tech-chat-2

[merry stirrup]

imagine buying one like that used and thats what you have to deal with

[gloomy vault]

does warranty not cover burn in?

[merry stirrup]

"minor burn in" and its just the windows watermark

[shell void]

it does

[merry stirrup]

it does probably but you dont get that usually on used panels

[shell void]

you get a 3 year panel warranty that includes burn in with most oled monitors

[merry stirrup]

if whoever is selling their monitor is smart they should just warranty it then sell it

"new panel"

[edgy laurel]

i think i'm out of warranty

[green marsh]

talking about expensive monitors, the U3011 i once bought has now visibly degraded CCFL backlight, RIP, not sure that is fixable with reasonable costs

[merry stirrup]

idk the warranty on my asrock i simply will buy a new one

i dont like it that much the lack of important oled osd settings makes me mad

[shell void]

you should keep that tv in use as a bedroom tv or something after you decommission it from your desk

[pure garnet]

my gl83a at 60hz keeps getting insane image persistence but it doesn’t happen at 144

[shell void]

i wanna see it reach 30k hours with no significant burn in

[merry stirrup]

i'll let it die with 0 care about its lifespan

[pure garnet]

so ill continue to drag it along the line

[edgy laurel]

oh, always the plan. or... dual OLED's...

[merry stirrup]

idk dual 40 inch monitors at the pc setup?

[edgy laurel]

yessir

[merry stirrup]

thats too much youtube shorts for me

[pure garnet]

i wish i could go dual oleds when i get the woled but the way i use my side monitor would unironically fry it

[edgy laurel]

would be difficult, as the secondary display has more static content

[merry stirrup]

yeah thats an old monitor function

[shell void]

bahhh itll be fine

woled tvs are immortal

[pure garnet]

i use discord + spotify snapped basically 24/7 unless i’m watching something

[shell void]

(the recent ones, not the lg c8 you bought for $50 on facebook)

[edgy laurel]

I realize I haven't done a burn in test in the last 1000 hours or so

[pure garnet]

i’m buying the $50 c8 off facebook and writing off oleds when it sucks

[edgy laurel]

wait, what did floppa buy

was it a C9

[pure garnet]

i’m super happy with my cheap tcl so oled tv is being kicked down the road awhlle

[shell void]

LG really got their shit together with the C2 and onward

[merry stirrup]

b8

[shell void]

CX and C1 were still at like 7700K when set to warm 50

garbage fr

[edgy laurel]

this is the thread on hardforum that got the bug in my ear about the possibility

[pure garnet]

i should try putting the u6h into game mode to see if it’ll fix the awful input lag

[edgy laurel]

226 pages now

[steel stream]

it'll just explode probably

[shell void]

C1 on RTINGs

[merry stirrup]

i think

[shell void]

idk why it took LG so many years to not suck with calibration

[merry stirrup]

whatever one with the lut table issue

which is whats wrong with mine and its hardly burned in

[pure garnet]

if i go and hook up a laptop and try and move the mouse it’s like nausea inducing

[merry stirrup]

only on the corners

[shell void]

it will

i have a 50u6g1 which is basically a 50u6h in disguise and it's fine in game mode

just gotta fix the default game mode picture settings because theyre abhorrent

[pure garnet]

i run the calibrated settings from the rtings review on it atm

[merry stirrup]

but the lut issue is very noticable

[edgy laurel]

i would hope so, that usually the whole point

[shell void]

i mean 60Hz mousefeel is never going to be good, but there wont be extra delay

u6h

[steel stream]

holy shit lol

[pure garnet]

yeah that sounds right

[green marsh]

too bad it is still running WebOS

[steel stream]

WebOS is still my preferred tv OS lol

[merry stirrup]

webos is good

[steel stream]

Samsung Tv OS is so ass

[shell void]

yeah i dont like webOS and it seems to have gotten worse after the recent major update

[merry stirrup]

i dont have the cool remote for my tv thats straight ass

[shell void]

just give me google tv or give me nothing, i hate tizen, webos, and fire

[steel stream]

no wiimote?

[pure garnet]

auto boot to last input with internet disabled on the tv

[merry stirrup]

nah just the shitass huge one

[edgy laurel]

i got a notification the other day about what looked like a major update. skipped it as I was doing something but you jogged my memory

[green marsh]

Android TV/Google TV. Then long long long LONG pause. Then WebOS and Tizen/Samsung whatever

[merry stirrup]

idek how to use it

how do i go in the app menu after it goes away when i first turn on the tv

[edgy laurel]

now I gotta go look more into that

[shell void]

they added a bunch of ai feature bloat and it feels more sluggish now even with those things disabled

[edgy laurel]

game mode is already sluggish

[shell void]

every time i turn the tv on it tells me that voice recognition is enabled but that's not true xd

i would disconnect from the internet and wait for a couple revisions before updating to it

well idk if c2 42 is getting the same updates that c4 42 is anyway

[merry stirrup]

ai is slowing tvs down what a time to be alive

[hoary hatch]

It was good 5 years ago

[merry stirrup]

guys lets run an llm on 4 arm cortex cores

[hoary hatch]

The current webOS is terrible

[merry stirrup]

surely nothing will go wrong

[pure garnet]

is there any reason to even have it on the internet

[merry stirrup]

you can talk to the settings over the network or something

[pure garnet]

firestick/atv aren’t expensive for a much faster ui

[shell void]

i owned like 6 firesticks and i think theyre a complete waste of money

[merry stirrup]

i agree

[shell void]

id only get a googletv device or an apple tv

[merry stirrup]

use whatever decent device that youre already hooking up to the tv

[steel stream]

I still use one and agree

[merry stirrup]

give me an og xbox one with the stock hdd over a firestick

[edgy laurel]

the beefier version looking at the specs is supposed to be the FireCube

[merry stirrup]

(okay maybe S, cause those at leaast support 4K)

[steel stream]

yeah but that I think doesn't have as good audio passthrough for whatever reason

[edgy laurel]

its always something

[merry stirrup]

😭

[steel stream]

so stupid

[merry stirrup]

akn will be forced to look up audio support on every device he purchases from now on

20 years from now

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/shake-freak-out-crazy-wild-ahh-gif-15649052

[merry stirrup]

"aw babe it doesnt support dolby vision"

[steel stream]

ignorance is bliss

[steel stream]

Every TV I buy from now on will have DV

[green marsh]

you do know they are getting reid of Android in them, thus it is going to be fully useless thing

[merry stirrup]

too many people sideloading on their firesticks ig

[steel stream]

Audio Passthrough will forever be a pain in the ass

[edgy laurel]

Two CPU's lol

[pure garnet]

i don’t care if it runs berkeley research unix if it’s faster than the stock potato chip in my tv

[green marsh]

https://9to5google.com/2025/09/30/amazon-fire-tv-android-vega-os-switch/

[merry stirrup]

i thought this was an arm thing to have different core types

[green marsh]

tbh if you want Amlogic, just get https://www.mi.com/global/product/xiaomi-tv-box-s-3rd-gen/

[green marsh]

he means Amlogic and Mediatek

[merry stirrup]

OH

[edgy laurel]

no

Floppa was right

[merry stirrup]

oh oh oh

[green marsh]

A73 & A53 is a normal littleBig thing

[edgy laurel]

the Cube has two sets of cores, and they're faster

[odd sable]

Or, can hook up a computer instead

[edgy laurel]

than the "sticks"

[green marsh]

that is P and E-cores in ARM world

[merry stirrup]

yeah

apple and erryone else do (did?) it

[edgy laurel]

it appears to have a lot more horsepower than its stick counterparts

[merry stirrup]

i mean have you seen the sticks

the weigh nothing i wouldnt be surprised

ive got a firestick 4k max nextr to me and yeah

its crap

[shell void]

the last one i used was a max and it was still dogcrap slow

[green marsh]

which is why i refer you back to the xiaomi mi box s 3rd gen 😄

[merry stirrup]

audio passthrough

[merry stirrup]

yeah it advertises 16gb storage

i know damn well that aint ram

[green marsh]

🤷‍♂️

[merry stirrup]

@steel stream what does this mean

[pure garnet]

why would i buy the mi box when i can just apple tv

[edgy laurel]

the one that comes up most for compatability is the ugoos amb6+

[merry stirrup]

pieree bourne absolutely carrying my work day

[green marsh]

you are comparing a $70 against a $190 device

[edgy laurel]

full DV support (profile 7) and supposedly, once its runing CoreELEC, TrueHD passthrough

probably something it still won't do... there is always something

[green marsh]

i mean i don't think your typical Firestick user would consider those needs and price point

[edgy laurel]

no, not at all

[merry stirrup]

but that wasnt the main topic of discussion

more that nothing works for everything and that nothing is good

[edgy laurel]

akn shaking and crying in a corner right now

[pure garnet]

i just said firestick as the filler android device when i said to get that over the stock tv interface

[merry stirrup]

yeah basically

[pure garnet]

realistically it's apple tv or bust for me

the a15 will handle movie playback for all eternity just fine

[steel stream]

sadly it could mean anything, the issue is that Dolby Atmos is an umbrella term, and there are so many subcategories below it. So you have TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, and so on. So a company can say they have "Dolby Atmos Support", but they only support one format, and the others just get fucked

[merry stirrup]

😭 damn okay

its like usb naming scheme but worse

[edgy laurel]

there is the mixing technology (Atmos) then the actual audio format

[steel stream]

yeah

[edgy laurel]

TrueHD being the full uncompressed audio that everyone wants out of these boxes unmolested

to pass on to something that will do the processing

[shell void]

those are some nice legally obtained and hosted movies

[merry stirrup]

no clue what youre talking about

[steel stream]

Dolby Vision is kinda the same way too, where there are different "profiles", and some are more supported than others

[merry stirrup]

he clearly ripped the blurays himself

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/grand-canyon-this-canynon-seems-so-grand-the-pointer-brothers-pointer-brothers-gif-11819849400301381948

[shell void]

the swiftfin app on apple tv is so buns

[steel stream]

it's so garbage

[merry stirrup]

im convinced you guys make up things

[pure garnet]

i use infuse

[shell void]

a lot of the time i give up and just beam it from the JF app on my phone

[merry stirrup]

oh well this makes sense

[shell void]

audio almost never works in swiftfin

[pure garnet]

well i might need to swap now that i have a 4k tv but

[green marsh]

checked the mi box s 3rd gen, in some review:

TrueHD is not supported but all DTS codecs, including DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS:X from bluray and streaming are supported.

[shell void]

unless it’s a stereo track which is uncommon

[pure garnet]

i honestly barely use jellyfin rn

[steel stream]

infuse also doesn't support all the audio standards, but it looked super promising

[shell void]

i think you get them with infuse pro

[pure garnet]

i'm mainly using paramount plus

[merry stirrup]

paying for things is lame

[green marsh]

but then again, $70 streaming box

[steel stream]

I picked up a firestick 4k max for like $20 bucks so that will stay

[steel stream]

nah still don't get the Blu-Ray audio formats

[shell void]

yeah you can rock the free method of casting from your phone to the apple tv

[green marsh]

yes, but there are none made in future

[pure garnet]

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/omni-content-hub/id6741470807 i've heard good things about this one but

[merry stirrup]

ill rock the free method of plugging my computer in

[pure garnet]

i don't wanna spend 10 dollars on a media player

[steel stream]

I just need to make my own streaming box

[merry stirrup]

this doesnt even seem not doable

[pure garnet]

just use a computer and use a giant keyboard fr

[merry stirrup]

you can get one of them kodi keyboards thats just a touchpad and tiny shitter board

[steel stream]

yeah i've been debating the HTPC

[green marsh]

$35 wireless HDMI sender/reciever 🙂

[shell void]

the wireless trackpad keyboards are so ass to use but htpc is meta yeah

[pure garnet]

it wouldn't be any form of comfortable for me so i haven't bothered trying to solve the logistics of hooking my pc up to the tv

i don't wear my glasses when i watch tv so desktop ui would be unreadable

[merry stirrup]

the humble 300% scaling:

[pure garnet]

im not doin all that when the paramount plus webui already sucks

[merry stirrup]

fair enough

[green marsh]

or using big picture in steam/HTPC software

[pure garnet]

here let's try and figure out which is the back button

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/jgmm-monkey-think-monkey-meme-ponder-monkey-idea-gif-6401133862108294696

[merry stirrup]

clearly the browser one

[green marsh]

Escape key

[lone scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/mouxy-cotorep-aveugle-debile-esquiver-gif-20546128

[pure garnet]

you have to mouse over menu and half the time the damn thing closes before you make it to the paramount plus logo

[pure garnet]

nah that doesn't work

[lone scarab]

alt back key

[merry stirrup]

control w

[lone scarab]

wait what

[merry stirrup]

do it in chrome rn find out what it does

[lone scarab]

alt left arrow key

[merry stirrup]

didnt even know htis one lowkey

i use my mouse buttons more often than not

[lone scarab]

?

[merry stirrup]

what

[lone scarab]

ah yes

i use my mouse keys for changing songs

but yeah i dont use alt left/right arrow key for that

[frank zealot]

alt L / R existed before mice had side buttons

ctrl-F4
F5
F6

[edgy laurel]

baa

is there a campaign? might get gamepass for it

i expect it to be in space at this point

[pure garnet]

they already did that

[steel stream]

did you see the price hikes?

[edgy laurel]

wait what

[topaz veldt]

Game Pass went up

[edgy laurel]

ohh

[steel stream]

by a good bit too

[topaz veldt]

My PC only ultimae is $16

[steel stream]

I will be purchasing and playing Ghost of Yotei tonight

[topaz veldt]

Not sure what that is but I wish you the greatest of enjoyment

[steel stream]

PS5 exclusive, ty

Lmk how black ops 7 is, I am interested

[edgy laurel]

what was the one we played with that cool spooky safehouse

BO6?

[steel stream]

yeah BO6

[edgy laurel]

not at all surprised.

[steel stream]

those were some cool puzzles

[rich idol]

is there any advantage to get a dedicated soundcard or should onboard suffice?

[edgy laurel]

internal soundcard? no, don't bother

if you find yourself interested in higher end headphones later down the line, you can get an external DAC/Amp to power them

[rich idol]

I am thinking of getting the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO

[edgy laurel]

no one is really buying/using internal add-in soundcards anymore

for one, most people simply don't have room with PCIe slot spacing and GPU size. that and external solutions are just better

[rich idol]

i was also thinking of getting an XLR mic, and if i do i would need an external mixer of some kind

[edgy laurel]

maybe an audio interface with a solid headphone output is what you want then. @merry stirrup was just talking about the Scarlett range

[civic reef]

What's even is interesting lmao

I don't know much about it, but it seems like BO6 but.. Redone?

[rich idol]

Just googling the brand, the Scarlett 2i2 does look familiar, as i talked about this with the audio tech at my local electronics store too, and i think he may have mentioned that one, either that or i'm imagining things

[edgy laurel]

or the Solo

[steel stream]

I just thought BO6 was fun to play is all

[rich idol]

possibly, seems like the little brother to the 2i2 yea

[edgy laurel]

1 XLR input as opposed to 2

[rich idol]

ah sweet, realistically i'd only need one

[lime barn]

https://modcase.com.au/products/nas?variant=43667464585464&currency=AUD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOopnjZzHpCpErcI0jvAyzbHIWgnjPQ33f9-J7pV8rl-YDD1_IkOdW-c

Anyone know of a NAS case like this that can fit a full size GPU?

[civic reef]

Oh fair enough

[edgy laurel]

looks like Scarlett recommends a max of 200 ohm headphones for their USB bus powered options like the Solo, and the 2i2

[shell void]

bro i’m 4 black ops behind

the last i played was 3

[edgy laurel]

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360021413360-What-impedance-headphones-should-I-use-with-my-interface

[green marsh]

define NAS case https://www.printables.com/model/1278847-12-bay-atx-nas-case

[edgy laurel]

so my 300 ohm HD650's probably would suck using that

[steel stream]

I stopped playing with 4, but picked up 6. Trying to play Black Ops 4 on my PS4 was agony, even middle school me could realize that it looked like ass

[rich idol]

max means it's safe to go lower?

[shell void]

it’d probably be fine

[rich idol]

the DT 770 PRO is available in 32, 80 and 250 ohm

[edgy laurel]

I already don't feel like I get the volume I want with my Magni on high gain

[shell void]

you’re cooked

[steel stream]

you need an Element IV so baddddd

[edgy laurel]

i'm old, maybe its my ears

[edgy laurel]

stoooop

[rich idol]

condolences

[shell void]

the scarlett solo headphone output is dogcrap tho (i own one)

audible noise with IEMs and wimpy power for over ears

it’s worse than an apple dongle

[rich idol]

[frank zealot]

My new boss is younger than I realized >.>

[edgy laurel]

if you want an XLR mic, i do think from a simplicity of operation standpoint, an all in one audio interface for the mic and headphones is ideal. I've seen more playback focused models with good attention placed on the headphone output

have to look around

[shell void]

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/focusrite-scarlett-2i2-audio-interface-gen-3-review.10187/

[frank zealot]

a DAC with XLR Input

Or a USB 2-4 channel mixer board with XLR

[rich idol]

My mic of choice, if it matters, is the SHURE SM7B, seems like a pretty popular xlr mic

[shell void]

oh yeah if you haven’t already bought this stuff then don’t get a scarlett solo

i haven’t bothered replacing mine because it’s good enough, but i would not buy one today

[frank zealot]

*wouldn't not not

[edgy laurel]

Oh, yeah.. this one is talked about a lot. Just pricey https://www.rme-usa.com/babyface-pro.html

[frank zealot]

gags

[rich idol]

i haven't bought anything yet

[shell void]

i haven’t checked if topping has put out a new interface recently

[edgy laurel]

Someone needs to make a <$300 dac/amp with with a good headphone amp and XLR input to handle something finnicky like an SM7B

[rich idol]

i mean, i'm open to other mic options i suppose, my research boiled down to "what mic do the content creators i watch use" and the 3 most common ones were the Røde Wireless Pro, the Røde NT-USB and the SHURE SM7B

[steel stream]

Fifine T669 my goat

[edgy laurel]

SM7B is on everyones list but its probably overkill for most users

[rich idol]

i can see that

[edgy laurel]

I like the concept of dynamic mics for their inherent noise rejection but that dynamic sound (can't really describe in words) isn't well suited to everyones voice. I have a USB dynamic mic, PreSonus Revelator Dynamic. Honestly i've spent hours in the software and I just don't like it

[rich idol]

I just want an upgrade from my Blue Yeti, i don't like it, lol

[fringe vigil]

hi

[shell void]

what do you dislike about it?

if it’s a tone thing then you can fix that for free with EQ plugins in OBS

SM7B sounds like crap without EQ too so you’re going to be running it regardless

content creators use a lot of audio processing

[rich idol]

Picks up too much background noise, i've tried both messing with the settings in G-Hub and Reaper plugins in OBS

[shell void]

have you tried running it with low gain and having it close to your face?

you’ll probably have to cut out some excess low end, but it’ll make the background a lot quieter

[edgy laurel]

just fire Nvidia Broadcast at it

i kid.. but maybe not?

[shell void]

i put my mic at headset mic distance when i’m running my window AC because it’s so loud

[edgy laurel]

i do not like that, personally. benefit of my Revelator is you kinda of have to be making out with it to truly pick anything up. add a noisegate on top of it and you pick up nothing in the background

just fiddly to manually tune

[shell void]

i played with a shure sm57 for a while and it didn’t really change how i had to use the mic

i still had to use it close with low gain to avoid background noise

i think the tight pattern dynamic glaze is a bit overhyped

i like muh big condenser mics

[plucky finch]

?

i had one for a while and it was fine... maybe your ears stink

have you ever done a frequency response test for your ears?

[edgy laurel]

michaels ears are tuned to perfection, don't you know?

[steel stream]

his eyes and ears are gifts from god

[shell void]

yeah i can hear up to 19.5KHz and i can hear 1dB changes in EQ

[merry stirrup]

seems good and kinda cheap and i just need an interface bro

[shell void]

the solo headphone output sucks

it has almost no power, and it’s noisy with IEMs

[steel stream]

Apple would kill to have you as part of their headphone testing trials

[shell void]

maybe i could help them make airpods sound good with the factory eq xd

[steel stream]

fix AirPods for the masses 🙏

[shell void]

i decided to keep my airpods pro 2 until they have problems or really limited battery life

[steel stream]

My pro 1 are still going strong

[shell void]

[low sorrel]

Hey how water proof are airpods

[shell void]

pro 2 are IPX4 and pro 3 are IP57

[steel stream]

I only really use my Pro 1 at the gym, and for veyr rarely watching YT videos out of the house

if i have to go on a flight or long car ride I might be cooked

[low sorrel]

That means I can have pros out in the rain right

[steel stream]

yes

[shell void]

pro 3 can be submerged in shallow water, but pro 2 are only a bit sweat/raindrop resistant

[low sorrel]

Pro 2s

[steel stream]

I wouldn't have them out when it is pouring, but a light-medium rain will probably be fine

[low sorrel]

If they break I'm blaming you

[shell void]

[steel stream]

you can invoice me if they fail

[pure garnet]

i like my pro 2s

[shell void]

same

since the pro 3s aren’t a no brainer improvement i’m not interested anymore

[steel stream]

nah you neeeedddd the 2x ANC improvement

[shell void]

(you can put foams on your pro2 and get most of the way there)

[low sorrel]

Akn I checked my SN recently and I can register for apple care for my pro 2s

Do I do it

[pure garnet]

i don't use anc on mine

[steel stream]

I've never registered any of my apple devices with Apple Care tbh

[shell void]

i haven’t tried apple care either

the benefits seem good but i’m a gambler

[teal orbit]

"inherent noise rejection"
looks inside

literally just lower sensitivity meaning it guides people to put it closer to their mouth

[steel stream]

I use it occasionally on my Pro1, when I need to focus

[low sorrel]

I use it on my pros 2 when I'm not walking around

[pure garnet]

i got apple care on my airpods because last time they replaced both my buds for free with it when the batteries sucked

[steel stream]

Nah if I was walking around I would never do ANC

[low sorrel]

cough cough Floppa...

[steel stream]

ANC is for at the gym, or if I am watching a YT video while studying outside of my apartment

[shell void]

i use the ANC as hearing protection at work

i prefer the transparency mode for casual use tho

[low sorrel]

I use adaptive

[teal orbit]

the anc feels like a weird pressure on my ears that I don't like

[low sorrel]

I got used to that real quick

The one ear anc mode however

[teal orbit]

Oh so I'm not crazy

[steel stream]

Sounds distract me real easily so ANC is nice for me

but yeah transparency is awesome

[low sorrel]

Huh this looks interesting...
https://www.charjenpro.com/products/afpauv10?variant=45342108582106

Foam hybrids for pro 2s

[teal orbit]

Tips?

[steel stream]

yeah linus

[teal orbit]

No

[low sorrel]

Yo where the fuck am I I went outside to get some fresh air and I don't know where I wondered to

Google maps time ig

[low sorrel]

Do you use foams on your pro 2s?

[merry stirrup]

i need a shure sm7b for tarkov proxmity chat

damn 90$ used maybe i really do

[low sorrel]

Bro is going to yell slurs in podcast quality

[merry stirrup]

no i just tell them that theyre trash

[low sorrel]

Where the fuck

[merry stirrup]

ebay

[low sorrel]

@steel stream my right AirPod just died

[merry stirrup]

my left dies faster than my right

annoying battery wear

[low sorrel]

Check your mic settings

[edgy laurel]

my right XM4 dies in like an hour

[low sorrel]

Set it to left only

[little juniper]

Does anyone use their iPad for college anymore?

[edgy laurel]

left is fine

[merry stirrup]

i keep ANC on. so both mics are always on

[low sorrel]

My right earbud is every so slightly louder then my left

[low sorrel]

Nevermind I just ran out battery loo

[little juniper]

Right now selling it to save for new pc

[merry stirrup]

art majors?

[steel stream]

I do

almost everyday

[low sorrel]

My sister

[little juniper]

Software Engineering

3rd semester

[low sorrel]

She used it when she was pre med and still uses it now that she switched to finance

[little juniper]

hmm

[merry stirrup]

convineint light device i see why

[steel stream]

iPad is my most used item as a computer engineer, but for software engineering it might be a little different

[smoky bone]

What

[merry stirrup]

people who get gaming laptops for college are the bain of my existence

[little juniper]

Sometimes i keep getting second thoughts on using it but i dont have any mathematical subjects anymore and most courses are done with laptop

[steel stream]

plus now that most assignments are PDFs and similar, being able to easily mark those up are awesome

[little juniper]

bc its so loud?

[merry stirrup]

mor ebecause its a bad choice i dont really care

[little juniper]

fair

[merry stirrup]

heavy bricks with no battery

rather remote into a big rig

[low sorrel]

I really wish my framework was touch screen

Next laptop I buy will be a touch screen

[wise bear]

I really wish the framework 12 didn't come with such a shit display

[topaz veldt]

we need 25 gbps

[little juniper]

forgot abt these laptops

But they are hella expensive

[edgy laurel]

I have two touchscreen laptops, wasted feature. So uncomfortable to use a touch screen on a laptop, Apple knows whats up.

[topaz veldt]

Actually....

[wise bear]

not really tbh

[smoky bone]

How does that work, you don’t even have a terminal on ipad (or any debugging tool (maybe cloud based? Do you run everything cloud based?))

[steel stream]

I saw the option to just disable it in my bios and got real interested

[low sorrel]

I mean just make it a 2 in 1 and use it like an iPad

[steel stream]

I think they are trying to determine if the iPad is still worth it to them

[little juniper]

no, i got a laptop and switched my notes to there

[smoky bone]

Ah good

[edgy laurel]

One of them is a two in one, but its 17" and insanely unwieldy.

[shell void]

nah they get dirty and don’t last long when i wear them for 8 hours a day

that’s why apple did the hybrid material thing with app3

[pure garnet]

i was under the impression foam tips were like replace every month items

[shell void]

if you only use them for a couple hours per day then yeah

[edgy laurel]

oh do i have a picture for you

[smoky bone]

I mean an ipad is worth it for a lot of people or many could benefit from an ipad

[shell void]

during lockdown i was wearing my iems for like 12 hours per day and i was replacing them weekly

[low sorrel]

17in two in one sound like a terrible idea

[steel stream]

damn

[spiral quarry]

Time to time yea. Notes in my classes when I don't wanna pull out the laptop and sketching out the story boards for films I get involved in if I am working with the DP.

[edgy laurel]

it very much is

[edgy laurel]

I can't find it, but its my 20 year old Shure E2C's with the factory foam eartips

[spiral quarry]

Lol haven't powered on a laptop since May and here I am getting bombared with updates.

[edgy laurel]

we were talking about Monster cables last week, the brand. @topaz veldt the interconnects I use between my DAC and Amp to this day.

still beefy as fuck

[merry stirrup]

fawk

[low sorrel]

Looks high quality but damn that plastic looks ugly

[merry stirrup]

power a 4090 with that jawn

[merry stirrup]

oldd

[topaz veldt]

Yep - I worked at CC when they came out. If they work they work. I got Monster Cable so cheap because CC let employees buy at cost. HUGE markup.

[low sorrel]

How much

[frank zealot]

same lol, that was a good discount

I worked at BB from like 00-01 or something? After I bailed from FrozenCPU, cuz Mark Friga was a raging asshole

[topaz veldt]

Not all th ings were like that, but the monster cables were

[frank zealot]

accessories and cables were awesome

[topaz veldt]

You prob saw my order back then

[frank zealot]

I remember selling alpha heatsinks lol

[topaz veldt]

and danger den blocks

[frank zealot]

I actually found / created some products back in the day for them

[wise bear]

this screams 2010 and I am all for it

[topaz veldt]

That EK block is used believe it or not

thats what it looked like after distilled water + biocide, no corrosion

[frank zealot]

those two heatsinks in the upper left are ~ 10 years older than that

those were very late 90's

[topaz veldt]

yeah those are socket A or 378 parts

[wise bear]

Holy shit

I didn't know EK was that old

[frank zealot]

Those parts are probably newer than the 90's but the alpha heatsinks are old

[shell void]

prehistoric watercooling

[low sorrel]

That's like when I was 2

[celest wigeon]

This goes hard

[low sorrel]

jirp???

[celest wigeon]

yes hi I still am real

Truly Unfortunate I know

[low sorrel]

damn why

[celest wigeon]

Nobody has successfully gotten rid of me yet

[low sorrel]

Do I build an all wood sitting desk or a metal and wood standing desk

I've asked like 10 people and the vote is evenly split

[steel stream]

metal and wood

[celest wigeon]

I'd say All wood Sitting desk with some metal struts & a motor & some rails so you can convert it

[low sorrel]

This is my first wood working project I ain't doing all that

[celest wigeon]

L + Ratio + Bozo + Weak + Fake Fan + Loser

[steel stream]

bro you gotta go big on the first project

[merry stirrup]

and then have it fucking collapse with all his things on it

[celest wigeon]

It's a core part of learning to work

[merry stirrup]

i think it can be avoided

[turbid locust]

Wells Fargo is going to piss me off

[celest wigeon]

look we're trying to be funny here

[merry stirrup]

ohhh

[wraith steeple]

Mid 2000s (06)?

[merry stirrup]

i think 07 judging by the 07 on the evga pcb (literally no other indicator im just guessing)

0915 is probs the prod date tho

so 2009 jan 5th?

[celest wigeon]

07 😔

[topaz veldt]

I have now gone to UPS, Fedex, and USPS all just today lol

[merry stirrup]

collect them all to become almighty

[steel stream]

nah you gotta take on an expert level task as an amateur so when you fuck up royally you get really demotivated and don't want to explore the hobby further

[celest wigeon]

you should buy them all

[merry stirrup]

REALLLL

money saving tactics wwith akn

[wraith steeple]

If so, this is around the time I started WCing

[merry stirrup]

"enjoy NOTHING"

[steel stream]

"be miserable"

[celest wigeon]

I condone this advice

[merry stirrup]

you can do that while having a hobby

its called ram overclocking you should get into it

[steel stream]

it's so much fun I swear

[celest wigeon]

being miserable is really fun and everyone should try it

and if they're not miserable they should hmu i can make them miserable

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel ....

[steel stream]

I am a firm believer in can't have highs without lows

[celest wigeon]

always be high

[steel stream]

not what I meant but yeah that'll work

[wise bear]

Wayyyy ahead of you

[merry stirrup]

duly noted

[celest wigeon]

LMFAO

[wise bear]

girl I'm 5 stages past high

[steel stream]

Floppa is now waiting for it to be 5pm

[merry stirrup]

yeag i get off owrk in 4 hours

[celest wigeon]

the last time I got high was ACCIDENTALLY at a concert

[merry stirrup]

i am working from home my last 4 hours though so im at home

[wise bear]

[wise bear]

"WHY IS MUSIC VISUAL"

[edgy laurel]

🤤 F80 fitment?

[merry stirrup]

no puters to fix irl

[topaz veldt]

Yah mine are F80 fitment also, but the tires....

[merry stirrup]

aka a boring time

[celest wigeon]

I taked to my boss while high 😭

[wise bear]

I used to do that every day

[celest wigeon]

we all make choices

[merry stirrup]

no i dont dude

[celest wigeon]

weak

[merry stirrup]

shit just happens

[edgy laurel]

those aren't bad

[celest wigeon]

skill issue ngl

[edgy laurel]

they're not Cup 2's but they're not bad

[topaz veldt]

$11,000 wheels with $500 tires

[merry stirrup]

"oh you want an internship"
yeah sure fuck it
"oh yeah take over for your boss for a little while"
give me more money, but fuck it

[edgy laurel]

you know, some people just cruise on the street

[steel stream]

two very different conversations happening here

[merry stirrup]

"oh take these classes"
aight

[wraith steeple]

Yep! 1999. And Watercool GmbH was not too far behind in 01

[merry stirrup]

KEEP UP

[wraith steeple]

[topaz veldt]

Yeah that's why god made PS4s

[merry stirrup]

this is brainrot in 2025

[celest wigeon]

yes that happens welcome to the concept of Discord

[edgy laurel]

lmao, yeah I guess thats true

[merry stirrup]

play station 4?

am i the lost one now

[steel stream]

was thinking that too

[edgy laurel]

yeah floppa, playstation 4

[topaz veldt]

Someone selling my favs.... FI-R's

[steel stream]

Mark Cerny my goat

[celest wigeon]

what

[merry stirrup]

i never had a ps4

[steel stream]

weird looking PS4

[celest wigeon]

these look nice

[merry stirrup]

yeah agreed. never seen that model

[topaz veldt]

$7200 USD used

[edgy laurel]

weird looking BBS E88's

[merry stirrup]

whats that a slim E or something?

[wraith steeple]

Can it play Cyberpunk?

[wise bear]

can I get them glittery

[merry stirrup]

how much storage does your model have?

[topaz veldt]

Check out the cross machining

[slim solstice]

Are they titanium

[celest wigeon]

we should play cyberpunk in real life with detroit

[steel stream]

eh

[merry stirrup]

in irl

[wise bear]

jersey dlc

[topaz veldt]

no you can't make titanium wheels

[wraith steeple]

[steel stream]

the game is literally called Detroit become Human

[edgy laurel]

the holes in the spokes? Thats pretty rad. except all I can think about is more to clean lol

[slim solstice]

If you get titanium wheels that would be cool cuz you could change the color whenever u want

[celest wigeon]

Who

[topaz veldt]

Yeah or less to clean?

[slim solstice]

Yes u can u just gonna think diffrent

[merry stirrup]

did we ditch the chiller idea and decide to get rims instead

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-flabbergasted-shocked-wink-reaction-gif-25698054

[edgy laurel]

[celest wigeon]

Asked

[topaz veldt]

I am just thinking of what to do with like $7k

[wise bear]

[steel stream]

:(

[celest wigeon]

Gottem

[edgy laurel]

so good on the right car

[topaz veldt]

yeah, not a BMW wheel imho

[edgy laurel]

true

[slim solstice]

Buy more old ram ig

Get a server

Donate

Buy a new mac device

Buy a new tv

New gaming setup

Nitro for years

[topaz veldt]

"Yes"

[wise bear]

he already does that once a month

[slim solstice]

What donate?

[celest wigeon]

5nail is addicted to ram

[topaz veldt]

I do donate yes

[slim solstice]

Buy a new mac device?

[topaz veldt]

have mac devices

[steel stream]

yeah he did that a little bit ago

[slim solstice]

Buy a new fucking tv evey month?

[topaz veldt]

got the new tv

[low sorrel]

Im not scope creeping

[slim solstice]

Buy a whole new gaming setup evey month?

[topaz veldt]

done

[shell void]

you got a G5?

[slim solstice]

Get a whole server evey month?

[topaz veldt]

No I have to buy eyes for that

[low sorrel]

Also do you hate when you have to turn down a deal because of ethics and morals

[steel stream]

That's it, post the wall 5nail

[slim solstice]

I wonder how u even do that?

[topaz veldt]

Yes

[celest wigeon]

You'll never make it in the professional world if you don't expand the scope of your project by about six times as much as it was originally planned to be

[topaz veldt]

do w hat

[steel stream]

No? Why would I do that?

[slim solstice]

Ok i would like to see you get a ibm server like a proper one the one that Linus showed the black one with multiple pcs and PSUs

[green marsh]

damn cybercriminals making poor Japanese people suffer https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/japan-is-running-out-of-its-favorite-beer-after-ransomware-attack/

[topaz veldt]

...

[slim solstice]

Get a new server evey month

[wraith steeple]

NGL part of me wants to get a Mora IV 600 in addition to my MO-RA3 420 LT

[low sorrel]

He tried to scam a old man on a phone repair

[wraith steeple]

[slim solstice]

Oh my fucking gosh

[merry stirrup]

mora

[steel stream]

oh that kinda ethics

[merry stirrup]

i lost my mora emoji/sticker im sad

[slim solstice]

Bro can I have one lol

[steel stream]

nah that is bad

[wise bear]

5nail does legit enterprise

[slim solstice]

That's like a lot

[merry stirrup]

okie

[steel stream]

what's in the snorkel box

[slim solstice]

He gonna sell them for a dollar with that much

[topaz veldt]

snorkel + under water canon 5D mark IV housing

[celest wigeon]

Ah, you're relatively new

Meet 5nail, resident Enterprising Rich Asshole

[topaz veldt]

Rich Anus, thank you

[steel stream]

hell yeah man

[wise bear]

[topaz veldt]

my license says Richard Anus

[celest wigeon]

My bad bestie

[slim solstice]

If you got these many servers do u got a pdu with individual remote on off capabilities

[topaz veldt]

yes

I have spare ones

[slim solstice]

Now all ur missing is a industrial ac and a big rack

[edgy laurel]

what you're missing is the vintage Thermaltake probably off to the left somewhere

[slim solstice]

Ur too rich man

[topaz veldt]

no i'm n ot lol

[slim solstice]

Too rich

[slim solstice]

Then tf they doing here collecting dust

[edgy laurel]

the youngin's have no perspective

[topaz veldt]

Those are spares

[shell void]

snail isn’t too rich, he only has 25Gb networking smh

[celest wigeon]

LMFAO

[shell void]

no 100Gb? scrub

[steel stream]

5nail only buys 5090s instead of RTX 6000 Blackwell pro

[slim solstice]

These are the old ones dk you have the new ones with those reverse psu plug thingies

[median granite]

would you guys says getting a ryzen 7 7700 (non x) for 150GBP is better than getting a ryzen5 9600x at 180GBP for 1080p mostly gaming

[merry stirrup]

yes

[slim solstice]

He spent all the money on this shti

[wraith steeple]

[topaz veldt]

Those are 120v ones, I have Zero U in my racks

[merry stirrup]

8 cores mmmm

[low sorrel]

Like bro used the most obvious 3rd party display and claimed it was genuine apple

[slim solstice]

Get another one and. Put those servers to good use

[shell void]

that’s a decent discount yeah

[median granite]

thats what I was thinking, but if im pairing it with a 9070xt is it still a good choice

[edgy laurel]

If 5nail was too rich he'd have a bigger boat.

I said it.

[slim solstice]

This I think is also a old one have seen this one in a video

[shell void]

i would take the 9600x if the price was reversed

they’re very similarly performing cpus in the real world

[topaz veldt]

Bro my boat is big enough I can't trailer it - that's "too big"

[median granite]

would it matter what gpu i pair it with

[slim solstice]

Eh whatever it might be like new

But it looks the same

[edgy laurel]

Then you just need a bigger trailer and truck. Remember, you're too rich. Make it happen.

[topaz veldt]

LOL I need my own escort on the highway

[slim solstice]

Is that 199,tb or pb

[topaz veldt]

Do the math

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/i-volunteer-tribute-hunger-games-gif-15058425

[celest wigeon]

just hire a private military already man

[topaz veldt]

I am trying

[edgy laurel]

Can I get an orange flashing light

[slim solstice]

I hope u use it to play games. You have endless options with that much freedom. That would be paradise for me right there

[topaz veldt]

White and orange I think

[celest wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/lightning-orange-orange-led-gif-11999136

[edgy laurel]

nice

[topaz veldt]

Yes I use 200TB to play games

nevermind the 1.150TB of memory

[slim solstice]

Do u have ibm server?

[topaz veldt]

No why would I have an IBM server

[wise bear]

oy vey, kid..

[slim solstice]

Do u use plex to get new movies and stream movies form a home

[celest wigeon]

what a small boat

[topaz veldt]

I want to wrap but marina doesn't allow it lol

[slim solstice]

Im saying the small enterprise ones the 3u or 1u ones

[edgy laurel]

bigger than 5nails

[topaz veldt]

39?

[celest wigeon]

lmfao

[wraith steeple]

🎵 You gotta PS/2 it
The solution is IBM🎵

[edgy laurel]

they don't allow wrapped boats or doing the wrap at the marina?

[wraith steeple]

[steel stream]

how do you get new movies from Plex?

[topaz veldt]

No wrapped boats with design/logos - they had people wrapping and when they're dry docked on the rack its advertising from the road

[slim solstice]

I remember getting so hyped about these in class when talking. About these in my class that I saw screwed out loud in front of the English teacher

[edgy laurel]

oh wow, ok i thought you were going to say the opposite

[steel stream]

nah 5nail actually drops bangers, some great bars but they don't allow rapping at the marina

[slim solstice]

There's like some web surfing thingy haven't gone in depth cuz don't have the time

[topaz veldt]

Nah its kind of annoying but also I get it

[steel stream]

it's just piracy lol

[slim solstice]

You could say that yeah

[edgy laurel]

he's burning CD's with his tracks

[slim solstice]

But plex is doing it so

[topaz veldt]

The one that got away Guilty

[steel stream]

"New album out Friday, buy my CDs!"

[topaz veldt]

Invincible

[slim solstice]

Do u have a dell server? And they do they need 3 motors for a small boat

[edgy laurel]

three V10's. sad

[steel stream]

it's not through plex, it's side apps

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel if I got an Invincible I'd name it sv_cheats 1

[wraith steeple]

I remember when we would burn CDs for music mixtapes for road trips or in general

[slim solstice]

Bros gonna do a flip with the boat

[edgy laurel]

that would be sick, actually

I would live for people recognizing it

[topaz veldt]

Only old heads will get it

[slim solstice]

U got dell servers?

[topaz veldt]

Bro I have everything

[slim solstice]

Do you got sun microsystems servers?

[topaz veldt]

yes i have sun servers

[slim solstice]

Yeah but not old ibm

[wraith steeple]

NeXT ones too?

[celest wigeon]

bro has everything in his pockets

[topaz veldt]

I would not buy an IBM server

[wraith steeple]

[slim solstice]

Do you have the sunfire thinclients with hotdesking

[steel stream]

nah bro buy e-waste

[edgy laurel]

Sunrays

[slim solstice]

U got hp ?

[topaz veldt]

I have HP

[wraith steeple]

OS/2 Warp on top

[edgy laurel]

this guys series is really fun if you like retro stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BW-mbC7Xag

[slim solstice]

The sunfire thinclients with hotdesking?

[topaz veldt]

Those are not servers

[edgy laurel]

the hotdesking concept of those is neat

[steel stream]

I can tell those are old just by the color of the plastic

[slim solstice]

Oh yes I was watching this guy. He is the one with the PSUs for his retro rack. This guy reminded me to ask u if u had pdus

[edgy laurel]

he's pretty new, just mucking around with old networking/server/telco stuff in his basement.

i find it enjoyable

[slim solstice]

The video that was just sent to this channel. I was talking about those. And it looks like this model came with dual head feature

[slim solstice]

Same

[topaz veldt]

That's cool but uninteresting to me

[wraith steeple]

I have a soft spot for PS/2 era IBMs

[edgy laurel]

that slight shade or yellowed beige

https://tenor.com/view/children-ruin-everything-astrid-youre-having-beige-a-vu-deja-vu-beige-gif-2149875060059718620

[topaz veldt]

HPE/3par, Cisco, Dell

Sun

[slim solstice]

The only sun product i own is a sun microsystems text book that my cousin mom used to study in college. It resurfaced after we had to relocate stuff after the annual flood in chennal in my grandparents house

[slim solstice]

Mmm yummy

[steel stream]

only vintage stuff that interests me are CRTs and then Speakers and Amps, those are neat

[slim solstice]

I don't see any purple here bus and is that a synology- that's so expensive

[wraith steeple]

NGL some Japanese retro PC stuff from the late 80s - mid 90s would be neat to have

[topaz veldt]

Purple?

Supermicro, EMC, Dell R750s

[fringe vigil]

hi

[shell void]

the orange has aura

[steel stream]

5nail was inspired by LTT

[topaz veldt]

Arista 10 Gbps, but looking at 25 Gbps

[slim solstice]

That dell pc looking sexy and that hp server below the dell blended so well i thought u were committing a crime by using hp rack slide things for the dell server

[slim solstice]

Yummy

[fervent elm]

I have a sudden dezire for spaghetti

[slim solstice]

The fuck u got emc from

[wraith steeple]

FM Towns especially

[topaz veldt]

400A (2x200A) service at home

[slim solstice]

I like that cable management good job

And this reminds me of Linus home setup

The pool cooled project thingy

[topaz veldt]

fiber to the office

[fringe vigil]

yo

[steel stream]

yes jorj

[slim solstice]

Also amazon just released new products that come with their own silicon chips that come with alexa ai

And they look so good with those curves

[slim solstice]

Can I see ur setup

[topaz veldt]

my office?

[slim solstice]

Sure

I wonder if u can use that big ass server as a steam link device 🤔

[slim solstice]

That's so many monitors and pcs. I think the tv is not required cuz there is a option to do spilt screen on that widescreen yeah?

[merry stirrup]

if it has decent gaming gpus sure

[torpid blaze]

this gives me a sense of nostalgia when i first experienced pc gaming when i was a kid on my uncles 1080ti

[slim solstice]

But i like the wooden vibe

[random flame]

Oh hey! The very home computer they tried turning into a now niche console too.

[slim solstice]

The setup looks very new and are those sony speakers?

[edgy laurel]

holy fuck i'm old

[topaz veldt]

i build a new pc constantly -the speakers on the wall are audioengine hd6

[slim solstice]

The subwoofer on the bottom looks the one sony ships with 360 surround sound mapping

[torpid blaze]

my first time learning about computers playing games rather then a ps2 was life changing

[topaz veldt]

thats a definintive technology subwoofer

[wraith steeple]

Me but with the family's old ET4000/W32P VLB

[slim solstice]

I meant thumbs up lol

[torpid blaze]

i used to have a home pc but that thing couldnt even run chrome without dying

so it just ended up being ewaste

[slim solstice]

Very clean setup

Mine would never

[topaz veldt]

I am doing the white PC over again

[topaz veldt]

going custom water on it

[random flame]

B r u h .
What a way to make us feel old here. |D

[slim solstice]

Nice do you have any hard tube ones

[edgy laurel]

hold on, why does the black rig look so much smaller

[topaz veldt]

I do

[slim solstice]

Nice

[topaz veldt]

16mm perspective

[wraith steeple]

Yeh. I could have sworn there was an Addin card for PCs during the mid 90s that LGR showed off IIRC

[edgy laurel]

ok i thought so but it seemed extreme

[wraith steeple]

[slim solstice]

He did?

[topaz veldt]

I'll use tilt-shift next time 😛

[slim solstice]

Oneplus phones that are like recent come with tilt shift

[topaz veldt]

this is my hard tubing build

[slim solstice]

My dad's oneplus 12 has tilt shift

[topaz veldt]

its not real tilt shift

[slim solstice]

Beautiful. I think the circuits background that microsoft made for windows 10 would go nice with this build

[slim solstice]

Ik

[topaz veldt]

I have a real tilt shift lens

[slim solstice]

👍🏿

[random flame]

And I mention myself because my first computer was literally one of these.
https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk/upload/images/exhibits/1026_pic1_size2.jpg

[wraith steeple]

Oh no I'm thinking of PC-FX

[slim solstice]

Also does the op12 have a motorised zoom or. Only the 13 budget variant that looks like the iphone

[wraith steeple]

[slim solstice]

Yummy blue and firewire

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel you ever seen these?

[wraith steeple]

Bondi Blue?

[slim solstice]

Ths was what I was having in Mindi

[slim solstice]

No shit

[topaz veldt]

They still pull money

[heavy mantle]

is that a i mac g4/3 on the back ?

[random flame]

Yep. First gen, revision 1 or such, I believe.

[topaz veldt]

Holy shit they still produce it, nice.

[slim solstice]

My first computer was a lenovo m-series that came with windows visita. I got scammed cuz I was like 7 then and i thought I had a i5 but I had a i3

But my first laptop was when I was like 3

[wraith steeple]

Oh and that horrid hockey puck mouse...... Man I remember using it in our school.... That was dreadful

[slim solstice]

A dell Inspiron that ran windows visita but it was upgrade to windows 7

[random flame]

Yep, PowerMac G4 in that pic.
Truthfully, I don't have an actual photo of my old G3 before it ended up being tossed (against my consent too).

[slim solstice]

We gave it away to a friend for a emergency and then the broke the charger and jt ended up in some e-waste

[edgy laurel]

wait its actually tilted

[topaz veldt]

That is tilted and shifted, yes

[wraith steeple]

MDD G4 to be exact

[edgy laurel]

huh

[slim solstice]

I saw that mamacita when my friend had the exact same model in his loft but in black

[topaz veldt]

its kind of a mindfuck

[steel stream]

damn, that is cool as fuck

[random flame]

Eeehhh for me it worked, at least until after I got introduced to more proper mice with two buttons and even a scroll wheel.

[wraith steeple]

Or wait no it's a quicksilver nvm

[heavy mantle]

oh lol i remember i had a friend of mines that did own a g4 but got rid of it too, i remember there was a popular issue with them but am not sure exactly what it was

[slim solstice]

1 thousand fucking dollars.

[topaz veldt]

yah if you're into photography mastering T&S is like... end game. It fucks with exposure hard.

[slim solstice]

That worth more than the 12

[topaz veldt]

over $2k new still

[edgy laurel]

Graphite, Quicksilver, MDD

[slim solstice]

Photography is mad expensive now as days bro

[steel stream]

My most expensive lense was like $50 I don't think I am there yet lol, but that is still awesome

[slim solstice]

Omg what else do u have

[steel stream]

Would love to take photos with it

[edgy laurel]

wrong person? also google images dude

[topaz veldt]

oh man I went hard on lenses back when

[slim solstice]

I have a sony dsc-h50 and a sony dsr-sx45e. It's old but getting the job done

[wraith steeple]

The left was the last model of when Apple shipped these Zip drives that they were pushing for a while

[topaz veldt]

This was like $10-11k

[slim solstice]

Too expensive!!!!

[granite dirge]

Bleh. That call at work was an endurance and patience test. 97 mins with a rambler... And I had to pee after the first 10 mins. ... But I'm really close now to ending the work day.

[topaz veldt]

@steel stream this was taken with a shitty phone or something

[steel stream]

endgame for bird photography

[heavy mantle]

wait @slim solstice how old are you

[slim solstice]

Wow that's worth more than a apple ecosystem

[slim solstice]

14 why?

[topaz veldt]

that was like $40k in glass new

[heavy mantle]

oh god..

[slim solstice]

What's wrong?

[random flame]

Oh wait, now I properly remember it.
It was a Lime iMac, either being the 266 MHz or 333 MHz version. Don't remember which one for sure, but yeah.

[granite dirge]

Their being born in 2011 made my knees hurt more.

[edgy laurel]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/wi-fi-signals-can-now-create-accurate-images-of-a-room-with-the-help-of-pre-trained-ai-latentcsi-leverages-stable-diffusion-3-to-turn-wi-fi-data-into-a-digital-paintbrush

[heavy mantle]

why are 14 yo in this server

[steel stream]

yeah that is sweet (minus the picture quality), photography would be cool to get into, but as a student not viable lol, my film camera is good enough, and I could probably borrow my parents Canon if needed

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-want-to-live-on-this-planet-anymore-futurama-planet-gif-12955936

[slim solstice]

It's funny enough that I was. Born on the day of the Japanese tsunami

[steel stream]

did ou see the video where someone stored a PNG on a bird

[granite dirge]

That doesn't help

[topaz veldt]

yeah it was my thing for quite a while

[edgy laurel]

what the actual fuck, no

@steel stream

[slim solstice]

Discord allows 13and above so yeah

[heavy mantle]

like by the sounds ghey made them learn?

[slim solstice]

And I'm more tech savy than anyone in my class or in my apartment

[steel stream]

https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo?si=oCkEjs4ICM9kznUg

[slim solstice]

Im not cringe

[steel stream]

When I get 5nail level money I will pick up a nicer camera for sure 💪

[edgy laurel]

wait so is it just recording the sound and translating it into an image with software

[heavy mantle]

That comment wasnt to you

[topaz veldt]

a few weeks prob!

[edgy laurel]

I guess i need to watch it

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel speaking tilt-shift, do you know where this is?

[slim solstice]

You could afford the cameras they use in brodcasts with the flying glass lens on the front do repell dust show rain and whatnot

[steel stream]

https://youtube.com/shorts/F5vF9tnGFeg?si=YPqyKUW7SaakTer- a nice short lol

[slim solstice]

*spinning

[edgy laurel]

i do now lol, longwood gardens

[heavy mantle]

they taught the bird a tune which when played back, in the audio software it makes a picture so yeah close

[merry stirrup]

my backyard

[edgy laurel]

ok thats what i figured

so its really the software doing the work

[slim solstice]

Small nail 5 nail house after selling the stuff he don't use

[edgy laurel]

as long as the bird sings the same tune

[topaz veldt]

naw

[heavy mantle]

yeah basically

[slim solstice]

Yah

[random flame]

Damn, now I wish I could've had a second gen G3, particularly one of the early 2001 models.

[slim solstice]

I wish I had a 2016 macbook simply for the touch bar and touchid

[topaz veldt]

How about this one?

[heavy mantle]

intel macs hurt me

[edgy laurel]

Mine was the Beige G3 tower second from the left

[steel stream]

Reminds me of those shots that look like toys you know?

[slim solstice]

They keep the device alive after end of support by running windows

[heavy mantle]

idk this gives me a big claymation sweedish cartoon vibes

[topaz veldt]

yah thats the tilt shift effect

[steel stream]

neat

[topaz veldt]

It makes it look like its a train set or something

[heavy mantle]

more shittier preformance then

[topaz veldt]

Thats the "gimmicky" tilt-shift effect

[slim solstice]

It acc running better on wint

Windows

[topaz veldt]

The non-"oh cool" effect is wide angle shots where vertical lines at the edge are not paralax

[random flame]

And here's the reason why that specific model type.

[wraith steeple]

Those G3 - G4 era macs had a ton of character

[slim solstice]

Wikipedia with the beta dark mode on

[topaz veldt]

@steel stream this is not the most exciting shot but you see the vertical wood runs nearly parallel up/down

[slim solstice]

They had the vga port which allowed you to use it as a monitor right?

Would be good for emulators

[steel stream]

It's pretty cool, produces very unique shots

[topaz veldt]

yah normally 24mm on full frame would have distortion

[green marsh]

or

[heavy mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-geforce-rtx-ada-4070-gif-3642524616806431208

[topaz veldt]

@wraith steeple do you know if the TG 5090 blocks are in stock anywhere

[wraith steeple]

Later G3 and beyond had VGA yeah. The early ones had that propriety display thing-a-majig that Apple did for a while

[slim solstice]

With the amount of paisa you have you could make own

[slim solstice]

The good old days. Now we can't even use a hdmi to vga adapter

[wraith steeple]

Mitja made an announcement on TG Discord that they're working on a new batch, though date for release is not known yet

[topaz veldt]

I am thinking of buying an astral with the intent of blocking it

[green marsh]

@heavy mantle haven't noticed the RAM capacity in the picture 😄

[slim solstice]

Also apple is making the device expensive on purpose cuz when the new mac frame design hit the shelves they didn't. Not come with hall effect sensors but came with angle sensor with record the angle of the lid and they even spent money developing an api for it

[topaz veldt]

Should I buy another 285K hoping for a higher SP

[green marsh]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nuMkck1IP8s

[wraith steeple]

They released the optional Terminal sometime after a few got their orders in.... Me and GTS were pissed to find out that they dropped the moment the order went through

[topaz veldt]

whats the difference

[slim solstice]

Is that the app or his hinge? That sounds awfull

[topaz veldt]

It just rotates inlet/outlet 90 deg?

[wraith steeple]

Yep

[topaz veldt]

oh

[green marsh]

app 😄

[topaz veldt]

I want to b uy one, take that black part off, and powder coat it white

[slim solstice]

Are u telling me diffrent brands have diffrent gpu board designs?

[topaz veldt]

@wraith steeple if you see a TG block for astral in stock ping me

[slim solstice]

You could get a sandblaster and a powder coated at home with ur money

[topaz veldt]

I do

@wraith steeple these are in stock regularly now so I might grab one

[slim solstice]

Bro you have a whole workshop in your home?

[topaz veldt]

yes

[arctic bronze]

yes

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-sir-yes-boss-military-salute-giving-honor-rip-gif-23161689

[slim solstice]

Just casually says i might grab one. If ur at this level just buy one that comes prepped for water cooling

[topaz veldt]

I am doing custom loop

[slim solstice]

Yeah just buy connectors for the gpu

[topaz veldt]

There is one GPU that comes with a waterblock and its not very good

Also

[slim solstice]

Hm sad

[pure garnet]

you need it

[slim solstice]

You have an entire setup on ur shelf I know stop flexing

[topaz veldt]

This is a blocked 5090 TUF OC in front of a blocked 4090 Strix OC

[slim solstice]

WHY DO YOU NEED 3 FUXKKNG 5090S WHAT ARE U USING THOSE pcs for do you just play on a random pc at a random time

[topaz veldt]

Its 4 5090s

[shell void]

gotta have one 5090 for each monitor and tv bro it's optimal

[pure garnet]

i think he could use a few more even

[topaz veldt]

should I try the lottery on another 285K?

[slim solstice]

Bro has like what a server psu