tech-chat-1

[haughty compass]

Trying to settle something with a friend and we can't decide on if it is or not

[formal sonnet]

Maybe. Maybe not. Impossible to answer without knowing exactly how it was being used. That said... 6 years of use is a long time for a tablet, so the wear and tear on the case is not surprising at all.

[rose stream]

Well it's not like Clarksville isn't like... Right there with small bit of it over Kentucky's southern border.

[icy sundial]

If we're talking about the outside barrier of a device that is literally made to be mobile

It depends

Technically, a laptop is designed and sold to be used on the go in any capacity by definition. Technically if it was owned by a company for an employee or a school for a student that could literally be 40 hours a week

[rose stream]

The hospital I was born to was on the local army base, Fort Campbell, which while mostly on the Kentucky side, extends back towards the Tennessee side too.

[icy sundial]

Is that thing removable or is it fixed to the device? It's removable isn't it?

[rose stream]

And anyone who knows the Monkeys more than likely knows about Fort Campbell in some way because of them. Lol.

[icy sundial]

Military dad? Props

And yeah it's Kentucky

[haughty compass]

It's removable, but it's the keyboard case wjich samsung don't sell anymore and there's no 3rd party versions...

[icy sundial]

I almost worked for the feds at Fort Knox, glad I didnt

[ebon marlin]

Has anyone here used Accubattery b4 been trying to check my battery health for the past week letting my phone go down to 15% and then charging it to 100% and the app is still clueless about my battery

[rose stream]

Both mother and father actually. My mom retired way earlier after she had my sister years before me.

[gaunt spade]

average accubattery expirience

[icy sundial]

To be honest, the keyboard itself looks fine. The outside shown in your first picture is not only made of a material. Quite literally destined to look like shit over time under normal use but will have zero effect on the performance

What you just showed me of the keyboard. That keyboard looks fine. You should still test it to make sure it all works

[rose stream]

And for anyone who didn't catch my reference...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Train_to_Clarksville

[pure trellis]

Oh, ticktok has notifications

[icy sundial]

You're not going to find a mobile device with that out facing material that's not going to deteriorate over time even if it's just put into and out of a backpack over the amount of time it's been owned

[icy sundial]

Two. Red. Moraccas.

[haughty compass]

I don't know if it came up on camera very well in the other picture but the paint is looking like this around the entire keyboard

[pure trellis]

Oh, right, taking about new phone. Is the new selling point for s26 a privacy screen?

[icy sundial]

Dude that's dumb as shit. Just have some situational awareness

[formal sonnet]

Yep, I use it all the time. If you have a phone whose OS is extremely heavy on task killing of background apps, it's likely interfering with AccuBattery's ability to remain "open" during charge cycles. You'll have to check all kinds of settings in a variety of places to find out if this is the case. It can be a pain on some phones.

[icy sundial]

If the privacy screen is the selling point at the Mercy surely of screen Fidelity which it almost undoubtedly must have screw that shit

[icy sundial]

I've been using accu battery with Pro. Whatever subscription since like. Oh my God! Android KitKat

[ebon marlin]

I'm on a Pixel Fold not sure how heavy task killing Pixel's are

[icy sundial]

I'm on a pixel 9 Pro XL

I've had a pixel phone ever since pixel one

I haven't had every pixel phone. I usually skip a generation that's why I'm on an odd number and started with Pixel 1

[ebon marlin]

Even given permission for the app to run in the background

[formal sonnet]

Yes, that's wear and tear. Completely normal for plastic / cloth materials, expecially over multiple years.

[ebon marlin]

I also own a Pixel 1

[icy sundial]

We're going to have to have jetpacks before I prescribe to foldable phones

I was the same way with wireless mice and wireless headphones but once they proved to be worth the money I've got both now

[latent pasture]

pro battery apps with subscription 💀💀💀

[icy sundial]

Oh no! It's not subscription I just mean I bought it like forever ago

I don't pay monthly. That was my bad

[pure trellis]

With ads*

[icy sundial]

But it is undoubtedly without a doubt the best battery app for Android and it has been for like a decade

I think even then it was only like $3

[latent pasture]

what do battery apps even do
arent the options to cap <100% in the settings

[pure trellis]

Yes

[icy sundial]

It's not a battery saving app

The thing that I like about accu battery is you can plug up different charging cables and it'll tell you the millisecond to millisecond mv charge that you're getting

Or the discharge while you're unplugged

So what I use it for is I go through all of my USBC cables and I plug them up and I see which ones are the best

[sleek ibex]

I'm getting strong SoftRam 95 vibes

[icy sundial]

It's like the litmus test for shitty charging cables or power blocks for that matter

[ebon marlin]

I got the Pixel Fold since it was 300€ so why not and it quickly replaced my brand new Realme GT 7 i bought few weeks ago lol

[pure trellis]

Oh, wait, right

[icy sundial]

Nothing nothing has been able to do that other than accu battery. I'm sure there's alternatives but accu battery is the OG

[formal sonnet]

This. Exactly this. I've had so many "USB PD Capable" chargers and cables that outright LIE about their capabilities. At least this way I KNOW if my device is going to be charged quickly.

[icy sundial]

And the crazy thing is they're just drawing from what Android already knows

At least Android lets other apps see that data because God knows Apple wouldn't

[ebon marlin]

Although Oppo's new Foldable does look very interesting which I'm looking forward to seeing

[icy sundial]

They would not want people knowing that their cables are probably on the 30th percentile of performance

[ebon marlin]

First ever Foldable with a crease that you can't even see even in direct sunlight

[icy sundial]

I don't even think that feature of accu battery is behind subscription

[ebon marlin]

Accubattery has dark mode behind a subscription lmao

[icy sundial]

But I'll never forget the fun of getting the app and realizing its potential in that regard and going through my mountain of charging blocks and cables and finding the absolute best combination

[ebon marlin]

It's such a weird thing since you check Accubattery probably like once a day

[icy sundial]

Back then it was insane the variance. We're talking about anything from 300 to 2700 MVa or whatever

Now I think the highest I currently get is 4,800 with USBC

And remember I've been using accu battery since kit Kat, so I was using a T-Mobile G2 with a tactile keyboard at the time originally

I honestly can't think of a single worthwhile app to pay for except Accu battery

[pure trellis]

This conversation will be funny when solid state batteries hit the consumer market

[icy sundial]

Yeah kind of like saying us being here will be funny when discord gets Congressional approval to make us give a retina scan in order to telepathically communicate memes

[ebon marlin]

Donutlabs seems sus though

[icy sundial]

Or when they put us into comatose for not paying for nitro after having the nitro brain chip installed

[ebon marlin]

So far only claims but no proofs of anything

Not even any patents or anything

[pure trellis]

Tech looks promising,but expensive. So we will see

[icy sundial]

So you all understand that there have been better alternatives to oil and lithium batteries for decades

All we're waiting for now is for the lithium industry to even scratch the surface of the oil industry

And then they will buy up the patents and squash any competitors just like the oil industry did for almost 2 centuries

[pure trellis]

Renault shown 1k km ev test already,we will see

[ebon marlin]

But Finland has been experimenting with sodium battery's for a very long time now

We watched a documentary about it when I used to study still

[rigid fjord]

now that's a blast from the past dude

[icy sundial]

I mean it doesn't take much deductive reasoning to realize that every single industry and technology has advanced exponentially year upon year for the last 150 plus years

Except for...,..

One of the most archaic power delivery sources from the beginning of time

[pure trellis]

Tech itself from early 20th century, we just got to technologically lvl to make something from it

[icy sundial]

You don't invent the transistor and then get to AI while only improving gas mileage by 10 to 15 miles per gallon

It just doesn't make sense unless somebody's making sure it doesn't get better or it should have been replaced decades ago

And there have been valid proven attempts to do so and then people like Stanley Meyer die

[pure trellis]

Which definition of AI are you using?

[icy sundial]

I'm just using it as the current level of technological advancement since the very first petroleum fueled engine

[pure trellis]

Because self learning algorithm is way older than microelectronics

[icy sundial]

You do know we had battery operated vehicles in the 1800s

[pure trellis]

Technically,yes, but I won't call them vehicles

[icy sundial]

Were not operating under Max efficiency. We're operating under what the powers that be are willing to make and or lose money off of allowing to exist

Okay, there's several drops in this bucket

Have you ever wondered why the United States being everything that it's globally perceived to be economically and technologically? And what have you

Why do you think rail system pales in comparison to literally every country in Europe?

The reason why anyone in any City in America can't hop on a train and go at least somewhere within 100 miles no matter where they are like Europe

[pure trellis]

I won't compare rail system of EU and USA, better comparicing is USA and Japan

[icy sundial]

Despite us pioneering the rail industry originally

Okay well you don't have to because I'll tell you why we don't have a rail system like Europe

[pure trellis]

Until you visit Germany

[icy sundial]

It's because the American Auto industry, particularly general motors at the time in the early 1950s. They lobbied and ruthlessly conspired to squash any commuter rail development in every city of America

And you'll never guess why

[pure trellis]

That's a talent to make rail so inefficient

[icy sundial]

So they could sell every city in America city buses. That's literally it. I'm not making that up

[wispy thunder]

Every power generation from the beginning of time is one way or another, heating water.

[pure trellis]

Until fusion reactors

[icy sundial]

There's a whole Wikipedia article on it and Congress was involved and indictments. It's history. It was just 80 years ago so nobody remembers it

[wispy thunder]

you win some you lose some, China has the best High speed rail in the world without a doubt, but then you don't get the same freedoms as north america.

[icy sundial]

There are some conspiracies that are by definition and actual conspiracy not what people have made the word conspiracy to mean

[wispy thunder]

There, people treat surveillance as good, here it's treated as invasive.

[icy sundial]

Conspiracy is a concentrated effort from a group of people to conspire for a goal in secret

There's another one that's proven that's even better get this guys

[wispy thunder]

It's not a conspiracy that in a free-market, money is power

you have money, you can do anything

[icy sundial]

So shortly after light bulbs were invented they realized they lasted too long. Once everybody owned a light bulb, they weren't selling any more light bulbs because they lasted like several years.

[pure trellis]

Do you know, you both right and wrong at the same time?

[icy sundial]

Literally all of the light bulb manufacturers got together and purposely made them last months instead of a few decades

And this again was completely run through the government process. This isn't just speculation

So who knows what they be doing now dog

[wispy thunder]

Again none of this is news?

[icy sundial]

It was news in like 1914

[wispy thunder]

Planned obsolescence has always plagued north america

[icy sundial]

Look it up. There's a Wikipedia article including all of the dates of when they were subpoenaed by Congress and admitted guilt and everything

[wispy thunder]

I don't know what you're getting at rn

even if you're right, what have you proved?

[icy sundial]

The first one is the Great American streetcar scandal Google that and you'll find everything you need

[wispy thunder]

that north america sucks?

[pure trellis]

Is Mexico north America?

[sleek ibex]

Yes

[icy sundial]

The second one which I swear to God I can't make this shit up. The group of light bulb CEOs that would meet in secret. They called themselves the Phoebus Cartel

And you can Google that and read everything

Of all of the conspiracy theories that give the two words conspiracy and theory a bad name. Those are two legitimate conspiracy theories that were proven to be true

I can't wait for the next one!

[wispy thunder]

I'm so confused how did this go from accubattery and type C cables to this

[icy sundial]

Oh fun fact! Also the Phoebus cartel coined the term planned obsolescence

That's actually how I found out about this

[wispy thunder]

nobody cares lmao

[icy sundial]

I don't care either

[wispy thunder]

then what are you going on about

what even is your point?

or just mindless babbling?

[pure trellis]

The world is getting worse or something like that

[wispy thunder]

Eh

[icy sundial]

I don't know where exactly I would be if I thought you thinking I was cool mattered holy shit

[formal sonnet]

It's been over 15 years and I still can't buy Graphene batteries so... 🤷
https://www.engadget.com/2010-12-08-graphene-electrodes-promise-5x-energy-storage-boost-for-ultracap.html

[icy sundial]

Yelling at the screen telling Linus to decide on the hairstyle maybe?

[icy sundial]

This is kind of alluding to the point I originally tried to make by bringing up the suppression of advancement by corporations who would lose a lot of money if such things advanced

[pure trellis]

BYD promising 2027

[icy sundial]

The technology exists. It's been proven and peer-reviewed

[wispy thunder]

ofc it's the Chinese 😄

cant beat em at gas, beat em at electric

[pure trellis]

I mean,who else,at this point?!

[icy sundial]

The reason why we don't see any advancements in 15 years probably be answered by looking into the patents or who funded the research or who stopped funding the research and their ties

It could be as simple as oh. It ended up being really expensive which is usually the case

China is already proving that. A properly advanced and properly rich country can find and implement better alternatives than the internal combustion engine off of gasoline

[pure trellis]

Tesla is 20 years old and this news is 15 years. Something sometimes conspiracy

[peak swan]

My uh collection of tech (doesn’t include a bunch of stuff because I cant really put it all in one spot lol

[wispy thunder]

the only reason Chinese stopped competing in gasoline cars is they knew they couldn't beat the germans, japanese, or americans.

[icy sundial]

It why do you think it took a complete outside source and not the literal global pillar of the automotive industry to not make that advancement first?

[wispy thunder]

so they invested in electric cars early by putting gasoline plates on a lottery system and allowing easy purchasing of EVs and especially electric scooters.

[icy sundial]

You seriously don't think we shouldn't be better than 18 to 30 miles per gallon in 2026

If not on a completely different means of powering our vehicles if our entire economy wasn't based on the fuel source

[pure trellis]

Also, Chinese dependency on oil is way higher,so electric argument is way stronger

[icy sundial]

China is the first country in two generations to be even remotely close to doing whatever the fuck it wants and pioneering on the level that America did '50s to the '90s

[wispy thunder]

I do think that, I got to ride in a car that did well over 600 miles no problem on a single tank of gas + battery in China, with all the luxury features you don't get in North America.

[icy sundial]

Why do you think you're going back to the Moon with the Artemis mission

[wispy thunder]

The issue is at least for where I live, electric does not do well in cold

[icy sundial]

Why do you think they've unilaterally banned Chinese EV vehicles when every country including Canada has allowed them

[pure trellis]

Gallon is 8L, right?

[icy sundial]

It's because EU countries and Canada don't have an insane Auto industry

[wispy thunder]

no 3.7

I'm Canadian lmao

[pure trellis]

Oh,not that bad

[icy sundial]

We're told that Chinese EVs are not allowed to be sold here because they're doing the customer a favor

[wispy thunder]

Because for one, they have a culture that's united regardless of whether or not you like how they got there.

[icy sundial]

No, they're not. They're doing the American Auto industry, a favor and they went bankrupts less than 2 decades ago and the taxpayers bought them out

And then they weren't even nationalized. They were just literally given a blank check to keep going

[wispy thunder]

what happens to the american automotive economy if nobody buys american?

it collapses.

[icy sundial]

I know what happens but that's not how shit works

[wispy thunder]

Well then the obvious fix to that is to make better products right?

[pure trellis]

Oh,he is pretty dip in right wing media

[icy sundial]

You can't beat your chest about America being free market capitalism and blah blah blah and then do shit like the rail car conspiracy and now the Chinese EV bullshit

[wispy thunder]

Well who wants to do that when you can just make the government block out the better competitors

[icy sundial]

The American Auto industry has been spoiled into not being good at business for half a century

[wispy thunder]

it's cheaper, it's faster, and it's better for the big tech's wallets

[icy sundial]

Sometimes empires deserve to fall at their own fault

Especially when they fuck up royally twice for fuck's sake

[wispy thunder]

go again? I'm Canadian idc about what y'all do lmao

it's not right or left wing to say that if there's no investment or moving money within an economy, the economy falls

[pure trellis]

I am more about his arguments

[icy sundial]

I really think you all should read the story of the guy who invented a engine that can run off water

[wispy thunder]

how about you explain it

[icy sundial]

Tried to sell his patents to all the major automotive industries

[pure trellis]

Oh, hydrogen cars, that's a topic and a half in this chat

[icy sundial]

And then he suddenly died and it wasn't just a oh he died in his sleep all right

[wispy thunder]

sigh this guy

[pure trellis]

It's pretty popular anti corporate conspiracy theory

[wispy thunder]

poor dude how do you sleep at night worrying about all these things

[icy sundial]

He literally dies in the middle of a meeting with the other industry and tell yeah it was from an aneurysm is the official story. Whatever, but that would be fine. Clean slate excuse

[wispy thunder]

just realize that the world's messed up and move on

[icy sundial]

Except for when his son who returned home after his dad died literally during a lunch meeting with you Auto execs found his dad's workshop looted

[pure trellis]

But but armchair activism

[wispy thunder]

I love being laid back

[icy sundial]

And I'm not talking about this guy's technology just being like oh he said it

He was on the news showing it off and all kinds of stuff

[wispy thunder]

far as I'm concerned, I live a comfortable life with powerful gas engines and that's all there is to it

[pure trellis]

It was about hydrogen car

[icy sundial]

Of course me too and we have been very well groomed to be complacent in being able to say that

[pure trellis]

Hydrogen vehicles a thing since earth 20th century

[wispy thunder]

groomed to be complacent?

[icy sundial]

I'm not trying to say I'm about to walk away from the only system I have to keep things going for myself

[wispy thunder]

I'm not the one engineering new tech

[icy sundial]

I'm just pointing out the extreme and drastic measures taken to make it this way

[wispy thunder]

I take what I have, I love gas guzzling, german engineering, all wheel drive cars that just go

[icy sundial]

I don't know man. Have you ever sat in a Tesla?

[wispy thunder]

far as I'm concerned, there's no more efficient way to go 200km/h on a road

[icy sundial]

I know there's going to be a transitional. Between grease monkey car culture and EV culture

[wispy thunder]

Way more than just teslas lmao

Sat in Xiaomis, Aion, BYD, AITO

all of which are more luxury than Tesla and Lucid

[icy sundial]

0 to 60 in A Tesla makes you feel like you're in One of those motorized shopping carts by comparison

Instant torque instant full acceleration

[cinder rivet]

Guys for loseless scaling, what goy should I use

[icy sundial]

You don't have to work your way through six gears or nothing. That's why a Tesla can beat a Ferrari in 0 to 60, around 3 seconds

[cinder rivet]

It's the future

[wispy thunder]

and no range

what was it, 3 launches and the battery dies?

[icy sundial]

A Tesla will literally make you feel like gravity switches 90° from where your feet are to where your back is

[pure trellis]

10€ per 1kg still hurts

[icy sundial]

And that's not a claim to Tesla anybody could do that. It's a claim to the technology that even Tesla doesn't have rights over

[wispy thunder]

no that's what a plane is for, or high speed rail in China where 300km/h is actually practical

[cinder rivet]

Yeah but without a torque converter is gonna be impossible to beat the top speed

[icy sundial]

That's simply not true dude

[pure trellis]

But it is the best car I ever own

[icy sundial]

They get like 350 miles per gallon these days

[cinder rivet]

?

[wispy thunder]

ok how much range does launching a tesla get

[cinder rivet]

True I just waiting for the day we get more compact cells

[icy sundial]

And it's only getting better at the very least. I can tell you right now that they are advancing the range for EV batteries than they are combustion engines

And that's speaking about the past 5 to 10 years, let alone the past 150 years

[wispy thunder]

if you need to be put back into your seat, get into a plane. If you wanna go fast, do it on a rail where that speed is actually useful

[icy sundial]

That's because there is no electricity industry like there is the oil industry

[cinder rivet]

How is that even remotely the same

[icy sundial]

And if there was no such thing as an oil industry we would already be. God knows driving around on what technology

[pure trellis]

Should be in 2027 at earliest and most likely won't be available in west for some time

[wispy thunder]

Anyways Tesla aren't great

[cinder rivet]

Batteries are good (it's my industry lol) but it's heavy

[wispy thunder]

they're fine as far as north american evs go

but it's really just a corolla with nicer tech

and half the reliability

[pure trellis]

They are just avg nowadays

[icy sundial]

But what advancements have you seen or heard about in the last 10 years compared to the last 100 years combustion engines?

And I'm not saying combustion engines have even hit a ceiling They can't pass up

We're sitting in the comfortable profit margin for the oil industry and it's all all a handshake over caviar

[wispy thunder]

300hp in a 3 cyl 1.6L consumer road car

[icy sundial]

Are you trying to say that this is all that they could muster after 150 years or the most they're willing to allow?

[wispy thunder]

didn't you say in the past 100 years? what did you have to do to get the same power output then?

1926 4L V12

[icy sundial]

It doesn't take a fucking genius to look at the automotive industry and realize there is no good excuse for literally every single other industry that isn't tied to the oil industry to advanced at the same rate

[wispy thunder]

or 7.1L I6

[icy sundial]

So look at it like this

[wispy thunder]

well here's the kicker for you: maturity is a thing. you could say the same for silicon, where the ability to make transistors smaller is reaching its limit

[icy sundial]

If tomorrow something came out that replaced electricity and silicon graphics and one fell swoop

[wispy thunder]

silicon graphics?

[icy sundial]

How much of a fight do you think every single multi-billion dollar company would fight against that technology coming to light?

[wispy thunder]

None

[icy sundial]

The entire world already lives off their technology why not spend a few hundred million on making sure things just keep going how things are going

The oil industry has literally been doing that for almost two centuries

[wispy thunder]

to replace energy is insane work

[pure trellis]

I mean,they can just use that tech to make money

[wispy thunder]

your forms of energy is what, electricity, chemical, light, and sound?

[icy sundial]

I'm not just speaking off of speculation either. There's tons of shit the back this up

Chevron BP Exxon all of them buying up patents and then sitting on them. And I'm talking about buying up patents in the 1890s

[wispy thunder]

mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, nuclear, and radiant

[pure trellis]

Don't mistake - conspiracy for non profitability

[icy sundial]

Not patents that they bought up in order to research in advance. They bought them to control them. Never seeing the light of day again

And again I'm not making this shit up dude

I'm not even a green environmentalist person

[wispy thunder]

you're saying that something could replace a fundamental form of energy?

[icy sundial]

This could be about toothpaste for all I care. I'm literally talking about the egregious suppression of progress in any industry in any capacity. That's what pisses me off

[wispy thunder]

The only argument you've got is you want to stray away from one form of chemical energy to another

[icy sundial]

And the fact that this one in particular is apparently killing our planet. That doesn't help

[pure trellis]

Oh right, I should make toothpaste

[wispy thunder]

going from a highly power dense gasoline to a much lower density hydrogen

[icy sundial]

Even though if it was about toothpaste and there was an alternative that made your teeth whiter for less money, I would support that too

[wispy thunder]

you're sounding like this guy!!!

[icy sundial]

You're going to have to give me more context than specifically what you think. Proves your point

Did you seriously ask AI what someone sounds like when they're trying to defend what you don't agree with?

[wispy thunder]

no that was google search for stockton rush quotes

[icy sundial]

Who the hell is that?

[pure trellis]

That's not AI font

[icy sundial]

That's AI format

[icy sundial]

What are some key Stockton Rush quotes as a prompt? Yeah, that will literally give you that format

[icy sundial]

Thanks bae

[wispy thunder]

This whole time you've been ranting about how companies can lobby government to stop competitors from innovating using drastic measures and how innovation is apparently slowed because of it

[icy sundial]

Wait a second

[icy sundial]

That's literally what I've never ranted about once

[wispy thunder]

I've been trying to ask you what is your point and you haven't given one

[wispy thunder]

this

and the hydrogen water car thing

and the evs thing

[icy sundial]

Yeah that is not anything about lobbying the government or stopping competitors

I don't see how you all don't realize that other alternatives are booming except in our little American bubble or Western bubble. I guess for those who aren't American

[wispy thunder]

I'm not american

I'm chinese lmao

[rigid fjord]

oceangate 2.0 when?

[icy sundial]

Even though there are plenty of Western civilizations that are completely embracing alternative sources of driving to work

The reason why America literally has banned it against all of their allies, allowing it is because of the threat to the American Auto industry

[wispy thunder]

ok and?

[icy sundial]

The Canadian Auto industry doesn't have much to contend with by letting cheap EV cars into their market

[wispy thunder]

are you american?

if you don't like it, move to somewhere that you do like

it's really that simple - got a whole planet to explore

[icy sundial]

You would make the perfect American. I don't know why you live wherever the fuck you do

[wispy thunder]

I prefer Canada - so I live in Canada

[icy sundial]

How are you going to be? Not American and regurgitating American propaganda

Aren't Canadians supposed to hate America even though I don't agree with what America recently did to Canada

[wispy thunder]

What propaganda? That I like German cars?

I daily a Japanese SUV and shill Chinese evs lmao

[icy sundial]

I'm guessing you're not within 300 km of the east or west coast of Canada

[rigid fjord]

bit costly in parts tbf

[wispy thunder]

oh for sure

[wispy thunder]

Americans gave Canadians V8s, so as far as I'm concerned, that's cool

idk I don't get super political

You like what you like, you don't like what you don't like

[icy sundial]

I have friends in Toronto and Vancouver and they say their version of the South in america is anyone who doesn't live near Toronto or Vancouver

I don't agree

Mostly because one person who said something in the last 15 minutes isnt enough to make me agree on anything

[wispy thunder]

I didn't like how crowded it was in China, and American culture isn't my thing

Canada is nice.

[icy sundial]

But oddly enough all my Canadian friends love cars

[wispy thunder]

Living in a single home without needing to worry about rent is nice.

[icy sundial]

Like, V8 type car dudes

[wispy thunder]

Being able to drive anywhere I want is nice

[cinder rivet]

Well higher capacities

[wispy thunder]

no my fav engine is the B58, 3L i6

[cinder rivet]

Which should allow us to cut out more weight from current packs

[icy sundial]

As an American oddly enough, my favorite engines are in line 6 from Germany. No matter what they are, I'm sure there are some exceptions

[wispy thunder]

see?

[icy sundial]

But I also haven't been behind the wheel of a V8 before

[wispy thunder]

toss out the politics and you finally see the light

[cinder rivet]

Tbf oil is very efficient and very energy dense

[wispy thunder]

just enjoy what you have

[icy sundial]

That's exactly what I've already done

If you toss out the politics and you have an ounce of capacity for critical thinking, you can see shit for what it is

On literally any topic

[wispy thunder]

it's only efficient cause there was many years of prior investment into it

but, far as I'm concerned, I'll take it.

[icy sundial]

American politics has become a religion and you know how easy it is for people to give up religion

Even as a non-american, I'm sure you know what I'm saying

[wispy thunder]

I got cheap gas, fun cars, I'll do as I please

[cinder rivet]

We got ford pushing more than 100hp from less than liter of displacement 10 years ago

It's very efficient

[icy sundial]

That's honestly how America got where they're at Canada was probably not a good example of non-american

[serene python]

EVs are woke

[wispy thunder]

10 years ago was 2016, that's not exactly old...

[icy sundial]

Because Canada and America, despite the worthless line drawn in the sand on the North American continent that divides us

[wispy thunder]

2016 is only a year older than my newest car lmao

[icy sundial]

We're all sitting on top of the same insanely huge oil reserves

[cinder rivet]

By engine tech it is and iirc there's a version of it now closer to 200hp still under a liter

[icy sundial]

And that brings me right back to square one of my point

[wispy thunder]

are they reliable?

[icy sundial]

America just is an easier example because we not only have oil whether it be need or dependency on it

We also just happen to have a multinational conglomerate that depends on it on top of that

[wispy thunder]

either way 2016 and 2017 M240i are practically the same car - first gen B58. Hardly cutting edge but hella fun to drive

[cinder rivet]

Yup puma st has 170hp from 1l

[icy sundial]

One thing I always wondered why why Canada was so good at making airplanes but never really ventured into the Auto industry

Europe has obviously done both. Honestly Europe leads and airplane engines to this day

Some of them not only shifted into making cars but gave up aerospace for cars hence the BMW logo

[wispy thunder]

makes no sense, small and light car still takes 7.4s for 0-62mph

[icy sundial]

I think we still fly some Canadian made airplanes in our military to be honest

[cinder rivet]

Puma st is not small... Also it's 170hp, so eh, but it's an engine used in a lot of racing cars for a reason

Iirc ginetta and Catherham uses it

[icy sundial]

Dang I just did a Google

Over 110 Canadian companies contribute to the components used to manufacture the f-35

Which is quite literally the closest thing to a UFO that any government has towards fighting shit in the air

[cinder rivet]

And a formula ford with one did 7 minutes in Nürburgring

[wispy thunder]

it's small to me - it's shorter than my 2 series length wise and smaller than my rav4 all around

also looks like the bumper would scrape everything on the road if I drove it in the winter

half the approach clearance as my rav4 that makes it a small car in my books

[icy sundial]

I peed on Nürburgring

Once

Didn't drive though

[wispy thunder]

wasn't california's population basically the same as the entirety of Canada

[icy sundial]

Probably not even California. Just two or three Southern cities in California

[cinder rivet]

Small would be a Yaris my guy

[wispy thunder]

I consider my 2 series small and it's bigger than the Puma lmao

[icy sundial]

Canada is a little over 40 mil actually

And I don't know if California has that many. Let's see

[wispy thunder]

39.6mil in Cali

[sleek ibex]

Cali's population isn't too far off population wise to Canada

[wispy thunder]

so basically the same.

[icy sundial]

Yep close you're right

[wispy thunder]

yeah so that's why

it does make it that the city I live in is very quiet for the most part

[icy sundial]

But the thing about California is 95% of the population is in less than 5% of the area

[wispy thunder]

same as Canada lmao

[icy sundial]

If you look at a population density map of California, you'll see what I mean. It comes down to like three cities

[wispy thunder]

most of our land is actually uninhabitable

[icy sundial]

Well I'm wrong

The top three most populated cities in California only make up 15% of the population

So I might extend that to five

[wispy thunder]

anyways

[icy sundial]

Anyways

My city has like a piss drop in that bucket

[wispy thunder]

Love german and japanese cars, gas is gas and the world still spins

good enough for me.

[icy sundial]

I love German and Japanese cars too

Not necessarily buying them or driving them but looking at them

[wispy thunder]

well, who knows if the world is still spinning a month from now but we'll see!

[icy sundial]

Only after experiencing them

But man dude let me tell you a little something about my 1984 BMW m635

[sleek ibex]

Growing up in a Mopar household.... Me buying German and Japanese (latter especially) was asking for death /j

[icy sundial]

I almost died when I traded it for my life but man that was such a fucking beast

[cinder rivet]

Same but also British cars too, I love lotus

[icy sundial]

Not mine but oh God I love that car

[wispy thunder]

Lotus evora uses the same 2grfe as my rav4, the exige was a corolla 2zz engine

they're just toyota powertrains in an nice chassis

somewhat.

[icy sundial]

Mine was metallic blue. Arctikblaus as bmw would copywrite it

[wispy thunder]

that's awesome.

[cinder rivet]

And that's the beauty of it, they manage to turn the mundane into the exciting

I want a TVR so bad lol

[wispy thunder]

wdym mundane

they're awesome engines

[icy sundial]

The hood for the engine opened up in reverse too which was awesome

Like the hinge was by the headlights in case people are too dumb to know what I mean

But yeah traded it for my life so

Can't really complain about not having it anymore

[wispy thunder]

crashed it?

sold?

[sleek ibex]

We called our 1993 Dodge Shadow "Doug"

[icy sundial]

Yeah I crashed it spectacularly

[wispy thunder]

tragic

[icy sundial]

I was driving down a country road where it was like Cliff face on my left and drop off to my right

I went a little bit on the outside of a turn and my front right wheel dropped off a 6-in ledge of the pavement which created like a track that I couldn't get back onto the road from

Anyways, I ended up corkscrewing and ending up with my headlights going straight up into the trees

But the crazy thing is I had my sunroof open and when I hit the tree the roof crushed down and my head went through the sunroof

[wispy thunder]

well you're alive so it really served its job

[icy sundial]

If the sunroof wasn't open I would be dead. I've got pictures hold on

Dang it

Auto mod

#off-topic

[wispy thunder]

damn

[icy sundial]

You can actually see the dent in the roof where the trunk of a tree would be

But yeah my head went through the sunroof and only had one staple on my scalp but anyways

[sleek ibex]

Not our exact car, but it looked exactly like this

[icy sundial]

I think I've seen a few videos of a car like this. Getting good air time when driving straight into a roundabout

That's not a desk. I'm just literally recalling what I remember

Diss*

[sinful terrace]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8b92FT/thermalright-axp90-x36-4258-cfm-cpu-cooler-axp90-x36
thoughts on this to cool a undervolted Ryzen 7 9700x? Building a very small PC to fit in my car so I can run an AI model in it and use OpenClaw

[wispy thunder]

see that's a thing, modern cars with TC and Stability Control has reduced those accidents by a LOT

[wispy thunder]

what case

[icy sundial]

Yeah why so low profile

[wispy thunder]

I'd go fullcopper if possible

[sinful terrace]

probably custom made, it needs to fit in my glove box

[wispy thunder]

but the mounting for that cooler sucks ass

[icy sundial]

Are you picking that for clearance or what made you choose that

[sinful terrace]

i could increase voltage on fan to have better cooling no?

[wispy thunder]

no

[sinful terrace]

smol and tiny

[wispy thunder]

uh, go scour r/sffpc for inspiration.

[icy sundial]

Yeah but that's extremely small

[sinful terrace]

bett man thx

[icy sundial]

The type of heatsink you get because you can't spare half a centimeter

To be honest with that type of CPU and being limited to that size of the heatsink go for full copper

[sinful terrace]

how about direct die cooling and liquid metal?

my budget is very generous for this project

[icy sundial]

Just cover all your bases on proper airflow elsewhere

[wispy thunder]

direct die is not really needed nowadays

[sinful terrace]

im gonna prioritize small and efficient cooling

[icy sundial]

Like solid copper for heatsink. You might whenever place the fan that comes with whatever heatsink you actually get

[wispy thunder]

get used to 95C and airflow being 2mm of clearance

[icy sundial]

Make sure you get your arrows right with high CFM fans, wherever you can fit them

Fans might be pushing it so fan

[wispy thunder]

tho, you might be better off getting like a nuc or minipc nowdays with how good iGPUs have gotten.

[icy sundial]

Dang they let CPUs thermal throttle above 90 seed these days?

[sinful terrace]

i do want to use an Nvidia T4, its small too, uses 75 watts, and has 16gb of vram

[wispy thunder]

not throttle, target.

base speed is well under 90

[raven scroll]

ppl actually install coolers for their ssds?

[wispy thunder]

but if it's not at 95, it'll turbo the thing till it does

[icy sundial]

Then what's throttle on a 95 Target

[sinful terrace]

should I jsut get something like a Core i3-12100T? 35 watts is yummy

[icy sundial]

115 billion Kelvin

[wispy thunder]

some do for the controller, or in my case I needed it since the chipset is directly under the SSD (I run itx)

[wispy thunder]

keep boosting for as long as it can sustain 95C

if it's heating past 95C, drop boost till it hits 95C

[icy sundial]

In my experience you don't need to cool solid state. You can actually cool a solid state to impede performance easier than you can have one. Overheat

[sinful terrace]

i cant imagine a small copper cooler that is overvolted, direct die with liquid metal, and undervolted cpu is gonna cause anything over 70C?

[wispy thunder]

direct die doesn't make sense anymore now that all cpus are soldered IHS

[icy sundial]

Usually when you want to cool a solid state drive at least an M2 or an nvme. It's to contend with the heat it's around, not the heat it generates if that makes sense

[sinful terrace]

i see

[sinful terrace]

I was thinking a mac mini with 64gb might be a better choice but the price is definitely a no go for me.

[icy sundial]

For example, I have a nvme nas hosting almost 10 TB of stuff in raid 0 (shut up) does hosting a Plex server to over a dozen people?

And those little shits never get even close to getting hot enough to even warrant a cooler

Let alone having a cooler and worrying about them Staying cool enough

But they also aren't sandwiched between CPU and a GPU with shit air cooling which might warrant something even if it's what your motherboard comes with

But a 3.5 SSD will never need cooling

But in my Nas I have six 2 TB literally side by side in a very small enclosure and they're fine

[wispy thunder]

oh balls. I think I found my next mistake

[icy sundial]

Get a pink gold one for a real mistake

Black and silver face with a metallic and black band would be dope if they offer it

I mean silver metallic are interchangeable whatever

[wispy thunder]

nah the black silver with leather band is good

[icy sundial]

Yeah I just was kind of annoyed but copper had the option and the others didn't

I don't know why Casio

Were you just blindly browsing watches and came across this one that you liked and it happened to be Casio? Or were you browsing casio's?

[wispy thunder]

I'm still looking for the red one tho

[wispy thunder]

no I just happened to see a post about it

[icy sundial]

Oh shit, I follow this guy on YouTube who does custom versions of these watches?

[wispy thunder]

but the only casio I really wanted was that red LF20W

oh

[icy sundial]

Specifically these ones

[wispy thunder]

I've seen it like once or twice but I don't watch the dude

I think he does the casio royales tho

[icy sundial]

Where he will make the black parts actually every color within the display he will customize the colors of

[wispy thunder]

this one I think it was?

I just wanted the LF20W cause I like square slim watches and I love that colour

[icy sundial]

LukeBuildsWatches

I don't feel like testing Automod again

[wispy thunder]

no clue who that is

[icy sundial]

But if you put his name with custom Casio you'll see what I'm talking about

[wispy thunder]

its ok I'm gonna head off now

cya

[icy sundial]

Yoinked

[west blade]

rahh

[icy sundial]

Blue screen of success

[river oak]

bro our school did dhis for our coding practice lol

[west blade]

Now got 32gb RAM

[stoic nova]

Since when did - if then else get harder to type than "otherwise"

Dude went Shakespeare for 1 word

[plucky tulip]

is there a away to like clear restart a laptop

like hard reboot a laptop to its normal condition cause my laptop is suddenly so buggy. When i played games its fps i so low (i have a rtx 5060 laptop) and i watched yt tutorial on how to fix the issues but it only gets worse and i want to like clear reboot my laptop cause its still new

[native path]

display SIX SEVEN!!!!!!!

[plush wren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1260084537648611409/1437215582326886410/bleedIMG4xqM7x8El2rPJ.gif

[bold olive]

sketchy 'USB3.0-SuperSpeed 4Ports Hub' shows up as...

[stoic nova]

If you do update driver and try to replace it for a generic usb host does it work?

[bold olive]

if child != 67:
print("you dint follow the trend")
else:
print("SIX SEVEN")

sorry

[bold olive]

cant update them or atleast i cant find them

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/angrybird-zvn-zrozevn-APizhY5cGOkz2hU7QW

aw hell na what was that

[cold skiff]

AI slop

[peak swan]

What the fuck

[stoic nova]

You'd say you'll provide your own driver

Locally Installed

I don't have a disk, then there's the generic drivers

[bold olive]

well idrc about the drivers

im only plugging in power-only or usb 2 devices

as long as it works im fine with it

[peak swan]

So you could do a silly and make it where it looks like it is 67 but make 67 be defined as 69 and then replace the text with “ur not funny” and “nice”

[peak swan]

A lot of internal devices (mostly on laptops and aio computers) use usb internally

[serene python]

Generational difference ah

[peak swan]

I mean 67 meme is gone too far, and the worse thing is ppl saying it’s the 67 gesture even tho me and others have used it for years, some even decades

[serene python]

Like you had 69 as the mainly millennial funny number, 9/11 for zoomers and 67 for gen alpha

[bold olive]

'internally'

i mean it could

[peak swan]

I don’t think gen alpha has coding lessons so uhm

[bold olive]

but im too lazy to make my usb 3 port internal

[peak swan]

No but like for example bluetooth, sd card readers, built in webcams, etc are often usb

[bold olive]

no shit

im talking about an external hub

[serene python]

Zoomers had another almost forgot

420

[rigid fjord]

zoomers don't know 420

[exotic cape]

Does anyone have any ideas on printers?

[plucky tulip]

i actually need tech support rn my laptop is so buggy it works normally on daily use and roblox but when it comes to fps games such as fortnite and valorant it just crashes all over but when i played expedition 33 it runs just fine idk what is happening to my laptop nvm it didnt run fine

[frail sequoia]

I can make my phones photos look good (took the photo yesterday)

Looks liminal lol

[vital marlin]

whats the best way to show CPU GPU RAM resource usage on the task bar?

[rigid fjord]

i use the et-2860

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[ebon marlin]

@peak swan what were the thinkpads that you were looking at b4

The old ones

[peak swan]

Wdym

[ebon marlin]

I remember you mentioned that you wanted to get some old thinkpads

[peak swan]

I mean i did want a thinkpad x61 but like too expensive

[ebon marlin]

Ah don't have those

I work at a recycling center we got a few old thinkpads in today

I got 2 X230's a T40 and a T30 iirc

Think I threw away the T40

[peak swan]

The x230 is also an option that i wanted at some point

I would do the keyboard mod if i did get one but other than that

[serene python]

I do

[ebon marlin]

The X230 has a god awful trackpad

Why is it textured lmao

Why couldn't it be smooth

[neat sparrow]

i still would take a thinkpad over almost everything else :P

I still got 3, a 12 year old one, ~6 year and 2 year old. Love em

[ebon marlin]

I get a ram error on a pc i open it and check what's wrong with the ram and I see this lol

[neat sparrow]

lmao

it's to safe the bytes from being used :)

[gilded cosmos]

does anyone in chat have experience running the 14900k on a b760 mobo? does it work or does it spontaneously combust

[violet condor]

Can you pair a i7 2600 with a RX 580?

[gleaming rose]

why would it not work?

[gleaming rose]

if you want to

[violet condor]

Ok!

[peak swan]

Who cares, it has trackpoint

[tawdry trail]

hm

[peak swan]

Hmmmmm

[tawdry trail]

don't need it but like lowkey not a bad deal

[ebon marlin]

Isn't that just average price for a 3070 ti

[tawdry trail]

I wish

[ebon marlin]

3080's go for 250-300

[peak swan]

Well uh realistically that cpu would die at some point anyways so whatever

[ebon marlin]

Much better deal

[tawdry trail]

where are u finding them that cheap

my area must be cooked

[peak swan]

Why the fuck does this even exist lmfao

[ebon marlin]

Ebay

[steel umbra]

There are dozen of brands ripping off apple's triple lens layout

[ebon marlin]

And they still do it to this day

[steel umbra]

pretty sure huawei and maybe even older xiaomis

[ebon marlin]

Honor still does it with no shame lmao

Honor Win series for example

[steel umbra]

I'm pretty sure average person would laugh at you owning a fake apple product

[peak swan]

Yeah but this one is actually straight up identical

[still flume]

ikr

[steel umbra]

There are more of these identical ones

[gritty panther]

good morning 🙂

[steel umbra]

Idk on who is supposted to a fake looking iphone make an impression

[hybrid fulcrum]

Hey guys. I need help with building my 1st pc. I have a ssd with heatsink and I want to screw it in but I can't get the screw out of the normal heatsink from the motherboard. I guess I need to get rid of the small ring but I can't seem to find a way to do it.

[gritty panther]

imo slab phones are boring everyone looks the same in 2026. Foldables are the future

[steel umbra]

As long they make the surface glass

[gritty panther]

majority would probably end up with a foldable if they make it cheap enough and fix the issues people have like the inner screen being plastic and fragile

[steel umbra]

otherwise foldables are dead to me for now

because they get scratched by everything

[gritty panther]

yep but I think we're getting there

[stoic nova]

In 2026 old people still randomly talk to me about a fold

[gritty panther]

6+ months with a fold 7 and I dont really take care of it. no big scratches yet!

I have a free screen protector replacement. I have no need for it

[stoic nova]

2 years with a 5. Thing is a tank

[gritty panther]

Im a new foldable owner. it's been an amazing experience

Im a believer now

[stoic nova]

Did you come from iOS too

[gritty panther]

Ive dropped it bad like 4-5 times now

[gritty panther]

9 years of iphone/ios

[stoic nova]

And the novelty was enough

Welcome

[gritty panther]

my opinion: android phones are way better but apple accessories are better

[ebon marlin]

Can confirm I bought a Realme GT 7 couple weeks ago and then bought a Pixel Fold last week since it was cheap and it immediately replaced my Realme GT 7 lmao

[steel umbra]

Lucky

[gritty panther]

I love my Fold 7 but I wish my apple watch lol

[peak swan]

I know bruh
I just accidentally found this one

[ebon marlin]

Meh

[stoic nova]

Fk the accessories we have fdroid

[hybrid fulcrum]

I'm looking for any solution at that point

[gritty panther]

I just miss my apple watch and airpods

[ebon marlin]

Currently the only thing Apple has an edge on is their airtags

[gritty panther]

Fold 7 shits on my iphone tho it's not even close

[steel umbra]

Airtags 2 are the best

[ebon marlin]

Haven't had any complaints with my Oneplus Watch 2

[gritty panther]

dont get me wrong. my Samsung watch is good toom

it just disconnects sometimes like once every 2 months or something .would drain battery

never experienced that with my apple watch

[ebon marlin]

Samsung generally just sucks

[gritty panther]

should I get a non-samsung watch next

[steel umbra]

Genuinely airtags are the most advanced from apple at the price point

[gritty panther]

i mean it's fine. but it's not "magic' like my apple watch was if that makes sense

[steel umbra]

phones go on par with android

[gritty panther]

I cant explain it well lol

[steel umbra]

mouse and keyboards are meh from apple

[gritty panther]

I feel like apple doesnt use bluetooth but Magic to connect to the watches and airpods

[steel umbra]

generic stuff

[gritty panther]

they just work great. whatever chip they put really works

I like apple with stuff like these.

[stoic nova]

I use a thinborne case and if you don't know its a dbrand sticker worth of protection and this thing has had an unholy amount of encounters with gravity and the hinge still feels stiff as day 1

[gritty panther]

first 3 months with hinge protection for me. ($25 case) bought a $13 clear case last christmas. I've been enjoying it it's march already

[ebon marlin]

My Oneplus Watch 2 has 2 SoC's in it so it's battery lasts 100 hours on a full charge

[gritty panther]

the $13 case came with TG screen protector. amaizng value lol

[stoic nova]

You can totally go naked on these

[gritty panther]

I have no problems with battery. I dont think any modern watch does @ebon marlin

[stoic nova]

Samsung took the criticism of the 1-2-3 personally

[gritty panther]

I would endthe day with 80% or something crazy. totally irrelevant

[ebon marlin]

Have you seen Apple Watch's batteries lol

They last a single day

[gritty panther]

I dont remember lol. I still charge my samsung watch every night out of habit

i dont like wearing watches when im sleeping

[gritty panther]

I think my last apple watch had 2 day battery life? I still charged it every night lol

battery was a non-issue for me because I charge them before going to bed. Im big with routine 😄

[ebon marlin]

I just charge mine once a week

[gritty panther]

my samsung watch probably needs a charge once every 4-5 days

I still charge it every night lel.

@ebon marlin I have a watch tanline. I always run outside lol

[stoic nova]

You gone deep

I still have my pro pods

[ebon marlin]

I live in a country where it's impossible to get a tan lmao

[gritty panther]

fold 7 is almost too stiff I had a harder time opening it up in the beginning

[ebon marlin]

Have you heard of the new Oppo N6 foldable

[gritty panther]

I have a 299.99 base ipad. I still use my gen1 airpods pro every now and then

I use my base ipad as a third monitor a lot. Im weird 😄

[stoic nova]

Watch was phone carrier promo?

[gritty panther]

with me? no I purchased them from samsung.com it was on sale

pro tip: if anyone has AAA insurance. you can get discounts on samsung.com

Ive said it a few times here. I bet a lot of people dont know. and they have AAA

[stoic nova]

Oh God....how much are you paying /paid for your phone

[gritty panther]

I get cheap phones from my carrier

I just bought my dad an S26 ultra 512gb the other day.

they're paying $750 for my dad's old pixel 7. score

(trade in)

[steel umbra]

Appel

[stoic nova]

Oh thank god. I swear.

Like the fold is cool. But not $180 a month cool (before data plan)

[gritty panther]

I haven't even told my dad yet. he's gonna be a happy old man. better for youtube

[gritty panther]

traded in my old phone for the Fold 7. the deal was insane

[stoic nova]

1300 here. Somehow those contracts are worth it to them

[gritty panther]

@stoic nova read this

it's a little dark but this poster got me to come in the store.

$1000 + value of your phone. wtf?

again wtf? so yea here I am with a Fold 7 6 months later.

[stoic nova]

They don't actually sell the phone, at least not themselves. The value is more in a promo

[steel umbra]

It's up to

[gritty panther]

I love my carrier. they love me too because I have their gigabit internet

[gritty panther]

my carrier fkn loves me.

[stoic nova]

I sign 2 year contract (1 year upgrade) plan for this kinda trade in

[gritty panther]

I have their overpriced cable internet, i dont have fiber inmy area

[stoic nova]

And that big long term plan is worth it

[gritty panther]

me having their overpriced gigabit cable internet unlocked ALL the deals in the mobile side.

[stoic nova]

I think it's because tax write-offs for depreciation they can afford this promo

[gritty panther]

but my gigabit internet isn't cheap. Im kinda getting screwed with this but the mobile side is nice to me so it evens out.

and I like my fast internet. it's imba but it's fine

1160 down/ 40 up lol

I've been waiting for At&t fiber for years. the street next to me has them. I dont know why they dont care about my area 🙁

[stoic nova]

I live 20 minutes outside city center and have

[gritty panther]

who knows. I've been living in the US for 12 years. it's the first time I dont feel like im getting scammed by my carrier

I was with t mobile for 10 years. I dont remember getting a deal this sweet.

I honestly think Samsung was just a little desperate to sell these phones.

probbaly harder to sell $2000+ phones in this economy.

probably just want people to get their hands on it. it's an amazing phone tbh. people hate on it a lot which pains me a little haha

[stoic nova]

It's because every carrier is a competitor but also works with each other. You know how cell towers work now?

[gritty panther]

I honestly ignored spectrum mobile for a bit. I thought they suck. I regret it

probably couldve saved money sooner.

[stoic nova]

1 carrier builds it. ALL of them share it and pay each other to use it

[gritty panther]

yea apparently spectrum uses Verizon network

[stoic nova]

So they compete with users

[gritty panther]

I have 1gbps+ 5G here in my house

it's amazing.

[stoic nova]

Get people on long contracts

[gritty panther]

not like im interested to leave. everyone needs a phone lol

long contracts are fine as long as I dont get screwed.

[stoic nova]

There's not much to complain about

[gritty panther]

who upgrades their phones every year anyway.

I upgrade when I pay off my phone lol.

so I try to take care of it for 2 years before trading it in for a new one.

[stoic nova]

Even technologically phones are advancing screens and camera technology for cheap

[gritty panther]

only time I upgraded in 1 year was the 13 pro max

I really wanted 120hz LOL! that's the pc gamer in me

i honestly think it was worth it lol.

[stoic nova]

You know how iphones are socially considered a luxury

But have over 70 percent market share for phones in usa

[gritty panther]

for sure. from where im from (philippines) only rich people have iphones

but in the US not as much. I see people doing lawns with a Fold 7

and the latest iphones lol

[stoic nova]

That's competition working as intended

GOOD OL CAPITALISM

🇺🇸 🦅

[gritty panther]

im an immigrant so I actually love it here. people complain a lot but I actually grew up in a bad place. way different lol

[gritty panther]

proud to be american 🦅

[rigid fjord]

do you remember the rule of 420 thougfh?

[stoic nova]

We were not ready for the internet as a species

We course correct eventually

[gritty panther]

the internet has been like this since I was in the 6th grade.

[rigid fjord]

a second screen and using hwinfo

[gritty panther]

it's just a little dumber now. it's the same lol

[stoic nova]

Feels dumber but because infinitely bigger

[vital marlin]

ended up putting it on a page of my stream deck

[gritty panther]

love my stream deck

[rigid fjord]

it's been like it since the beginning of the internet

[gritty panther]

I honestly think I cant live without one lol

[gritty panther]

only reason I said that is because that's when I got my own PC and dial up internet lol

[vital marlin]

i have a stats page now, with CPU GPU RAM VRAM and Battery of my mouse

[gritty panther]

HWINFO integration is pretty goated hehe

put FPS too

I have a sound board, voice changer, philips hue light integration, macros etc.

[vital marlin]

sound i do on the rode caster

[rigid fjord]

i'm old enough to remember 10 base networking using bnc connectors and both 28k and 56k modems

[gritty panther]

i had a 56k modem but to this day I cant figure out why I was locked at 28.8kbps

can you explain it to me in 2026? lol

[rigid fjord]

possibly isp

[gritty panther]

but my friends house next door, I would see it go over 28.8knps like 34kbps etc.

mine was hard capped to 28.8kbps. unsolved mysteries of my childhood

his PC is trash btw

[vital marlin]

i saw 2 versions, which do you use?

[gritty panther]

I have a Pentium 4 1.6ghz 256mb ram, geforce 2 mx440 64mb

[gritty panther]

afaik there's two versions. I use the older one. I have a stream deck mk.1

let me record a small video for you lol one sec

[rigid fjord]

realistically there's only 1 version, it just has a variant that vcan be ran from a usb drive portably

[vital marlin]

sorry of the plugin in steam deck market @gritty panther @rigid fjord

[gritty panther]

@vital marlin

just noticed some of the hwinfo stuff were broken. ima fix it lol

[gaunt spade]

gooner cave

[gritty panther]

it's my bedroom lol

I mvoed the stream deck to the right now. I use the ipad as a third monitor. that's an older picture.

*sponsored by NZXT 😄 they send me free stuff every now and then

[solar moat]

Yay i spy ram fan

[vital marlin]

Imma need make and model of that sub

[gritty panther]

got to keep 96gb ram cool. they're not cheap now /jk

I got them for 269.99 btw. Im not rich

[solar moat]

I need to get faster ram

[vital marlin]

No you don’t

[solar moat]

Yes i do

[gaunt spade]

how

[gritty panther]

96gb 6400 CL32 m-die was 269.99 11 months ago

48gb 6000 cl30 was $130

[hallow jasper]

quick reverse image search https://a.co/d/0eCG28BA

[solar moat]

What cpu?

[gritty panther]

someone saw my weeb PC. asked for pictures and started sending me stuff. they've sent me overpriced hall effect keyboard, mouse, mousepad, plushie etc. lol

[sinful cobalt]

holy wall of whatever that is and holy pink flashbang and a bery nice gt40

[gaunt spade]

🦧

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/STRAPPEDUS-speed-ishowspeed-i-show-GCO5WNzFmlc0vjK8cA

[gritty panther]

I said if they sent me H9 I will make a new one. so far crickets.

they promised me last year. probably forgot about me 😄

I still love ya NZXT. mwah!

[solar moat]

What cpu did you say you have?

[gritty panther]

sorry didnt notice. 9950x3d

[rigid fjord]

the fix for older nzxt cases especially the h510's

[solar moat]

Please say you not running xmp

[ebon marlin]

That keyboard is cheap as hell here in Finland they're selling it for like 30 bucks since no one wants it

[gritty panther]

you fkn underestimate my powers

I have buildzoid timings mfer.

😆

[solar moat]

Yay not 6400 2:1:x

[gritty panther]

im not an idiot!

no offense to people that didnt do 1:1

[solar moat]

Ok

[gritty panther]

on second thought I take it back. ya'll still idiots. do the 1:1

😆

[solar moat]

Some cases 2:1 at 8000+ can make sense for the duel ccd cpus

[gritty panther]

you're probably fine with shit ram on an X3D chip

[cold skiff]

My cl36 6000 does absolutely fine with x3d.

[gritty panther]

I still did buildzoid timings because im cool

jk

[solar moat]

I seen some say it noticable after i tweeked settings for them

[gritty panther]

got it free from a mate. might as well. if anyone wants it I can give it

I have a-die and m-die Buildzoing timings

[cold skiff]

Ram for free?

Are you mad?

[gritty panther]

BUILDZOID TIMINGS

cant you read /j

[cold skiff]

[gritty panther]

who doesnt want extra 1-2fps /j

[cold skiff]

We had misreadings a lot a few days ago. It was fun

Thought I’d throw it in the mix

[gritty panther]

im 3D printing slowpoke (pokemon)

Yadon in JP lol

[gilded cosmos]

VRMs getting too hot?

i haven't spent a single braincell on processors and mobos since 2017 and apparently these little VRM things are now a massive deal, according to what i can gather from the internet

[ebon marlin]

Yeah X3D doesn't care about latencies on ram mostly the speed

Bad latencies doesn't affect X3D chips as much as it does non-X3D chips

[hallow jasper]

Its mostly a misunderstanding amongst beginners. The point at which is stops mattering for the vast majority of users is only a little above the bargain, el-cheapo boards.

[jovial swan]

Hello, for a laptop cooler stand thingy, which of these might be best?, one has 2 massive fans that spin at much slower rate
The other has 2 smaller fans that spin at 12 times the speed of the other one

https://www.elgiganten.dk/product/computer-kontor/computertilbehor/computer-holder/trust-cyclone-pc-koler-og-holder/TRUST17866

https://www.elgiganten.dk/product/computer-kontor/computertilbehor/computer-holder/essentials-laptop-cooler-pc-koler/72567

[lunar path]

I get blackscreen after tabbing out of fullscreen game and tabbing back in anyone know how to fix it? Someone told me to do ddu yesterday and i did it but it still does this

[hallow jasper]

does it happen in borderless fullscreen?

What display?

[lunar path]

Mc doesnt have that sadly afaik

[hallow jasper]

Are you running this game at a non-native resolution?

Details. Details. Details.

[lunar path]

Both screens and then amd crash thing pulls up

[lunar path]

I got 2 screens both diff resolutions

[hallow jasper]

What make and model display

[hallow jasper]

Yes i'm asking if you're running the game at a resolution that doesn't match the display's native resolution

[lunar path]

Lg ultragear hd 240hz
Asus vg289q1a 4k 70 hz

[lunar path]

Didnt have this problem 2 days ago and didnt change any resolution

[lunar path]

And prior to 2 days ago

Maybe game takes the resolution of the 2nd monitor aka the 4k one when i tab into it? Idk

The games resolution settings is set to: current
Aka prob the one it is played on

If you think thats the problem, then ill cap it at 1080

[hallow jasper]

It sounded like a DSC issue but 4K60 isn't going to use DSC at all

happening in other games?

[carmine vortex]

If i switch over to linux will things like my steam games have to be reinstalled or can i transfer them all to 1 or 2 drives and access them after wiping the boot drive and installing linux?

[lunar path]

Idk if there is a relation, im watching smth on my second screen and the video on the streaming website also crashes

[sinful cobalt]

hard carried by the l3 cache

[lunar path]

Sadly i am so boring as to only be playing that rn
The funny thing is, it only happens sometimes

[hallow jasper]

If you have your SteamLibrary on a dedicated drive you can but its not recommended. Different file systems. Word of warning, if you're asking this kinda question, be prepared to have a bit of a rough go of it just getting linux working. If you're used to windows and just play games, you're better off just staying there. Moving to linux as a beginner and not having good Google skills is going to be rough. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Using-a-NTFS-disk-with-Linux-and-Windows

[carmine vortex]

Yeah i just did a little more research and it looks like everything will work much better if i reformat the drives in ext 4 and reinstall everything. That sucks because i have most of my steam library installed on like 4 nvme's and 1 sata ssd.

[valid roost]

Hi, I found a payment issue with dbrand, one of your sponsors, where you can, through a bug, get $600 off your purchase when it would be even a higher purchase, you could even get more of a discount, but what is not a discount, it's a bug. How can I contact dbrand so they can fix it?

[carmine vortex]

I plan on using Nobara since its aimed at being as compatible as possible with steam.

[valid roost]

can i somehow get it contact there ?

[hallow jasper]

Have you tried their own website? This is a community server so i'm not sure who you're referring to when you say "your sponsors"

[valid roost]

yes

[hallow jasper]

https://linustechtips.com/forum/98-lmg-sponsor-discussion/

[valid roost]

a tikeckt but i can take a long time

but thanks

[lunar path]

Write a mail

Call

[hallow jasper]

The people here, in this channel, don't work for LMG

[valid roost]

whats the nummer

[lunar path]

Google

[hallow jasper]

...

[lunar path]

Or firefox idk

[valid roost]

didnt find it

[lunar path]

Sometimes you cant always be helpful, let it be

[valid roost]

okay thx

[lunar path]

Funny how they literally have THEIR discord linked on THEIR own website

Plus their mail a little further down

[hallow jasper]

Yeah i'm not sure what that was all about, at least going about it in that way.

[valid roost]

but takes long a lot of thimes its faster on other ways

[hallow jasper]

what other ways

[lunar path]

These ARE the only ways, we wont be able to connect you to their marketing or h&r division 😭 🙏

[valid roost]

when some from lmg gives it to dbrand it can go faster

[carmine vortex]

I've been interested in Linux for a while but things like ai crap being put into windows and a california law trying to force OS providers to require age verification is pushing me away from windows. I think it'll work just fine, my hardware is all AMD.

[obtuse yew]

Isn't linux gonna be forced to do age verification too?

[carmine vortex]

good luck forcing an open source OS to do anything

[carmine vortex]

it's mainly just california being stupid again but stupid tends to spread like wildfire these days.

[obtuse yew]

Knowing california they are prolly doing this because they think the operating system will give kids cancer

[carmine vortex]

the law was pushed through by some 60 year old dude that probably goes home and just watches golf all day. doesn't even understand the stuff he's passing laws for.

[ivory mountain]

and hes so bored watching golf he had to make a law like that

[obtuse yew]

Golf players destroying hundreds of acres of land just to play the most boring sport in existence

[carmine vortex]

I think it'll work fine though, most of the issues seem to be with games running older versions of things like easy anti cheat and nvidia drivers being goofy.

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/mkbhd/status/2029196190319857959?s=46

Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD)

X · Mar 4, 2026, 2:04 PM

[ivory mountain]

literally

id rather watch softball

and softball boring as hell

[cold skiff]

Only for Intel

[obtuse yew]

Really? I didn't give vrms a second thought when I bought my board

[cold skiff]

Only prime boards are so cheaply made they actually thermal throttle on AM5

[cold skiff]

You didn’t buy a 14900k then

[obtuse yew]

true

[gilded cosmos]

yeah original question was about the 14900k, alt the 14700k. i have 0 interest in overclocking them though

[cold skiff]

I’d argue you need a decent for anything 12/13/14700k and above. Below it won’t matter so much

Overclocking those you need good ones tbh

[gilded cosmos]

where are the lines between dreadful, decent and great?

[rigid fjord]

tbf prime boards aren't aimed at gaming use, according to asus, they're an 'all-rounder' line

[obtuse yew]

I have a 265kf, does it still matter

[cold skiff]

All rounder. That’s a good one

[cold skiff]

Probably not. I don’t know much about arrow lake but isn’t it like 40% less power than previous gens?

Professionals

[obtuse yew]

"All rounder"
so shit we couldn't find a single thing it excels at

[cold skiff]

Entry level more like

[obtuse yew]

Yup

[rigid fjord]

not even entry level, considering the tuf line is classed as entry level to them

[gilded cosmos]

among these boards, which are slop and which aren't? is it just high price => better

[sinful cobalt]

I’d say only the TUF isnt slop

[rigid fjord]

either of these 3, however h670 = z690 minus cpu OC

[sinful cobalt]

they wont explode unless you go disable vrm throttling which is a user issue

[cold skiff]

Tuf line is decent tbfh

[rigid fjord]

the h670 is actually better than the tuf b760

[gilded cosmos]

is there a case for buying anything more expensive than the cheapest one in that trio

[obtuse yew]

I'd argue that is the actual all rounder board that asus sells

[sinful cobalt]

I dont know anything about Asrock and LGA 1700

[rigid fjord]

z690 >h670>b660>h610 basically

[cold skiff]

Ironically TUF has normally the better or best VRMs

Maybe not the most power stages, but solid VRMs

[rigid fjord]

realistically look at the rear I/O and decide which is the better offer for you

[obtuse yew]

You just reminded me of the z890 taichi aqua

[gilded cosmos]

eu compliant

[rigid fjord]

that one is only good as long as you're doing custom loops otherwise nah, avoid

[obtuse yew]

iirc all 8 of those type c ports share the bandwidth of just two

[rigid fjord]

the most fun one from asrock is their livemixer line

[obtuse yew]

They removed all the color :/

[icy sundial]

Fellas

[rigid fjord]

how many usb's did you want?
asrock "yes"

[icy sundial]

They don't double up USBC ports on a single header yet do they?

This is unrelated. I just haven't thought about it until just now

[rigid fjord]

on the type E header, no, but on a usb 3.2 header you could split it

[icy sundial]

I mean more like what's soldered to the motherboard. The USB A ports can still be within a single module soldered to the motherboard

[obtuse yew]

gigabyte could only spare me 8

[icy sundial]

Is that what you're referring to?

this isn't the exact device I'm just referring to the silver thing

[elfin echo]

spdif ❤️

[icy sundial]

I just now realized I haven't seen one of those for USBC that holds two ports

[elfin echo]

dumb name, always toslink and forever so.

[rigid fjord]

what's soldered to the mobo is not off any header, but the superIO chip is what it's connected to via pch

[gritty panther]

that's a lot!

[gilded cosmos]

and for the LGA1700 market, there's no big massive difference between 600- and 700-series boards right? as you'll have to bios update regardless for the 14th gen

[icy sundial]

Yeah I had a feeling that wasn't right but I didn't know what else to call it

[obtuse yew]

What are those even used for? I have one on my board and all it does is glow red

[elfin echo]

Its audio

Fancy audio!

[icy sundial]

It's good for the ears I hear

[elfin echo]

I use it on my ps3, it can carry 5.1 signals.

[gritty panther]

Prime is above tuf lel

[rigid fjord]

the silver part is just the socket, but a usb 3/3.1/3.2 header is 19 pin and you can split it into 2 different socket types

[hallow jasper]

hasn't been fancy audio since about 2003

Nothing fancy about 2-channel PCM

or compressed 5.1

[rigid fjord]

nope, off to the side

[icy sundial]

Also, Speaking of headers it's 2026 and they still haven't standardized those plugs for power button, reset, power and HD lights.

[rigid fjord]

there's a couple fun prime mobo's on intel's side that you can shove a 12900 in and it laughs

[odd marsh]

it's an old audio connector, it's aight

[icy sundial]

Some motherboards have tried with those little adapter things you can plug up before mounting at least

[hallow jasper]

They have, and many boards follow it.

[icy sundial]

But I'll be a bitter uncle until it's magsafe