tech-chat-1

[hexed tapir]

Id go to Italy for turn coats

[terse pewter]

my yearly expenses on your aorus box

[stark flicker]

I don't buy 100 cpu

[thorny saddle]

me either

[terse pewter]

who is that blue guy on the left btw

[thorny saddle]

Mr Meeseeks

[hexed tapir]

Only over 100 ram sticks

[thorny saddle]

Thousands

[gaunt spade]

from fortnite

[stark flicker]

That's my living room setup

[thorny saddle]

no

[gaunt spade]

the guy from fortnite

[thorny saddle]

This is my living room setup

[gaunt spade]

i wouldnt refund it

[thorny saddle]

bro isn't even classy enough to put his shoes away

[hexed tapir]

Italy is a bunch of loser both world wars they worked for the bad guys

[stark flicker]

Cool looking pc

[terse pewter]

you are zooming in on the shoes, while i go straight to the source: feet on the left

we are not the same

[deep musk]

[stark flicker]

Not mine lol, and yeah it was a random photo I took when my girl was playing the cat game

[thorny saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[deep musk]

Oh no, don’t expose your gf like that qwq

[plush wren]

the cat game

[hexed tapir]

Women feet

[deep musk]

[hexed tapir]

Stray is a great game

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thumbs-up-thumbs-up-cat-thumbs-up-meme-gif-5676038700371371386

[vapid ibex]

I'm broke chat

Chat someone donate their brain for ram and cpu

[gaunt spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/990298651291164762/1279488179107401779/TROLL.gif

[deep musk]

;w;

[vapid ibex]

Life is so unfair

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hd-dolphin-thenseven-Fs7nYxucRlfPNHKMAj

[vapid ibex]

If I was a seal I would only have to worry about the amount of fish I can eat

Fuckass consciousness

[native path]

you probably dont even recognise them as fish tbh you just thinking about satisfying that hunger 😭

[vapid ibex]

Just filling that belly

[stark flicker]

I momentarily forgot the name

Great hdr

[vapid ibex]

Although seals still get jealous from couples

[gaunt spade]

bro just another me

[vapid ibex]

Fr

ALTHOUGH!

[gaunt spade]

https://tenor.com/view/wait-im-goated-wait-impossible-goated-pig-eating-gif-12310916932636367685

[vapid ibex]

I'm gonna eat that pig

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bacon-PJ3wMa5ImiVY4

[vapid ibex]

I actually ate pork chops today

So technically I did eat the pig

[gaunt spade]

minecraft referance

[vapid ibex]

I don't get that reference 😢

I am downloading Fortnite first time ever on my phone

[gaunt spade]

its ass

the optimization is so bad

that shit would run on a iphone 6s

[vapid ibex]

It did

I had an iPhone 6s in 2019

[gaunt spade]

it cant run at 120fps on my snap 8 gen 1

[vapid ibex]

I have a snap 8s gen 4 should be better

Hopefully

[gaunt spade]

i run emulators better than fortnite

[vapid ibex]

Damn lol

Depends tho what type of emulation

Are we talking pc or PS3 or we talking PS2 and wii

[gaunt spade]

mostly wii and wii u

maybe switch sometimes

[vapid ibex]

I wanna get a switch oled and mod it

[gaunt spade]

i played through new super mario bros and 3d world on phone

switch is outdated

i genuinly prefer playng on phone

ill buy a switch 2 maybe when they release more games and it gets cracked

[vapid ibex]

I mean your phone is the only device that you carry anywhere

Do you have 512gb phone model?

I wish phones come with a SD card slot these days mainly the flagships

Only Sony does it

[gaunt spade]

yep

[vapid ibex]

I wish I can get a phone controller and have an SD card loaded with ROMs

[languid isle]

can someone rate my monitors
(currently using an RTX 3060 12GB, upgrading to the 5060ti 16GB or 5070 12GB)

Right: Lenovo G24-20 24 Inch FHD (1080p 165hz)
Center: Lenovo Legion R27qe Gen 2 (1440p 200hz)
Left: Samsung LF22T350FHUXEN (1080p 75hz)

[hexed tapir]

No OLED Or mini led 4/10

[sharp cargo]

Is this a good budget oled monitor? My budget is 450

[mellow sonnet]

samsung 👎

[gaunt spade]

i use a ps4 controller or onscreen control

[hexed tapir]

Yes

[frigid blade]

thats around the lowest youll find one for new

[languid isle]

it was my first proper monitor

[frigid blade]

unless you get one of those mini portable ones lol

[vapid ibex]

I want a controller that U can hold on side

[hexed tapir]

Samsung dead pixel warranty stinky

[gaunt spade]

switch style

[vapid ibex]

Yup. My phone is pretty big too so it will be similar

[gaunt spade]

what phone

[vapid ibex]

Poco f7 . 120hz 6.8 inch oled

[gaunt spade]

🦧

[vapid ibex]

Fuckass orangutan

[gaunt spade]

250 or 512

[vapid ibex]

512

[gaunt spade]

nice

how much u paid

[vapid ibex]

Got it in 2025 , was an upgrade from my pixel 6 pro 128gb

[vapid ibex]

Hmm like 370 dollars or 360 pounds

[gaunt spade]

holy

i paid 130 usd for my phone

[vapid ibex]

Is it an s21 ultra

[gaunt spade]

motorola

[vapid ibex]

Oh moto

[gaunt spade]

edge 2022 plus or 30 pro theyre the same model but region difference

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=13951&idPhone2=11320

heres a comparison of our phones

[vapid ibex]

Wtf 8k?

How much storage does that eat

[gaunt spade]

?

[fringe prairie]

man what a throwback

[gaunt spade]

damn ive never tried 8k lemme see

[vapid ibex]

8k video

[vapid ibex]

Lol

[gaunt spade]

not image?

how does that even work idk im not a camera nerd

2 second 8k video 50mb

and it drains battery

[gaunt spade]

do u use a fastcharger

[vapid ibex]

Damnnnn

[vapid ibex]

I didn't get the 90W fast charger no. I use 45 tho

[gaunt spade]

rip

i used to use 65 until it broke

[vapid ibex]

I mean it's not an issue I can get it anytime

[gaunt spade]

i need a new charger asap

[vapid ibex]

But it adds heat

And I don't wanna change this phone until 2029 ish

[gaunt spade]

poco must be super hot

[vapid ibex]

She is hot alright

I mean it

👀👀👀👀

[gaunt spade]

pocos are hot

[gaunt spade]

ive abused mine too it gets hot too

ill need a new phone by 2028 propably

[deep musk]

Pocos?

[gaunt spade]

i hope the new chinese 10kmah phones get english os and ill import some

[gaunt spade]

yea they get super hot

[vapid ibex]

Ngl phones these days just powerful

[deep musk]

What do you mean by poco?

[vapid ibex]

Xiaomi subbrand

[gaunt spade]

phone brand poco

[deep musk]

Ohhhh okiiii

[vapid ibex]

I wanna get a S20 ultra just cuz of it's look

I remember asking my dad if I can get it for passing exams and he said fuck off lol

[gaunt spade]

i want the new redmagic phones

[gaunt spade]

😔

[vapid ibex]

Redmagic software support is bad

[gaunt spade]

i bought my phone with my money

[gaunt spade]

eh performance and cooling is most important to me

[vapid ibex]

Fair I think u want that ai gf tho

[gaunt spade]

i genuinly didnt update my software on my phone for likee a year i was on android 12 ii think

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/walter-white-y6Inkaz7omxAk

its too expensive tho

im petty to spend that much on a phone when mine works fine

[vapid ibex]

Ya I get you

BRO ITS ACTUALLY SHIT

WHY IS THE OPTIMIZATION SO BAD

[gaunt spade]

thats what im sayng

[vapid ibex]

Also the controls are too much for a phone game

Going back to old roots

[gaunt spade]

angry birds epic>

[vapid ibex]

I want to get angry bird v1.0 apk

[fringe prairie]

cameras also suck unfortunately

but i guess it’s fine for a gamer focused phone

[vapid ibex]

I can live with bad cameras but not software

[gaunt spade]

i hope redmagic makes 10kmah phones in the future

[fringe prairie]

idk tho oppo has their find x9 pro for $699 if i wanna import

would rather get that over any redmagic

[gaunt spade]

does that have a good cooling systema nd abttery

dimensity chip

[fringe prairie]

not sure about cooling but battery is pretty good

[gaunt spade]

7500mah

[hexed tapir]

Fans IN phones are dumb

[gaunt spade]

alot of chinese phones have 10k already

[fringe prairie]

but sacrifice on literally everything else

poorly optimized slop

[hexed tapir]

Pocket lint + tiny fan

[fringe prairie]

idk what’s so bad about this. recent high end dimensity chips have been good

i have the 9300+ in my tab s10 plus and no issues

[craggy cove]

mediatek goated now ngl

[gaunt spade]

i just know perforamnce in emulators is worse

[craggy cove]

what can beat the value of this

[pulsar root]

The $500 Mac mini is no longer a thing. RIP

[gaunt spade]

oneplus 15r or 15t

[craggy cove]

15r has that stupid chip

[gaunt spade]

just checked its the t

[craggy cove]

what is even the difference except the size

[gaunt spade]

with r?

[craggy cove]

the 15t vs 15

[gaunt spade]

idk about r i was talking about just didnt remember which one it was

[craggy cove]

the r has a worse chip

[gaunt spade]

idk about 15r

15t smaller good price too

[craggy cove]

15t is the same price (atleast on tradingshenzhen) but idk if theres any difference except for people who like smaller screens

[gaunt spade]

what about xiaomi 17

for 560 euro u can get a xiaomi 17 promax

[craggy cove]

where?

[gaunt spade]

china

import

pinduoduo atleast

i buy everything on pinduoduo

[craggy cove]

damn i do not know ball like that

i just buy reps from superbuy and pc junk from aliexpress

and sometimes basketball shoes

[fringe prairie]

what the heck i gotta check that out

[vapid ibex]

War

[gaunt spade]

yea i buy everything on pinduoduo

[vapid ibex]

Pin who the fuck?

[fringe prairie]

pinduoduo

chinese retailer. they own temu iirc

[vapid ibex]

Pin do do

[hexed tapir]

Are you going to war against sea otters? For the crimes they do against baby harbor seals ?

[craggy cove]

how tho

[gaunt spade]

wdym

[craggy cove]

how do i search stuff there? do i have to use a parcel forwarder like superbuy?

[gaunt spade]

yea u do and theres a english mode but mostly in chinese

bought 10 argb fans for 67 yuan

[craggy cove]

shipping cost?

[gaunt spade]

theres new and used stuff

[craggy cove]

ive ordered from 1688, taobao, aliexpress and alibaba but havent done this before

[gaunt spade]

i picked truck so its gonna take longer to deliver but its gonna be super cheap

[craggy cove]

u dont know how much?

[gaunt spade]

ye i just calculated 14 lari

5$

total 16usd for 10argb fans

[craggy cove]

tbh it cost me about the same on alibaba

[gaunt spade]

idk i trust this more

[haughty compass]

Bro I got this ps4 slim from the thrift stores and every time I've wiped the vents from the outside, a bunch of orange, yellow and black substance has been sticking to my wipes... I'm afraid to open this up and it to be stuffed full of bugs or sum

[gaunt spade]

ive checked alibaba and argb fans are more expensive

also bought a c850 nzxt

total gon be 44$

ive also bought gpus cpus and everything

[craggy cove]

cant find the email i ordered it with but i got 9 argb fans + a argb hub for like 15€ including shipping on the baba too

[craggy cove]

though cant find stuff like this on alibaba generally

[gaunt spade]

yea lots of good used deals here

[craggy cove]

id genuinely take that outside

[rigid ether]

Which brand makes the most reIiabIe motherboards

[gaunt spade]

no

[gaunt spade]

msi oled 240hz 2k for 335$

[craggy cove]

if u google every motherboard manufacturer and their reliability youd buy none of them

[tidal geyser]

very good

[craggy cove]

so just pick whatever is good value and dont knock shit off with standoffs idk

[craggy cove]

after shipping?

[gaunt spade]

idk like 350 maybe

[craggy cove]

damn

i could buy this but

i dont think i deserve an oled

[gaunt spade]

huuuh

so cheap

[void eagle]

man I do NOT regret spending $500 (roughly translated) on a switch 2 and pokopia, i love this console

[gaunt spade]

oh also one time i bought a 6700xt and they gave me a 6800xt on pinduoduo

[craggy cove]

wtf

[gaunt spade]

biggest W

i sold it for double profit

[craggy cove]

do i have to download the apk 😭

[gaunt spade]

yep

its on app store on iphone

theres a website but its kinda hard to get to

[craggy cove]

wtf

my wallets are gonna be drained in the morning

[gaunt spade]

theres livestreams here too

[craggy cove]

how do i make it not chinese

ik pinduoduo is huge in china but i do not like installing an apk like this lmao

[gaunt spade]

bruh i didnt evne send in the same mssage

[craggy cove]

omg ty

the only tutorial i saw was some african yapping and then just taking screenshots and translating with google lens

[gaunt spade]

i gave them my phone number

[craggy cove]

can i buy peaches to estonia

[gaunt spade]

yea

ive bought food and it was aight

shipping expensive tho

i bought oreo flavored coke and coke flavored oreos

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-gif-2345961988385181116

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-speedy-w-H4iqZDARtrqpOllEBz

[craggy cove]

ok i have no clue what to look for

[gaunt spade]

if u buy u get dicsount on next product

[gaunt spade]

idk just type in english what u wan

[craggy cove]

rtx 3080 for 1200 yuan

i have a feeling this is a scam listing

[gaunt spade]

cap

no look tap on the listing and you will see options

its propably like a 3050 for that price

rtx 3080s are like 1800-2200

[craggy cove]

oh okay rtx 2070

3080 20gig holy shit right we are in china

[gaunt spade]

yep they also have 3080 with 4090 shroud

[craggy cove]

its not brand new in box if its a 20g mod 😭

[gaunt spade]

ofcourse

[craggy cove]

im sure they have plenty of those to go around

though that seems cool af

(pun not intended)

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/crazy-stupid-idiot-veZWiZlDAMtWsojI1d

[craggy cove]

and the 3080 has a 16 pin connector ofc

my brain is melted

[gaunt spade]

ive bought a colorful 3080 for 1800 yuan there

[craggy cove]

how do i even find deals

how do i know its a deal and not a scam

[gaunt spade]

what do you wanna find

[craggy cove]

gpu

[gaunt spade]

which one

[craggy cove]

idk 3080 class of gpu

[gaunt spade]

just check the reviews on the page

they have moneyback thing too and most stores offer a warranty

[craggy cove]

what if they have 1 positive review

[gaunt spade]

on the specific item or whole page

like ive bought stuff with one positive review but the page has good reviews

[craggy cove]

quite honestly i have no clue

[gaunt spade]

but im not buyng anything if the stores has like 2 things for sale and 10 reviews

ok lemme help u wait

if the store is colored then it means its official or some kind of trusted reseller

[craggy cove]

that much i figured

[gaunt spade]

if u scroll down on every listing u will see the specific item reviews and bellow that store rating

u can click on the store and check what they have for sale or how they got the ratings

[craggy cove]

if its a "flagship edition" triple slot 3080 i assume thats the 4090 shroud thing

and wow they sell custom 4090 shrouds that can go on 3080s and even 1080s

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1277357627671707739/1279943764630179880/caption.gif

[gaunt spade]

if the pic shows 4090 shroud and in the section where u pick it says 4090 shroud or something then yea

[craggy cove]

never seen this 4090 shroud

[gaunt spade]

yep

propably chinese brand

lots of chinese gpus

[craggy cove]

4090 + pcb is 15 eur ????

[gaunt spade]

idk like 200 yuan

[gaunt spade]

yea thats just fan and pcb

full shroud

[craggy cove]

wait what do i not get

except core and memory ofc

[gaunt spade]

no clue u should message seller if ur interested

if the lights work it would be a cool decorative piece

gamerock especially

[craggy cove]

gigabyte 83 yuan one

nvm different listing says msi on the bottom lol

these pcbs are useless except for some spares, theyve been heated to shit

but damn the cooler

now that i think about it, thermalright coolers use like the same amount of materials, and cost like 20€ on alibaba?

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/thinking-think-cat-curious-kNpNw0eB1w4qDYA7hS

[craggy cove]

i want one.

[gaunt spade]

i would buy one with lighting

[untold crow]

Hi

[craggy cove]

this is such a flex for like 15€

[azure topaz]

they don’t

[gaunt spade]

u just buy 3 to larp 3 4090s

[steel umbra]

i'm a hazard man i bet 400 euros on this -999% not risky business muahaha

[craggy cove]

surely

[steel umbra]

also don't look at rest of the chart since 2018

[azure topaz]

what about the vapor chamber and stuff tho

[craggy cove]

thermalright has heatpipes that are antigravity

[azure topaz]

what

[craggy cove]

exactly

[azure topaz]

its liquid moving up and down a wick as it boils and settles

[steel umbra]

that sounds cursed

do we have two liquids

[azure topaz]

that’s basically what a heat pipe is 😭

[steel umbra]

oh i misread it

[azure topaz]

it evaps to the hot end then condenses down and goes to the cold end and then repeat

[steel umbra]

naa im too tired

[craggy cove]

heatpipe 5.0

[azure topaz]

damn he isn’t lying tho

https://klipy.com/gifs/jgmm-monkey-think

[hybrid moth]

hi guys

[hexed tapir]

Anti gravity impossible

[hybrid moth]

i was scared for a bit my usb didnt show up and was beeping red and i somehow brought it back to life

[hexed tapir]

But red is good comrade

[hybrid moth]

FELLOW COMRADE?

[hexed tapir]

No I'm an American pig spy

[deep musk]

Even more volatile then crypto

[hexed tapir]

I don't like bread lines

[hybrid moth]

cia propagande

[deep musk]

Bread lines?

[vapid ibex]

Yes

[steel umbra]

thought heatpipes struggle to move liquid up if the cooler is placed downsides oops

[vapid ibex]

GUYS my sony z5 compact adhesive is DONE I separated the display like a pro with a thermal paste plastic spreader and I'm gonna buy e7000 glue

[hexed tapir]

Back in the day the Soviets didn't know how to grow good crops so people starved to death and food had to be ration out, so people waited in long lines to get their ration of bread

[deep musk]

Ohhh that kind of bread lines, I thought you were talking about littéral lines on bread

[craggy cove]

corn tho

[hybrid moth]

lies.

[vapid ibex]

Pro display shit without cracking the screen

[steel umbra]

it caught my eye alongside their earnings, cash and equivs holdings, little to no dilution since ipo

[craggy cove]

though soviet mass starvation stopped really being a thing since the 50s

[steel umbra]

they had a major scandal in 2019 but changed management

[hexed tapir]

They also thought if you went from a fat ugly nobody then got into ripped Chad body shape and had a baby while in ripped Chad body shape your kids will get your Chad ripped body genes and be strong comrade

[vapid ibex]

Do I buy e7000 or e8000 glue

[steel umbra]

i hope

[deep musk]

t9000

[craggy cove]

i just use b7000

[steel umbra]

idk about this but my grandma experienced real hunger during soviet era

[hexed tapir]

https://youtu.be/lZb8Bw7qCr4?si=CU-y-BhWZ9gdAZ3U

[steel umbra]

the war as well

[hexed tapir]

They grew oranges in the ussr

[steel umbra]

as soviets marched into slovakia

[hybrid moth]

mhm

i hate stalin

[vapid ibex]

Is that stronger than both?

[deep musk]

(No idea I was just meming)

[deep musk]

i juss put a random ass letter in front of 9000 x3

[steel umbra]

specialized glues are prob going to be better

[craggy cove]

are we fr rn

[vapid ibex]

Recommendations?

[craggy cove]

5090 cooler on a 750 ti

[deep musk]

Thats a fucking 750 ti cooler??? Huh???

[steel umbra]

than phone screens (glass), electronics (plastic, organic matter for pcbs), jewelry

(metal)

[craggy cove]

5090 cooler mounted to fit on a 750 ti

[steel umbra]

sounds like general glue\

[deep musk]

https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-naked-gun-the-naked-gun-facepalm-facepalm-meme-gif-11743768702765397589

[steel umbra]

nope

[craggy cove]

i cant find any tutorials on how to do it cause its a chinese thing

the chinese do some fucked up things to gpus

learning today about 20gb 3080s with 4090 coolers on them

[deep musk]

How much is it? If it’s cheap just buy it and see

[deep musk]

Or 48gb blower 4090

[craggy cove]

like 15 eur for a 5090 cooler

[steel umbra]

@vapid ibex are you looking at a glass on aluminum/titanium repair or glass on plastic

[hybrid moth]

so i need that when im going to replace my tablet screen?

[craggy cove]

though shipping is gonna be annoying so an additional 15 maybe?

[deep musk]

Cheap enough, if you have the money for it buy it for the meme/curiosity

[craggy cove]

oh right i forgot u can just buy these from ebay

though for me shipping is not worth it

[deep musk]

But the other one isn’t modded to fit a 750ti?

[steel umbra]

doesn't seem like a bad deal for the heatsink material

[vapid ibex]

Pretty sure plastic. It's a Sony z5 compact

[deep musk]

Oof yeah, not gud

[vapid ibex]

Probably

[craggy cove]

you gotta do the mod yourself, tho some chinese listing has a 3080/1080 mod on a 4090 cooler preapplied

[steel umbra]

yeah ask questions on forums and tell them it's glass on plastic or is the screen not glass?

[craggy cove]

25 eur

which honestly seems cool as shit, i love overkill cooling

thats why i have a dual tower phantom spirit 120se on a 7500f

[deep musk]

Ohhh oki, cause gorl what the TikTok comment was saying it felt like it was modded specifically for the 750 ti

[steel umbra]

or find a review channel for specialized glues

[deep musk]

(That 750ti will never need the fans to be running)

[craggy cove]

its a review for the listing actually

[vapid ibex]

It's glass to plastic frame I checked

[deep musk]

Ohokiii

[steel umbra]

yh search for such glues

[quasi field]

Would you rather 8gig of ram or 4gig of vram?

With your current system ofc

[vapid ibex]

Ya the t8000 works

[craggy cove]

one review did a furmark and this shit says 30c with a 1080 ti

[deep musk]

Not surprised x3

[craggy cove]

"my card is so well-cooled its practically frozen to death"

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[deep musk]

What’s the down side for each choice?

[steel umbra]

i would probably not manage well with an rx 580 4gig in 2026

it was passable in 2024

[craggy cove]

would i have 1 dollar or 2 dollars

[steel umbra]

but now... meh

for light games ig ok

[craggy cove]

oh right gotta sell my 1060 3gb

[steel umbra]

like battlefield 1

[deep musk]

8 gb of ram should be fine with arch so I’ll take that

[quasi field]

Low ram like 8gig my ran slow on ram intensive task like anything… (web, game, design, cyber, watching YouTube …. Etc) low vram would effect the quality you can get in games because vram is where your assets are stored

[vapid ibex]

Note 10 looks so good

[quasi field]

Depends on price, I’d rather the galaxy s20 Ultra ngl

[deep musk]

Yes, but I meant how mych vram do I get if I take the 8gb of ram and how much ram do I get if I take 4gb of vram?

[craggy cove]

s23 ultra >

[quasi field]

You don’t get it (get as in receive the ram or vram)… it’s a hypothetical…

[craggy cove]

(though id take the s24 cause it has a flat screen)

[steel umbra]

thought it was all vram

[vapid ibex]

I DO want an S20 ultra it looks amazing

I want a phone for reading

[steel umbra]

i'd rather 4gb vram then

inf ram better

[quasi field]

Nahhh, so like a game like Fortnite, It can run with like 2gig of vram on performance mode…

[steel umbra]

competitive yh but i usually look for visuals

[quasi field]

I also have a feeling we might see vram stay the same for a long time cause of Nvidia new vram NTC

[steel umbra]

bf 1 would be that

[quasi field]

Feel like we will see 8gig cards until like 2030…

[vapid ibex]

If I had the money I would get a Sony Xperia mark 7

[steel umbra]

probably 4gb as well

[steel umbra]

same image

[quasi field]

Yeaaa… you can also use a weird swap file for more vram

It’s a bit complicated… it’s not worth it cause it also effects your igpu and stuff like that

[steel umbra]

if there's no vram headroom for a game many offload to regular ram

[quasi field]

Mhm

Same with ai as well

[deep musk]

Yes but no, if the vram overflows and the ram also overflows, it will go in the swap file (which is bad in terms of speeds)

[quasi field]

Yeah… actually you can see how much swap (not really swap… it’s different more like vram offload) your gpu has in task mang it’s normally 1/2 of you current vram of your gpu…. For example if you had a 6gig card id show as having 9gig of usable video memory

[steel umbra]

euro returned to being worth 1.17 usd awe

3 years ago it was like 1 euro / 0.97 usd

[shy arch]

Yeah but that's not that common unless you have a really small amount of vram and ram, and if so the game will become unplayable

[limpid dune]

I've been using my 8GB RX 580 for LLMs recently lmfao, it's weirdly good, it can manage a solid 30T/s on a 24GB model

[frigid blade]

Thats wild, half of anguillas budget comes from their sale of the .ai domains lol

[cosmic marsh]

if i press on the X it also exits out

and no i dont wanna update cuz my internet is shit but ig i have no other options left

cuz mircoslop wants to be an anoying company

[deep musk]

At a sport restaurant and why did the men servers had to wear such tight t-shirt 🫦 like sooo hot

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/magnifying-glass-gem-gem-alert-spying-gif-8152235274896165137

[mellow sonnet]

this thing would really make my 960 2gb useful

[craggy cove]

could i use mining cards lol

70€ for this

[limpid dune]

100%, any card with Vulkan 1.3 works (I think? might be VK 1.2), not gonna lie but someone offered me a 20xRX 580 mining setup for like $300 and I was thinking about it

[steel umbra]

oo

[limpid dune]

20x8GB is 160GB, with a total of 5TB/s bandwidth... nvidia who?

just ignore the fact it pulls 4kW

[steel umbra]

use during the winter

radiators not needed

[empty quartz]

Wrong reply

[empty quartz]

My m1 max is better

[limpid dune]

I was about to say 😭 how hard did you OC your M1 Max to hit 5TB/s bandwidth

[empty quartz]

My m1 max has 400gb of bandwidth

M3 ultra has 800gb/s of bandwidth

[limpid dune]

if you can overclock your LPDDR5 to around 87,733MT/s, it should be able to match one of the new HBM3e for bandwidth 👍 this might require slightly more voltgae

[empty quartz]

Whats the bandwidth of hbm3e?

5tb/s?

[limpid dune]

depends on how many HBM channels there are, but the B300 has a total of 4TB/s per GPU

[empty quartz]

Ngl

Its still kinda funny how the m1 max uses a very odd form of quad channel memory

4 channels
512 bit bus
409gb/s bandwidth

[limpid dune]

...looks like a fairly normal DDR5 to me, although ofc the RAM is on-package

slightly funky that each channel is a single IC though

[pulsar root]

Why is there no “Microsoft Laptop” like there’s Mac laptops ? There’s always some brand associated with Microsoft laptop

[azure topaz]

youre dumb and there is one

😭 man

oops wrong link

[azure topaz]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-surface/microsoft-surface-laptops/pcmcat1492808872042.c?id=pcmcat1492808872042&loc=19199659393&ref=212

[deep musk]

Microsoft surfaces (please use Google instead of humiliating yourself)

[azure topaz]

real

i got some hardware from @gentle kestrel today

the eshawty

the goat

[limpid dune]

the real difference is just that apple wants control of the entire hardware stack, while Microsoft can barely manage to make an OS. back in the stone age (90s) Apple briefly allowed OEM macintoshes but it kinda flopped

[rose stream]

That vid though.
Damn, reminds of something... From "old times" on Dawid's (now Dustin's) server.

[empty quartz]

@limpid dune the m1 max has the equivalent of 8-channel memory

[fringe prairie]

man if only their intel offerings were cheaper

[azure topaz]

older ones are decent value if you just want a web browsing machine

especially for the parents or something

[gentle kestrel]

so is any used aluminum laptop i won’t lie to you

[azure topaz]

my mom wanted a tablet real bad but she bought a cheap crap one so i gave her da surface

[limpid dune]

I'm writing this on a thinkpad from 2017, I run LLMs on the iGPU, this thing has DDR3, I fear no man or god

do I recommend? No

[azure topaz]

2017? ddr3?

6 or 7th gen but with d3?

gross

ig up to 11th gen mobile had d3 support but shut up

[limpid dune]

X1 Carbon with the i7-8665U, running on LPDDR3 (or is it DDR3? I forget) 2133

[azure topaz]

probably LPDDR3, is it soldered?

[limpid dune]

so 8th gen 😭

[azure topaz]

i have an 8250U+1050 ideapad and its d4 💀 😭

realistically the speed differerence is minimal but thats wild

[rose stream]

Dammit, forgot you can't say that one s word here without Warship sniping.

[gentle kestrel]

that’s ddr4

[azure topaz]

i miss it but yeah that server is dead 2 me

[gentle kestrel]

unless the carbon was weird

[gentle kestrel]

weird

every other 8th gen thinkpad was d4

[azure topaz]

aint no way the 2020 ones do but i believe a 2017 could be lpddr3

[gentle kestrel]

i had a t480 but i didn’t care for it

[azure topaz]

yeah my idea pad was d4 lol

is

[rose stream]

At this point, I'm basically just there as barely-present skeleton crew.
The signs were already there when our other mods, even one of our previous admins, left there a while ago. The reason I haven't stepped down or left is because I just can't find a good enough reason to bother to.

[gentle kestrel]

did the riser arrive okay

[azure topaz]

yeah it looks ok

[limpid dune]

thing is, "8th gen" can either be kaby, ice*, coffee, or whiskey lake 😭 . This is a whiskey lake, which can be either DDR3 or 4

-# * we don't talk about ice lake.

[gentle kestrel]

i took off the bracket but it’s in the box somewhere

[azure topaz]

im gonna take it to wokr on tuesday

yeah it was floating around in there

[gentle kestrel]

coffee is the only 8th gen cpu i really care about

[azure topaz]

i need some d4 hardware again cause i got rid of my only good extra but im chillin

[gentle kestrel]

i have no d4 hardware but instead of buying ewaste i’m flying to hangout with homies

[azure topaz]

wah wah wahwah

yet youre not going to my place of residence

[gentle kestrel]

i looked at my cart of micron d4 and realized i had a problem

[azure topaz]

LMFAOOO

we're getting some china ram in at work and its exclusively micron

[gentle kestrel]

i wasn’t doing am4 either

i was looking at like 8700k and z390

[azure topaz]

euggh

yeah thats when you just wait for bdie lol

[deep musk]

Really? Please tell me juhor ram

[gentle kestrel]

i opted to get nothing

[azure topaz]

idk thats just what it is

something "OneBoom"

[gentle kestrel]

if i buy anything dumb it’ll be a gpu with dlss to bench with

[azure topaz]

kingspec oneboom

[waxen saddle]

Would someone help me take the time to figure out how to go about upgrading from my current Canon printer?

[deep musk]

(Juhor is the waifu ram)

[cosmic marsh]

9900k packaging looks amazing

[azure topaz]

oh we have some rando gooner ram as the known good kit at work LOL

[deep musk]

Use a printing service at a store (like staples offers in Canada, much better than owning a printer or even use your library’s printer)

[deep musk]

[azure topaz]

this stuff

[deep musk]

Nicey

[supple flare]

Has unifi protect been genuinely unusable for the last little bit for anyone else? My app has one camera without the picture loaded, and then one with a picture hours out of date.

Restarted everything and didn’t fix it.

[cosmic marsh]

thanks microslop for making me waste an hour and a half for ur useless update✅

[deep musk]

(Nyarch is the solution)

[cosmic marsh]

i dont get intellisense on vim

[deep musk]

Did you try deleting and reinstalling the app?

[deep musk]

(Use something else than vim )

[supple flare]

Tried mobile as well as web, same issue

[cosmic marsh]

does vs code force update on linux?

[supple flare]

The thumbnails just plain won’t load properly

[deep musk]

I don’t think so (would be extremely weird)

[deep musk]

Might be a server issue, try contacting their support

[cosmic marsh]

now that sounds something my slow internet would be happy about

[deep musk]

I’ve never seen anything force an update on Linux (unless you set it to update automatically, which is disabled by default)

[cosmic marsh]

yeah but its microslop so i wouldnt be suprised

[fringe prairie]

it doesnt force update on leenux

[empty quartz]

“I use arch btw”

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-ishowspeed-ishowmeat-SSSFLrolJMWntt6ntq

[cosmic marsh]

I use Arch BTW (CachyOS)

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/higuruma-hiromi-higuruma-jujutsu-kaisen-jujutsu-kaisen-meme-jjk-memes-gif-10370496866020481076

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-gay-hardpunjabigifs-VS1FOUtnfvTw9RJu9X

[cosmic marsh]

HIGURUMA MENTIONEED

[deep musk]

*nyarch (I’m not the typical arch user, am a trans puppygirl, not a neckbeard gooner)

[cosmic marsh]

we need jjk s3 part 2 NOW

[ivory mountain]

“Not a gooner” (installs a distro with a catgirl and waifu image downloader)

[woeful phoenix]

off work today

[empty quartz]

You’re an arch user who is a dev?

[deep musk]

Im a puppygirl and it’s the closest distro to a puppygirl themed distro I could find

[deep musk]

I’m not a dev, im a hardware “hacker” (i mod and repair pc components)

[frigid blade]

I also touch computers

[deep musk]

[frigid blade]

You know I’ve never really seen people wear the anti static bands

Other than YouTubers telling people to do it

[deep musk]

Me neither x3

[deep musk]

I just ground myself with a psu

[cosmic marsh]

i clean my pc while its laid down on carpet

static is scared of me

i would do it on a table but it would be a little bit off the edge cuz small table

[deep musk]

Hell yeah queen

[azure topaz]

i fondle computers daily

[frigid blade]

thats not legal

[vapid ibex]

Should I cut my luscious long hair or keep it chat

[hexed tapir]

Cut it for summer

[frigid blade]

make it like arthur from RDR2

[ivory mountain]

cut

[frigid blade]

wait no go bald

summer lock in

[ivory mountain]

cook

[azure topaz]

yes

crazier i get paid for it

[frigid blade]

did the computer tell you that

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/381193783296917507/1298397840980312085/airflow.gif

[vapid ibex]

It's kinda at this height ATM

[frigid blade]

yah just chop it off go bald

[vapid ibex]

Fuck no

I will never go bald unless I actually bald

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/bald-comb-no-hair-hair-hairstyle-gif-698594237738928206

[deep musk]

Not me trying to grow my hair cause I had short ass, hair before coming out as trans

[frigid blade]

lol, i was gonna say "i got long ass hair" but without the pause it sounds funny

[vapid ibex]

Y'all want to bring me down

[deep musk]

The fuck was that

[frigid blade]

no man summer lock in go gym go bald

[waxen saddle]

this makes sense, but like, scanning and sending stuff, as well as generally printing my own photos and docs is still a need for my environment

[vapid ibex]

Fuck that. I would rather cut off my arms

[frigid blade]

you wont get hot and by the time it gets cold again your hair will be long again

it saves you money and its better for you

[vapid ibex]

It took me 8 months to get to this length so going bald is like punishing myself in the face

[frigid blade]

its not a punishment its commitment

https://tenor.com/view/rock-bald-head-meme-the-rock-dwayne-johnson-gif-24006278

why wont the rock render nvm fixed itself

[empty quartz]

@deep musk “ai is gonna change the world”
“Ai is revolutionary”
Ai:

[frigid blade]

lm studio moment

[vapid ibex]

11 tokens?

Wait if the pc is faster does that mean token size reduces?

And so the spending reduces?

[empty quartz]

Fucking finally

[vapid ibex]

Would a 4k word essay be 26k tokens

[empty quartz]

Im just benchmarking

Testing the limits of my b580

And then im gonna compare to my m1 max

[vapid ibex]

I wonder if an M4 does well in this

[empty quartz]

M4 macbook pro? Or air?

[vapid ibex]

Air

[empty quartz]

Dont load too big a model

The air lacks active cooling

[vapid ibex]

I mean I could probably try it on my 9060xt 16gb model but is this free

[vapid ibex]

From my understanding the base M4 should be a bit better than the M1 max but cooling limits it unless you put on a cooling device

@empty quartz is queen 2.5 good

[empty quartz]

You have it confused

M4 max is the much faster soc

[vapid ibex]

No the M4 itself is a bit faster for llms

[empty quartz]

https://omlx.ai/compare

[vapid ibex]

Is higher better here?

I just cut myself 3 times

From shaving

Oh wait

[woeful phoenix]

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-us-will-take-over-cuba-almost-immediately/3924655

grok how will the effect gpu prices

[vapid ibex]

is this kit actually worth it

I always hear about them

[sinful cobalt]

with llms?

sounds interesting to see how intel fares

[vapid ibex]

GTA SA Definitive edition

plays well

[magic panther]

I bought mine a good 11 years ago -- yes

[restive plinth]

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

[vapid ibex]

Oh wow! Good to know

[steel umbra]

i (don’t) like that AI now refers or derives from AI-generated posts

it’s happening more and more often

if it continues i’ll ditch AI even for surfing stuff

good thing i check the sources

[magic panther]

Text generator is becoming enshittified by its own digestion of its vomit

The amount of people taking ai for its word scares me

[hallow oxide]

So update on the iPad situation
Talked to the general manager/ the tech guy my brother. And I quote
"Nah business fucked us. All of them are locked had to buy new tablets just jailbreak it man." He said while cooking some huevos rancheros for a table of 4.

From what I can tell there's a dozen or so very fancy drink coasters that's just gathering dust. The company that gave us them isn't responding to us

[flint pulsar]

Depends on what ur fixing, for phone/laptop screen / battery is good enough

[gaunt spade]

bomb

ok whess

bird balls

[gaunt spade]

what is this pfp

lore accurate whess

[junior valve]

https://tenor.com/view/sigeon-pex-suggernaut-jex-gif-2460783746496057058

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/speed-ishowspeed-ishowmeat-SSSFLrolJMWntt6ntq

[junior valve]

https://tenor.com/view/account-based-in-israel-gif-1124170182546382656

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-gay-hardpunjabigifs-VS1FOUtnfvTw9RJu9X

[vapid ibex]

That's all I need it for

[junior valve]

i have multiple spiders inside my case

[bold olive]

@sinful cobalt should i drink chagee after 'mercury'

[sinful cobalt]

im drinking coke zero sugar rn xd

[midnight wind]

You need some bug spray

[ivory mountain]

i got diet dr pepper

[hallow oxide]

I need sprite zero. The no caffeine for night time drinking

[sinful cobalt]

i drink diet water

[bold olive]

breh a birthday voucher is begging to be redeemed

[sullen lotus]

what are the best 3.5mm jack wired earbuds i can get at a brick and mortar store (e.g. walmart, target, best buy)?

[thorny saddle]

ummm who knows

[frail delta]

Apple EarPods

[gaunt spade]

fahhhhh

[gaunt spade]

whess i still havent used the corsair aio

[junior valve]

noob

[gaunt spade]

grr

[limpid ivy]

Underrated, they work great in a pinch lol.

insert Dankpod random story

[haughty compass]

Question, I have my ethernet cable routed to my room rn for my pc, but I want to connect other things like my consoles. Are ethernet hubs ok to buy? Cus I remember hearing that they're no good a few years back. And I don't want an ethernet switcher...

[thorny saddle]

you want an ethernet switch

and yes they are fine

[pulsar root]

yea, check your local walmart. mine has the kit running for $60

[mint umbra]

Read that the steam controller doesn't work if game isnt running via stream

[woeful phoenix]

Making a chatgpt/ claude ecosystem equivalent for local and cloud models. Calling it Jig because it connects all the tools together into a cohesive ecosystem. Its pretty basic but what would you want from a claude/chagpt equivalent

[gaunt spade]

i banged on my desk and my monitor turned off thats a good sign

[bold olive]

crashout protection engaged

[remote swallow]

it said nuh-uh

[gaunt spade]

i got scared for a sec

just had to replug

[rigid fjord]

using a good ethernet switch is totally fine, there's no hubs for ethernet

[spring quail]

I haven't used an ethernet hub in a very, very long time lol

like aDSL days, early 2000s

[spring quail]

Ethernet switch is what you're looking for, very inexpensive.

[rigid fjord]

there's certain electronic devices that shouldn't ever exist

it also includes ethernet splitters into that list

[mint umbra]

I remember when ppl hyped up that byd was coming to Canada now I haven't heard anything in months

Was never a big fan of it as it will probably result in people losing jobs since they are under cutting local auto manufacturers

[rigid fjord]

i remember when people did actual research to find good products and not relied on LLM's for the answers

[sinful cobalt]

pov me searching all over google and youtube for proper reviews:

youtube algorithm giving you 69 videos on why the product you just bought is absolute dogshit:

[astral tinsel]

Guys what tv do I buy here? I’ve been thinking about getting an LG Flatron, but I don’t know I need advice

[bold olive]

how many speakers do you want? yes

[hexed tapir]

shocked the cardboard is holding up the crt

[rigid fjord]

when you want to feel the sound deep inside you

[bold olive]

how to start world war 3 with your neighbour 101

[astral tinsel]

So am I :P

[abstract wigeon]

anyone know if you can save photos from whatsapp into normal photo gallery instead of to whatsapp photo folder on andriod

[rigid fjord]

nah, this is how you end it with a neighbour

[gray goblet]

Openclaw

[formal kelp]

how is it looking now guys

[woeful phoenix]

Do you know what openclaw even is lol

Its just a harness

[bright surge]

whats a good thermal paste option for GPU dies?

im replacing the fan on this old card, and have to remove the heatsink to get at it, but it looks like nothing else on the card has contact with the main heatsink
or, should i just go PTM7950 again...

the card in question is an ATI Radeon HD 5830

[woeful phoenix]

Lol

[bright surge]

would it even put out enough heat to get the PTM to work?

[woeful phoenix]

Literally any thermal paste would work

[bright surge]

what are you loling at, lol

[woeful phoenix]

I read the first part expecting it to be like for a power hungry card and was gonna reccomend like phase change or smthn

[bright surge]

ah, lol

[woeful phoenix]

But then saw it was for a 5830

You can use any thermal paste and it will be fine

[bright surge]

just want something i can do, and not worry about, lol

something that wont pump out

[woeful phoenix]

Did you have issues with your ptm?

[bright surge]

PTM is just such a god tier material

[bright surge]

no, this is an old card i just got used, and the fan is REALLY stiff

just ordered a replacement

[gray goblet]

But the tools and stuff u tryna do
Openclaw has those features I belive

[woeful phoenix]

I would just use that again, hella overkill but thats not a bad thing per say

[bright surge]

and trying to decide what TIM to use

lol, i really might

will probably use it on my retro machines CPU too, lol

[woeful phoenix]

Openclaw is an entirely different thing. Openclaw isnt competing with Claude or ChatGPT in any real way. Its not user friendly in any way, Im quite literally making all of what ChatGPT and Claude provide but locally

[gray goblet]

Basically more user-friendly ig

Like openclaw has most features I belive but hard af to setup

[woeful phoenix]

Nah it doesnt

[bright surge]

so, i guess i need to get a ton of PTM, lol

[woeful phoenix]

Openclaw doesnt provide any features anything else doesnt

[gray goblet]

Huh

[woeful phoenix]

The only reason it got so popular is because it has a bunch of the features you can install into one. Its an all in one package

[gray goblet]

Hmmm

[woeful phoenix]

Its really quite useless when you can use something like claude code

Literally everything Openclaw can do Claude code can do better

[gray goblet]

Like it has automation and stuff too

[woeful phoenix]

So does literally everything else

Thats just cron jobs

[gray goblet]

Hmmm true

[bright surge]

do yall know the dimensions of the 5830s die?

[woeful phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/yuji-stare-yuji-itadori-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-yuji-stare-meme-gif-2566228405341525362

[gray goblet]

Maybe check online

[bright surge]

im looking...

[gray goblet]

If u ever want a tester for your project u can ask me

I would love to help

[woeful phoenix]

334 mm²

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ati-cypress.g77

[bright surge]

THAT i can find, i need to know how much PTM i need, lol

[woeful phoenix]

wdym?

[bright surge]

basically, what the length and width of the die is

so i know what size of PTM pad i need is

[woeful phoenix]

Should be about 20mx20m

The die is a square

So you just square 334

[bright surge]

yeah

[bright surge]

i am dumb, but would still like some sort of confirmation

[woeful phoenix]

I mean the confirmation is right here

[bright surge]

theoretically, lol

[woeful phoenix]

Not really

Why do you want the precise measurements? They come in like sizes of 20,30, 60, etc...

[bright surge]

just a feeling

[woeful phoenix]

Well the smallest size LTT offers is 60x60 so you would have more than eough either way

[bright surge]

yeah

[woeful phoenix]

the only place I know that sells more custom sizes is moddiy

But its prob about the same price

[bright surge]

i happen to have some left from doing my main rig

[woeful phoenix]

If you got some left over Id just use the leftovers

[rigid fjord]

ptm7950 or helios for the core, and some odyessey pads for the vram/vrm's

[bright surge]

thats what i WANT to do, but need to be sure i have enough, lol

[woeful phoenix]

NGL I think youre overcomplicating it, it is an HD 5830 😅

[bright surge]

no VRMs have a connection to the main heatsink on this card, lol

[bright surge]

probably, lol

[rigid fjord]

due to the age of the card, whatever thermal pads that was there for them would be needing to be replaced with the paste

vrm's don't have a direct contact to the heatsink as it is

[bright surge]

no, from what i can see, there ARENT any connected to the heatsink, its just the die

[rigid fjord]

there should be a thermal pad there, as the blower fan is drawing air over them and the heatsink

[bright surge]

I figured a picture was worth a thousand words

no memory or VRMs have an pads or contact with the heatsink

just the die

[rigid fjord]

yeah, at the rear where the vrm's and shunts are, there should be a pad between then and the heatsink there

[bright surge]

oh, yeah

wasnt planning on removing those, just the main heatsink, so i could get at the fan to replace it

[rigid fjord]

what specific 5830 is that?

[bright surge]

oh, cant attach that many pictures at once

ill dm you

[rigid fjord]

no dm's

instantly ignored

[bright surge]

thats nice...

[rigid fjord]

you could just send a couple here

[bright surge]

i tried sending 3, and the filter nuked them

[rigid fjord]

send only 2 at a time, it's been reduced by amount because of bitcoin scammers

[bright surge]

ok...

its the third one

which has the card info and barcodes

[rigid fjord]

found it from the first pic

sapphire radeon hd5830

[bright surge]

https://www.overclock.net/threads/sapphire-hd-5830-modern-warfare-2-edition-review.676964/

yep

thats the review for the exact exact one

[rigid fjord]

they generally have decent paste and pads on them for their time but again due to age, if you're redoing the paste, redo the pads also

[bright surge]

ok, any advice on where to get pads for it, or should i just use PTM again?

[rigid fjord]

thermalright odyessy pads, you'll need to measure it but they're stackable

[bright surge]

cool, thanks

[bright surge]

https://a.co/d/0hXzHLk1 these ones right?

[rigid fjord]

yup

[bright surge]

sweet thanks

[bright surge]

camera

[stray portal]

Damn i kinda want to change from proton mail but its such a pain to transfer everything

[patent fern]

I want this phone so bad but its 1.7k EUR here

[woeful phoenix]

not even that bad tbh

depending on how it compares to a real camera

[patent fern]

everything about this phone is rock solid, battery life, camera, performance, etc.

only thing I'm a bit peeved about is the software suite isn't as good as Samsung's

hello there

[woeful phoenix]

was about to say I would hate to use a non samsung/ google software suite

[iron glen]

Wsp rauko

[patent fern]

did that guy get kicked or what

[iron glen]

Sol4ra?
No?

[patent fern]

no the newbie who said "hi" twice

[gaunt spade]

which model

[woeful phoenix]

wow apparantly $1500 cheaper in china

[woeful phoenix]

oppo find x9 ultra

[gaunt spade]

7k yuan

[iron glen]

Idk, missed them

[gaunt spade]

for 12/256gb version

[woeful phoenix]

NGL Id probably just buy a camera atp

[gaunt spade]

fr

[patent fern]

It's only available in the official Oppo website in my country and it's listed for 1.699EUR

[gaunt spade]

just import

half price

874 euro

[patent fern]

This kinda makes up for it but I have no need for a tablet anyway

[gaunt spade]

goofy pad

[gaunt spade]

it dosent tho

[bold olive]

yes and have a phone bloated with Chinese apps, let alone poor english compatibility because it's running a dedicated Chinese os

personally experienced importing an x200 ultra

[native path]

1000 euro here

[bold olive]

more like witnessed tbh

[patent fern]

I won't import because I won't have proper customer support with these import sites

[gaunt spade]

buy from official store in china

[patent fern]

like what if I ultimately don't like the phone and I wanna return it

or I have to RMA it or w/e

[bold olive]

id still recommend buying it locally

[gaunt spade]

u do it through the chinese seller

[patent fern]

I'm just salty at Samsung for how stagnant their last 2 galaxy phones have been

[bold olive]

it's likely that there is limited google support for a chinese model

[bright surge]

honestly, all phones from the common brands

[woeful phoenix]

More like last 6

All phones have stagnated

[patent fern]

true dat

I have a S22 ultra right now

[bright surge]

this...

[woeful phoenix]

Sadly I have a 16 pro

[bright surge]

RIP

[woeful phoenix]

I wanted to try apple

And its been one of the worst ideas 💔

[patent fern]

its crazy they're using basically the same camera setup in the S22U -> S26U

[woeful phoenix]

Now I have a macbook and an apple watch so Im in too deep

[gaunt spade]

son

[bold olive]

practically all

[patent fern]

I would've bought an iPhone 17 in a heartbeat if it weren't for iOS

[woeful phoenix]

Real

[bold olive]

iphone's design hasn't even been changed since the damn 11

[patent fern]

I hate what iOS has become

[woeful phoenix]

You dont even have a fucking clipboard

[bold olive]

my fellow apple sheep friends still insist on ancient design

[woeful phoenix]

Like a FUCKING clipboard in 2026

[stray portal]

Iphones are great phones but horrible software ios is so limiting and it kinda stinks

[bold olive]

they dont

???

[woeful phoenix]

Theres so many things I miss on my samsung

I cant fucking multitask

[gaunt spade]

no clipboard i would kms

[woeful phoenix]

No splitscreen apps

[woeful phoenix]

Its actually horrible

[gaunt spade]

terrible keyboard

[patent fern]

isn't the default keyboard/autocorrect ass on iOS too?

[woeful phoenix]

I asked people wtf they did without a keyboard and they said "Save to notes"

[woeful phoenix]

Yes. It sucks so bad

[bold olive]

im still waiting for vivo to refresh their flagship designs

[woeful phoenix]

When you press send while theres an autocorrect suggestion it automatically implements the suggestion

[bold olive]

3 generations look very similar

[patent fern]

how ducking annoying

[bright surge]

WUT

thats BULL...

[woeful phoenix]

Yeah I had to turn it off

[gaunt spade]

apple gotta go

[woeful phoenix]

theres so many more

When you set an alarm it doesnt say how long until the alarms up

[gaunt spade]

why did bro buy a iphone

[bold olive]

yeah why

[woeful phoenix]

I wanted to try it, I thought they would have all these basic features

[patent fern]

can you customize the app drawer? cause by default it sorts all your new apps by categories from what I've seen on a demo unit in a local store

[woeful phoenix]

No

[patent fern]

holy shit

why have an app drawer in the first place then

[bright surge]

oop

some one else got hit by the filter

[patent fern]

at least on android i can install a custom launcher if i wanted to

[bright surge]

wasnt google locking that down?

which is a stupid choice...

[patent fern]

no they're locking down the play store so that no third-party app stores are allowed on android

[bright surge]

WUT

[patent fern]

so it turns into iOS all the same

[bright surge]

thats, isnt that what apple got in trouble for...

[gaunt spade]

when

[bright surge]

i heard they were stopping you from "sideloading" apps

[patent fern]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/

[gaunt spade]

when is it starting

[patent fern]

Fall/autumn 2026

Like September iirc

[gaunt spade]

i aint doing that

[patent fern]

https://keepandroidopen.org/

[native path]

wheres the airpods