tech-chat-1

[exotic cape]

It is also full load for 20 minutes.

[neon ocean]

Quick question. My job handed me a chromebook and told me to try to get something stuck on it after you exit the session. Is that even possible with the proper controls? I've tried samples, scams, and more and it seems those things are invulnerable.

[glacial cliff]

looks like it might not be available in my region. can't find a us product page for it now can i find it for sale anywhere

[formal sonnet]

If properly managed and configured via Google Admin console, it's "not possible" to have it retain data after logging out of a User or Guest session. (Not without somehow bypassing ChromeOS's protection mechanisms.)

[glacial cliff]

lmfao samsung.com bait and switch pricing

[neon ocean]

Thanks! I was double guessing myself like.. am I doing something wrong or did they really just do that good of a job?

[glacial cliff]

advertise it at 1300 dollars to get you hooked then SIKE it's 1900 dollars

[dreamy karma]

i’m a broke college student and have been using an Alienware Aurora R8 since 2019

the stock 120mm AIO cooler finally ate shit and i need to buy a new cooler

should i replace it with a new 120mm cooler or should i go for an air cooler?

i dont have a lot of money and buying a new pc isnt an option, please help, i need this pc to do my schoolwork so id like to have a new cooler in the next 1-2 days

my budget is like $45 max, ideally under $35-$40 if possible

[glacial cliff]

if you're severely budget limited, an air cooler is likely the better option, and is generalyl cheaper

[dreamy karma]

any specific recs for a 120mm air cooler ?

cpu is a 9th gen i5-9400

[agile topaz]

If your budget is that low, I recommend the Frozn A620 Pro SE for an air cooler

[formal sonnet]

I'd wager a guess it's because the monitor is out of stock. Trying to add the bundle to my cart at the $1800 price results in only the soundbar being added.

[agile topaz]

Ive got one for my r5 7600x and it stays pretty quiet and cool, will hit high temps during bench marking by the nature of the cpu, but it'll keep an i5 9400 cool easily

[glacial cliff]

looks liek a double issue, not doign that on my end 😄

[dreamy karma]

anything slightly cheaper?

[formal sonnet]

Loool. I tell ya, the competency level of some manufacturer's having their own webstores is lacking.

[dreamy karma]

i really really don’t wanna have to go over $40 unless absolutely necessary

[glacial cliff]

fr

[agile topaz]

Its like $25 on amazon

Least where I am, unfortunately might not be able to help if your prices are that wildly different

[dreamy karma]

oh ok

[glacial cliff]

yeah showing 27 on my end too

[dreamy karma]

i looked it up and all the ebay results it showed automatically were like $45

[agile topaz]

Oh thats weird, no clue why ebay of all places costs more

But yeah thats a great cooler because its super cheap, really effective, and even comes with thermal paste that should work pretty well

[dreamy karma]

oh fucking fantastic, thank you

[agile topaz]

Of course, cannot think of a better deal on the market right now

You might wanna check ram clearance though, my patriot sticks forced me to raise the fans just a bit

Aside from those things involving size I think the only reason to get a different cooler would be if it wasn't compatible with the socket or you wanted something that looks different, unless you were overclocking something with even more performance than a 7600x

[dreamy karma]

my ram isn’t near super the cooler

[glacial cliff]

i got it down even lower:

[dreamy karma]

ok i lied but this SHOULD be ok?

it arrives tuesday so we will see

[alpine blaze]

Don’t do it. That soundbar and monitor suck

[glacial cliff]

how so?

for the monitor

soundbars all sucki just want somethign better than my built in tv speakers im usign currently

and at "effectively free" its better than nothing

and does it still suck at a 500 dollar discount?

[alpine blaze]

The monitor is pretty mid in terms of oled. The interface likes to flash whenever you change res or launch a game that doesn’t launch and at $700 that may be worth it

[glacial cliff]

its not oled version

[alpine blaze]

Oh then definitely overpriced. That’s oled money

[glacial cliff]

competing 49" 32:9 non -oleds for cheaper?

i dont want oled ftr, so even if "you can get an oled at that price!" is the suggestion, its not my intyended goal

[alpine blaze]

I mean then it’s fine. Because Samsung is basically the only one making the 49” panels.

Just stupid to spend that much on an inferior technology

[glacial cliff]

okay anything bigger than 34" 1440P ultrawide non oled for cheaper then?

31:9 or 32:9

[alpine blaze]

Not many 32:9 good non oleds

Just curious. Why not oled?

[glacial cliff]

if "inferior technology" means "i don't have to worry about my screen randomly shifting a pixel to the side to prevent burn in, i don't have to wait 15 minutes randomly for a panel refresh, i don't have to take extreme measures to avoid burn in with static elements for a productivity-based use case" then sure, inferior technology

(note: these are all lived experiences from the past 2 weeks with an oled)

[alpine blaze]

Burn in is way more overstated than it is. And which brand oled? Guessing Samsung?

[glacial cliff]

msi

[alpine blaze]

So Samsung panel

[glacial cliff]

so you're saying I can leave my taskbar displayed, not hidden, and use split-screen excel with bright-white cells constantly withotu worry about uneven pixel wear?

because thats a daily use case i have for my monitor, to split screen an excel spreadhseet and a browser window

and excel doesn't have a dark mode, unlike other office apps

[alpine blaze]

I have never noticed pixel shift honestly. And I’ve mained an oled for the last 6 years. And I also don’t have random panel refreshes. Seems like a skill issue. But yeah if you want a 49 inch 32:9 that Samsung is fine

[sinful cobalt]

49” might as well just get a LG C series ATP only downside is the refresh rate

[glacial cliff]

i have noticed pixel shift multiple times a day, daily, over the past 2 weeks

[ivory mountain]

Mmmmmm pads

[sinful cobalt]

and curved

[alpine blaze]

Yeah. It’s fine

[alpine blaze]

Hmm msis implementation must be drastic then. Unless you were looking for it

[dreamy karma]

@agile topaz what should i do about the top fan? the AIO is attached to it

[glacial cliff]

"seems liek a skill issue" is the response the explicit lived experience i describe of the built in default-in oled protection measures taken by my MSI oled.

yeah, this is totally good advice "jsut get gud bro"

[glacial cliff]

when you're actively using the monitor, and the entire monitor shifts what you're looking at a few pixels offset and you DON'T notice it? are you freakin blind?

like i'm not even saying oled is bad or negging on it, i jsut said "I don't want an oled" and the oled missionaries come out of the woodwork to go "what's wrong with oled tho uwu?" then when i explain exactly what i've exeprienced (daily to evey other day panel refreshes, every few hour pixel shifts), its "sounds like a skill issue rip" god

[alpine blaze]

Guess I’m just used to it at this point. And it’s definitely better than the smeary mess of a midrange Va panel

[grizzled frost]

oled and va aren't the only options lol

[alpine blaze]

At 49 inch?

[grizzled frost]

correct

[glacial cliff]

not ultrawide

im okay with smaller than 49 i just want bigger than 34

my previous setup is 2 34" ultrawides and a 27" standard for discord

[grizzled frost]

21:9 or 32:9?

[glacial cliff]

either one is fine. 32:9 just gives me less desire to go for a 3-monitor setup

[empty quartz]

I was just trying to kill some e-waste headphones i got at value village, but my amp started clipping

[glacial cliff]

but i can do 21:9 and get a slightly less powerful secondary monitor for my stuff like looking up guides/trackers/etc

what i'm replacing, ftr

34" 21:9 1440p 144hz center, 34" 21:9 90hz 1080p right, and a 27" standard 1080p cheapo left

[grizzled frost]

triple 32:9 would be fucking insane

[glacial cliff]

LOL NO not tripple 32:9 😄

[grizzled frost]

okay good, i was worried for a second

[glacial cliff]

i'm a little extra but not that extraif i did 32:9 primary i'd likely do a single standard monitor as secondary

then use PBP to split the 32:9 when in games

[formal sonnet]

IDK. You could stack 3x Ultrawides on top of each other...

https://tenor.com/view/thinking-thinking-face-thinking-emoji-thinking-faces-thinking-emojis-gif-15832529529179588009

[grizzled frost]

No, just no

[glacial cliff]

21:9 i'd get probably a cheaper/less capable/smaller 21:9 secondary and a cheap standard again liek above

[glacial cliff]

i plan to stack two at least, if i don't go 32:9

not for multi-screen gaming

[alpine blaze]

A 49 inch 1440p is the same as 2 27 inch 1440p monitors

[glacial cliff]

but for multitaskign while gaming in ultrawide

[glacial cliff]

yep.

i'd do PBP to do a 21:9 and a 11:9 with the 21:9 for a game and the 11:9 for a single reference window

for a wiki, or a guide, or a tracker, or a video etc

honestly, if i'm going bigger than 34" for my primary, i might go 2 standard monitors, one either side, sintead of a second ultrawide

i rarely use the full size of the secnod ultrawide

it's jsut what i had on hand due to my upgrade progression

[mental violet]

Yall think 10tb is enough for a plex server m

[grizzled frost]

only 1 drive?

[mental violet]

There will be a separate drive for backups

[grizzled frost]

i have so many questions

a, what do you mean by backups, like manually making copies, or using it as parity
b, what do you mean "separate", do you mean separate drive in the same machine, or separate drive in a separate machien

[mental violet]

Id use the 10tb for the media and a separate drive to do back-ups everyday.

[glacial cliff]

the progression of me shifting away from console gaming entirely:

started as just me on a 'gaming' laptop

[grizzled frost]

what OS

[mental violet]

ZimaOS

[glacial cliff]

then i bought the teo LG ultrawides

then i bought the dark matter ultrawide

[severe matrix]

I'm choosing between 3 CPUs right now and was wondering what you think. Options are a Ryzen 7700, Ryzen 9600x or an Intel 14700f. I can get a build with each for about the same price

intel build would be used cpu mobo and cooler

both ryzen builds would be new

[glacial cliff]

then one of the LG ultrawides shifted to work and was repalced with the vertical orientation standard monitor

[grizzled frost]

9600x

[severe matrix]

is the 2 less cores going to make a difference?

[grizzled frost]

no

#1027757333117415424

[hollow otter]

Noted, thanks.

[glacial cliff]

but yeah, i've gotten a lot of "don't buy that" in response to the samsung 49" but not a lot of recommendations on what to buy instead (other than OLED)

[grizzled frost]

no

[hollow otter]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1482937519489155144

[cinder rivet]

I hate linux

[agile topaz]

That's the radiator, you should remove it if anything

[stable beacon]

apparently canon made a flip screen all the way back in 2001 i didn't even know it was possible back then

[glacial cliff]

"all the way back in 2001" Damn makin me feel old 😭

[stable beacon]

i had another canon from 2019 and it did technically have a flip screen but it was one axis only

[stable beacon]

are we talking "turbo button" old

meanwhile this thing TECHNICALLY works, the plastic shell is in really bad condition and that was from a padded drop inside my backpack 5 years ago

[cold skiff]

Dead ass ya cannot be real with this statement

[stable beacon]

the CF door has a giant crack next to the door checker so it won't accidentally eject and corrupt the card, but now i can't use it until i hold the button in

[cold skiff]

The first flip phone was 1996. What makes you think a camera couldn’t have same tech 5 years later?

[stable beacon]

idk i have a motorolla from probably 2002 that has 1 bit display

[cold skiff]

Let’s judge our laptop by our stickers. Yes. That’s the prime user experience that makes or breaks a fucking multi billion semi conductor company

[stable beacon]

also, that's one axis i could see how they could get the cables to move in one direction but i have zero clue how they don't get twisted and bundled up, and flip phones were thicker than this screen but then again ive seen a second screen behind the main one too to show the clock

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-manhattan-gif-18899941

[cold skiff]

You had to be there. Peak phone era

[formal sonnet]

I peel these stickers off my laptops and don't stick them on my desktops. They're tacky literally and figuratively.

[stable beacon]

this is what i used for 3 years, there's no modularity other than limited mount support because canon switched their lens mounts 5 times in the last decade

[clear canyon]

i peel the cpu off to remove any physical limitations to my processing, I can now OC it to the moon

[stable beacon]

it had a touch screen and semi pocketable but that's where it ends

[cold skiff]

Just watching blippi with my 1yo reminds me @clear canyon you seen steezy grossman Harlem shake video?

[glacial cliff]

nah earliest home PC we had was like 99-01 ish

[formal sonnet]

I really wanted the EOS M (EF-M) lineup to go somewhere, but yes, Canon pulled a "haha lol we're going back to DSLR only, suckers!" I understand why, but it leaves EOS M (EF-M) owners in the dust...

[clear canyon]

if I did, its been FOREVER

[cold skiff]

Oh Christ it’s a goodie once you’ve seen blippi

[clear canyon]

yeah I have the canon m200

[stable beacon]

rf mount is what they should've started out with

now i use nikon, i'm the first in my family to use nikon besides all my other uncles i guess my dad was an outlier

[cold skiff]

Magic? 🪄

[stable beacon]

he used canon digicams, sony camcorders, one panasonic camcorder i might pick back up for the "vintage" 480p trend (but 32gb sd cards are $25 now) and a pentax slr although there's clearly evidence there must have been another camera i don't know about just because it's likely his film slr is from around 1998 and we definitely have pictures before that

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/nagatoro-dodge-strafing-gif-26081428

[formal sonnet]

Holds SHIFT while scrolling, screen scrolls horizontally... looks pretty smooth to me. 🤷 Same with middle clicking my mouse then moving it right or left to scroll - the best part about this is you can control the speed too.

[stable beacon]

i just discovered yesterday that while my video 8 handycam does power on, first of all 5 years ago the tape door failed right in front of my eyes, and second, there's a dead capacitor that turns the viewfinder into a white line which probably proves why we have 4 camcorders

[grizzled frost]

if you already own them, cool, if not, why buy hardware when you can run what you already have

[stable beacon]

i forgot to mention mini dv which that jvc camcorder likely can't read tapes for some reason, i haven't been able to find any standalone boxes for digitizing and everything says "get another camcorder and plug it in the analog connections"

[cold skiff]

Why buy expensive hardware

[clear canyon]

nagatoro is a goated anime

[grizzled frost]

that’s for my therapist to try and fail to fix with me

i have a problem

[cold skiff]

The irony is you’d save money not having a therapist

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/the-good-place-problem-gif-25020567

[stable beacon]

i bought a cheap camera so i could buy expensive chemistry products 💀

[grizzled frost]

I like buying expensive things and taking care of them

as opposed to buying cheap things and having to rebuy them

I specifically buy expensive quality items

[cold skiff]

You’re going to have one hell of an expensive wedding

[grizzled frost]

at least no kids tho

[stable beacon]

or wait until the expensive things devalue and get them then (before people snatch them up and it goes back up)

[grizzled frost]

i buy expensive things for as little as i can find them

[cold skiff]

Kids are great

[grizzled frost]

though some items are just better new

[cold skiff]

It’s 3.40am and I’m awake. Whats not to love about kids?

[grizzled frost]

I genuinely hate children, i am more than able to tolerate interacting with other people’s kids for short periods of time, but living with kids for 18 years? hell no

[cold skiff]

18 years?

[grizzled frost]

Obviously i’m not rude or mean to kids, but i would never willingly put myself in that situation if i could avoid it

[cold skiff]

They don’t leave properly for like 30 now

[grizzled frost]

it’s generally frowned upon to get rid of them earlier

[cold skiff]

Tbh hated the idea of kids until I was 27

So I get it

[grizzled frost]

Always hated em, always will

[formal sonnet]

I don't blame 'em. Have you seen the economy? The DOW is up 50,000 points! STONKS! 🤣

[grizzled frost]

i also have several genetic conditions my kids would be predisposed to, and i don’t wish that upon anyone

[cold skiff]

The economy is fantastic

Trump is making America great again, Starmer is building Britain better and France is still striking every 60-90 days

[grizzled frost]

have you seen gas prices, cost me 30usd to fill up my tank the other day

bloody outrageous

[cold skiff]

Diesel cost me £1.55 A LITRE

It’s not around 1.60

[grizzled frost]

how much is that in bald eagles per freedom unit

[cold skiff]

30usd is nothing

My tank cost me £98

[grizzled frost]

goddamn

[cold skiff]

60litre Mondeo

[grizzled frost]

hah, get warshipped

too many big letters

[glacial cliff]

yep

[cold skiff]

It cost me over $100 more to fill a tank

[glacial cliff]

was jus me bein silly is whatevs

[grizzled frost]

i think i’d cry

[glacial cliff]

this conversation is part of why i sold my car 😄

[grizzled frost]

it’s usually 20-25usd to fill up my tank

[cold skiff]

Before the price rise it still cost me £80

[grizzled frost]

i drive a car with a 15gallon tank that takes E85, plus i get a dollar off per gallon through work

[tranquil wharf]

it's funny to me how americans have like 2-3x cheaper gas prices than most european countries, yet complain about gas prices 10x more

[glacial cliff]

american exceptionalism

[grizzled frost]

cause we have to drive 50 miles round trip for work everyday

[cold skiff]

Diesel is around 65-75p a litre before tax and more tax and profit in the uk

[glacial cliff]

but also, americans do have a much more car cetnric lifestyle than must europeans i'd say

[grizzled frost]

your commute to work is 4 miles and a trip on public transportation

[cold skiff]

Take off tax. I’m paying around £45 for pure fuel

[grizzled frost]

Americans drive an order of magnitude more than the average european

[cold skiff]

50% is fucking tax iroh..

[grizzled frost]

oh

[glacial cliff]

and most europeans have much better access to groceries that don't require a 40 mintue drive to a store

[grizzled frost]

Yeah that sucks

My commute to work is 30 minutes one way

[cold skiff]

We still drive a lot

[cold skiff]

Mine is longer 😂

[grizzled frost]

It’s all about averages tho mate

[cold skiff]

My commutes are anywhere between 40minutes and 70minutes

[grizzled frost]

the average european’s commute is far less than the average american’s

[cold skiff]

The UK is just fucked

[grizzled frost]

the UK is hardly european

it’s the least european european country

[tranquil wharf]

more european than american still

[cold skiff]

We need to do a USA.. own other countries for stuff… BUT that did get us in trouble for about 500 years before and people are still upset

[grizzled frost]

difference is we don’t own them, we just have such a large economic and military investment in those countries that we can dictate their leadership

big difference /s

[cold skiff]

Slavery with extra steps

[grizzled frost]

Yeah…

Panama is a great example of that

that country exists because the US wanted a shortcut for ships

[tranquil wharf]

I don't think that helps anyway. how is owning another country to get cheap raw materials gonna fix local infrastructure being horrendously designed on purpose

[cold skiff]

It’s okay because nuclear war, global warming. Humans be gone within 200 years.

[glacial cliff]

https://www.odyssee-mure.eu/publications/efficiency-by-sector/transport/distance-travelled-by-car.html

Europeans drive an average of 6,800 miles a year

https://insurify.com/car-insurance/knowledge/average-miles-driven-per-year/

USAians drive an average of 13,482 miles a year

you guys can drive a lot, and still not be on the american level

[grizzled frost]

Time to take a trip to svalbard

[cold skiff]

And the next civilisation can wonder at our achievements and ruins we left behind

[grizzled frost]

13k miles a year is low, who the hell is driving down the average?

[glacial cliff]

people like me

[grizzled frost]

i probably average 40k a year, and that’s pretty common

[glacial cliff]

i drove an average of 2-3k a year for the past 4-5 years before selling my car

[cold skiff]

You probably have a bus and train service that’s not absolute garbage then

I live on an island… attached to an island… I drive everywhere

[grizzled frost]

yeah buses are non-existent where i live

[glacial cliff]

in 2016 i bought a hyundai ioniq hybrid and put like 19k miels on it in the first year between a trip to canada and a trip accross the country + my normal driving

[tranquil wharf]

you don't drive because you have functioning public transport. I don't drive because I don't leave my home. we're not the same

[cold skiff]

In the UK we get rental cars for this sort of thing. Cheaper than buying a car for that mileage

[grizzled frost]

like if i drove 5 miles into town, i could theoretically call a bus to pick me up, but that would add 2-3 hours round trip to my commute

[cold skiff]

Calm down asmongold

[cold skiff]

This. This is how the Uk is outside of London

[grizzled frost]

being a hikikomori isn’t a flex

[tranquil wharf]

no I just wfh

[glacial cliff]

i took a 5 day trip to colardo one year for a meetup for an online gaming community

granted, I was the organizer and scheduler, and picked colorado as the location

[grizzled frost]

what on earth does “wfh” mean

[tranquil wharf]

work from home

[grizzled frost]

i kind of forget that’s still an option

[glacial cliff]

yep this is me

[grizzled frost]

like i know it’s rather common, but i kinda forget about it

[cold skiff]

WFH is known as “I want full pay but no expenses you peasants have”

[glacial cliff]

no, i'm hosuebound.

the only time i leave the hosue is for doctor's appointments, and the VA pays for an uber to take me the 30 minute drive to the doctor

[tranquil wharf]

the expenses are on both the company and yourself though, so it evens out anyway

[grizzled frost]

can you blame em tho? fuckers are living the dream

[cold skiff]

Honestly. Once wfh get paid less than office based employees. They’ll soon change their tune

[tranquil wharf]

renting an office building is expensive with all the extra costs that entails

[glacial cliff]

the employer saves money on WFH they should pay WFHers more becasue they don't have the electricity expenses or sapce expenses of people in office

[formal sonnet]

Yas, if not for the peace and tranquility, at least for the Husky Cafe! https://maps.app.goo.gl/mUPjNXgLeAknx47TA

[glacial cliff]

if you have expenses to work in person, thats your decision

live clsoer to work

[grizzled frost]

ooooh, very nice

[tranquil wharf]

yea for the company it's cheaper

[glacial cliff]

I took a demotion to go WFH from my previous in-person position, this is not true.

most WFH folks would gladly give up promotiosn and raises to continue WFH

I gave up a permanent full time GS5 position with the government in favor of a GS4 internship that has no guarantee of a permanent job when i graduate school

[cold skiff]

You an uber driver?

I mean that could be anything

[tranquil wharf]

so basically a small company owner

[cold skiff]

Although it brings up how questionable being a ceo/cfo is and also shows how low the bar is

That’s awesome

[tranquil wharf]

weird to have that many roles merged to one person in that case then

[cold skiff]

Da fuq you doing in here

[glacial cliff]

this was 7 months of a vehicle i bought with 4 miles on the odometer

[cold skiff]

Go make money and retire then get back here

[dreamy karma]

@agile topaz i got the radiator out after fucking with this stupid fuckass case, should i just leave the space blank or should i install the radiator fan as an extra top fan for more ventilation

[tranquil wharf]

having a company with over 100 employees doesn't automatically make you rich

[glacial cliff]

why can't successful people have hobbies?

[cold skiff]

That’s why I said go make money

[glacial cliff]

yeah but i was active duty military stationed on a boat so driving wasn't a part of my job

that was pure outside-of-work driving

[cold skiff]

You should walk it

Imagine how fit you would be

[tranquil wharf]

I misread that as oslo for a second, in which case it would have made sense

[glacial cliff]

12086 - march 2 2019
196 - aug 6 2018

12k miles in 6 months

[real quiver]

You'll have that sometimes

[glacial cliff]

THis is why americans complain 10X more about fuel than europeans while fuel is 2x cheaper here

[cold skiff]

3x cheaper

In some instances 4x

[glacial cliff]

(but also american exceptionalism)

nah same. when i was driving this much, i was not an idiot and didnt buy a lifted pickup getting 4 miles a gallon

i drove a hybrid getting 55 miles per gallon

[cold skiff]

Fuel cost in Scandinavia

[real quiver]

Most of north america is very very car dependent

It's not great

[glacial cliff]

thats actually awesome 😄 i love that for you

[real quiver]

My one ton SRW got 13-16

[glacial cliff]

that hyundai ioniq from 2018 was the best fuel efficiency i've ever owned

loved the shit out of it

i also had a mid 2000s jetta tdi 😄

[real quiver]

The best fuel economy I've ever had was 25mpg

[glacial cliff]

it also got good milage, when idiot friends werent putting gas in the diesel and causing me to drop a grand to clean the fuel system

[real quiver]

Diesel

[cold skiff]

It’s 4am. Trying to see if the baby will go back to sleep. I need to be up at 5.30. So do I play osrs or try and nap? I think we know the answer

[real quiver]

It honestly didn't get very much worse when it became not stock

[cold skiff]

The best car I had, had 25mpg when I gunned it

[real quiver]

I get 25mpg with all highway driving

On premium 🥲

[cold skiff]

I get mpg combined driving on a 2009 Mondeo

[real quiver]

My bmw can get almost 20 but the lowest I've seen out of that car was 9.8mpg after a bunch of pulls

But that's e85 car stuff

[cold skiff]

Like if I bought a new car I’d probably save a shit load in fuel but spend way more on a new car

[real quiver]

I'd love a new car but I have no reason to even attempt to get one

I'd rather spend money on my bmw and finishing my dakota

[cold skiff]

I’m driving my car until the cam belt snaps… because I can.

[real quiver]

I replace my timing belts

[cold skiff]

Then I can repair it with zero engine impact so why not

[barren breach]

I do this with my golf

[real quiver]

I live with interference engines

[barren breach]

I live with both

[cold skiff]

Honestly it does worry me but tbh it’s a good design so utilise it

[real quiver]

Most modern engines are regardless

I don't have any diesels right now

I miss my f350 though

[agile topaz]

Id not take the aio apart if you can avoid that option, just leave the spot empty or find a matching case fan if it really bothers you

[stable beacon]

i have never seen a diesel in america besides trucks and buses or maybe i just don't pay attention to what i'm hearing around me

[real quiver]

They're a lot less common but I still see a bunch of VWAG diesels on the road

Mostly passats and jettas

[stable beacon]

they just sound industrial and they don't have that deep rumble

[glacial crypt]

Yeah they’re practically non-existent

[glacial cliff]

tried posting a battlestation, got declined because it used the link markup, but it triggered the slowmode cooldown so i cant paste it without the link markdown for an hour. 😭

#thanksdiscord

[stable beacon]

when i ever hear it, its either a bus or a semi

[real quiver]

Diesel cars really aren't particularly noticeable

[glacial crypt]

I mean in a place where we never see them they definitely are

[real quiver]

I mean they aren't very loud and they don't look different

[glacial crypt]

Especially if your like this dude I saw who had an old Mercedes wagon with a hood stack

[real quiver]

There are quite a few around me

[glacial crypt]

I notice the badging on them quite easily

[real quiver]

It's just a tiny little tdi badge

[real quiver]

I'd say at least a third of the passats in my area are diesels

[warm anvil]

I actually have this exact same model optiplex

[cold skiff]

Man you’d never seen AMD doing this. Intel just so much better with stickers

[warm anvil]

Actually their CPU is better

Inside and outside looks exactly the same tho

[sharp lance]

I think I have to many GPUs what do yall think

[ebon marlin]

Bro got a whole load of bullshit ewaste

It's just full of 5€ fillers lmao

[plain cypress]

5070ti
B580
A750
1080ti
980
960

[cold skiff]

I will take one off you

[sharp lance]

yessir

[plain cypress]

The 980 wasn't even mine but I've assumed possession

[sharp ivy]

750TI 🔥

[sharp lance]

everything from the 1030 is js ewaste. i got the 4650 and 210 for free so i thought why not

[ebon marlin]

Pal ain't got 12 phones though

Picture taken by a Pixel Fold

[cold skiff]

1030 would do for a dedicated osrs rig

[sharp lance]

anything from the 750 ti down

[sharp lance]

its the passive gddr5 one to

[cold skiff]

I got a 780ti

[plain cypress]

Bottom right camera layout is atrocious

[ebon marlin]

Huawei Pura 70 Pro?

It's one of the best mobile camera phones

[shy arch]

I got a HD7730 💀

[cold skiff]

It looks ass though

[ebon marlin]

Looks good imo the case just doesn't do it justice

[plain cypress]

Huawei made one attempt to break into the US market

[plain cypress]

Still ugly without the case

[cold skiff]

It’s like walking around with a beyblade stuck to ya phone

[plain cypress]

Mickey mouse ass lens array

[shy arch]

US aint letting that happen

[ebon marlin]

US needs that domestic money

[plain cypress]

This was like uhhhh 8 years ago

[cold skiff]

Then why is it taking over oil states that aren’t using USD 💀

[sharp lance]

Oh my poor ewaste (still worked after drying off)

[shy arch]

still

[ebon marlin]

To cover up certain files

[shy arch]

btw there should be a Fr emoji in this server

[cold skiff]

Peter or Jeffrey?

[ebon marlin]

Peter Griffin files got leaked?

[cold skiff]

It’s an old thing in the uk. Parents used to say “Peter” around their kids so they didn’t pick up the word pdf files

Although Peter Griffin files sounds horrific

[plain cypress]

Peter thiel files

[cold skiff]

Imagine what Seth McFarlane hasn’t shown us. Christ.

[ebon marlin]

His butt

[thin bloom]

Yes sadly they gott leaked

[thin bloom]

I do wonder were he got that tank from

[ebon marlin]

Peter got connections

[cold skiff]

The man’s a genius

[glacial cliff]

can the BFFM monitors like the one linus uses be used in pbp modes that support a top/bottom configuration? the biggest reason i have been focusing on ultrawdies is the increased FOV in games, but if I can do a BFFM in top/bottom PBP mode, i might jsut look at BFFM moniors.....

[ebon marlin]

Apple*

Samsung is an international brand from South Korea

Huawei is from China which the US didn't want any money going to them

[rigid fjord]

never heard that as a term around where i live tbh

[rigid fjord]

you can't take 1 treat there, you'd have to buy one for every husky in the cafe

[formal sonnet]

Can confirm; otherwise you'd never hear the end of the howling.

[rigid fjord]

there's also the relentless side eyes after also

they're super judgemental

[hexed tapir]

why dont you own any good modern gpus

[sharp lance]

I’d consider my 7800xt to be modern

[hexed tapir]

then turn on fsr4 in the amd app xD

[ebon marlin]

Ancient unc tech

[sinful cobalt]

aged milk

[sharp lance]

How about my hd 4650

[vestal oracle]

i am looking at lot of self hosted photos/videos library option
and saw options like immich and photoprism
has anyone had any experience regarding this stuff

[glacial cliff]

combine two circuits into one for higher amperage?

voltage?

would need a transformer inside of it wouldnt it?

oh i see

it lets you use two single phase 120 circuits out of phase

to make a 240v

yeah

they make breakers that serve the same purpose

internal to the system

that's not the crasiest piece of actually used as designed equipment i've seen in the us

[rigid fjord]

they can't afford it when it comes to kuwait

[glacial cliff]

on yeah not regualr outlets

its specifically for 240v outlets for appliances / utility outlets

ftr i am a industrialyl trained electrician

learned on a 400v system

yeah, jsut not to code as you said

[rigid fjord]

converting 120 into 240v huh, and not in the good way

[glacial cliff]

there's actually like 100 different variations of "standard" outlets depending on the amperage/voltage required by the circuit

4 in regular use maybe, or to code in resedential code, but many more than that under non resedential code

[rigid fjord]

nah, uk has a safer way, and it doesn't involve doing split phase 120v into single phase 240v

[glacial cliff]

well yeah special use case but approved, and standardized in that there is a spec for them

i didnt mean standardized in regularly used, sorry i wasnt clear abt that

non-standard use, but standardized functionality/spec

[glacial cliff]

dont y'all jsut run 220 standard?

[rigid fjord]

more like 20

[rigid fjord]

220/240 standard, 50hz

[glacial cliff]

oh thats smart!

also means each outlet is on a technicalyl different circuit i presume?

which leads to less circuit overloads

yeah but the neutral isn't actually wired in to the circuit breaker. the neutrals all terminate in a common neutral in the distribution panel yeah?

[rigid fjord]

i still say american sockets need therapy

[glacial cliff]

oh wait

no you meant neutral not ground

yueah how do you do that so they share a neutral?

splice it together on the panel side?

[rigid fjord]

us sockets be like

[glacial cliff]

but the circuit breaker, is it a double height breaker then? as if it was wiring a 240 outlet?

[rigid fjord]

meanwhile in the uk, 1 standard socket for consumer use

[glacial cliff]

yeah ok two high breaker used for 240v appliances, jsut used to power two separate outlets

interesting. i'm not actualyl familair with the itnernals of the circuit breakers like that

can you pull 15/20amps independent on each outlet without tripping it?

like does it see it as a single 15/20 amp load that way?

interesting

thats actually kinda genius

[rigid fjord]

so not consumer use?

[glacial cliff]

one of my biggest thoughts any time i move is wondering how the outlets are wired up in places because too many commercial construction (for thigns liek apartment complex) put way too many outlets on a single circuit imho

i understand (but dislike) whole room on a single circuit

but when they start doing 2/3 rooms per circuit i get blegh

[rigid fjord]

uk sockets for consumer use

[glacial cliff]

yeah but your way gives two circuits at each outlet

so i fk with it

gave me ideas for my long term plans if i end up staying here long term

i was an electrician but i learned on a marine 440v system that did 3-phase 120v (60v on each phase, double hot, no neutral)

[gentle mural]

Is it worth switching from the 7900xtx to a 5080

[glacial cliff]

honestly, mood. any time i fk with residential i wanna pull my hair out

[rigid fjord]

not for the price difference no

[glacial cliff]

residential is so fked

[gentle mural]

Ok for me it would be like a 400 price difference cause I bought the xtx in 23 when it was high

[rigid fjord]

and now it's still going to be a large enough difference not to warrant it, the performance difference is very minimal til you go for 4k gaming

[gentle mural]

Yeah that’s what I’m aiming for I currently run a 9850x3d 32gb ddr5 6000mghz and the 7900xtx but with no talk of fsr4 being give to older gen gpus and the new fsr diamond supposedly being for the new gen gpus releasing im kind of want to jump ship and go back to nvidia there releasing update for older gen and dlss is on almost every game plus better path tracing and frame gen

[rigid fjord]

you might as well go 5090/4090 at that point

i'd hold off til next gen

[gentle mural]

I would go for the 5090 but I’m not gonna fully utilize that card to really get what I pay for and the 4090 new and not used in my area are scarce that’s why I was leaning more to the 5080 plus I was gonna sell my xtx probs get 500-600 for it cause I see that’s the market for them so I’m really paying like 700-800 for a new pny 5080 cause Bestbuy had one for 1289$

[ocean axle]

How many Amps can you put through one of those?

[rigid fjord]

the thing is, you'd be paying more for one 4 fps more performance til you start doing 4k res, then it's only 7 fps difference at that

[rigid fjord]

they're rated for 16a, but most stick 13a fused plugs into them, and tbf they handle up to 3680w per outlet

[ocean axle]

Ok, so, only goes up to the 30a 120v plugs, or the basic 15a 240 plug you showed

[rigid fjord]

there's a specific switched one rated to do 40a for kitchen use, specifically for the cooker

[gentle mural]

I know the raster performance gap is almost non existent but with dlss support and frame gen in almost any game plus better ray tracing that is kind pulling me into the 5080s direction

[ocean axle]

So, only 9 (4 of which are locking variants) of the ones your showed

The rest are higher wattage, going up to 14,400w

[rigid fjord]

tbf, you can plug in a welder/plasma cutter can be plugged into our consumer sockets without issue

[ocean axle]

You can with US sockets too!

A 5-20 can deliver 2400w
It's not as high, but you can do it

[rigid fjord]

without tripping the breaker?

[ocean axle]

And that's without getting 240v, which isn't as common because it's usually not needed

[rigid fjord]

you're changing the socket and plug for this one, no changes needed for uk socket

[ocean axle]

5-20 is the 20a standard socket

15a is more common, but 20a isn't uncommon, particularly in new construction

Most commonly welders use a 6-50, but there are 5-15 and 5-20 welders.

Not a great welder, but you also aren't getting a good welder on a 6-15 (240v 15a) either

[rigid fjord]

cooker socket

the red switch goes down to a box/other socket and is rated for 40a

commercial use socket for 240v

110/120v sockets for commercial use

[sinful cobalt]

rn ur options are to sidegrade to a 5070Ti/5080 and OC them, or wait till 60 series and cop urself a 6080/6090

I wouldnt get a 4090 when a 5070Ti with better value exists and a 5080 OC’d can touch the 4090’s world in pure raster

[tranquil wharf]

with modern games you can fully utilize a 5090 in most games, just need to turn up settings

"not utilizing" a card is not really a problem

[gentle mural]

Yeah at least it will be the current gen until 2028

[rigid fjord]

@buoyant bridge@glacial cliffi never want to work with mains power, if i can do it

[glacial cliff]

its not that bad

[sinful cobalt]

what they’re saying is they cant justify current 5090 money tbh

[glacial cliff]

ive been zapped by 120 220 and 440

im stil here

[ocean axle]

6-50 or 14-50 are the common stove sockets here. Both 240v 50a rated

[rigid fjord]

uk mains is more of "how dead and toasty do you want to be"

[sinful cobalt]

Unless you really want the features to justify that sidegrade or play modern games 4K,I wouldnt.

[ocean axle]

Sometimes, socketed isn't uncommon though

[glacial cliff]

flashback to when we had to wire back in an industrial ac plant after it got overhauled and the contractors who optested it after found we'd wired it out of phase, so instead of digging bag into the knuckles in the peckerhead i just flipped 2 phases out of the control panel

[rigid fjord]

they can pull 30A here, so they always have their own dedicated socket

[sinful cobalt]

amd is known for fumbling the bag

[rigid fjord]

240v 30a isn't

[tranquil wharf]

12kw stove?

[glacial cliff]

people forget an upper end stove in the US is more equivalent to a lower end commercial stove than an actual residential stove

[rigid fjord]

7.2kw definitely will make you dead here

[glacial cliff]

because americans are extra

[gentle mural]

Yes and no I can afford it but I could build a whole other pc for the price of the 5090 plus I would want that Suprim 5090 currently like 4k

[rigid fjord]

uk residential, aka consumer is 240v single phase, never split phase

[ocean axle]

85a would be 20kw, not 12kw

[sinful cobalt]

You can afford but what I mean is that you cant justify it

[ocean axle]

No wire in a US house has more than 120v (rms) potential to ground/neutral, while 240v is still available line to line

[rigid fjord]

rcd's are used here also, but yeah, still single phased, and last i checked, the socket is on a 32a rcd

[ocean axle]

GFCI/RCD gets used in the US too, just not universally

Mostly wet locations, so, kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoor

Which is good

[gentle mural]

Yeah it’s a shame that the market is so shit and I’m guessing it’s gonna get worse honestly

[rigid fjord]

depending on the home, the rcd's can be wired like either of these

[ocean axle]

Simens makes GFCI breakers that fit their normal panels

[rigid fjord]

second image is where it gets split between 2 larger fuses of 60-100a before going off to the mains fuse

[drowsy isle]

Gotta love samsung only taking $150 off msrp for trade in instead of the current price

[ocean axle]

Yes?

It fits in the normal breaker slot, and connects to neutral too

Oh, unsure on that, it physically fits

Haven't used GFCI breakers much

And the mains aren't

[tranquil wharf]

aren't they the same thing

RCD and GFCI

[rigid fjord]

essentially different implementations of the same aspect afaik

different trigger points, right?

[stray portal]

Trade ins are a scam

They give you so little you should just keep it

[drowsy isle]

True but they were willing to give me $150 for my series 7 45mm, far better than best buy who offered me $25

[tranquil wharf]

main point of trade in is that selling used things is a hassle most people don't want to deal with

[drowsy isle]

Exactly not to mention I highly doubt people buy used wearables like smart watches

Trading in would save so much more time

[fallen sky]

someone teach me about electrical

tf Is a 2 gang or 1 or 3 or 4 gang

time for YouTube

[rigid fjord]

amount of switches/sockets it handles

[fallen sky]

Mmmmm

[rigid fjord]

so, 2 gang = 2-4 switches, or 2 sockets

[fallen sky]

And does that mean each socket has 2 switches

[glacial cliff]

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS

[fallen sky]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-dumb-duh-gif-13669009

[glacial cliff]

MY MONITOR SEARCH IS OVER

i was selected to trial the new 52" LG

[tranquil wharf]

luckily I've never really had to think about how electric wiring works. I just plug stuff in and it works. and once a month I get a bill. that's all I really need to know

[drowsy isle]

Nvm $50 for my series 7 45m cellular, I guess it'll have to be best buy, better than $25

[fallen sky]

stfu we are learnin about electrical

[fallen sky]

Me rn as I learn

[glacial cliff]

sorry,

As an electrician, i look forward to reporting the electrical specs and power draws of the new 52" LG!

[rigid fjord]

this is a 2 gang socket in the uk

[fallen sky]

dub

[fallen sky]

Oh I saw this same image earlier in chat I see I see

[rigid fjord]

2 gang switch in the uk

[tranquil wharf]

interesting terminology

I just count sockets

[fallen sky]

Ohhhhhhhhhh

This is US

[hoary tree]

Damn, 512Gbit and 1Tbit UFS NAND is priced the same

[fallen sky]

Getting the hang of it neow

The hell is the light switch on the outside of the bathroom for

[rigid fjord]

2 gang 4 way switch in the uk@fallen sky

[fallen sky]

So.. smol

[tranquil wharf]

pretty sure it depends on where you go, most places I've been here use this kind:

[fallen sky]

https://tenor.com/view/jimmy-butler-jimmy-butler-paper-confused-gif-14478007832172093541

[rigid fjord]

fits where a 2 gang socket does, it isn't small, it's larger than us sockets

[hoary tree]

$74-$89

[fallen sky]

The switches look small no??

Is it just me

[hoary tree]

(Ofc its cheaper if bought in bulk)

[fallen sky]

Hell nah this electrical shit isn’t for me

[rigid fjord]

this would be a small one comparatively

[fallen sky]

I’ll just read the 5,000 page master catalog at my workplace 🤧

Replied to other person

should have been more clear lmao

but yeah there’s a FATTT McCarthy catalog I can read

[rigid fjord]

this is the more annoying one

[fallen sky]

Ugly

https://tenor.com/view/subaru-gif-2266977220034669417

[rigid fjord]

single gang socket in the uk

[fallen sky]

What’s that thing on the right

Nvm

Didn’t tap pic

[rigid fjord]

switch for the socket

[fallen sky]

Ain’t that what a breaker is for

[rigid fjord]

the fact we can kill power at the socket you mean?

[fallen sky]

or am i missing something

shi tomato tomoto

[fallen sky]

I am NOT built for this 😭😭

[rigid fjord]

single gang 1 way and 2way switches

fattest switch for single gang

[fallen sky]

Damn

I like the single gang 2 way switches. So nice and simple

[rigid fjord]

slimest single gang switch

[fallen sky]

wtf

cable management at its finest

[rigid fjord]

yes, but then again it's still against the law

[fallen sky]

shi what’s more important- plumbing or electrical

I need to be goated at one or the other

(I just need to know for my min wage job)

[rigid fjord]

sparky: "who did your wiring?"
granny: "my nephew did"
sparky: "when did his house burn down?"
granny: "how'd you know that?"

[fallen sky]

That’s 2.088 days of work for me

do the math

8.5 per day

5 days a week

what

how do you get millionaire from min wage

[glacial cliff]

i think he's saying 300 an hour is for him 2 and a bit days of work, or like 16-19 dollars an hour

depending on the hours he works

[fallen sky]

I was asking you to guess my hourly wage 💔💔💔

[glacial cliff]

even not flat rate, like wage grade government electricians can make bank

i work for a government electrical utility, and the electricians we have on staff have a higher wage cap than any other member

our ceo equivalent is capepd my executive schedule at liek 195k a year

ive seen electricians pulling 205 to 210k a year

[fallen sky]

liek

[glacial cliff]

granted, they arent field electricians any more, they are dispatch center emergency dispatchers

[fallen sky]

https://tenor.com/view/jimmy-butler-jimmy-butler-paper-confused-gif-14478007832172093541

[glacial cliff]

but they started as electricians and worked their way up

[rigid fjord]

both, depends on what you want to do

[fallen sky]

I wanna do my job efficiently 🤧

Bum ass retail

[rigid fjord]

plumbing can divulge into gas work not just water btw

[glacial cliff]

these guys are federal government employees though

[fallen sky]

Ye

[glacial cliff]

liek they're making way below market for their skills

it's impressive as it's the highest paid federal government employee i've ever seen in my life

contracts keyword

contractors, not federel employees

[rigid fjord]

to really make bank you'd want to have 2-3 trade skills tbh

[fallen sky]

fuck that

I’m lazy ash

[glacial cliff]

there's no way

[rigid fjord]

with multi skilled people in trade they can make higher $$$ per hour/day

[peak knot]

triple canopy offered me 100k/year to be an analyst but i turned that down

[peak knot]

i would have had to move to washington dc

[glacial cliff]

those are the maximum by law peopel in gov can earn

like msot of the cabinet secretaries are exec schedule 1

nope the way the laws are worded if your pay is tied to the executive schedule, it's total compensation not just base pay

thats actually why the guys at the max end at my agency make what they do

[peak knot]

hazard pay is BS in gov, we had a SWO from the air force get hazard pay when he was with my unit despite us still being state side. cause he had to live in army conditions

and eat MREs

[glacial cliff]

they'd make higher, by the way their additional pays are calculated (overnight, on call, hazard, shift work differnetial, etc)

but they're capped by the xec schedule

this is def possible

they might be meanign they make a 500k equivalent. if they have 2+ dependents on gov insurance thats another 100k or so a year right there in benefits

plus life insurance and tsp matching 5%

[peak knot]

tricare and BAH bank lol

[rigid fjord]

you deserve hazard pay for consuming these

[peak knot]

i didnt get hazard pay for eating my chili mac why does he lol

[bold olive]

do i really have do ditch linux off my pc now?

im just dailying windows for the past week

[rigid fjord]

no

[bold olive]

ill wait for signalrgb in linux

[peak knot]

i made $1600/month as an E3 in 2017

yeah

i was medboarded out enlisted i was gonna go mustang

[high elm]

at least the US gives decent money

for a corporal in a combat vocation they give usd$800 where im at

its 2x compared to my country

[glacial cliff]

liek some of these insurancep lans for 2+ dependents, the gov pays an additional 1600 a month on top of your salary for your insurance

if they're prior military and getting VA disability on top of it, that can be another 4-6k a month, they consider part of their salary

even if its technically different

[peak knot]

i got injured in combatives doing pre-deployment stuff for helmund and got given a profile for several months. they finally sent me to blanchfield where they said my hip was dislocated and fractured the entire time and had healed wrong, and i had 80% minimum tears in all the tendons on my right hip

[hollow otter]

Finally got my PC fully working again. A bad storm came through the area while I was sleeping and caused my PC to flip out. First my motherboard couldn't retrain the memory so I had to do a complete BIOS override and clear CMOS, and then the hub that controls my fans and pump was fried. It was either fried of the firmware it was on was corrupted due to a complete board reset.

[peak knot]

35F for me, allsource analysts guess the unit lol

[fallen sky]

Dawg how th fuck do random people have 5,000 people following them on ig

Ain’t no way they know 5k people

[peak knot]

i used to laugh at the 1-33 guys doing their spur rides

i was in a engineering bn so instead i always got pulled to the motorpool to work on vehicles or i was being opfor for the sappers, wasnt a bad time when i wasnt doing analysts work

lucky me i wasnt an s2 shop guy

i was 88 on asvab

i was more mad the week before i signed my contract they had done away with highschool to flight school in 2015

yeah GT over 110 is the goal, i had a 127

i was wanting to go warrant officer but once that was gone i was gonna enlist and then go mustang to commisioned, now im just doing full time college using VA

i got fired from signalRGB about 7 months ago and decided id get my 4 year in IT shoved into 36 months

had a ton of fun working with the LTT guys and such at LTX and it helped me get into the tech community as an extreme overclocker

was a blast honestly, i convinced the CEO of the company i was at to get a booth and he made it my job to get the company set up there

yeah i had tickets to 2020 also but went to 2023 instead

my ford project car is at the mechanics right now...

i did preventative maintenance to it and it cost me $500 instead

i swapped the serpentine belt on it and it was way tighter than the old one despite it being the same part number, after 10 hours i was driving home and the belt exploded and ripped off on of my radiator hoses and broke one of my AC pressure switches

2010 crown vic police interceptor

just hit 115k on it and has low idle hours got it at an auction for $200

i just picked up the new JBL legend 700 speaker system for the car and im installing it and a rearview camera in it this week

it with the new mufflers it sounds like the V8 it is

sounds fun, im swapping the diff out on mine next, has a 3.27:1 LSD diff on it atm but the chunk has an irrepairable leak starting on it so im gonna save up and get another diff out of another vic and put it in, gonna go 3.55:1

ive been helping my grandfather with his el camino, he is a old vietnam era vet (im 5th generation army) and hes 100% va rated so all he does is work on cars all day

[rigid fjord]

women with semi-nude pics i guess

[fallen sky]

Nah most I’ve seen are surprisingly normal every day pictures

Fuck it’s 2 AM

GG

[peak knot]

@buoyant bridge 383 stroker in it atm

[fallen sky]

bru

[glacial cliff]

yall i cannot wait for this monitor 😄 https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-52g930b-b-gaming-monitor ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

im so hyped nowwwwww

[proper gull]

You're asking if a Vic painted as a police car with a push bar on it is a Towncar or Vic? 🤔

but were they painted like police cars?

What wannabe did you buy that from

What wannabe traded that in for something else

[latent tundra]

how do I read this

only thing I know is that yes, gotta poke the test mode pinout with the needle

also yes, I'm trying to repair some of the usb pendrive I have

[half ibex]

can usb a male -> 2 usb c male cables exist?

talking in the sense that i need a single usb a port to power both my keyboard and mouse which take usb c

[tidal geyser]

with a hub yes

[half ibex]

not a standalone cable?

[tidal geyser]

its like asking if you can share a pie without having to cut it into pieces

usb cant just be split

you need a hub to split it for you

those can be built into cables

[half ibex]

ah gotcha

when i hear hub i just automatically think of the big bulky things

where should i go looking for a adaptor like that? i wouldnt trust aliexpress

[tidal geyser]

tf is wrong with ali

[half ibex]

nothing i always use them, but i would imagine they dont respect the usb standards well

[half ibex]

or is a splitter like that simple enough that anything that looks like it can do it can?

[tidal geyser]

nobody does other than ltts thing

[half ibex]

ah

[tidal geyser]

this might only be power

[half ibex]

so anything should work?

[half ibex]

yeah i would need data since its for a mouse and keyboard

[tidal geyser]

its just so strange

i would just give each of em their own cable

also get a wireless mouse

i even have a wireless keyboard

[half ibex]

well im diying a trackball split keyboard

and a wireless splitkeyboard costs a lot more to make

and a wireless trackball doesnt really exist

so i want to combine them into what looks like a single device

[tidal geyser]

aint it just a basic battery and a BMS

[half ibex]

hence the single usb a male

the mirco controllers

especially since im getting 2 of them

its like 50 extra dollars

and im penny pinching hard lmao

[tidal geyser]

i dono, just use straight cable

the way you are trying to do it is a bit uhhh funky

[rigid fjord]

most splitters share the power, when they try to share data it ends up creating conflicts between devices, hence hubs being used

[half ibex]

so tldr i need to find a compact usb a hub

and fit that into the case or smth

[rigid fjord]

yup

[fallow yacht]

my teacher be making reviewers from chatgpt 🥀

[rigid fjord]

wireless trackballs used to exist but had a massive power drain on the batteries

[half ibex]

yeah and im looking a a ploopy nano

and probably a totem giest with rp2040s

i could always buy a prebuilt trackball splitpad from ali

but it would cost double

has the advantage of being wireless but idk if its worth it

[rigid fjord]

grab a kb2040 instead for the keyboard

[half ibex]

does it have more memory or smth?

[rigid fjord]

it's an rp2040 designed specific for keyboard use tbh

[half ibex]

that makes sense by the name

thanks for the recommendation

getting into the diy splitpad hobby while penny pinching is a nightmare lmao

[rigid fjord]

there's pre-printed board layouts you can already look at for the split keyboards

some of them use 2x rp2040/kb2040 as a master + slave config

[arctic kettle]

Big Corne.

[half ibex]

pretty sure thats how the giest totem is setup

[arctic kettle]

I love how they look.

[half ibex]

and i like it for its compact design

ok looking online the adaptor solution i can find best is a usb c to dual usb c hub

and then i could get a male usb to female usb c cable

does that sound good?

[arctic kettle]

[rigid fjord]

better than lightning and usb A/B

[serene python]

??

[stray portal]

Usb c is kinda useless most stuff is usb a

[fallow yacht]

should've told my 2020 self to buy ddr5 ram as many as possible

[stray portal]

We should revert to micro usb 🤑

[serene python]

??? Delusional take

[stray portal]

Usb c is good but it depends on the phone

MOST usb c ports are of bad quality

[rigid fjord]

when you look into what you can do with usb C, it actually makes other usb types pointless

[serene python]

I am thinking of making everything I have usb-c

Pointless to have anything else

[fallow yacht]

usb c should be color coded by default tbh

[stray portal]

yes but heres the thing you know usb a will be more reliable, like on a pc you know it can carry audio and other stuff, with usb c you have to guess

[serene python]

???? Do you have any idea on how stuff works

Yeah

[abstract wigeon]

googles own website measuring the display of two phones on the compare page with different metrics

[rigid fjord]

nope, usb C can carry audio without guessing tbh, usb A can only do data unless it's a usb 3.0/3.1 usb A, easier to also fit a dac into usb C

[rigid fjord]

same size tbh

150mm = 6 inch when rounded

that would be just the data for it, not actual audio

usb A is just 2 data pins with a 5v + and ground pin for the better part

[abstract wigeon]

yeah i realised, so why on earth would they say it differently smh

pixel 9a is 160mm, while the 9 is a whopping 6.3 inches

[rigid fjord]

different countries using different measurements, as it's metric vs imperial there

though i'd argue, 150mm isn't a true 6"

25.4mm = 1"

i touch more than that

[abstract wigeon]

comparing 3 phones

[rigid fjord]

part of me goes "it's the same thing"

nope, also <@&750150305383186585>

[arctic kettle]

Yeah, I would be a bit confused if something like the ifi go bar was USB-A.

[rigid fjord]

usb C is kinda funny, does everything lightning can do, and then some more, it makes using lightning dumb on iphones

[arctic kettle]

Only useful part of lightning is that you can't get gunk stuck inside the cable connector.

[rigid fjord]

true. the pads be easier to damage though

[arctic kettle]

yep

Mods, fill his stocking with coal.

How many accounts have you gotten banned in this server?

1*

Soon™

[rigid fjord]

comparison of usb c against lightning pinout

[arctic kettle]

I didn't realize how few pads lightning had.

I have never really looked into a C connector.

Yes?

[rigid fjord]

you should see the original apple connector

<@&750150305383186585> shitposting now

[arctic kettle]

I know, I had the massive charging cable on my iPhone 4S.

Unless you are talking about something else?

The retention mechanism was not the best.

[rigid fjord]

the pinout from it

[arctic kettle]

IEEE 1394a?

[full quarry]

Should I buy ram eith the current orices or wait till they go down a little

[arctic kettle]

nvm

[rigid fjord]

firewire, an old format

no better than usb 2 for data

[arctic kettle]

Yeah, you could get at most 800Mbps with a 9 pin configuration though.

[rigid fjord]

400mbps tbh

480mbps at best if it conforms to usb 2

the downside, lightning is only usb2 spec for data yet they could have made it usb3 spec for data @arctic kettle

[versed warren]

Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16IAH10 (5050) or macbook neo if they are the same price

[cold skiff]

How long is a piece of string

And do you have a crystal ball?

RAMec will just limit supply once the price starts to fall

Anyone that thinks RAM companies will accept going back to anywhere near old prices is deluded af

[hollow creek]

your use case?

you tryna game or just wanna use the laptop as .... a daily driver

[sinful cobalt]

no but i have a cyclone im just missing a joker

[cold skiff]

That’s beautiful

[spark path]

should I turn this off?

[cold skiff]

Yes

I just don’t understand people like “should I wait for ram prices to fall”. Like 1) companies put profits first 2) look at GPUs as evidence of how fucking greedy companies are and what happened there. Like, it’s almost like everyone in the tech enthusiast space are Liverpool fc fans taking deludemol. Like, you run a ram company. You get 4x the profit for a year or so. You ain’t going back to 1x the price now you know you can sell at 4x the price are ya

And if you are, you’re a dumb af business owner throwing money away

[arctic kettle]

Check out Firewire 800 spec.🍷

[cosmic stratus]

Would you guys consider a ryzen 5 3600 that hits an OC of 4.5ghz and 4.4ghz per ccx to be an golden sample?

[cold skiff]

It’s a Ryzen 3600

At this point in time its performance is irrelevant

[cosmic stratus]

So not a golden sample?

[sinful cobalt]

no

if it isnt hitting 5 its not gold

[cosmic stratus]

Aw

[sinful cobalt]

even a turd can do 4.4 tbh

[cosmic stratus]

All core static?

[cold skiff]

Even an 8500g can do 4.4ghz

[cosmic stratus]

Apparently golden samples hit 4.7+

[cosmic stratus]

Depends on CPU. Zen 2 wasnt known to clock very high

[cold skiff]

Welcome to 2019

[cosmic stratus]

Guess mine is adverage. Too bad :(

[sinful cobalt]

z2 is trash anyway

[ebon marlin]

https://vm.tnktok.com/ZNRHK1syh/

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[cold skiff]

I heard if you overclock your amd cpu it goes vroom vroom faster

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-bait-gif-17870535188958174605

[cosmic stratus]

My 5800XT is a shitty overclocker

PBO> static oc

[mortal venture]

how not to weld fiber optics

[spark path]

Ew play mod packs

It’s like crack once you start you can never go back

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/kamen-rider-zero-one-kamen-rider-ark-zero-waiting-robot-machine-gif-17843295

[spark path]

hell i ain't even got one who actually wanna play any sort of minecraft, mfs be playin CS and fortnite, and some random shit

if you give the server 8GB of ram can it handle 30 people with modpacks?

[sinful cobalt]

Pro tip: Get a TR/Xeon and host ur own MC server for 69420 pax

[spark path]

idk what that is, I just installed the modpack server file from curse forge and ran that

https://tenor.com/view/skull-issues-gif-13031152103567454559

40GB of RAM??!!

I ain't on the server much I only hop here when i face an issue

oh that's fair

how come you got 40 tho? I thought they come in 24 or 16 or 8 etc

[sinful cobalt]

they just assigned 40 to it

[spark path]

oh yeah lol i forgot to consider that

how much did that cost?

damn

how do you get people on the server tho? @buoyant bridge

like what address do you give them

[cold skiff]

His home address

42 wallaby way Sydney

Ask for P Sherman

[spark path]

can you use a VPN and give people that?

like what's the solution if each person on a different continent literally

[cold skiff]

You’ve seen Finding Nemo right?

[spark path]

nah

maybe....

[spark path]

thaldy do you actually have an answer to my question or are you just trollin gang 😂

[cold skiff]

I was shitposting to pass time. I apologies good sir

But yes you can just connect if he gives you details

[spark path]

explain it in words I can understand please

what does port forward mean?

[cold skiff]

It’s like allowing his lock to fit your key

[merry dagger]

Help! I nuked ms xbox overlay on my PC because i don't need this slop bloatware, and every time i open a game this shi pops up. How to make this window never appear?

[median warren]

I did the same, I found it comes up in certain scenarios or games, whenever it does pop up I just close it

[twin cape]

Install the xbox app from Microsoft store?

[median warren]

Yeah but they don't want the Xbox app on their pc

That's why they uninstalled it

[merry dagger]

bro... i don't need this garbage on my pc

[twin cape]

You gotta deal with it of thats the case run it off of steam to see if it goes away

I personally run pre-nuked windows for my games

[abstract wigeon]

anyone got thoughts on weather i should buy the pixel 9 or 9a?

[twin cape]

If it supports graphine os its top tier

[abstract wigeon]

i had this aswell and managed to fix it... maybe its a startup app? cant quite remember

[merry dagger]

I fixed it

[twin cape]

How

[merry dagger]

You have to go to Registry editor, open this path:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR
and set value of AppCaptureEnabled to 0

after that windows no longer trying to open xbox slop after I run a game

[twin cape]

What kind of spyware bs is this
Appcapture sounds fishy

[merry dagger]

It's microsoft, everything they make is a spyware

[twin cape]

Wish we had native Linux or Mac support for games

[merry dagger]

I need windows for developer/creator stuff, i am okay playing games on linux via Proton
But yea, native support would be great

when I install windows i usually spend 1-2 hours to make it look good before starting using it
Removing bloatware, installing win10 UI (if it's win11), removing AI and fully nuking windows update with 3rd party scripts, disabling a lot of stuff in policy editor

[gaunt spade]

anyone know why my pc recognises windows and my laptop dosent?

[twin cape]

What? They have same boot drive?

[gaunt spade]

no look i installed windows on thw ssd with the pc and i put it in the laptop and the laptop recognises the ssd but not thw boot thing

like im stuck in bios

[twin cape]

Lot of work to run corporate spyware i don't think windows team itself does that much work these days with the vibe coded software

[twin cape]

Windows has that issue

[gaunt spade]

what do i try

[twin cape]

Idk i personally didn't try such a thing with windows but i have with linux and i also heard that windows might encrypt the drive with bitlocker if sees major hardware changes

[gaunt spade]

do i reinstall windows or what

[twin cape]

Best solution

Backup first though

[gaunt spade]

didnt have anything

fresh install

[ebon marlin]

Do NOT do that 😭

[twin cape]

If you had multiple drives on pc the bootloader might be in a different drive@gaunt spade

[ebon marlin]

Threadrippers and Xeons are fucking awful for Minecraft servers lmao

[gaunt spade]

i put it on the right drive

[ebon marlin]

Multicore or multithreading isn't important for Minecraft server hosting

Single core performance is

[jaunty apex]

One host yea

[twin cape]

Its a old widows bug even if we choose the right drive during installation windows f's it up

[ebon marlin]

My shitty i5 7500T mini pc ran way better than my friends X99 system with a Xeon that is better than the i5 7500T in every way

[kindred halo]

Why

[twin cape]

It had legs

Badum tsss!

[kindred halo]

Smh

[serene python]

i just realized the am4 platform cpus have meh I/O

[ebon marlin]

Because it's single core was worse

Although it's multithreading was better so running chunky was better on his system

Although I never had to run chunky personally since my i5 7500T could handle chunk generation fine even with 2 people exploring at the same time constantly loading chunks

His server would crash if we loaded chunks way too fast

[kindred halo]

Oh
So it's pretty much down to just the fact that his cores by themselves were too slow

[kindred halo]

Silly

[gaunt spade]

bruh what

[ebon marlin]

Which happened when a single person with an elytra was exploring the map

[kindred halo]

Seems fine to me

[kindred halo]

Wouldn't multi-core help in that regard though

Or does Minecraft limit itself to a single core

[serene python]

its more like the speed is meh

only 10 gbit ports

[ebon marlin]

Minecraft server is single core dependant

[latent tundra]

Intel requires you to put Intel Rapid Storage Driver into the Windows install media to install Windows

that is, if you're on Intel

[gaunt spade]

are we deadass how do i do thay

[gleaming rose]

ok y'all i have a predicament
do I get a laptop that has the best iGPU meaning incredible battery life, or get a laptop with significantly better specs otherwise that has a weaker iGPU and an nvidia dgpu

[latent tundra]

btw is this on laptop or PC

[gaunt spade]

laptop

ultra 9

[latent tundra]

what's the laptop

[gaunt spade]

i got heee but i cant move mousw

[latent tundra]

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-id/000132969/how-to-load-intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-to-install-os-on-nvme-memory Dell tutorial but it basically applies to every Intel laptops with 10th gen CPU and above

[ebon marlin]

Literally just get a mini pc like I did to run Minecraft servers it's energy efficient, quiet and very small

Not too expensive aswell

Mine is the HP Prodesk 600 G3 iirc

[gleaming rose]

@ebon marlin

[gaunt spade]

i dont think i need it i turned off vmd and it works now but i dont see mousw

[kindred halo]

Oh

Seems a bit like a design flaw tbh

[ebon marlin]

What's ur usecase

[latent tundra]

because that wont fix it