

999 coffees

[winter lantern]

Look what they sold for

Oh nvm

How much does ebay take anyways

[winter lantern]

For a family of 20

💔

[gleaming rose]

just switched to a VPS (VDS) from NFO and i'm very happy

not entirely sure why but i also just got free nitro

[steel umbra]

hi echo

[gleaming rose]

hi kevin

[steel umbra]

kevin who

[gleaming rose]

kevin the stinky

[steel umbra]

me again?! 😡 💢

@gleaming rose this is u then

[gleaming rose]

that's fine

fuck my username sucks honestly

[steel umbra]

i disagree even with that

[gleaming rose]

kinda cringy

the worst part is that i dont even know how i came up with it

[steel umbra]

.

answer is above ^

[steel umbra]

it’s fine fr, atleast yours naem can people pronounce properly unlike mine

but les ignore the people that actually could pronounce my username and movien on another topic

[random gyro]

Could your mother board be dead with no visible signs?

[lost lance]

what do yall think would be the issue of a laptop that only charges when its shut off but if you wiggle the charger in a very odd way it will charge when on

[candid bolt]

Hey, witch cpu is better for gaming? 7 5700X or 5 5600X?

[empty quartz]

5700x

[candid bolt]

Aight txh:)

[empty quartz]

Why trust my word?

For all you know, i could be lying

[candid bolt]

https://dk.pcpartpicker.com/list/yfB3MC

Anything to change on this list?

Why wouldent i?

You could be yes, but i trust your word

[empty quartz]

Dont

[candid bolt]

Bro my internet is dew dew rn

[random gyro]

You don’t have a gpu?

[candid bolt]

No

Me n my dad gon tradr

He gives me 7 5700x i give him a 7 5700G

[empty quartz]

If it can handle discord, it can handle google

[candid bolt]

Yuh

[hollow mountain]

If your budget allows maybe a 7700X

[candid bolt]

It cant exeed 5000dkk

[candid bolt]

Gpu?

[hollow mountain]

You don’t need water cooling for a Ryzen 5

[empty quartz]

Aio is barely watercooling

[hollow mountain]

Air cooling is fine

[empty quartz]

Not always

[hollow mountain]

What does he plan on using it for?

[candid bolt]

7👆🤓

[lost lance]

liquid nitrogen it

[candid bolt]

Altho air cooler a biiit cheaper but imo looks so bad

[sleek ibex]

I've seen folks run dual tower air coolers on 285K with no issue

[sinful cobalt]

the only real CPUs where 360mm aio are wanted are the 13 n 14 gen i9s

and thats if u are using them to the max

[lost lance]

pentium 4

[candid bolt]

https://dk.pcpartpicker.com/list/yfB3MC

Anything to change here?

[junior valve]

285k isnt as hot as 13900k and 14900k

[sleek ibex]

And yes.... Even 14900K builds

[junior valve]

i can handle the 14900k in gaming

by handle i mean under 100c

[empty quartz]

14900k doesnt run hot if you leave it at stock like alot of people who buy them do

[junior valve]

on stock it runs at 83c fullload

pretty normal

[empty quartz]

@sleek ibex the only reason why the 13900k/ks and 14900k/ks have a rep for running hot is because of how much power and heat they put out when you overclock them and unlock the power

[sleek ibex]

Well aware. I had one at some point. It basically killed itself because Intel apparently couldn't figure out how to let you adjust voltage settings (this was before the microcode update mind you)

[empty quartz]

As someone who’s been daily driving a 13th gen since 2023, i havent run into a single issue with my cpu

[sleek ibex]

13500 was it?

[junior valve]

i would probably buy this for 3200

[heavy rune]

Anyone know what that thing is that burnt on my SSD it's the top left near the power connector

[left dove]

Resistor or capacitor

Either something drew too much power and that died because of it

Or idk Dr disaster sneezed in your general direction

[livid mason]

I'm starting to doubt that my server is running on its ethernet and that its using its wireless

[hidden hill]

opinions on this prebuilt? friend is planning on going with this one and im financing it for him

[bronze summit]

Is this the new Titan?

[junior valve]

ýe

[frigid blade]

Cooking or no? $1.5k before taxes budget, Mini ITX (im pretty sure I can reach that budget if I shop for deals)
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hkfzsp

[bronze summit]

@robust trail why you hiding this from us you released a new Titan card and you didn't tell us?

[bronze summit]

Timeout or T for Titan

[junior valve]

it all makes sense now

[junior valve]

20% slower than the 5090

[bronze summit]

It all makes sense now

[junior valve]

it was never the turing titan it was the ada titan

[bronze summit]

So this would've been cool if it was released during the 30 series I'm guessing?

[quasi field]

Ok do I get a ltt screw driver or a precision screw set… I’m really debating right now

[bronze summit]

Both from LTT or?

[quasi field]

Yes

I’m leaning towards the precision as I’d use it more than a screwdriver

[bronze summit]

Buy the precision plus the case and set

[quasi field]

49.99 isn’t bad but it’s like $67 after taxes and shipping

[earnest dirge]

I love mine dog chewed up my ifixit and I think the precision is so much nicer

[bronze summit]

If you're uncomfortable with the price then just go for the iFixit

Linus won't meltdown and cry just because one guy didn't buy his screw set

[earnest dirge]

Agree, both are perfectly acceptable for working on things

[quasi field]

It’s the same price as ifix

I’d love to figit with it too

[earnest dirge]

You can get the barebones ifixit for like $30 iirc

[winter lantern]

Is ts a 4 slot card

[random gyro]

calm lil disk clean

[quasi field]

Does it come with the screw tray tho

[winter lantern]

Why icloud photos just chilling

[bronze summit]

Me when I delete Fallout 4 with mods

[quasi field]

Oh…

[random gyro]

i deleted every game i dont play

[random gyro]

i plugged in my iphone once and its there now

[bronze summit]

Same here I have 2TB and I'm not spending any storage till my video essay is done

[random gyro]

i only use my pc for school work now their are NO good games rn

except elden ring, only game installed rn that i play dialy

[quasi field]

Grr the ifix it is 3 times cheaper than the price… :(

[random gyro]

🥀

[loud furnace]

Uh?
-# old video from when I first built my computer, it’s good now

[steel umbra]

You don't need to buy ifixit only, just make sure the bits you're buying are made from steel that can actually withstand screwing and not turn into playdoh or shatter

[supple ivy]

You are financing it for him? Good on you lol, I wouldn't do that for any of my friends 🤣

[earnest dirge]

Wayyy cheaper but not as nice of a screwdriver imo, the precision definitely has a better magnet, and the bit holder is nice, but otherwise both work just fine

[quasi field]

Yeah… a few of my screw drivers are kinda turning to crap I just buy the ones for dollar tree

Anyone have a good electric one… I wish LTT made an electric one

[steel umbra]

Yeah don't buy those cheap 100+ pcs sets for six bucks or worse

[earnest dirge]

My electric ones would turn a PC into dust 🤣

[quasi field]

Yea duh… I just want something to use to have for many years as I like to tinker with stuff

[frigid blade]

Ok, its like $1,650 after taxes, before taxes budget is $1.5k, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HfmT3w
This look good or should I change anything? Its a Mini ITX build

[quasi field]

Sad 1.5k and it has a 60ti

hate this current market

[frigid blade]

Would go for a 5070 but less VRAM, was thinking maybe long term it will need more for newer games

[raw trout]

I spent 9 dollars on a 100 in 1 and the only thing wrong is the cheesy picks and pry tools

[frigid blade]

its also more expensive

[quasi field]

Ehhh… yeah but like get a 9070XT… 60ti is not good enough imo

[steel umbra]

Quality bits are key, the rest is mostly secondary but still important, without quality bits your screws will get stripped more often likely and also well... You will have to replace the bits way more often

[quasi field]

I’ve stripped so much crap

[frigid blade]

too high above budget

[quasi field]

$599??

[raw trout]

My xbox 😭

[frigid blade]

You cant get one for that price right now

[quasi field]

My friend did

[hidden hill]

i trust them to pay it off over time lol

[quasi field]

You sure?

[frigid blade]

pcpp lowest shows $800+ new

i didnt check more yet, but generally pcpp has a good idea

[quasi field]

Gross $900 for a 9070 non XT

[steel umbra]

is it a box of bits right? Yeah i would avoid the cheap rebranded china ones, the bits aren't good quality either

[quasi field]

The 5070 is available rn… 12gigs isn’t awful… but look at the charts

[frigid blade]

it was my first choice since its faster than the 5060Ti in 1440p, but need to find somewhere else to drop price

[raw trout]

Oops wrong pic

[quasi field]

I’m just waiting… my pc has no gpu rn lmao

[raw trout]

The bits are good, but if you slip the bits take a hit

[steel umbra]

If a philips takes instant wear or dent from slipping out of place while screwing that's a playdoh not a bit

[quasi field]

I got a $600 laptop and I’m waiting…

[steel umbra]

Also harder bits tend slip less, but your experience may vary

[quasi field]

ooo, so how good is the ifixit compare to the ltt… is it worth $47? More

[loud furnace]

Ah yes, I need RGB to be shining in my face 2/47 on every surface at all times in every room of my luxury house.

Honey go put RGB lights under all the chairs!

[jaunty apex]

Muisc rhythm

[winter lantern]

Aint ever need to worry about that

[random gyro]

stretched resss

[winter lantern]

Rbg toilet

[random gyro]

🥀

[loud furnace]

I’m ashamed that they exist

[winter lantern]

Gpu only goes up to 1080p

[winter lantern]

Add hollow knight and genshin for the true gooner game lineup

[random gyro]

i have genshin on my phone

i play more mobile games than pc games since everything isnt coming out till like november 💀

[winter lantern]

Genshin is better on phone ngl

[winter lantern]

Like it's so much faster

[robust trail]

A new titan?

[random gyro]

titan

https://tenor.com/view/snk-eren-yeager-hey-hi-hand-gif-15181713114803580580

[robust trail]

I dunno anything about a new titan card

[winter lantern]

Every game i tried supports ultrawide

[robust trail]

I would take that with a massive grain of salt

[azure topaz]

its not new

its the ada prototype/qs

[earnest dirge]

Titan on the desk

[azure topaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDoRXn2GOCw

[robust trail]

Ah, test sample cards with stupid crazy coolers

[azure topaz]

mhm

qs more than likely imo

way too...finished.

[robust trail]

You would be surprised:)

The TS cards usually get some bonkers designs

[azure topaz]

although idk if nvidia uses "QS" but i feel like you get the jist, qualifying sample doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out the meaning of

[steel umbra]

Up to you

Depends on which bits you need

[robust trail]

Yeah, usually the extremely early prototypes don’t get the most bonkers cooler. It is the next samples that do

[azure topaz]

i mean fair, to me a true prototype card is more like the GTX 20 series esq

[steel umbra]

I would check out the competition too.

[steel umbra]

Maybe it wasn't thick enough that's why it not get released

[robust trail]

The thermal management folks do some really awesome stuff. They go for big ass coolers with a pretty insane amount of finish and then trim it down

[azure topaz]

fair

and those coolers are pretty cheap tbh

thats part of the reason why theyre so big, theyre not super dense

[robust trail]

It sounds counterintuitive but with heat exchangers it is easier to remove mass than to add it

[azure topaz]

yeah

thermal density and the likes or whatever

[robust trail]

I had a 3090 early test board that had two tower coolers on it. It was weird.

[azure topaz]

LOL

front and back side? or like tower on core then power delivery components

front and back id get cause of dual sided vram

[robust trail]

Someone bolted two tower coolers to a cold plate that covered the GPU and memory, the back had an aluminum backplate on it

[azure topaz]

ahh. intuitive

[robust trail]

That test lab is strewn with the corpses of early samples. They need stuff like cooler mules and whatever junk is laying around lol

I like going in there. It smells like fun

[harsh vector]

What’s an hdmitm?

[thorn pewter]

i have a titan

titans look neat

[robust trail]

Nice, Titians are fun

[thorn pewter]

especialy for me, i have the titan xp

[robust trail]

I cut my machine learning teeth on a TRTX

[azure topaz]

the gf's 5500 working over time on this manual oc

[thorn pewter]

ahh one of the best if not the best one right?

[robust trail]

The last titan to be released

[azure topaz]

yea

[thorn pewter]

titan=90 series basicly

[robust trail]

Now we have 90 series that rivals pro cards… but the pro cards come with pro support, NVAIE, LTS, direct comms with driver engineering, advanced replacement etc etc

[thorn pewter]

yah

atleast they made it into the rtx relm atleast

[robust trail]

And the pro cards come with stupid amounts of VRAM. I prefer pro.

I have a deep need for two sets of the Blackwell 6000s. I can get away with 5090s but they don’t hit the same way

[supple ivy]

Ahh honey we are now broke

[robust trail]

Need more VRAM. 5090s are good for development until Spark arrives in my lab.

Almost finished with my remote working remote jeep build. Waiting on some chromoly axle shafts and a steering pump booster. At least I got my fridge slide installed today, maybe before the end of the month I’ll finally install my dc to dc charger.

I can still get to the freezer but I will really only be putting freeze pops and crap like that in there. If I really need the space back there I can flip the fridge around and have clear access to both.

[frigid blade]

@azure topaz Watchu think, $1.5k budget before taxes, Mini ITX build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BXhcPJ

32GB 6000 CL30

I fit the 5070 by going from 7800x3d to 9600x

[raw trout]

.

[granite sundial]

looks good just make sure to manually check the ram clearance with that cooler

[frigid blade]

You sure it’s not HDMI™

[granite sundial]

also nr200 is pretty big for an itx case u could probably fit most 5070 models in it

or a 9070xt

[random gyro]

So my motherboard and psu both died from a short 💔

[granite sundial]

rip

short inside the case?

[random gyro]

Ima just buy the asrock b660m hv for the motherboard

And I got a 1600w evga supernova p2 for 40$

[random gyro]

yea from a screwdriver I left out.

[granite sundial]

what

that shits broken u know right

[random gyro]

It’s platinum too

[random gyro]

No its not lol brand new too

[granite sundial]

from where

[random gyro]

A guy on fb

[granite sundial]

ok yeah sure

[random gyro]

I alrdy used paper clip method and stuff too

he literally just bought it, still got warranty

[granite sundial]

that only tests 24 pin ATX and the 12 volt rail functions at all

doesn't tell u if the 12 volt rail can deliver enough to power a system while gaming

[random gyro]

I’m not worried his story checked out and I think he was just a rich fisherman so

[random gyro]

My system doesn’t need near 1600.

Not even half

[granite sundial]

ok sure

[random gyro]

I tried it with my dead motherboard

The psu clicked

My pc didn’t do anything tho so

[random gyro]

I mean it’s either I got a deal of a lifetime or I lost 40$

[random gyro]

It’s warranty is still available

If it’s broken ima just submit a warranty claim

[marble tide]

Are people real

[frigid blade]

I got the 7800x3d + 5070 in a micro ATX build for $1.5k before tax

Same internal space as the mini itx I had before

Will need to probably undervolt the 5070 for better temps

[random gyro]

I did that to my 12700k without a cooler for fun

It doesn’t do anything until you leave it on for over a min it e

[rose kindle]

How reliable is speedtest by ookla

[thorny owl]

If I have 3200 ram in my PC but the only one that's the exact same model I can find is 3600 its okay to mix them right? I know they'll all run at 3200

[loud briar]

any good source of performance information on the i5-1135G7 CPU?

[iron glen]

i thought you had a grill in the back of your truck 😔
would be cool as hell imo

[iron glen]

its pretty good from my experience

more or less accurate

[swift moss]

what what yall think of dannyfiles.org ?

i need a file hosting domain

[iron glen]

it sounds worse the more you think about it imo but its your site, not mine

[swift moss]

hmmm

what would you suggest, i've fr been blanked for ages

[iron glen]

dannysfiles would be better imo

[swift moss]

i could do files.anotherdomainname.org

[iron glen]

hah

[swift moss]

hmm, i was thinking the theme like The Danny Files type stuff

[gilded harness]

pc desk still aint free from cars

[iron glen]

this?

[swift moss]

i got an opportunity to do files.org.nz lol

[loud briar]

is the file hosting for yourself or for the public?

[swift moss]

its just a little more expensive by like 10 bucks

[swift moss]

this is my public one

[loud briar]

ahh

concerning

[swift moss]

na, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files

[iron glen]

ah

[swift moss]

its usually used for like classified documents

[elder quarry]

why

[swift moss]

to host some files

[elder quarry]

public ip?

DynDNS?

[swift moss]

why not use a nice looking website name

[glacial kraken]

Is a z flip the best flip phone currently out for the pric?

[swift moss]

no, i have one and its quite expensive for how shit it is

[glacial kraken]

My 3 broke

I need a new phone now

[swift moss]

i like the pixel 9a

[swift moss]

dyndns is corny for anything other than rolling ips pointing to a website name 😭

[glacial kraken]

I have a A14 to use currently but it's so shit it's unusable

[iron glen]

what is stopping you from getting an old samsung flip phone?

[frail delta]

sniped :p

[glacial kraken]

I want to buy not used

[swift moss]

??? i dont think anyone sniped it

unless you did 🤣

that would be next level trolling

[glacial kraken]

What other flip phones work with a galaxy watch

[swift moss]

why flip phones?

all samsung phones work with a galaxy watch

[glacial kraken]

I like the form factor

[swift moss]

my samsung a10 still works with it

[swift moss]

ok then, but its not the best phone for the price in samsung

[iron glen]

this probably will

[swift moss]

samsung is a bit like apple now anyways

[iron glen]

not sure about other ones

[swift moss]

ooh thats mine yeah

[glacial kraken]

That's fine

[swift moss]

i use a z flip 1 rn

[glacial kraken]

Which is this

[iron glen]

i hate the folding screen

[swift moss]

z flip 6 works with galaxy watch, its the samsung wear app

[swift moss]

sm-f700f

[iron glen]

great question

[glacial kraken]

I know

[swift moss]

SM-F700F

[loud briar]

have you taken the necessary safety precautions?

[swift moss]

from 2020

[iron glen]

need

[swift moss]

ofc, and im not sharing classified documents lol

[proper gull]

No shit, people don't buy the Zs for their price

[swift moss]

op was asking

[loud briar]

ah, stupid me

[swift moss]

....

technically like the oppo flip or whatever better but they dont work with samsung watches

[frail delta]

Don't tempt me

[iron glen]

what is the best phone for its price right now? i might need a new one since i have trouble connecting to internet / making calls

[swift moss]

im not sure about the name, genuinely what would you say, is it a decent name or not?

[swift moss]

i mean it kinda depends what needs and tiers you looking at

[frail delta]

I don't like it

[swift moss]

probably a nothing cmf phone in the low end

[swift moss]

thanks for the feedback

[glacial kraken]

Ah damn

I gotta save up 1.5k the 😭

[swift moss]

HOLD ON

you can use samsung wear on a pixel or non samsungs

since wearos samsung watches

[iron glen]

idrk, make calls, play clash of clans every now and then and doomscroll

[swift moss]

other foldings could be an option assuming they have support, which you would need to check

[glacial kraken]

As long as the phone is fairly thin and responsive I'd be happy , it's be good for a flip but ig not a necessity

I can barely type on this phone dude

[swift moss]

nothing phone 3a is a amazing for the price (i like the display), google pixel 9a as a decent all rounder and an iphone 14 pro for the apple users

[swift moss]

nothing 3a is 804k antutu which will leave NO WORRIES in terms of performance for clash at the very least

pixel has an amazing p-oled and an antutu of 1.25m

[glacial kraken]

There is nothing pro

I seen that

Is the 3 th latesest nothing

[swift moss]

3a pro yeah

[iron glen]

looks pretty good, this picture is a bit sketch

[glacial kraken]

That is the best nothing?

[swift moss]

yeah, they are quite low end, but that was 3d_brownie

[glacial kraken]

Oh ok

I could get a galaxy s25 or whatever

But it's not my fav

[frail delta]

You can't use dannyfiles.org for anything else, and I don't like when people use the .org TLD without being an organisation.

I'd say something like danny.nz or something :)

I have middlename.au (and all the other .au TLDs) and topli.me
I think something like those is much better, then you can do files.topli.me or files.name.au etc

[tidal geyser]

Gpu

[swift moss]

yeah i might subdomain it, i think .org sounds professional as I am hosting some of my open source projects would that kindaaa be considered an org or no?

[frail delta]

No. I don't like it

[swift moss]

I was considering subdomain off of my main branch

theres just so much .org.nz names its amazing

[iron glen]

could you technically host a display with your collection / inventory

[frail delta]

Imo, .auDA has rules for .org.au that should've also been used for .org

[tidal geyser]

Maybe

[frail delta]

.org should be like this (I know that's never going to happen)

[swift moss]

im not a for-profit entity right? or do i have to be an actual organization providing a charitable service

[frail delta]

Don't use fucking .org if you're not an organisation. Booooo

[swift moss]

would free files be considered charity

[frail delta]

No.

Also, if you're thinking of having a public file hosting service, don't. That is a horrible idea

[swift moss]

i mean I am providing something many people with something that is usually paid

[swift moss]

nono its a private hosting with public files

[swift moss]

variants* its not piracy

[frail delta]

So you're the only one who would be able to upload files?

[glacial kraken]

Motorola made a new razor recently yeah?

[swift moss]

yes

its not an org if its a file hosting site lol

for others

same way its videolan.org

honestly if I can find a name I like that isnt .org.nz ill get it

[frail delta]

They are an actual NFP

[glacial kraken]

The A14 is so slow dude

[swift moss]

i think you are quite valid in saying im not exactly a real organization

[frail delta]

You are not

[swift moss]

yeah

[glacial kraken]

I've not use a non flip phone for like years

It's so weird

[swift moss]

the thing is my name is kinda corny so I either gotta make a bs business name or call my website something generic (difficult outside of .nz)

ong one of my mates has a .school.nz domain I forgot 😭

[hybrid yacht]

Why the fuck does SDDM go to a black screen and crash back to the login screen

its probs because I had a -M when adding the user

[woeful leaf]

linux is so

[swift moss]

curse yall

[true stirrup]

Unlucky

[swift moss]

and tralalerotralala.com taken

idek why they are getting parked like ong the meme is over 😭

[true stirrup]

bombardinocrocodilo.com available?

[swift moss]

thats a no

[true stirrup]

Sad

[swift moss]

aight @frail delta im copping this

suck my balls apple

[edgy holly]

gaw damn thats a lot of em

[trim garnet]

I have created an ai model and I want to sell it any idea how can I?

[true stirrup]

What even is the best place to buy a domain right now? I should really get one

[frail delta]

Look at that

[tidal geyser]

I still have a few more lying around somewhere

[swift moss]

i use porkbun because im chill with the support staff and know them quite well

[tidal geyser]

Sell a ai model?

[swift moss]

whats the opinion on this one

[trim garnet]

Yup

[tidal geyser]

You mean sell what you can do for free and use for free

[swift moss]

like the weights? what does it do?

[tidal geyser]

Yeah no, making is only hobby

Nobody would buy it

[swift moss]

most models are open source and companies arent interested in buying freelance weights

[tidal geyser]

Ollama

[swift moss]

is open source???

[trim garnet]

No not weights whole model it does redaction hides sensitive information from documents or text

[hybrid yacht]

No audio drivers

shit

[swift moss]

what is considered classified information, how does the model know that

[trim garnet]

Using Deep Learning and nlp

[swift moss]

if it works it works, but usually you cant sell it unless you make it like a software as a service

[swift moss]

what is considered classificed information?

who specifies that and how?

[swift moss]

similar to like luma ai

[tidal geyser]

Anybody dealing with that would way way way rather make it themselves

[swift moss]

or that yeah

but you could start a redaction company ig

noone is sending you their documents though or buying your model to scan their classified information

and possibly send it to your or chinese servers

you have a pretty sensitive topic

[tidal geyser]

The main issue would be if the model was sending info back or remembering

[stray cairn]

My body is a machine that turns white monster into powerpoint presentations

[trim garnet]

For example it hides ip name location based on user's strictness

[stray cairn]

Btw most companies are able to fine-tune their own language models for their own purpose thus your idea is useless.

[tidal geyser]

Wha

[stray cairn]

Nobody is going to buy a thing that is practically free.

[tidal geyser]

Ip names?

[frail delta]

You don't need AI to do that bud...

[tidal geyser]

O you forgot , this is a thing

[stray cairn]

Signed, me, a guy who actually works in AI field

[true stirrup]

Ever heard of a regex

[trim garnet]

I want to sell them so they can run locally

[tidal geyser]

Just no

[stray cairn]

Nobody is going to buy it because you can fine tune a model to do exactly just that in 5 minutes.

[tidal geyser]

Also how are you sure it works

[swift moss]

OCR + ip number pattern detection

[stray cairn]

Which is trained with their own dataset, their infrastructure, and their engineers.

[trim garnet]

It's rule based for example there is apple(fruit) and Apple company how would regx know

[true stirrup]

What does that have to do with IPs

[stray cairn]

Bro is lollygagging

[true stirrup]

Also you can do that with a regex since one has a capital A and one a normal a

[swift moss]

\b(?:\d{1,3}.){3}\d{1,3}\b

im not a regex master by any means

this may be wrong

[tidal geyser]

Can't you just ask any usable model to redact info

[swift moss]

WHY THE FUCK DOES every cigarettes after se song sounds IDENTICAL

i can name you at least 5 cas songs with the same beat

[true stirrup]

It is correct

[swift moss]

cool ty

[dense rock]

My friends PC started doing these artifacts, is he cooked?

[swift moss]

initially i wrote like a [0-9]{3} but like thats kinda wrong since ips can have 2 digits

[tidal geyser]

Ddu and install 566.14

[dense rock]

I forwarded your msg to him, lets see.

[stray cairn]

Remember kids, not everything needs to use AI

[trim garnet]

How will regx find all this

If you want to hardcode 🤷

[swift moss]

regex is REALLY WELL WRITTEN

[true stirrup]

As you probably should for sensitive information

[swift moss]

it is insanely quick when implemented correctly

[tidal geyser]

Can't almost all LLMs do that well all of the good ones

[swift moss]

also it's one document redacted once for like 70 years

rather be safe than sorry when an AI hallucinates and misses like "we shot JFK" or smthn

[true stirrup]

Yeah I prefer the actual number annotation instead of /d for number
/([0-9]{1,3}(?:.)){4}

[tidal geyser]

5$ raspberry pi with regx vs 50000$ ai machine who will be faster

[swift moss]

fairrrr

[trim garnet]

Not 100% but llm will support

[hybrid yacht]

audio works

[stray cairn]

Not to include that regex doesn't use a lot of GPU compute which makes it more economically viable when ran

[swift moss]

once again, what u gonna do when ur AI hallucinates

[tidal geyser]

Wat

[frail delta]

This is built into Purview...

[stray cairn]

Anyway I am tired dealing with idiots who think LLM's can run shit

[trim garnet]

Which field you guys belongs to

[tidal geyser]

Hardware

Me is

I think they are coders

[loud briar]

oh fancy, linux issue
arch?

[tidal geyser]

Something you should learn

[hybrid yacht]

it was my fault for not adding -m when adding a user

[tidal geyser]

Rm -rf

[trim garnet]

Bro i am not giving you to train

[edgy holly]

Damn

[loud briar]

yikes

[hybrid yacht]

I made a home folder tho

[tidal geyser]

Wat

[trim garnet]

Aren't you using chatgpt on your browser

[tidal geyser]

Ew no

I run mine locally on the laptop

If I ever wanna duck around with LLMs

But they are pretty bad still

[loud briar]

chatGPT is probably one of the most shitty models nowadays

[trim garnet]

Is your laptop worth $50000

[tidal geyser]

Nop

[edgy holly]

Fuck nah it rocks

[tidal geyser]

No but it also takes like 30min for it to say hello with a large model

[loud briar]

hmm
Perplexity helped me with research more than GPT did

[edgy holly]

Chat gpt is pretty nice when I need some help simplifying my lessons and shit

[trim garnet]

You are 100% non tech person

[loud briar]

whats the argument about

[trim garnet]

Bro i want to sell an ai model and I want to know how

Can i

[loud briar]

eh

[true stirrup]

Soon-ish going to be "Bachelor Engineer in Computer Science and Information Technology"

Going for a masters degree after that ofc

[edgy holly]

What the fuck does that even mean

[stray cairn]

ML/AI with focusing on image and text generation

[loud briar]

if you want to sell an AI model, you first need to train and make one, but I really doubt you have the money and resources to do so

[trim garnet]

And what if i do

[loud briar]

if you did, you wouldnt be asking the question

[trim garnet]

I already made one

[edgy holly]

If you did you wouldn't be here asking for help

[tidal geyser]

you cant

[loud briar]

how exactly? is it a LLM?

[trim garnet]

Its not llm

[loud briar]

right

what kind is it

[tidal geyser]

what is it then?

all you have shown is that its a LLM

[trim garnet]

it does redaction hides sensitive information from documents or text

[tidal geyser]

but what is it

as that is what its meant to do

[loud briar]

okay but how does it do that?

[trim garnet]

Nlp and dl

[stray cairn]

PFFFFT

[loud briar]

what code have you written?
what API are you using?
are there any particular libraries you are using?

[stray cairn]

Do you even know what is a LLM

[loud briar]

[trim garnet]

You tell me the platform or solution you don't need to know the details

[stray cairn]

Ok, you know nothing

[frail delta]

Purview already does this... (and lots of other things)

And also isn't made by someone in their basement

[loud briar]

just letting you know, if you are using an API, its not your AI model

[trim garnet]

It is not using api

[loud briar]

actually, just tell me what language you wrote it in

[trim garnet]

I have used bert for token creation pii data for the training and transformers library for utilization of all this

[tidal geyser]

what hardware are you using to run it

how fast is that hardware able to redact

[trim garnet]

Depends on length of data

[loud briar]

.

[trim garnet]

Fast enough

[stray cairn]

What makes it "better" than other models that people can fine-tune?

[tidal geyser]

he just took Ollama as a base or something

[stray cairn]

Because you're mentioning libraries which average Joe with ChatGPT can vibecode and have the same exact thing you're doing running in like a day's work.

[loud briar]

seems like it, I have a strong feeling he used a particular snake scripting language

[stray cairn]

Look, I work in this field. I breathe this shit 24/7. Its really easy for people to fine fune a language model these days.

[true stirrup]

What is the time complexity then?

[trim garnet]

Bye you guys don't have enough knowledge to talk to me

[loud briar]

LMFAO

[tidal geyser]

you can also just make it so you auto add something extra when talking to a AI, like before you say anything you already said something like, redact the info that is given in the text document provided

[granite sundial]

I wrote an O^5 function yesterday do I get a prize

[stray cairn]

Well there goes my research credentials lol

[loud briar]

unfortunate

that reminds me, I should get back to making LLMs shit themselves

[stray cairn]

The thing is, unless if the document is using certain language like Mandarin for example, it would be logical

That is what my friends do at work, fine tuning Deepseek R1 to do the same exact thing by using its knowledge about mandarin

but if you're just going to hide IP address and shit, that shit is regex-able, making AI redundant

[loud briar]

interesting, the funny part to me was this question of his

I suppose we are all technologically illiterate and need $50000 laptops to be a "tech person"

[tidal geyser]

the main issue is that if you want to scale it to the level needed in a lot of cases ya need A LOT of money

[stray cairn]

Yep

[loud briar]

even besides that, it doesnt fill any niches really

[tidal geyser]

if its going to be redacted it will be by hand

[stray cairn]

The current trend however is leaning towards CPU-based inference since DDR5 is cheap

But initial training requires at least some money

[stray cairn]

I have $350K USD server. Am I a tech dude now?

[loud briar]

exactly, no one would want to put their sensitive information into an "AI model"

[loud briar]

still not a $50000 laptop
still not tech bro enough
where are your crypto courses?

[stray cairn]

Unless if you set it to no grad so it does not update its gradients as we speak, but most launchers are mostly black box thus we don't know if it will update the gradients or not

[stray cairn]

I ate the bitcoins

[loud briar]

where is your crypto university smh

[stray cairn]

I ate it

[loud briar]

fine, tech bro enough

[stray cairn]

Btw its an actual thing

[loud briar]

fancy

[stray cairn]

We have Nvidia HGX H100's at work

[loud briar]

ohhh

very fancy

[tidal geyser]

that good

[stray cairn]

We also have DGX V100's and several more NVIDIA ARM chips

[tidal geyser]

what are the benefits for arm over x86 for that?

[stray cairn]

Power efficiency

[tidal geyser]

is it just cost and power?

[stray cairn]

Cost? I mean the whole chip assembly is 60k USD each

Thanks, and fuck you Nvidia

[granite sundial]

me when I sell a 5090 with HBM for 60k

[stray cairn]

Power? Yeah. I mean it also run legacy stuff anyway.

[loud briar]

I have recent read an article about how "x gallons of water is wasted for your AI questions"
really makes me wonder how stupid people are getting

Media illiteracy is dying

[tidal geyser]

not really wasted

[stray cairn]

Most people use AI to replace their thinking habit. I use AI to validate my assumptions and "too lazy plz skim it for me first before I read it again"

[edgy holly]

insane ego you have

[tidal geyser]

i just use ai so i do not have to write 1k more words with the same meaning

[granite sundial]

I would switch away from Google for a search engine if there was an alternative that isn't garbage

[tidal geyser]

god dam do i hate school

[edgy holly]

same

[tidal geyser]

firefox?

o no wait search engine

duck duck go is usable

[edgy holly]

i should change from chrome one day ngl

too much hassle as of rn for me to bother

[frail delta]

Edge time

[tidal geyser]

its like one click

firefox well most browsers can just import

[loud briar]

I am aware,
The water that gets used tends to come from a lake/reservoir that gets pumped back into it so that it can cool down and be reused
I still dont get how article writers end up twisting narrative to something completely illogical

[edgy holly]

i would rather kill myself than use edge

[loud briar]

duckduckgo isnt bad

[edgy holly]

yeah but like, having a google account is quite practical lol

[tidal geyser]

you still do

[stray cairn]

I mean that's what idiots who FOMO'd on LLM/GenAI do all the time

[edgy holly]

all my passwords or nearly so are on it

[tidal geyser]

again they get imported

o warshipped

[loud briar]

its scary honestly
even I am a victim of it

[stray cairn]

Lets be honest, any news where "capitalism is doing wrong despite not having proper evidence that its actually doing something wrong" sells.

[granite sundial]

I used duckduckgo for 30 minutes before a very normal search about a celebrity showed me a bunch of deepfake.. material

[stray cairn]

My latest discussion with ChatGPT is to discuss about my credit card game and how to maximize it

[loud briar]

[loud briar]

odd

I hope it was normal

[stray cairn]

I decided to have 2. One for cashback stuff and the other for "fancy place swiping" and travel benefits (and pay things that the first card does not cover).

[granite sundial]

I think it was their height

something very normal like that

[loud briar]

right..

either way, still better than the recent poor quality of the google responses

[stray cairn]

I also use AI for coding but mainly for sanity checks

Since I am porting a Python code to C++, I don't know if this or that function is carried over or should I write my own

But 99% of the code is written by hand + actual comments explaining how

[loud briar]

currently not old enough to be banking with cards and stuff however the concept of the credit card baffles me

the bank gives me a credit card
They give me benefits so that I spend more
they get more money the more I spend
but why should I benefit the bank at my loss tho?

[loud briar]

thats valid

vibecoding is what I find concerning

[edgy holly]

mhm, might try it then

[stray cairn]

1. Bank gives you a credit card because they trust you to spend their money, this often comes with features like travel insurance, lounge access, this that
2. Bank gets money from fees, you save money with cashbacks and points, and able to strategize your spending by using their installment plan
3. The more you use the card the more the bank know about your spending habit and increasing their trust on you
4. This allows you to save money even more (high credit score = lowered interests, more offers, and bigger loan you can get from the bank)

[tidal geyser]

im not old enough for a credit card

[stray cairn]

In mandarin, credit card is called 信用卡 (literally "trust use card"), because it is based on trust

[stray cairn]

I need to apply for card since I'll be buying most shit internationally and enjoy those 25% discounts for my monthly tea time at Grand Hyatt

[stray cairn]

I vibe code shit that I can read and verify in seconds

Like wget scripts

[tidal geyser]

wait can wiztree nuke a windows install

[stray cairn]

So basically, a credit card is a tool that if used right, can save you money/give you access to anything

Im planning to get 2 HSBC cards. One is for general "low amount spending" like at McDonalds since it gives me 3% cashback, and the other one for travel for zero FX fees, protections, free lounge and airport transfers, and higher limit

[edgy holly]

i have a debit card rn

i hate the thought of a credit card ngl

[stray cairn]

I used to be like that but now I just consider it as a tool

(my parents used to have dozens of platinums when they're still at their peak)

[formal sonnet]

Eh, sort of. At the end of the day, the retailers pass the CC processing fee onto consumers through the cost of goods they sell. This ends up resulting in goods costing more than they otherwise would.

[loud briar]

right but my point is that
if you want the benefits of the card, you need to spend
thus they find ways to make you spend
but in terms of benefits that are not spending related, there isnt much
so it makes me wonder, is it really that i am saving money or are i spending more money to save an amount on the next purchase?

[loud briar]

thats alright, sometimes it has a habit of spitting out pajeet code even in relatively simple tasks

[stray cairn]

Yeah, usually it would be covered from the cashback they give

[formal sonnet]

Right so only those privileged enough to have access to a decent credit card receive any renumeration for these increased costs by way of cashback or other rewards. People who pay with cash / debit end up paying more for the same goods, and receive nothing in return. Basically, if you're "too poor" to have a credit card, pay up. 😦

[loud briar]

there is a saying
"its more costly to be poor than rich"
seems like it holds up

[tidal geyser]

financing has gone too far

[stray cairn]

Dunno, personally I use all methods (cash, debit, card), and I don't really think of those.

[loud briar]

understandable

[tidal geyser]

big brain alienware

[loud briar]

a mixture of consumerism and big corps has lead to a very questionable point in financing, particularly personal financing

[stray cairn]

Technically you're not obligated to say "yes" all the time. Personal financing should be a personal choice too.

[loud briar]

definitely

[stray cairn]

Its just, there are people who brave enough to get themselves in a debt trap just to make them look cooler and such

[tidal geyser]

finnance a burger

[stray cairn]

Ngl if you're too broke to buy a burger, you need to rethink about your life

[tidal geyser]

that is why you finnance it

[stray cairn]

"If you can't buy it with debit, don't finance it"

[edgy holly]

i hate financing

i can understand for big purchases

but why is everything made with financing now ???

[stray cairn]

Because people are too broke from neglecting their personal finance

[tidal geyser]

my rule is to just outright buy anything i want

[edgy holly]

yeah but like i dont wanna finance shit except really big purchases, and now it seems like companies be pushing it over every other option

[stray cairn]

And you know you can say no to it, right?

Unless if I've been living under a rock since every time a company asked me to finance their shit I just skip it over

[loud briar]

eh, people can be broke due to many reasons
lets say some kid is born in a 3rd world country into a family that cant afford basic education and kept in a loop illiteracy and cant learn practical skills due to financial barriers and ends up doing some kind of blue collar labor job

you cant exactly blame him for "neglecting their personal finance" for being in such unfortunate position

[loud briar]

desperation exists

[stray cairn]

Btw that's me back then

My parents can't even afford my education back then lmao

[loud briar]

well fortunate for you now I suppose

[stray cairn]

Not fortunate. Because we try to get shit right.

Lmao I realized this is in tech chat

[loud briar]

I understand but my point is that not every situation is the same

[loud briar]

lmao

[stray cairn]

YMMV then

[glacial kraken]

the internet is soooo slow on my phone bro

[stray cairn]

But yeah, thanks to that and my mom’s doctrine, I ended up having an ultra biased view on personal finance.

[glacial kraken]

like ridiculously slow

[loud briar]

understandable

[glacial kraken]

it took me 2 minutes ot load my emails

[loud briar]

maybe look for interference between the router and your device

[glacial kraken]

5mb down 0.2 up lmao

on phone

[cyan latch]

I accidentally deleted the EFI partition but managed to recover it…

[loud briar]

either change your router or your ISP in that case

[glacial kraken]

It's a phone issue

[loud briar]

reboot and find out if its working

[stray cairn]

So yeah, when I see my friends getting broke from impulse buying shit I just sighed.

[cyan latch]

It did

[loud briar]

can relate

[glacial kraken]

on my macbook