tech-chat-1

[swift moss]

these ones?

[wispy thunder]

eh tacky

[wispy thunder]

yes that one

[swift moss]

yeah imo a little

[swift moss]

ok let me try crop

[wispy thunder]

you need the yellow frame

[swift moss]

okok

[steel umbra]

instead of the kodak logo put a chicken there xd

[swift moss]

yeah idk what i'd even make this out of noone dyes leather like this

[wispy thunder]

or smth like this actually.

[swift moss]

THAT IS NICE

[wispy thunder]

that's official

[swift moss]

yes the muted colours actually look nicer

but imo kinda defeats the purpose, something bright and poppy

I aint making branded stuff, I'm just doing some brand service lol because I think their logos look cool the way they are

[wispy thunder]

https://hilightbrands-kodak.co.kr/

[swift moss]

damn lol

[steel umbra]

red and black on white clothing brings the most attention

[swift moss]

now just gotta decide if I want that

I actually kinda like the poppy nature

[steel umbra]

like you’ll just end up looking at the tag instead of the clothes

[swift moss]

fair enough

I want it to be there but not the first thing they see

ayyy this aint bad

I can imagine with real colours It will look nicer

[steel umbra]

if you want the most amount of attention put one with an optical illusion

[swift moss]

HAHAHAHA i will have so much fun making that

[swift moss]

and maybe I tone down the red a little??

oh bruh my corners were pure red, no good

this is them adjusted to the original image

I actually kind of like that

[steel umbra]

ye looks fine on black

[swift moss]

still so funny this luxury cloth garment being slapped on with a gothic typeface 😭 typography can be powerful

[sleek ibex]

Will give them a look. Lunch break is near so I will do that

[swift moss]

yeah I'll just use different variants, blue/white, red/white, black/red ykyk

[rain ember]

trust me use cachy os config it is so clean and so nice

and u can do some config via gui

[sleek ibex]

[dusky hatch]

people, my dad finds it useless to upgrade my pc and he says i should just buy a whole new one and that i shouldnt be doing useless stuff like upgrading what i got do u people think he is right?

[hasty valley]

Here's the rub chat, I am the world's foremost expert on potato related cryptography. AMA except proprietary algorithms.

[ivory mountain]

i mean what do u have now

[formal sonnet]

Impossible to answer without knowing your current hardware...

[dusky hatch]

intel 4570 and 1060 it and 16 gigs of ddr3

[ivory mountain]

yes you should upgrade everything/buy a new one hes not wrong

[dusky hatch]

i want to upgrade to am4

[dusky hatch]

no lile buy a whole new pc inset in making it myself and upgrading the mobo ram and cpu

[ivory mountain]

oh like he wants u to buy a prebuilt instead of upgrading your current parts

[hasty valley]

Nobody wants potato related cryptography lessons?

[dusky hatch]

yea

[dusky hatch]

ME ME ME

[ivory mountain]

thats dumb

[dusky hatch]

me wants lesson

[ivory mountain]

whats the point of a prebuilt if youre able to buy the shit yourself and install it

[dusky hatch]

upgrading wil be like 800 bucks cheaper

inset of buying a whole new system

[hasty valley]

Hashing with Potatoes is much more intuitive. You have to put the potato in a masher algorithm and you can salt the hash but you'll never get a whole potato.

[dusky hatch]

like i got an 650watt corsair psu rn in my pc (ik its overkill for what i got rn) but i got so much room to upgrade other parts bc of that psu

[dusky hatch]

woww

[hasty valley]

You get 2 points.

[dusky hatch]

yayy

[hasty valley]

This concludes the AMA. Thank you to all who participated and watch your back because it's potato territory around here.

[hollow grail]

how

[dusky hatch]

bc i can reuse my psu, case, fans, gpu and ssd's

[hollow grail]

i guess
really doubt thats 800 dollars but fair point i just thought those might be too old too

it probably iznt too ols

[clear canyon]

same, I keep all of my parts after I upgrade

[dusky hatch]

a whole new pc is hella expensive

[clear canyon]

it can be

does not need to be

[dusky hatch]

w or l cable management?

[clear canyon]

it just depends on what you get

[dusky hatch]

yea true

[clear canyon]

L D:

[dusky hatch]

sad

[gritty panther]

good enough for me

[dusky hatch]

yayz

[ebon marlin]

Lmao

[bold olive]

https://tenor.com/view/same-but-still-different-gif-22118327

[ebon marlin]

https://stupidpenisx.com/i/status/2019204859506094153

ねみぃ (@nemy_new)

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vxTwitter / fixvx · Feb 5, 2026, 12:22 AM

Even the bezels are the exact same

[unique aspen]

the peak

[true stirrup]

Well that's a nice throwback

[hasty valley]

I'm not a potato.

[silent peak]

Has anyone attempted to build one of the harbor freight mini icon box Bluetooth speaker conversions

[solar river]

im trying to find good deals rn since i really have no option to custom rn due to ram, the first one is 1800sgd and the 2nd is 2000sgd are either of these even worth it

the first seems good but iirc 9070xt is marginally better than a 4070?

[jade torrent]

if my case has vents below, should I face the PSU fan down or up?

[hasty valley]

Down, to utilize the vents below.

[quasi moat]

Reason behind 64 gig memory?

[jade torrent]

thx

[hasty valley]

What do you order from Taco Bell?

[quasi moat]

32 is good and saves you about 500 bucks

[quasi moat]

Ddr5 cl28 6000 @32gigs

[jade torrent]

what?

[hasty valley]

Nvm

[jade torrent]

the pc is on the floor

[hasty valley]

Carpet or flat floor?

[sinful cobalt]

dm me ill help you build, im also from singapore

i wouldnt get a aftershock system due to oem parts and and shit QC

[ebon marlin]

9070xt is significantly better it's 10% better than a 5070 Ti

[sinful cobalt]

?????

[warm merlin]

Oh adobe

[ebon marlin]

Doesn't seem to have any OEM parts if you look at the spec sheet

Everything that you could find from a regular pc hardware store

[sinful cobalt]

its not just OEM parts they source really shit ones

[ebon marlin]

Yeah but the build is using 0 oem parts

Only the 1800sgd one which is using their inhouse AIO which is most likely just a rebranded cheap AIO

[sinful cobalt]

aftershock is the definition of a terrible experience

[ebon marlin]

If they can't build the 2000sgd one seems fine

[sinful cobalt]

mobos bios are locked down literally cant change a single thing

[ebon marlin]

It's a standard Gigabyte motherboard

[sinful cobalt]

all of their bios are locked down literally nothing can be edited there

i dont care if you say its standard, 3 friends of mine have a aftershock pc and you literally cant edit anythjng

[dusky hatch]

should i buy a boxed ryzen 5 5500 with 3 years of waranty for 87 euros or get a used one for like 50 euros but no cooler and no waranty

[ebon marlin]

Usually that's with OEM boards

[tidal geyser]

get a ryzen 5 3600

[ebon marlin]

I'd get used but how much is an used 5600?

[dusky hatch]

100 euros is the lowest i found

[ebon marlin]

Used 5600's should be around 80€-90€

[dusky hatch]

thats 50 bucks used and 80 euros new

so basicly worse for the same price

[ebon marlin]

Haggle it to 80€ and you're gucci

[dusky hatch]

thats the thing

every1 has bid 90 on it

so i cant bid 80

[ebon marlin]

5600 is significantly better than a 5500 due to the 5500 being a worse 3600

Has half the l3 cache of the 3600

[ebon marlin]

91€ boom problem solved

[cold skiff]

Due to ipc performs the same

[dusky hatch]

yea ig so

used r5 5600 ig

lowk fuck a used r5 5600 i dont trust shipping enough

and they can just send me a stone and ill lose 90 bucks

[tidal geyser]

i am very very tempted, motherboard works fine

[ebon marlin]

What site are you using

[dusky hatch]

marktplaats

[ebon marlin]

Facebook marketplace ?

[dusky hatch]

nuh

[quasi moat]

Catto is sending messages. Is it morning already?

[ebon marlin]

Nut

[dusky hatch]

https://www.marktplaats.nl/

[ebon marlin]

I'm at lunch break at work

[dusky hatch]

that

[dusky hatch]

i use that

[ebon marlin]

Site has no buyer protection?

[quasi moat]

We don’t get lunch breaks. Must be nice

[ebon marlin]

I'd also check ur local used market if there's an used 5600 nearby you

[ebon marlin]

Noob

[dusky hatch]

its very weird

[quasi moat]

Wrong slur

[dusky hatch]

only when u buy direct

and if it gets dmged in shipping im fucked

[dusky hatch]

so the new ryzen 5 5500 with a 3 year waranty is better

[quasi moat]

If you cpu gets bricked in shipping. Leave this world behind and find a new hobbie. It wasn’t meant to be

[ebon marlin]

Sometimes in life you gotta jork it til you make it

[dusky hatch]

no they can also just sell me a bricked r5 5600 without telling me

or just send a diff cpu

or just a rock

[ebon marlin]

Doesn't that site have seller reviews

[dusky hatch]

and i cant do anything about it

[quasi moat]

What do you mean just a rock

[dusky hatch]

they can make alts and give themself perfect stuff

[quasi moat]

Take that back

[ebon marlin]

Basically every platform like that always has reviews for delling

[dusky hatch]

they dont

[ebon marlin]

Why go through all that trouble for 90€

[hasty valley]

Bruh, Taco-Chat-1 never ceases to amaze me.

[dusky hatch]

bc 90 bucks is alot?

[ebon marlin]

Not really

Unless you're a young teenager

[dusky hatch]

what do u find young teenager

[ebon marlin]

What is diddy blud asking

[dusky hatch]

ugh nvm

[ebon marlin]

Epstein reincarnate

[tidal geyser]

why so slow

[honest dust]

SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Wired Gaming Keyboard, should I get this one or is there better ones?

[tidal geyser]

das my keyboard

[honest dust]

Is it good?

[tidal geyser]

its a mechanical keyboard

its hard to buy a bad one

[honest dust]

Fair lol

[hasty valley]

I bought a game sir keyboard because it was recommended on LTT. Then it broke.

[tidal geyser]

what broke about it

[hasty valley]

It mashes a key or doesn't work.

[tidal geyser]

if it was a switch is it hot swappable and they just sent you a new switch did you get the same keyboard or did they upgrade you?

[hasty valley]

Non-swappable keys

Soldered

[tidal geyser]

so you got the same or different keyboard from them?

[hasty valley]

Naw I got a old HP keyboard. It sucks but came default with an old PC I had.

It's wired, low profile and mushy.

[tidal geyser]

while waiting for the keyboard to come?

[hasty valley]

I've just been using it in the mean time.

[tidal geyser]

as it should have a warranty

[hasty valley]

It's been over 2 years.

[tidal geyser]

😐

[tidal geyser]

you very much made it sound like right after buying it broke

[hasty valley]

Bruh

[tidal geyser]

also tried soldering a new switch on it?

[hasty valley]

No, I don't solder.

[tidal geyser]

it aint too hard

[bold olive]

i want a drive

[thin plover]

I want to drive

[hasty valley]

I would like a couple of drive

[honest dust]

Anyone got ram?

[tidal geyser]

yes

[honest dust]

Omg

[tidal geyser]

now calculate the ram in this, pretty sure all but 1 thing there got 16GB

[hasty valley]

Both pictures are AI

[tidal geyser]

you wish

[hasty valley]

Look at the boxes.

Clearly Claude GPT

[honest dust]

I can’t tell tbh

[agile yew]

My macbook can use my monitor at full resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate, whereas my laptop can't (it can only do 60Hz full resolution) even though they are both using the same HDMI cable / port on the monitor and supposedly the same HDMI standard (2.1). Why?

[sinful cobalt]

does ur laptop have drivers for the dgpu

[agile yew]

I installed the Amd Adrenalin thing, but it didn't make a difference.

[hexed sage]

W pfp?

[hasty valley]

In Settings>Display, what options does it give you for refresh rate?

[agile yew]

You mean on Adrenalin? It doesn't give me any options for Refresh rate nor resolution.

[hexed sage]

whats wrong with it

[hasty valley]

How do you know it's 60?

[agile yew]

On Windows settings it allows me to pick 120 Hz. I know it's 60 because it's also obvious just from the mouse pointer motion.

[hasty valley]

Its a Wolverine, but it's not Logan.

[hexed sage]

its a hyena

[agile yew]

Really? I thought it was a spotted hyena

[hasty valley]

Hyena's laugh is 0/10

[agile yew]

I like hyenas, they are very cute

[hexed sage]

is this guy

a child?

[hexed sage]

thats real

[pulsar hill]

hey guys, i have a problem, i enabled rebar in my bios settings and when I look in adrenalin it says Rebar is not on, even GPU-Z says the same

[hexed sage]

I used AI to generate that image, probably gonna use it to draw my own

[hasty valley]

I give up.

[hexed sage]

just a rough draft

[sinful cobalt]

did you install the drivers

[pulsar hill]

I did

hi kanata lol

[hasty valley]

It's pronounced Canada

[agile yew]

As far as I understand, the Adrelanin Software thing is the driver, so yes. It also had some amd / lenovo software installed that updated all the drivers before.

[pulsar hill]

um actually its a character lol

and yes, adrenalin is the driver

[hasty valley]

Umm actually it's a country!

[hexed sage]

do you guys disprove of this use of ai?

[pulsar hill]

its essentially NVIDIA Experience except its for AMD

[hasty valley]

That's not Canada.

[hexed sage]

yes it is

[pulsar hill]

lol

[tidal geyser]

nvidia app

experiance is gone

[hexed sage]

sim i need your approval

[pulsar hill]

they killed it?

[tidal geyser]

yes

[hasty valley]

As a spokesperson for Sim, no.

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/what-what-the-what-the-hell-wtf-gif-8562994133044611418

[pulsar hill]

well that was expected.

[agile yew]

I see. So it's not the driver. But it reports that I have installed 26.1.1 of the driver, which it says is from Jan 8th this year. ("AMD Software: PRO Edition")

[tidal geyser]

how did you install pro drivers

[hexed sage]

is generating an ai image and using that image as a draft unethical?

[pulsar hill]

Wtf?

lmfao why is it telling me to disable Above 4G and Rebar support is AMD dumb

[hasty valley]

Bios updated?

[pulsar hill]

Latest version

and Rebar is set to auto and Above 4G is on

CSM is disabled, it was giving me trouble before

[hasty valley]

Over clocked RAM?

[pulsar hill]

I don't think I can overclock mine

[tidal geyser]

a lot of studios is doing that, and even if ai is trained on stolen work, how many animations or paintings or so on have been inspired by someone elses work but then they added their own personal touch to it.

[tidal geyser]

read it again

[pulsar hill]

I don't get why GPU-Z says Rebar is disabled though

[tidal geyser]

it says its disabled and how to enable it

[pulsar hill]

I've rebooted and it clearly is set to auto

[hexed sage]

fair enough, if you use ai properly you can use it to take inspiration from many artists and compile it into one

[tidal geyser]

rebar does not have auto

[stark flicker]

Is the redmi 15c OK for someone that has a really low budget?

[pulsar hill]

Mine's a gigabyte board, theyre a bit weird

[tidal geyser]

what cpu and board

[pulsar hill]

h310 s2v 2.0

i5-9400

[tidal geyser]

S.A.M right?

no wait

[hasty valley]

What do you have against Canada? Is it all Canada or French Canada?

[pulsar hill]

I love canada

J'ai un cellulaire

[tidal geyser]

i forgot what it was called

[hasty valley]

Hater much?

[tidal geyser]

o well

[pulsar hill]

Smart Access Memory?

I just updated the BIOS to the latest variant btw

It set itself in CSM for some reason but I disabled it

[hasty valley]

If you want to increase your frame rate, you can just turn on your RGB

[pulsar hill]

my motherboard doesnt have an RGB pin ;-;

[hasty valley]

Oh it's integrated? How much RGB is on the K&M?

[mint umbra]

I heard nexus vortex don't work on Linux is this true ?

[sinful cobalt]

adrenaline does not directly mean drivers, but its where driver updates are.

[sinful cobalt]

when u update every setting resets to stock btw

[pulsar hill]

I know, I fixed to be as they were

so I re-enabled rebar and above 4g decoding

but only above 4g decoding shows up as enabled in gpu-z after rebooting

[feral arrow]

what flexible sli bridges do you reccomend yes i know sli is dead tech but i want to experience it at least once and i have a gtx 980 ti laying around so i might as well.

[sinful cobalt]

only few games even support SLI

[hasty valley]

Don't you need the game to support sli?

[tidal geyser]

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1n1qt7t/guide_to_installing_vortex_mod_manager_on_linux/

[tidal geyser]

you can confirm this in seconds

[hasty valley]

SLI needs RGB

[stoic nova]

yo they put in a really decent terminal text editor into windows recently lol, its no neovim but it has full cursor support

[feral arrow]

yeah i have games that support it

[feral arrow]

yup i know

[tidal geyser]

no

[trim schooner]

how come there is no more ti versions of xx80/90 cards

[halcyon fox]

https://youtu.be/wRvqdLsnsKY depressing

[tidal geyser]

since they come out a year or two after the normal cards?

[mint umbra]

wonder if steam machine will be doa with how expensive they will have to charge for it

likely 1k+

[tidal geyser]

vs a 2000$ desktop?

[solar river]

hmmm honestly im just tryna grab the most value i was thinking of just selling a stick?

[stoic nova]

idk who else has been waiting forever for an alternative to afterburner for non-adrenaline full but this is fantastic https://github.com/dumbie/RadeonTuner

about 3 weeks into using it and its actually solid

[frail sequoia]

Guys I did a thing yesterday

[ebon marlin]

Work today was so uneventful was only able to steal a 512gb mSata ssd and a brand new Galaxy Fit3 smartwatch

[feral arrow]

oh wow thanks!

[mint umbra]

I swear ive only ever heard redditors complain about denuvo

I never even heard it mentioned before untill I started using reddit lol

[ebon marlin]

And twitter

[stoic nova]

this software is severely underrated

[ebon marlin]

But tbh denuvo is a problem

It's just a hidden one that the average user cannot notice

Steals roughly 20% of your performance

[mint umbra]

most games ppl complain about already have good performace tho

like resident evil

[hexed sage]

I'm a genius trust

Marketing genius over here

[mint umbra]

like monster hunter sure I get it cuz it already runs poorly

but if a game runs great even with it whats the big deal

[hexed sage]

I'm pretty sure they fixed it if you're talking about monster hunter wilds

[mint umbra]

its better not fixed

[hexed sage]

Issue was the game would obnoxiously run dlc checks and it made the game take a massive performance hit

[stoic nova]

because the pirates who cracked it and diddnt pay for it are playing it better

[mint umbra]

maybe if ppl didnt pirate so much we wouldnt have this issue

[stoic nova]

wouldnt it be great if people diddnt be bad

yea

ideal world

[mint umbra]

its not a huge deal anyway

[ebon marlin]

It doesn't matter really as Denuvo games can be cracked it's just more complicated

[mint umbra]

I mean seen games not get cracked for 5+ years on it

[feral arrow]

just curious where would you put fans? like orientation and placement for optimal airflow i want to use noctua cuz i love the brown

i7 14700ks
4080 super
d15 hbc

[stoic nova]

meanwhile others cracked before day 1

[stoic nova]

everywhere but the top

[ebon marlin]

And some people just cannot afford to buy games due to economic factors

[feral arrow]

ty

[mint umbra]

ok so should we steal cuz we cant afford something lmao

[feral arrow]

ty dude

[ebon marlin]

It's honestly a non-issue as alot of indie devs have said that they want their games to be cracked/pirated since it brings them publicity when people talk about them which helps the game out alot more

[ebon marlin]

No ones stopping you

[stoic nova]

culture shouldnt exist only for those who can afford it
-Ultrakill dev

[ebon marlin]

^

[mint umbra]

pirating is no diff that going to an ebgames and stealing a game

[ebon marlin]

I steal from work almost daily out of spite

[stoic nova]

it is, but the crime isnt theft its copyright

[ebon marlin]

Got me working for free got me tweaking

[crude osprey]

What is the actual point of a crossover Ethernet wire when you can still contact other computers with a regular Ethernet wire

[mint umbra]

advocating for piracy is crazy

[feral arrow]

i love piracy

here is two good reasons for it

[ebon marlin]

Piracy doesn't really hurt anyone it's a neutral thing

[feral arrow]

1. i pirated some old software and liked it so much i bought it

[mint umbra]

yes it does

[feral arrow]

2. i actually own my shit with piracy

[mint umbra]

its hurting the devs

[crude osprey]

I love ethical pirating (pirating from content where if I attain it legally it goes to the pockets of the company and not any people who worked on it)

[feral arrow]

this

[ebon marlin]

Yea you might lose a sale but you've got potentially many more sales from that one pirate who might recommend the game to others

It's just neutral

[mint umbra]

they loses sales fro pirating

[ebon marlin]

They don't lose anything from pirating

[thin plover]

some devs deserve it though

[feral arrow]

piracy is still pretty niche the masses and non tech people will just normally buy a game or at most go to something like loaded.com and get it cheaper

[mint umbra]

and if a project does poorly cuz of too manu pirating then devs get laid off

[thin plover]

or well the companies

[feral arrow]

you can't really control piracy though can you

[mint umbra]

and cuz of you ppl pirating they are getting fired

[ebon marlin]

I own all my games with over 500+ paid games owned on Steam I don't pirate cuz I can afford to buy my games

[ebon marlin]

This has never happened

[feral arrow]

remember it is always morally correct to pirate from adobe.

[mint umbra]

sure... thats what every pirate says

[ebon marlin]

This has never been a reasoning for termination at work

[mint umbra]

if you cant afford a service the service isnt for you

[ebon marlin]

Can you give me one example then

[feral arrow]

I would actually feel bad giving Adobe my money and also pirated copies run better and I tweak out all the telemetry BS out of mine and poof it feels like CS6 mostly again.

[white sphinx]

Had to get ~5 books last semester of college, didnt have the cash at the time, just sent an e-mail to the writers asking what their favorite charity was. Would rather pay for that than pay the ridiculous publishing tax.(for legal reasons this is made up and fake)

[ebon marlin]

There is a billion other factors when a game goes under and piracy isn't on that list

[mint umbra]

would you steal a car cuz you cant afford it

[feral arrow]

yes

jk

for legal reasons that was a joke

[stoic nova]

playing devils advocate is fine but this is getting weird

[thin plover]

oh yes because if people pirate something it obviously means someone else can't use it anymore

[ebon marlin]

Completely different point nowhere close to being a similar comparison

[feral arrow]

as gabe said it piracy usually comes down to an issue of service

[mint umbra]

how is saying piraicy is stealing playing devils avocate lmao

its just a fact

[ebon marlin]

Piracy isn't stealing anything

[stoic nova]

because its factually incorrect

[feral arrow]

yes it is

[stoic nova]

its not theft its copyright.

[mint umbra]

yes it is

[ebon marlin]

No it's not

[mint umbra]

your stealing media that doesnt belong to you since you never bought it

[feral arrow]

but then it kind of depends

[thin plover]

theft is taking, piracy is copying

[feral arrow]

yes it is but i do like it because of preservation

[stoic nova]

theft is defined by its corporeality. Which piracy does not entail.

[feral arrow]

technically it is but also not really

[mint umbra]

guess taking a game from game stop isnt stealing either

[left trellis]

Is R6 generally very cpu bound?

[ebon marlin]

That's theft

[stoic nova]

theft, yep

[mint umbra]

so is piracy

[feral arrow]

I enjoy piracy because its drm free

[mint umbra]

your doing the same thing

[ebon marlin]

Completely different

[stoic nova]

nah, look up what corporeal means

[left trellis]

Gamestop sells physical things tho

[proper gull]

with digital piracy you aren't stealing anything. it's a copy

[feral arrow]

actually your right

[proper gull]

unlike going to gamestop and taking a physical disc

[ebon marlin]

It's Damocles he's allergic to stuff like this

[mint umbra]

many games are just a code

[stoic nova]

Classic damocles

[white sphinx]

I subscribe to the Žižek position tbh. A system of artificial scarcity is inherently unethical, but at the same time its not wrong to demand payment for things theyve made.

[ebon marlin]

Damocles isn't really the brightest in the room

[feral arrow]

all games are

digital anyway

[stoic nova]

dudes gonna be a great chef in his life, he loves to stir the pot

[feral arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/piracy-its-a-crime-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-you-wouldnt-steal-a-handbag-you-wouldnt-steal-a-mobile-phone-you-wouldnt-steal-a-dvd-gif-20041955

[feral arrow]

pretty sure this advert has pirated elements LOL

[left trellis]

You’re

[stoic nova]

literally the font, they got sued for it

[feral arrow]

lmao

[thin bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/balls-gif-15494216853001712776

[ebon marlin]

The font yeah

[left trellis]

You don’t even own the media that you DO buy so

[feral arrow]

yum

[mint umbra]

your paying for a license

to play

[ebon marlin]

Only a license which is fuckall of ownership as it can be revoked anytime

[left trellis]

You’re

Also yes thats my point???

[mint umbra]

okay and ?

[white sphinx]

artificial scarcity is unethical tbh

[mint umbra]

most ppl who pirate are just cheap

[left trellis]

When it comes to the more popular games, which people tend to pirate, assuming its not some random indie game made by 1 guy or smth, you’re paying your money for a license that can have terms changed, be revoked, or rendered useless if something such as support/servers are removed, its an awful thing that you’re spending money on

Having such fickle and 1 sided terms are damn near exploitative 😭

[mint umbra]

Ive never had a game ive owned taken away from me

[ebon marlin]

I've pirated once in my life and it's Sims 4 + DLC's for my girlfriend I would never buy all the dlc worth like 2-3k I can easily afford it but I'm also financially smart not stupid

[mint umbra]

its such a rare occasion its not a big deal

[stoic nova]

what do these statements mean?

[left trellis]

?

[ebon marlin]

That means you've been a good goy

[left trellis]

I mean I guess bro

[hexed glade]

Piracy isn't real. They started doing digital releases only to take away your opportunity to buy the games second hand. If they're gonna deny you the right to get a game for cheaper because they want more money, you have the right of piracy

[topaz copper]

Piracy is popular again
Which is bad for people who have always pirated

Just please if your gonna do it do it correctly

Newsgroups over SSL or a VPN

[hallow jasper]

Kids, mostly. I can't remember even thinking of doing that since I started working to support myself ages ago.

[mint umbra]

and they own the IP they an do whatever they want with it

[hallow jasper]

If you're an adult with an income and a career pirating games, well thats just pathetic.

[mint umbra]

yep

[white sphinx]

People make careers out of it???

[stoic nova]

us consumers voted with our wallets. This is what we wanted.

[topaz copper]

Hard to Pirate Genshin to dump life savings on Anime girls

Is what people want

[hallow jasper]

https://klipy.com/gifs/point-hehe

[stoic nova]

convenience is king

[white sphinx]

[topaz copper]

It’s why most don’t do music

[hexed glade]

Capatalism isn't a democracy, don't let them trick you. They did it because they wanted more money, not because it was more convenient for you

[stoic nova]

god I love convenience

[left trellis]

? Who is we dawg

[white sphinx]

You see piracy is fine when its a big corporation webcrawling all information. Rules for me but not for thee.

[mint umbra]

I prefer digital

[thin bloom]

bruh..
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[stoic nova]

an abstract way of saying the reason the state of things are the way they are is because a majority did this

[mint umbra]

more convient than having 100+ games on a shelf

[left trellis]

Then yeah

[hexed sage]

Soft and wet

[ebon marlin]

Nothing wrong with that gpus will be fine

[topaz copper]

I prefer physical items

Like Records or CDs

[mint umbra]

I dont have the storage space for 100s og games

[hexed sage]

Is that netanyahu

[ebon marlin]

The goat himself

[left trellis]

[topaz copper]

I don’t have storage issues

[hexed sage]

The felon himself* 😭

[hexed glade]

Let's just say this. I would pirate 1000 Disney movies before i pirated a indie movie. I would Pirate 2000 EA games before I pirate 1 indie game. My philosophy isn't black and white, indie companies can't afford physical releases as often

[hexed sage]

Just don't mention Iran 🗣️

[mint umbra]

and indie games would prob be hard to sell in physical

[ebon marlin]

Alot of Indie devs advocate for piracy it helps them out alot

[stoic nova]

if only the morals of piracy were the issue, its not. The side effects are.

i.e denuvo

[hexed glade]

expand

[white sphinx]

Same, moral absolutism is too cut and dried

[hexed glade]

exactly my point

[hexed sage]

I met a mobile game dev and argued that piracy is fine and he crashed out on me

[thin bloom]

Bruh... I was trying to post of that cat meme were a black cat shakes it's head and looks like it has a angry look in response to my last post

[warm anvil]

Hi chat

[left trellis]

Indie games also tend to be pretty cheap

😭

[thin bloom]

Hi

[ebon marlin]

The developer behind Ultrakill has been pretty vocal about piracy and it has helped out alot since now everyone knows about Ultrakill

[hexed glade]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-peep-gif-19572221

[warm anvil]

I love piracy

[ebon marlin]

Word of mouth is very powerful

[fresh escarp]

heyo wonderful people, i want to adjust a good curve for my R5 3600, i dont plan really hardcore gaming or technically using 100% of cpu, so what would be a good base curve i could use as of now? And yes as of now my room is that cold that my cpu is 25c lmaooo

[hexed sage]

Indie games ≠ Indie mobile games tbh

[topaz copper]

Even stuff that’s FOSS I normally donate to the projects

Jellyfin, Lyrion , Arch/ Cachy

That gets my money over EA

[mint umbra]

never heard of ultra kill

[left trellis]

Really? Wow

[ebon marlin]

Why is pal lying

[mint umbra]

nope

[hexed sage]

Our mutual servers tell me this is true

[mint umbra]

im not lying

[white sphinx]

Zizek is my favorite philosopher, puts everything on [[[website]]] himself

[warm anvil]

True...

[mint umbra]

mate just cuz we aint in the same circles doesnt mean im lying

[ebon marlin]

Why is buddypal lying

[left trellis]

Check it out, might like it

[ebon marlin]

I'm not even in ultrakill's circle idgaf about the game i only know about the game through word of mouth

[hexed sage]

I played ultrakill a few times, the community is honestly unbearable but the game is pretty fun

Fandoms when you tell them sexualizing robots is weird 😭

[fresh escarp]

[stoic nova]

ethics dont change outcomes, responses to the environment do. because of x, people do y.

morals had no factor, actions did. Its just the people love to say how morally good they are that they dont pirate and its irrelevant

[hexed glade]

Exactly. Morals do not matter to big companies, look at their history and tell me how moral they behave when the curtain is drawn shut

[ebon marlin]

Freakydeaky

[hexed sage]

No NSFW

[stoic nova]

for the topic being so grand at scale arguing morals narrows it down to some personal thing

[distant frigate]

Snow

Still got a solid 8-8.5 inches of snowpack here

[ebon marlin]

Praise netanyahu for snow

[hexed sage]

Bros admitting that Israel controls the weather

Wrap it up

[distant frigate]

This is the first good winter in awhile

[topaz copper]

Welcome to Canada

[distant frigate]

Cold and snow

[topaz copper]

We just got a few Ft

[distant frigate]

Could get more snow this weekend and then maybe another snowstorm by mid February

[distant frigate]

Damn

[hexed sage]

Netanyahu after successfully initiating the biggest black mail operation of all time

[ebon marlin]

My goat could never

[hexed sage]

True

He did that allegedly

[mint umbra]

either way never heard of it

[ebon marlin]

Why is pal lying

[mint umbra]

only indie games ive heard via word of mouth is like hades and stuff

and hollow knight

[hexed sage]

Bro did not hear these by word of mouth

Bro saw these games on the Internet

[ebon marlin]

On foenem

On the big stein

[cold skiff]

Man is selling a PC and advertising it by using the RAM stick to prop up the GPU. Look at that flex 😭😭

[ripe osprey]

Hi im having trouble installing windows 10 on my power spec b820 pc it has an i5 2500k and when I'm in the installer it won't let me pick a drive I try formatting the drive through the installer but it gives me an error and when I try to press next after selecting disk 0 it still won't let me get pass the pick disk screen idk if it bio's related or i just don't know tbh but my grandpa gave me his old pc any tips?

[cold skiff]

#1027757333117415424

[hexed sage]

Did you know everyone in this server shares a mutual server with each other?

[tidal geyser]

That's the issue

Having 5 people trying to help at the same time in tc1 makes me want to jump out a window

[fallow yacht]

guys what's the best normal kbm as a gift for my dad?

[stoic nova]

prolly nuphy air 75 or something similar

low profile mechanicals are normie friendly

[fallow yacht]

fuck it i'll just buy logitech stuff

[mint umbra]

I didnt know about hollow knight till my friend told me about it

played it like 4 years ago

[hexed sage]

Hollow Knight has been out for 14 years

[mint umbra]

2017

it didnt come out in like 2010 mate

[hexed sage]

Source?

[mint umbra]

google

[hexed sage]

Everything's ai deep faked now bro

They want you to think it came out in 2017

[mint umbra]

ok ur on some brainrot

[hexed sage]

I'm on truth serum

[mint umbra]

ngl idk if imm gunna stick to linux

[hexed sage]

I be geeking off the truth serum

[mint umbra]

soem stuff just seems harder to do

like I tried downloading a program off internet and when I went to open it like nothing made sense

couldnt find file to run the program

[agile yew]

Does anyone here know if a USB-C to Displayport cable that supports 8K@60hz can also do 4K@120hz?

[hexed sage]

Luxalpa is a real one

[hexed sage]

Yes

[agile yew]

You accidentally downloaded the source code on github?

[stoic nova]

dude diddnt put his app in the bin

[mint umbra]

Idk was just trying to download steam off their website

Idk what bin is

[stoic nova]

the hardest muscle memory to break as a complete beginner is relying on a web browser to find your software

[mint umbra]

I mean is rather not have to use terminal to download stuff

[stoic nova]

using your package manager will be second nature in no-time when you realize how much better it is, but till then you gotta catch yourself when you instinctively look for a program

[mint umbra]

I was told I wouldn't have to

Use terminal much

[hexed sage]

Hello guys

[stoic nova]

when did I say that?

[mint umbra]

I mean where else would I download stuff then

[stoic nova]

what linux flavor did you get?

[hexed sage]

Just now

[mint umbra]

Catchyos

There's no discovery store like on steam deck

[stoic nova]

should just be called cachy package manager

it comes installed on every desktop

granted its not the sexiest app store, you'd wanna use mint or zorin for sexy

[unique aspen]

i just installed epic games to try this game

[grizzled frost]

my condolences

[cold skiff]

Did you know the support channel is also there for everyone? For support…

[hexed sage]

I'm gonna start venting in it, thank you bro

[mint umbra]

Honestly feel like I should have used mint

[hexed sage]

I need emotional support

[mint umbra]

Instead

[grizzled frost]

live laugh love ubuntu

[cold skiff]

You are mint Damocles

[hexed sage]

No I didn't

[cold skiff]

Samaritans bro.

[hexed sage]

Martians? Stop talking about them

[mint umbra]

Mint looks easier

[hexed sage]

Looks

[mint umbra]

I mean looks more similar to windows than what I got

[storm mason]

I have driver problems on my computer.
Should I reinstall windows with a usb stick or just do a reset in windows?

I recently installed the new os so luckily have a boot usb available

[grizzled frost]

try the latter first, if that fails do the former

[silk dove]

hello i have a problem with beats fit pro, one earbud is not connecting with phone idk what to do

[grizzled frost]

#1027757333117415424

[mint umbra]

Well I'll give catchyos a couple days

And try mint if I don't like either I'll go back to windows

[tulip sparrow]

Uh hmm https://youtube.com/shorts/SmTH9JPjEh8

[grizzled frost]

whoever refunded that is having a great day

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/rc-not-me-rc-not-me-devil-ryan-cohen-not-me-gif-15237359249995613331

[warm anvil]

Gng what

[warm anvil]

His PC is bricked

[kindred halo]

Forgot to say this yesterday

Thanks for introducing me to this new piece of info :3

[cold skiff]

Gotta love the clickbait fake dribble we get online now

[grizzled frost]

only happens because it works

everyday we become more like cyberpunk2077

[cold skiff]

1984 ftw

When I die, I might have “I read 1984 before it happened” on my tombstone

[grizzled frost]

when you die we might be beyond the point of burials

full cyberpunk cremation only

[quasi moat]

I would have more chrome than David Martinez but I would be able to handle it. Not like that bitch

[tulip sparrow]

Blame google for that honestly

[cold skiff]

I hadn’t played cyberpunk to get this 😭

[quasi moat]

I’d fuck Adam smashed up tbh

Snasher^*

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-airdrop-expansion-3638222/

[quasi moat]

Fuck it I give up

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/uh-what-gif-25782225

[quasi moat]

The hash slinging

The slash ringing

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-hash-slinging-slasher-hash-slinging-slasher-gif-15620121309729158336

[grizzled frost]

it's actually mostly a reference to cyberpunk: edgerunners the anime

i can't elaborate without major spoilers

[tulip sparrow]

Uh what? https://www.destructoid.com/overwatch-is-dropping-the-2-from-its-title-and-adding-5-new-heroes-next-week-in-massive-overhaul/ Blizzard that isn't how that works

[grizzled frost]

overwatch -> overwatch 2 -> overwatch

[empty quartz]

True

[storm mason]

Hooolyyy fuuuckkk.
Reinstalled my OS, had driver issues.
Reinstalling again, and now this.

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-sousou-no-frieren-cheese-cheesed-slap-gif-13072107394714345942

[jovial swan]

https://minisforumpc.eu/products/minisforum-bd895i-se-motherboard
would this be a upgrade for me?
currently got a ryzen 7 7700 and A-620M motherboard

https://minisforumpc.eu/products/minisforum-bd790i-x3d-motherboard
or maybe this one since it has 128 MB L3 cache compared to my current 32

[sinful cobalt]

as tempting as this is, ive heard its known to be unreliable

[viral kayak]

can anyone help me figure out which gpu this is by the look?

according to google picture search its an msi ventus gpu but that is clearly not a ventus

[limber ermine]

If I need to mix ram with no way around it. How do I determine the timing to set for the ram

[empty quartz]

That is a gpu

From asus

[formal sonnet]

It's an ASUS GeForce *TX from the information available in the picture. As for what one, I would need more information.

[viral kayak]

this is all the info i have got this picture from a friend and he doesnt have any monitors. as for the info you provided thats as far as i managed to get myself

[formal sonnet]

Then you'll need to ask your friend to take a better photo showing the sticker on the back of the card, or just boot up the computer and check the nVidia app.

[viral kayak]

as i said he doesnt have any screens he cant check

sticker in the back you say tho?

[brisk yoke]

Yo question, like 1-2 months ago i just picked my laptop up from a keyboard swap bc the keyboard broke. Everything worked fine, untill my brother unplugged it and turned it and put the laptop aside, i put the laptop back on the table and booted it and ever since my screen been glitching like this

Brought it to a repair shop i have good experience with

And they tested it, stress tested it, rebooted it multiple times a day over several days

And they can't recreate the issue

[formal sonnet]

All GPUs should have a sticker on them (usually on the side opposite the cooling fans) with model / serial numbers.

[brisk yoke]

Acer nitro 515 iirc

[topaz shale]

i was mentioned

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/feed-the-void-black-cat-snack-hungry-cat-hungry-gif-306965068353833327

ok lets see here

[topaz shale]

overwatch has held me hostage for so long

[tidal geyser]

try reseating the screen cable

[brisk yoke]

They checked all the connections

Shook it a couple times to check for loose connections

[tidal geyser]

ask the seller

[brisk yoke]

And its working fine in the repair shop apperently

[tidal geyser]

why would the repair shop shake it if it was fine?

oh no i read it wrong

[topaz shale]

shaking it wont tell you anything man

its a ribbon cable

[brisk yoke]

At my house the laptop freaks tf out, at the workshop its fine

[tidal geyser]

eh

same issue unplugged?

[brisk yoke]

Didn't test that

[formal sonnet]

Same. I used to play for 3-6 hours every night after work for ~5 years straight. Maybe I'll pick it up again if they make good decisions with these upcoming changes.

[tidal geyser]

for a month?

on a laptop

[topaz shale]

every february or so they drop their rediculous season that delivers news to the rest of the gaming community too. last year was perks, this year... holy shit

[brisk yoke]

No, i got the laptop back. Worked fine for a week, then shit started to glitch, brought it in, they checked it and found nothing, i got it back, booted up and poof that

[tidal geyser]

and external screen its perfect?

[plain cypress]

Can they just revert the game to 2019

[topaz shale]

you do not want that

[plain cypress]

I really do

2018 even

[brisk yoke]

Never tried a external screen

My setup legit is my laptop plugged into the wall and my new mouse

Like the mouse is 3 months old

Razer death adder v3 32k pulling or whatever the rate was

With the hyper dongle

[topaz shale]

i dont think 32k polling rate is real or possible

[tidal geyser]

how have you been able to use it for the past month

[kindred halo]

If they can't replicate your issue at all

I have a feeling that some power delivery is the issue although it's a small chance

[plain cypress]

8k polling will be more than we ever need

[tidal geyser]

aka battery

1k

[topaz shale]

probably meant 32k dpi lol

[plain cypress]

Oh

[brisk yoke]

Mah bad

[plain cypress]

Yeah it's just large number for large number sake

[brisk yoke]

Would a weird phase to ground voltage be possible to cause weird shit?

[topaz shale]

polling rate will get the same way i bet

now that no one cares about dpi

[tidal geyser]

other electrical devices would also have issues

[brisk yoke]

Only other thing thats plugged into the same socket the a little gateway for my thermostat

Phase to neutral i get 224v (230 europe system) but phase to ground i get 107

[tidal geyser]

its not a same socket issue its a at least whole house issue

[brisk yoke]

Everything else works fine

I have studied electronics... But just been yeaaars since i did anything with the knowledge

[tidal geyser]

also normal readins

[plain cypress]

Gonna be annoying
But for optical sensors the correct term is CPI (counts per inch)

[azure topaz]

a750 le + 970 here on the 7th eeeeee!

[plain cypress]

Can I get your LE

[azure topaz]

trade for non le + 8700K

[plain cypress]

I only have LE

[azure topaz]

what even is the difference

[plain cypress]

LE = Intel glued together cooler

[azure topaz]

ohhhhhhhhh

[tidal geyser]

i read LE as liquid edition

[azure topaz]

yeah im probs just gonna blow it up

[plain cypress]

Noooo

[tidal geyser]

also windows LOVES its ram speed so badly

[azure topaz]

power mod

[plain cypress]

Blow up the stupid Acer hybrid thing

[tidal geyser]

my 7500MT laptop feels smoother than my 6400MT desktop

[azure topaz]

well i cant get one of those for 100$ with a 970 for some reaosn

[drowsy isle]

I knew it was going to happen but still sucks wanted to ditch my quest 3s

[azure topaz]

try 9000

[plain cypress]

Why can't they release the controller now

[tidal geyser]

i so badly want 9600MT

[plain cypress]

Also I'm worried the steam controller is gonna be like $200

[drowsy isle]

Probably $150 to $200 for it since it has the specs of the average controller in that price point

[tidal geyser]

but uh managed to buy the wrong screen for my OLED laptop aka 200$ kinda down the train just gotta hope someone with a specific lenovo laptop manages to break theirs

[plain cypress]

Me with my 3200MT/s laptop

16gb

[azure topaz]

i think my server is on 3600

[tidal geyser]

its also so so so so so so many times more efficent

[azure topaz]

am4 is on 4000

[plain cypress]

Single slot* (idk if this is half soldered and half on a stick or just one stick and with an empty slot)

[junior merlin]

Adapter cable came in for my RTX 3080 so I can finally use it.

[plain cypress]

I have no idea if my work laptop has a chassis intrusion sensors so I am not willing to open it up and find out

[azure topaz]

a750 gets like 12k gpu score in 3dmark apparently thats like really good

[plain cypress]

It's a pretty big die

[azure topaz]

well, mid but

[plain cypress]

Alchemist does well in theoretical compute but yeah gaming doesn't match

[azure topaz]

its locked at like 220w tho innit

[tidal geyser]

shunt

[azure topaz]

cant

[plain cypress]

I mean the Intel LE is probably the most locked down

[tidal geyser]

sad

[plain cypress]

Idk if AIBs can do more with power

[azure topaz]

have to pull down each of the power stages sense pins

gonna do it with a hand full of pots

but im messing with the 970 first

and im goonna try to do it in a not so stupid way

[tidal geyser]

me be like soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc31L3zJiaU

like my soldering?

[topaz shale]

goated channel

i actually just finished my laptop docking setup

the tv is old and might as well not be there. can make for a convenient second monitor in a pinch though

[tidal geyser]

that 3d printer is way way too close

[plain cypress]

A classic ❤️

[tidal geyser]

i have mine far away in a closet and still do not use it much as i hate the noises it makes

and makes my room hot as hell

but now with my move to laptops maybe maybe

[storm mason]

sim

[tidal geyser]

yes

[storm mason]

just asking
do you just talk on here all day?

i sometimes click on this group randomly and you're alwasys chatting

[tidal geyser]

uuuhhh

do not worry about it

[storm mason]

thats crazy

[cold skiff]

He’s young

Let him enjoy his time

[tidal geyser]

well im efficient

[gaunt spade]

unemployed*

[tidal geyser]

always done with my school work a week early so i just sit there doing nothing much

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-the-next-generation-data-data-shrugs-gif-21440586

How I imagine Sim looks

[tidal geyser]

show me your tower of laptops

[gaunt spade]

what kind of school do you go to to studya week early

[gaunt spade]

https://tenor.com/view/ts-genuinely-frying-me-ts-frying-me-ts-frying-me-gif-15599417133692893606

[tidal geyser]

electronics

xd more fortinet

[gaunt spade]

fortnite*

[buoyant bridge]

one gazillion GB ram

[ebon marlin]

SSD 2 before PC 2 absolutely brutal

[buoyant bridge]

RAM for the AI lords

more generated AI videos NOW or the AI bubble will crash and collapse the US economy

I'm convinced the US govt is funneling money into AI companies so the US economy doesn't just fucking crash lmfao

[warm anvil]

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kitty-ai-meowtakeover-7NNqJw0T3cb62PMzXR

[drowsy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-run-cat-steal-cat-fish-cat-trex-cat-dinosaur-gif-16808680927725662878

[ivory mountain]

If they continue funneling money into AI itll crash lmao nobody likes AI

[buoyant bridge]

The US economy is propped up by AI RN actually

[ivory mountain]

Its not profiting

[buoyant bridge]

it's like 70% of the US economic throughput rn

And no on paper AI is stupidly lucrative

In practice it's not because it's just tossing money back in forth but on paper it looks good to banks and let's the AI companies take out near limitless super long term loans

They might be losing $600K a year but on paper it looks like they're also moving several billion yearly which is better to a bank than the losses are

[drowsy isle]

AI increased the US GDP by 1.1% too

[gaunt spade]

idk man i can make cats dance with ai tho

[ivory mountain]

While making consumer ram 500% more expensive

[buoyant bridge]

Most AI companies are well structured LLCs too

So they're gonna have everyone at the top walk off with profits when they inevitably go bankrupt

[drowsy isle]

Oh yeah most of them are going to win out of this regardless especially the hardware manufacturers

[buoyant bridge]

Like AI companies such as open AI are probably gonna go bankrupt liquidate everything to pay for it and then have the high ranking staff walk away with several billion dollars in untaxed assets

[ebon marlin]

chat, should I buy a 5080 for 1,5m euros

[buoyant bridge]

no

[ivory mountain]

Hey guys as long as the amazing billionaire corp owners profit its anwin right

[ivory mountain]

Yes thats a steal

[buoyant bridge]

Wait a year or so and buy a 5090 for $20 at an liquidation auction

I stg computer hardware mfg costs are gonna HAVE to come down when the AI bubble bursts due to how much shit is gonna get liquidated

[gaunt spade]

https://tenor.com/view/my-mom-is-kinda-homeless-ishowspeed-speeding-please-speed-i-need-this-ishowspeed-trying-not-to-laugh-gif-16620227105127147208

[drowsy isle]

Can't wait to buy a 50 billion dollar AI rack for $20

[ivory mountain]

Me when openai already preordered billions in ram production that they wont be able to use due

[topaz shale]

nothing ever happens, sorry

[tulip depot]

Even if AI crashes it'll mostly be GPUs that not many people can afford that will be "cheap" if 10 grand or 20 grand is affordable to you

[mellow sonnet]

even if the ai bubble pops ram prices wont go down

[topaz shale]

ram companies are cartels

[mellow sonnet]

dont forget microsoft and google still got money to run their ai

it will just be openai to fall

[tidal geyser]

no display outputs also not sure if they have any ROPS

[ivory mountain]

Yeah the 7 people that use copilot are happy

[mellow sonnet]

copilot is useful dear sir

helped me enable the new start menu on my pc

[ivory mountain]

Son 😭

[tulip depot]

Exactly it'll mostly be smaller businesses that'll benefit most from an AI crash if AI companies start trashing their hardware.

[mellow sonnet]

the new start menu looks normal sized on 4k

i guess they just had high resolutions in mind the most when making it larger

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/son-crine-im-ASwmUY2VfvxG5b6b4j

[hexed glade]

Fire setup, this is very similar to how I want my setup

[topaz shale]

it aint bad

i dont use it much though

my real pc in the other room

[mellow sonnet]

ltt viewers, opinion on alienware monitors?

[topaz shale]

generally good, generally overpriced

[mellow sonnet]

the one im looking at doesnt seem overpriced for what it is

just 500 euros for a 4k dual mode 180hz 27in ips with edge lit dimming zones 😭

[ivory mountain]

Good

[topaz shale]

all oleds are the same, but their LCDs are pretty decent compared to a lot ive used

[mellow sonnet]

i wish it used their new ips black

[topaz shale]

that is overpriced 😭😭

[gaunt spade]

ew ips for 500euro

[topaz shale]

js get oled

[gaunt spade]

fr

[topaz shale]

at that price

[mellow sonnet]

i had oled brochacho

[drowsy isle]

Imo 1440p oleds just look better than 4k ips lcds, yeah 4k would look sharper but honestly sacrificing too much

[mellow sonnet]

i went from a basic 4k144 lg to their 4k240 32in dm oled then now rocking a 4k144 32in miniled philips and now just wanting to get the alienware because 32in is too fucking big

the miniled is alright

it has issues obviously

the brightness is killing me

brighter on 30 brightness than many monitors on full brightness

the brightness may be good but it has gamma issues which is common on many minileds

[tulip depot]

why'd you ditch oled? did you buy the gen 1 woleds

[mellow sonnet]

it was fine until i spotted dead pixels right in the middle of the screen and didnt want to bother with warranty because 2 dead pixels is not covered

[tulip depot]

let me guess samsung?

[mellow sonnet]

the 32gs95uv is a 3rd gen

it was insane

but really didnt want to bother with oled care

i have my taskbar on at all time which is vulnerable to burn in

[drowsy isle]

that's why I always get retail store warranties on my displays, I like to be able to walk in and walk out with a new display.

[mellow sonnet]

oled is cool and all but im just too used to ips

[vital marlin]

is the youtube sub feed stuck on grid mode for anyone else?

[weary shale]

Best buy total has been the best for me I get the warranties all those

[hallow jasper]

Everyone was used to LCD's before moving to OLED.

[mellow sonnet]

you may call me stupid for ditching oled but that tech is still not really mature, it can STILL burn in after years

[drowsy isle]

ehh total only covers for 2 years and that's if you pay both years

[mellow sonnet]

id prefer display tech that has no issues like this

im waiting on qdel to become a thing

[steel umbra]

no problemo comrade

[hallow jasper]

LCD's are long dead to me. 3 years and 13k hours on my C2 as a monitor, looks pristine.

[tidal geyser]

just bought another oled screen this time actually making sure its the right model

soooo uhm anyone with a lenovo yoga 2 in 1 with a 60hz 1200p oled?

[steel umbra]

oleds are overrated imo

[mellow sonnet]

not saying oled isnt good its awesome with the image quality but give me microled or qdel and ill be happy

also downgraded because 240hz is too much for 4k

[drowsy isle]

Have like 5000 hours on my aw3423dwf which is one of the earlier gaming monitor oleds and still looks great

[mellow sonnet]

cool

[steel umbra]

oled in phone screens is fire but as of monitors i’ve been a bit or quite disappoiunted by oled especially by glossy qd-oleds

[mellow sonnet]

brightness is one bad thing about oled

my oled was extremely dim for what it was

fullscreen yes i know the highlights did pop out

[tidal geyser]

i just set my oled to blast

[mellow sonnet]

but give me 1000+ nits fullscreen

that is proper screen

[drowsy isle]

They've gotten a lot brighter but yeah if you have no control of the lighting in the room then it can be rough

[gaunt spade]

theres never too much resolution or hz

[mellow sonnet]

dude my miniled can do 700 nits in sdr

1200 in hdr

[steel umbra]

oled brightness wasn’t an issue for me, mostly how hdr is implemented… sometimes it’s too oversaturated

[mellow sonnet]

1152 zones

[weary shale]

I'd be fine with miniled if they offered glossy panels which none of them do

[steel umbra]

but i think the worst thing about glossy qd oleds are the reflections and the purple tint

it made me hate qd oleds

[mellow sonnet]

my woled had a brown tint and it was dark

this is why i didnt get a qdoled

also because of the pixel layout

a triangular layout my ass

this aint samsung phones brotato

[steel umbra]

the new gen to counter reflections and purple tint, i’ve been to a physical store and yes it’s better but still reflects

[mellow sonnet]

just wait for qdel

thats proper successor to oled

we are still like 3-5 years before it becomes mainstream

[steel umbra]

fringing wasn’t an issue for me on high ppi screens

[mellow sonnet]

the blue quantum dots are still dying

[tulip depot]

nah i'd rather just buy an oled now and not wait half a decade for tech that'll be $2 grand for 1440p monitors

[hallow jasper]

Zero push for that. Showed up at a CES a year or two ago and then hasn't moved. OLED, meanwhile, is full steam ahead.

[mellow sonnet]

oled is easier to manufacture

[steel umbra]

has to be a glossy screen with a good implementation otherwise matte is better*

glossy without proper layering and coatings is as good as a mirror or glass

[mellow sonnet]

the aw2725qf is what caught my eye

[steel umbra]

which majority of glossy monitors still use

reflective piece of crap

[mellow sonnet]

mirror looking ahh

[steel umbra]

btw i said “oleds monitors are overrated” but i still think they’re the best but not all that impressive is what i mean

microled that would be for me

[weary shale]

Glossy has never bothered me but my lighting is pretty optimized for it, I can never go back to matte displays

[steel umbra]

as a step up from lcds

[tidal geyser]

lets see if i can manage to return the OLED for the 2 in 1 i mistook for the one i actually need, or else my bank account will look quite empty

[steel umbra]

i prefer semi mattes the most

[mellow sonnet]

we can forget MCIROLEDd in consumer monitors

fuck im ean micorled

[river zealot]

Does anyone else's discord not work on PC rn? Windows 11

[boreal tiger]

Even budget phones nowadays are OLED why don't we have OLED monitors?

[tidal geyser]

im fine

[steel umbra]

we do

[topaz copper]

OLED screens are afforable now

[tidal geyser]

wat

[weary shale]

https://tenor.com/view/does-he-know-gif-17552966235424643644

[boreal tiger]

But it's expensive as hell

[tidal geyser]

half a year ago there was a woled desktop monitor for like 400$

[mellow sonnet]

1920x1080 oleds dont exist and thats bad

[boreal tiger]

I know we have them but they are expensive

[steel umbra]

i mean in comparison to lcds yes

[hallow jasper]

its fantastic.

[tidal geyser]

tbf you tend to get at the cheapest of OLEDs 1440p 240hz

the raw costs of starting to make OLEDs just means cheaper configs make no sense

[river zealot]

Got me tripping doesn't even work on my brother's PCs too tried an hour troubleshooting nothing helped

[boreal tiger]

Ok they should make it 144hz

[topaz copper]

27" OLED was 499 CAD

Thats not that bad for a nice screen

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/dns-haiku-dns-haiku-tech-pod-it-was-dns-gif-27399037

[weary shale]

Unless you're in some country with pretty bad taxes and import fees oleds are pretty cheap

[topaz copper]

It wont drop price

[steel umbra]

240hz costs barely more than 144

[hallow jasper]

res was relevant 15+ years ago as something people want to aspire to. The people buying 1080p monitors in 2026 don't have OLED money in the first place.

[topaz shale]

oleds are nice because they are almost all the same, at least within their own families of qd oled vs woled

[boreal tiger]

Why

[mellow sonnet]

"you can get an oled for 500" but is it a 4k from a reputable brand and not some random chinese "shenzhen technology computer corporation"?

[boreal tiger]

No they aren't

[weary shale]

Back as early as 2022 1440p 240hz monitors were $800 lmao. When one of the early oled monitors came out it was $1600

[topaz shale]

read my message above

[steel umbra]

sometimes the same monitors use hardware capable of doing high refresh rates but they segment the products

[boreal tiger]

You might be rich but I'm not

[topaz copper]

Gigabye 1440P OLED
499C CAD

[hallow jasper]

1440p240Hz is available well within that price range

[mellow sonnet]

i said 4k brochacho

[steel umbra]

what’s wrong with chinese brands

[tidal geyser]

fyi only like what 3 companies make good OLEDs

[weary shale]

Well I guess it depends on the person but $400 is not a lot for a monitor especially with the prices we spent only a few years

[topaz copper]

If your on a budget you dont need 4K

[mellow sonnet]

if i go oled it must be 4k just like my previous one

[hallow jasper]

No, you put

"you can get an oled for 500"

in quotes, which is yes. 4K no, but that wasn't specified

[tidal geyser]

the monitor might have some random name on it but the panel is just as good as any other of the same panel maker

llike i ripped off the OLED on my lenovo and who might i see, samsung