tech-chat-2

[topaz veldt]

watching youtube at full brightness is painfully bright

like flashbang white pages

[warped mountain]

exactly what i need. im mad i can only manually get to 600-800 nits on my phone :/

[warped mountain]

how much batter consumed per hour?

[devout ridge]

issue with asking that is macbook battery percentage isn’t linear

[topaz veldt]

I dunno, not enough to worry about

[warped mountain]

oh really? why?

[devout ridge]

hard to measure battery linearly

[topaz veldt]

you can see the capacity % drop vs screen on time

but literally my Zenbook needs to be charged daily or twice daily

and this MBP will go like 4 - 5 days without being charged

[warped mountain]

so you think it will last 10AM to 7-8PM at max brightness and be not die?

can i charge with a low wattage type c? like a trickle aka "die slower" if needed?

[devout ridge]

easily

i don’t see why you’d “trickle” charge it tho

[topaz veldt]

you can charge it with any usb-c

[warped mountain]

that's true, but you would think it would adapt, since they are the same parts.

[devout ridge]

far easier said than done, especially given battery voltage changes throughout the life of the battery

[warped mountain]

with like a 15w slow charger while u use it? obviously it wont actually charge, just die slower.

[topaz veldt]

yeah i think so

[pure garnet]

why would you not just get a 65w brick and >charge it

[warped mountain]

smaller charger in bag, liek a 25W ipad charger.

[steel stream]

15w? What is this, a charger for ants?

[devout ridge]

comes with a 70/96w charger

it’s a decently small charger as well

[topaz veldt]

I am using this little anker jawn

[warped mountain]

so 3hr = ~25%? a assume using teh internet?

[pure garnet]

bro rocking the usb a brick from his iphone 4

[devout ridge]

depends on what you’re doing

[steel stream]

5nail go home you're drunk

[devout ridge]

as you can see Sunday usage was longer, but power draw was lower compared to saturday

[topaz veldt]

i had a few mixed drinks not gonna lie

[warped mountain]

weight. MBP is liek 1+lbs heavier than target

[pure garnet]

gym

[topaz veldt]

I have been messing with Geforce Now

[warped mountain]

ipad 9th gen

[devout ridge]

enjoyed it so far?

[steel stream]

in all honesty live it up, live the good life in florida

[pure garnet]

if a power brick is making the difference for you

[devout ridge]

you need to hit the gym

[topaz veldt]

yep works well

[warped mountain]

yeah was that max brightness?

[devout ridge]

or maybe just curl some cans

[topaz veldt]

no max brightness is like.... offensive honestly

[warped mountain]

tearing up LTT backback sleave

[devout ridge]

even on the macbook air i don’t think i have ever used max brightness

[steel stream]

saw a dude overhead shoulder pressing 135lbs with the barbell, hella impressive

[devout ridge]

and that’s half the max brightness

[pure garnet]

the ltt backpack is not ripping from you putting a 65w brick and a macbook in it

[topaz veldt]

the best part about mbp 14 is the fan never turns on

[devout ridge]

you could stick 90lbs in the ltt backpack and it wouldn’t so much as flinch

[warped mountain]

The goal was 2.5 lbs for a 2-in-1. MBP isn't 😹

[devout ridge]

i load my commuter backpack up with shit and it never has an issue

[warped mountain]

I use 600 nits on my 9i, I wish it got brighter

[devout ridge]

the straps are extremely durable

[topaz veldt]

i would rather have a 3 lb awesome laptop than a 2.5 lb turd

x86 2-in-1s are complete trash sorry

[devout ridge]

not like you’ll notice the difference in .5lbs

especially given the laptop sits directly on your back

[topaz veldt]

I have an HP 1040 whatever latest gen for work and I hate it

I have literally never flipped it into tablet mode but for to make people freak out at meetings while making a cracking noise

I personally think x86 Windows 2-in-1s are the result of war crimes

[devout ridge]

a result of consumers not knowing what they actually want

[warped mountain]

Not really, but I was targeting 4lbs max in my bag

Im taking engineering classes, so I guess Mac is better at that than Windows

[topaz veldt]

Probably the same

but if this laptop were available when i was in college it'd be a no brainer

[warped mountain]

Really??? It's SOOO dim. Especially in full sun, or a bright room.

[warped mountain]

No from my 9i and it's charger. 9lbs, the. An iPad, then 3 100page note books and a 1.5 inch binder full of paper. 😭

[steel stream]

I'd love a MBP rn tbh, would be annoying for altium but for notes it would be a game changer

[warped mountain]

I know about the thermal throttling on the M5 and the M4 Max chips. Hope it does okay when I'm hitting it full load.

Can Mac even like multitask like that, like idk render a video and watch YouTube 4k??

I would say my usual work use case which is gaming on ultra settings and then having 4K YouTube on the auxiliary monitor.. but Mac can only play cyberpunk I guess.

[warped mountain]

When I put my backpack on and then Flex my shoulders forward I can hear the threads popping because the laptop is not allowing the load to go where they designed it.

[warped mountain]

I think it really depends.

These are lunar lake, exactly like all the other lunar lake laptops out there with nice OLED screens that's what I was looking at.

And nice keyboards because you know Lenovo owner 😅

[topaz veldt]

It can do anything like that yes, but especially better than any 2-in-1 x86

[warped mountain]

Well yeah .. it's a 14900hx equivalent CPU.

[topaz veldt]

I guess I don't understand the question

its one of the most powerful and efficient laptops available

[warped mountain]

I need something to take notes on that isn't the iPad, it suck for me.

[frank zealot]

I liked when BitWit put a full itx build in the backpack

Screen and all

[warped mountain]

Idk, I'm just apprehensive because I can't run any programs on it cuz we're not allowed to use anything Mac based
so it's going to turn into a glorified Chromebook for me so $2,400 for a Chromebook feels like a lot.
Or whatever they call it the boot camp thing to run windows 7?

I was shopping 2 in 1, but needed a screen better than the mini LED on my 9i legion. So I'm like damn imma end up with a MacBook. 😭

[steel stream]

buy a windows laptop an an iPad pro tbh

get some lunar lake for good performance and efficency and then iPad pro for whatever else and content consumption, I know the pro has a great tandem OLED display

[shell void]

panther lake or bust

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/morgan-freeman-hes-right-you-know-correct-true-right-gif-27174315

[warped mountain]

Low PPI, it's like 326 and I really don't want anything below 450

Lack of sharpness is very noticeable to me

[steel stream]

450 PPI seems crazy to me

ok yeah my laptop is 260 PPI on a 15" 3456x2160 display and that's great for me

[warped mountain]

Yeah but you're going to hold a tablet 6 in from your face whereas your laptops going to be at least a couple of feet away.

[steel stream]

set the tablet on the desk

even when I use my iPad air the screen looks great

[warped mountain]

My 2022 g14 was like the perfect PPI for a laptop. Hell I think my s25 ultra isn't sharp enough 💀💀

[topaz veldt]

you're a student right?

[warped mountain]

Yeah

[brisk jolt]

450 ppi is crazy work

[warped mountain]

My FAVORITE device
The Samsung Galaxy S7 has a pixel density of 577 PPI (pixels per inch). This is calculated from its 5.1-inch display and 1440 x 2560 resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has a pixel density of ~498 ppi.

[topaz veldt]

So lke... I am gainfully employed and also do sidework, I can buy whatever macbook or laptop I want, but I am on a $1400-1500 MBP 14 with M4 and it slays

So just trying to be practical I dunno why you'd need anything more for school, personally

[steel stream]

dude 3840x2160 at 14" is only 314 PPI what laptop are you buying that is 450 PPI

[topaz veldt]

I would actually argue that an M3 would do it

[steel stream]

you'd need a 10" 3840x2160 display for 440 PPI

[warped mountain]

And then the g14 was like 200-ish. And that makes sense cuz I used it about three times the distance away.

The loaner iPad that I have right now which I think is 9th gen .. is 326 PPI and it is not good 🤮

[shell void]

easily doable

[steel stream]

michael i think we have found someone with better eyes than you

[shell void]

my eyes are pretty crap so it's sad when people have much lower standards than i do

[topaz veldt]

I have a Dell that is 13" and 4K and I have to run like 250% scaling

[shell void]

brain issue or something

[warped mountain]

Yeah 9th gen is 264 PPI.

[topaz veldt]

OK but like

why are we still talking about this lol

[warped mountain]

Well they said get an iPad Pro and a lunar lake windows unit that have the best of both worlds

[topaz veldt]

Why do you need a touchscreen at all?

[warped mountain]

But I can't find a tablet that can do the brightness level I'm gonna need sustained for 10-ish hours.

[warped mountain]

I just need something to do notes. Right now it's this weird mix of physical versus digital and it is just not working.

[topaz veldt]

I dunno dude I have engineering degrees and I made a very successful career with a laptop and physical notes, not sure there's an actual issue here

[warped mountain]

Doing notes with the iPad with the pencil I don't like either. Because there's no resistance.

I do like the S pen resistance on the Samsung screen but I don't like the new S-Pen the last one was better with Bluetooth. And taking notes all day on my phone SUCKS..

[topaz veldt]

I work at a company with like 4000+ at the one site I have literally never seen someone take notes on our 2-in-1

[topaz veldt]

I am not trying to be too negative here but you're making issues that take more focus and time to resolve than just simply doing the work

[warped mountain]

No no some of the notes are digital some of the notes are physical and that have to figure out which is which and where they are . and then I have to convert physical to digital and then if they're wrong I have to make correction so it's just this big like nightmare.

Last year everything was digital and it worked so much better. But we also weren't doing a ton of notes this year we were doing a ridiculous amount of notes. I already have 300 pages of notes from a single class....

[topaz veldt]

I went through 5 years with a physical notebook and a conventional laptop I have never thought this much about it

[warped mountain]

Wym?

[warped mountain]

Did they make you submit things digitally?

[topaz veldt]

Yes, I have a computer science degree, everything was digital

[warped mountain]

And then when you need to control F your notes, were you able to do that cuz that's the issue I'm running into is flipping through 350 pages to find something when there's limited time.

[topaz veldt]

If you have 350 pages of random, non-contextual notes, what are you even doing?

[warped mountain]

Taking the notes as directed by the class.

Also have a 1 1/2 in binder that's already full in addition to the three 100 page notebooks.

[topaz veldt]

I think you might need to do more comprehension and less arbitrary note writing if you a) have 350 pages of notes and b) can't figure out where in the notes anything is

[warped mountain]

Ehh it's just easier to keyword than to try to remember what day of the week that was and everything like that.

[topaz veldt]

I am just saying as someone who is in a technical field... these are not problems I ever had

[warped mountain]

But you asked why a 2-in-1 it's for tent mode too, so I can actually consume media direct me in front of me. For the whole theater experience in HDR.

My phone is a bit too small for that.

[topaz veldt]

But how does someone who has 350 pages of notes have time for media lol

I dunno it just seems over-thought

[warped mountain]

That just notes we take in class 💀. 80% of the class is solving just 2 problems

[steel stream]

"theater experience"

[warped mountain]

And yet according to the syllabus we are a full 8 days behind 💀💀💀

[warped mountain]

Yeah like your phone gives you in HDR.

[topaz veldt]

Yea I dunno I feel like we're trying to solve problems that don't really exist, respectfully

[warped mountain]

Well I want something to take notes and I don't like the iPad in the apple pencil so I need an alternative.

[steel stream]

the theater experience is immersion, the big screen, dim lights, proper immersive sound

[topaz veldt]

Type notes on a macbook pro

[steel stream]

you can get a nice screen sure, but everything else eh

[warped mountain]

No type, write, can't type as fast as I can write, also if I'm typing I'm not absorbing what's being said.

[topaz veldt]

But it sounds like you're not absorbing whats being said you need to CTRL+F in 350 pages of notes

[warped mountain]

Yeah, 1,000 nits in HDR with perfect accurate colors. And throw your expensive earbuds on.

[steel stream]

I've got a C4 42" with some nice stereo headphones and speakers, doesn't compare to my S90D and 7.1.4 audio setup

[warped mountain]

No it's more of simple mistakes are punished heavily, so even if you know how to do the problem, you're going to pull your notes up and make sure you do it perfectly.

Which takes time when you're on a time crunch about 15 minutes to do 9 "problems"

[steel stream]

doesn't hold a candle

[topaz veldt]

I dunno I just went to college and got my degree and shit and then I worried abotu spending money on stupid shit

[warped mountain]

Yeah I don't have room for a TV, it's portable devices only for me.

[steel stream]

sorry i'm just nitpicking the theater experience claim

[topaz veldt]

I dunno dude, people have gone to college with technical/engineering programs for eons and I have never faced these challenges. I just went to school and studied, got the paper, and then got a job

I didn't worry abotu nits or HDR or searching notes

I have no idea what "nit" my display was

[warped mountain]

Started last year, graduate in may 2030🤘.

Well that's assuming we don't have any overlap conflicts in any of the semesters or going to push it back a year. 💀

[warped mountain]

I need something that I can see outside in direct sunlight. Because I prefer to study and do my work outside.

[topaz veldt]

Just go to school dude

Like I really, really like being on my boat - but I can't work on my boat, so I don't

[warped mountain]

My Legion 9i has the screen quality (don't so much like the blooming ...) now I need a device that can actually last all day on battery and give me that same experience.

Because my 9i has been giving me so many issues it's going to Depot for a final repair (it's out of warranty now) and then it's staying at the house.

I need something to put in my bag that's not going to hurt my back to replace the 9i

[topaz veldt]

I don't think a laptop is going to hurt your back

[warped mountain]

That's all, if it can replace the iPad that's even better

[topaz veldt]

if it does you need to get on disability

[warped mountain]

It does badly, I have a bad back

It's 9lbs for the laptop and charger.

[topaz veldt]

I have a bad back too but a 3 lb laptop isn't the issue

[brisk jolt]

Im in sch rn looking at 2 people playing dual wielding racket badminton

[topaz veldt]

I dunno I just fot that KoolCordell cool off and just do school and not worry about weights and specs and nits and shit and just get thru school and then you can buy whatever you want

[warped mountain]

Days that I leave the laptop and charger at home are days my back doesn't hurt and it didn't use to hurt with the g14 in the bag.

[brisk jolt]

so much fuss over a screen

I just put “OLED” in my screen wants and thats it

[topaz veldt]

I am sorry but the average person carries +- 3 lbs based on whether they poop in the AM, I think you're gonna be ok

[steel stream]

you need a better backpack

[shell void]

bro just wants a high res screen and youre all like NO YOU CANT HAVE IT

[warped mountain]

LTT bag

[warped mountain]

Well bear in mind my backpack weighs like 45 lb with my laptop in it..

[shell void]

i would be on an 8K monitor rn if they were available in at least 120Hz and were glossy

[topaz veldt]

Well no its HDR + 1000 nits + touch screen + notes + 20 hours of battery + it has to 'feel good to write on" + it has to be a home theather +....

bro what happened to people? When I went to school we were just looking forward to thirsty thursday and trying to not bomb our finals. I was trying to get chicks and shit. Sometimes my car didn't catch fire.

As the semester went on I was just hoping my meal plan card had a balance

[pure garnet]

tbf this is like 8 hours into picking a laptop

[steel stream]

trust the LG G5 will help me get chicks

[pure garnet]

one cannot be this picky about it

[topaz veldt]

I mean they can but just be hoenst this has nothing to do with school

[short peak]

Should I get a new headset (Maxwell Wireless headset) or get a new monitor ASUS ROG Strix XG27ACDNG

[shell void]

both

[topaz veldt]

I have a friend who texts me once every month or so asking for a tool recommendation - like the last one he sent was that he want to buy a TIG welder. But he also wants it to have a plasma cutter upgrade. And also it has to run on 120v and 240v, and also it needs to be white....

[shell void]

dont get acdng tho it's overpriced, the msi 500hz qd oled is like $50 more

[topaz veldt]

its like bro are you tryign to weld or are you trying not to buy a welder by setting up criteria that will never resolve

Meanwhile the best fabricator I know runs a 30 year old synchrowave and has never touched a plasma cutter - the welder is covered in cigarette ash

[steel stream]

gotta get a welder with a high WAF I guess

[warped mountain]

Yeah sorry about that I've moved the goal post a lot because what I want to have is something like a G14 in fact I want G14... The G14 cannot do what I need it to do. So I can't have it.

Also me and Asus have had some really big struggles over the years.

Hell that's why I have a Legion 9i and not a scar 16.. even though the SCAR was definitely the superior product.

So then I'm like okay you just need a basic laptop...
But you're never going to buy just a basic three gen old laptop because you're going to feel like you're getting ripped off .. you're going to want the latest and greatest so it's still relevant in a year.
Okay.. but you need a screen that's at least somewhat in the ballpark of the screen that you currently have, because anytime you use a shitty screen you get distracted by the shittiness of the screen.
Okay... Hmm what else are you going to use it for?
Well you watch 8 hours of YouTube a day, so that, you're going to want that to be a good experience.

Well the best way to achieve the immersion that you want is with a tablet but a tablet can't do everything that you need it to do .. the next best thing would be like a ASUS z13, but it doesn't have the screen quality that you're looking for. And is $3k.

Hmm, you need a laptop that can do tent mode. So it can act like a tablet when you want it to it could be a fully featured laptop when you need it to be.

Hence 2-in-1

But the screen quality. So we run down that hole

[topaz veldt]

You need a laptop that takes school notes and can play Youtube

the screen being "immersive" or whatever is just like.... a bonus

you're in school - that's the focus

that said, a macbook pro 14 checks like 92.87% of that list

I would not even recommend you get an M4 Pro / M5 Pro

[warped mountain]

Yes, just $$ when all it can do for me is chrome

[topaz veldt]

what else do you need to do?

I run vscode, o365, games

i encode videos

I have the whole adobe suite on here

[warped mountain]

Well it would be nice if I could run Microsoft office cuz my class requires that.
It would also be nice if I could actually have it able to play games on ultra low settings that way when I have down time and my friends are online I can hop on and play with them.
Other than that I mean I think Mac have the ability to pay la like Dolby vision and HDR 10 ... Right?

I think most of the heavy lifting like the big media projects encoding and everything like that will probably take place on the 14900HX +4090 Legion i9.
I did debate on like remoting in, but I don't have internet at the house because all they have is 3mbps service for $210 a month and I'm not paying that...

[pure garnet]

ms office runs on macos what

[warped mountain]

Not the windows version which is what's required

[topaz veldt]

incorrect?

[pure garnet]

bro it's the same program

[warped mountain]

I know I was like wait it's the same thing.. they said no it's not because there's certain features that you only get on the Windows version.

[warped mountain]

It's the same reason why we can't use the online 365 version it doesn't have the feature set necessary.

[topaz veldt]

I work on files between my macbook pro and desktop without issue

[pure garnet]

what feature set

[warped mountain]

I don't know we're messing with Excel and it didn't work and they were like no that's why we banned them.

I was ofc on my 14900HX praying the battery would last the 75 minutes

It had to do with modifying in Excel file in a certain way that you can only do on the Windows version

[topaz veldt]

Bro I live in excel

Like I dunno man its another case of "huh?"

I work in a fortune 100 company we use Office on macbooks

[warped mountain]

I literally was like ummm?? WHAT.

But the instructor was insistent and said look this is where it should be and it's not there, the versions are not exactly the same.

[topaz veldt]

This is why you need to just get the degree and get out - teachers don't know anything

[pure garnet]

unless you're doing some obscure filesystem thing with vba it doesn't matter

just use the macbook and if it really doesn't work then you can just do it on the legion

[warped mountain]

Ohh you would cry the amount of shit wrong in her curriculum.. I was like no no I'm positive that that is not RAM and she's like yes it's RAM and she's talking about an m.2... 🙄

Also I'm a bit concerned that because they will not give us free licenses for Mac I'm going to have to buy the entire office suite because I can't use the web version.

[topaz veldt]

I won't cry because I just don't care - get the school shit done, get the paper so you can get a job

It's A to B for me buddy

[pure garnet]

just sign in with your school account

or google around

[warped mountain]

Wait I thought you couldn't use like apps that you didn't buy from Apple and pay all the money to Apple on Mac because it's like iOS.

[leaden dawn]

Work during your childhood so you can work for the rest of your life

[pure garnet]

it's a computer

i never use the mac app store

[warped mountain]

Ya but u have to like use the app store and everything like that right

Because it's merging with iPad OS

[pure garnet]

sure it is

[edgy laurel]

all that can wait, world cup videos dropping

[topaz veldt]

I am literally on vacation

[topaz veldt]

I know I am staying up waiting for them lol

[warped mountain]

Okay so you guys vote for something that can run 600 plus nits for 10 hours straight on commercial Wi-Fi which means constantly changing AP's .... Is MacPro 14.

[edgy laurel]

https://youtu.be/mWI8rxoROEw

[pure garnet]

i mean yeah

it's probably the only laptop that'll get close to that

[topaz veldt]

I saw that he got DQ'd

[warped mountain]

Because the M5 has a thermal throttling issue I'm going to inevitably want the M4 Pro

[leaden dawn]

Same ||unemployed||

[topaz veldt]

I am getting paid to be on vacation though

If you ask anyone regular here they'll confirm I am often on vacation lol

[pure garnet]

you are overcomplicating a simple purchase

[topaz veldt]

so no, go to school, get the paper, and then go get a job and do real life shit

[pure garnet]

just go to the apple edu store and buy the base m5 macbook pro

[warped mountain]

Okay, my HP 2 in 1 is going to eventually get here ... I'm told.. I'm going to go ahead and place the order for the Mac so when I find out I don't like the 2-in-1 I can send it back to HP

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/thegoon-bigoldgoon-ted-lasso-yes-yes-yes-yes-gif-701975896996955852

[leaden dawn]

Do wish it were that easy tho lol

[devout ridge]

it's kind of annoying how often you're on vacation, it makes me a bit jealous

[warped mountain]

They have a thermal throttle issue. Because they said it more power than the M4 by like 15% in the cooling systems the same.

[pure garnet]

it is dude, i've had my base m1 pro since 2021

[topaz veldt]

I did my time

[leaden dawn]

I'm talking about getting a job

[pure garnet]

have marketable skills

[leaden dawn]

OK. That doesn't help my location

And the fact I don't have a car

[warped mountain]

School is way more entertaining and engaging then real life shit was lol. I actually like school because you're constantly developing.

[pure garnet]

sounds like you need to find something low level to save up for a car then

[topaz veldt]

Get a degree, get a job, get married, have kids, buy a house, and do real life shit

and then you're realize 350 pages of notes you cant CTRL+F in is like.... life lost

[shell void]

nova lake is life

[steel stream]

nova lake is love

[warped mountain]

Lol here in the US if you don't already have a house you're never going to get one because the wages have gone k-shaped versus house pricing. And interest rates were just relaxed so they're going to start shooting up again.

You already looking at 1800 square feet 3/2 completely normal house for $770,000 which is $3,400 a month which means you would need to bring in at least $15,000 after taxes to afford it.. no one makes that 💀💀💀

[topaz veldt]

This message brought to you from the comfort of a 9800X3D

[topaz veldt]

I live in the US

[warped mountain]

Have you seen house prices?

[topaz veldt]

Yes I have 3 houses

[warped mountain]

Median household wages 50,000.. the average home is $575,000..

Average rent is 2600. ... You aren't saving for a house

[topaz veldt]

A coworker of mine has 7 kids and is like 29, he just bought a house dude.

[warped mountain]

Hell yeah brother wish I could have capitalized on that cheap money but I just wasn't in a position.

[topaz veldt]

I dunno where the cheap money is but let me know - but you need to focus on big picture shit not what nits the display is in college, just get shit done

[shell void]

it's actually over for you because i have more nits than you

[pure garnet]

everyone knows more hits is higher grades

[topaz veldt]

more nits more tits

[devout ridge]

more nits brighter tits

[topaz veldt]

I have that tatoo'd on the small of my back

[shell void]

your entire back is small, it matches your small soft hands

[topaz veldt]

and my small cold snails

[warped mountain]

Cheap money is any interest rate below 3.5%, the government is paying you to take the loan. Because actual inflation will outpace that.

[devout ridge]

small hands are an evolutionary advantage for tech nerds

[topaz veldt]

I don't have any mortgages at 3.5%

[shell void]

youre using average and median figures, but snail is a 1%er

[warped mountain]

2030 is a long ways away. Wanna enjoy my time as I grind that's all

[shell void]

normal people financial struggles dont apply to him

[topaz veldt]

I love having this talk because a dude at work said this - then i showed him the 600 sq ft house I grew up in

just gotta keep your eye on the prize, fuck the nits

[leaden dawn]

Lol

[warped mountain]

I'm happy for you snail I really am. I just know if I was to try to do the same thing right now today it would take 2.1 million dollars and considering lifetime earnings is 1.7-1.9 ... It's not happening

Especially not with rents being 40 to 60% of take-home income.

[devout ridge]

If you settle for average, sure

[topaz veldt]

I think you're missing the point - when I went to my engineer school I had a like $600 laptop

[leaden dawn]

Exceptional is cheaper?

[devout ridge]

You have the ability to gain the skills necessary to go beyond average

[shell void]

im learning some financial depression meals to sustain myself on so that i can afford a 6090

[topaz veldt]

I had this tonight

[warped mountain]

That's not settling, that's the reality.

Tho I'm really excited, I see gen Z not taking any bullshit from these employers! when they say "clock out because I don't want to pay labor but you need to stand by in case we get busy so you can clock back in'" they're just dropping lawsuits on them they're done talking.

[devout ridge]

buy a 5 pound bag of rice from costco, and and the value pack of chicken

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-out-loud-laugh-ridiculous-hilarious-lolz-gif-17376550074772904877

[leaden dawn]

What are you my dad lmao

[warped mountain]

No I know I had a G14 which was my school laptop and then I had my desktop which was my Legion 9i

[devout ridge]

Yeah that is not how you find sustainable success

[warped mountain]

My landlord stole my G14 so I need a replacement on the go laptop.

[shell void]

poor people food

[topaz veldt]

its from the gross ocean

[warped mountain]

Yeah... But I have limited earning time remaining 💀 it's a whole thing... I'll graduate quite late in life.

[devout ridge]

those water glasses just called me poor

[steel stream]

i'll be making some steak and scallops tomorrow night

[topaz veldt]

@shell void that's why after I ate that gross ocean crud I got some wagyu tacos

[random flame]

What in sea, sky, space, and land is this lil' pretty creation?

[leaden dawn]

I ate turkey from the food pantry, with egg noodles and potatoes

😩

[topaz veldt]

scallops are my fav

[warped mountain]

Same!

[topaz veldt]

that's a take on "tuna tacos"

[steel stream]

so good man, ive got some salted garlic herb shallot butter I made for them will hopefully be sweet

[devout ridge]

too much onion imo, and it's missing the rice

[topaz veldt]

I go plain - just seared, no butter - just goodness

[shell void]

money is tight, he had to stretch the beef with a pile of onions

[random flame]

Damn. That makes for a great deconstructed taco on a massive "cracker", I bet.

[vestal granite]

i like my tacos constructed

[topaz veldt]

it was shallot so super mild, very good texture

[edgy laurel]

rice? on fish tacos? rice doesn't belong on any taco

[devout ridge]

i meant the wagyu ones

[vestal granite]

i like rice in those closed tacos whatever those are called i forget

[shell void]

i am fighting the urge to make an unnecessary second late dinner plate right now because i am at my highest ever body weight, and not happy about it

[devout ridge]

and rice goes great on tacos

[topaz veldt]

100% agree

You don't put rice on a taco unless you forgot to buy the protein

[random flame]

Nanananaww- it actually works on them. Trust me.

[vestal granite]

burritos i like rice in burritos

[edgy laurel]

I've never seen rice any anything resembling an authentic taco

[random flame]

Just not when it's a crispy taco. It works best with a soft taco.

[steel stream]

1000% agree

[devout ridge]

i’m used to tex mex tacos, which often include rice

[shell void]

the Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito from Taco Bell is the summit of mexican cuisine

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/dbd-dead-by-daylight-2nd-hook-killer-2nd-hook-2nd-breakfast-2nd-hoook-gif-4361067369268094910

[warped mountain]

I do see Apple offer 0% financing so that hella nice. My money can continue making 8% a month in the market. 🤘🤘

I would have substantially more but my account got hacked and they chose to sell all of my $12 per share Nvidia ... All 100 of them 🫤 damn I'd be balling, not because of the wrong value but because then I could average up and take a deeper and deeper stake.

[topaz veldt]

you won't find no rice on a taco down here

[vestal granite]

i never see rice on american tacos but in spanish speaking areas i have seen rice on a taco

[edgy laurel]

i feel like thats the opposite

[vestal granite]

no

[topaz veldt]

what part of this state are you in again

jacksonville? sheesh

[vestal granite]

south

[warped mountain]

Dinner 🤤

[random flame]

Same.

[topaz veldt]

not this south - cubanas gonna cut you if you put rice on a fuggin taco

[vestal granite]

little havana in miami -> ft lauderdale -> moved jan. to sarasota -> probably moving back towards albany ny next year

[edgy laurel]

confusing tacos and burritos or sumthin

[vestal granite]

cubans are not mexican food

[topaz veldt]

there is absolutely no way you found a taco in miami with rice on it

[random flame]

I could see that. Lol.

[edgy laurel]

to be clear i'm thinking like street taco style

[steel stream]

this is what a taco should look like

[topaz veldt]

fuckin Walmart tacos maybe

[random flame]

But then it'll probably be some Canadian that might've snuck in something into their menu down there, which would be funny regardless.

[steel stream]

yeah i either want street tacos or a taco bell taco, no in-between

[edgy laurel]

fish, onion/veg, cilantro, avacado, maybe some crema and lime

[vestal granite]

i dont understand the issue i commented on what i have seen and cant really offer much else

[edgy laurel]

fuuuck i want this now

[warped mountain]

Yess

[random flame]

Like everytime it's something culinarily different, somehow it's a Canadian or someone who moved to Canada that was responsible.

[steel stream]

carne asada/barbacoa, salsa verde, onion, cilantro with lime and you are done

[random flame]

Like the guy who made Hawaiian pizza, who I think was a Greek who moved their too. Lmao.

[devout ridge]

popcorn and nutritional yeast go really well together

[edgy laurel]

lime makes everything better

[vestal granite]

what is texmex btw

[topaz veldt]

america walmart taco

[devout ridge]

Mix of texan and mexican cuisine

[vestal granite]

everytime i see texmex i avoid places its like "fusion" i avoid all those

[topaz veldt]

its not fusion its like.... Denny's but tacos

[devout ridge]

hip texmex sucks, authentic texmex good

[edgy laurel]

i feel like this is relevant and must be posted. if you know it, carry on. https://youtu.be/8yrSCoEsmqA

[vestal granite]

anything that seems like it was opened by a gen Z i avoid im gonna be honest

[random flame]

I tend to eat wherever seems best, so I don't really try just anybody's TexMex.

[topaz veldt]

I am pumped for dinner tomorrow

[random flame]

Well, unless it's something that specifically looks pretty good anyway.

[vestal granite]

only tacos i make at home are with longaniza because it just tastes good and i dont have to do anything crazy to make it taste good

[steel stream]

white people tacos are still good I'll eat like 8 of them but street tacos are so much better

[edgy laurel]

ngl same

[devout ridge]

what’s on the menu?

[random flame]

Y e s ~

[steel stream]

i still fuck with white people tacos heavy but it's pratically a whole different food

[vestal granite]

(easiest comparison is chorizo, its basically chorizo i think its technically a type of chorizo)

[topaz veldt]

its a place that took like 3 months to get a reservation at lol

[steel stream]

i need to make carne asada again I did it a few weeks ago

maybe saturday

[edgy laurel]

try doing carnitas

[topaz veldt]

I am feeling the "Tartare di tonno con lime" -- and "patagoniab toothfish" (chillean seabass)

[steel stream]

I do want to try carnitas and barbacoa, not sure how my roommates would feel about leaving a pot out for a whole day though lol

I think barbacoa is higher on my list, but carne asada is pretty easy

just make the marinade and forget about it for like 5 hours

[topaz veldt]

are you guys into like beef carpaccio?

I never got into it

[shell void]

ive never eaten raw beef in any form

[steel stream]

have not had yet

I want to try tartare

[topaz veldt]

i've had a lot of beef tartare

[edgy laurel]

I had steak tartare like 20 years ago once at this Ethiopian restaurant in DC. Thats it, thats all I remember.

[vestal granite]

ive eaten raw beef its called a beef sandwich u put raw beef on bread little splash of vinegar and youre good to go

mileage may vary

[steel stream]

i've had ceviche a few times, pretty good

[vestal granite]

me grandmother used to give that to my dad when he was a kid so i tried it at some point it was nasty

[topaz veldt]

ceviche was big where our other place is, and then it kinda like spread and now ceviche is everywhere and its meh

[edgy laurel]

i feel like this would be a texture disaster

[vestal granite]

even if raw beef is fine to eat, its difficult for me to trust it instinctively so my stomach gets anxious about it

[steel stream]

yeah, most places just do shrimp ceviche too which is not enticing

[topaz veldt]

yeah no shrimp ceviche is gross

[vestal granite]

shrimp is a bug i think

[topaz veldt]

@steel stream look up conch ceviche

[vestal granite]

im allergic to shrimp these days so i have to be a shrimp hater

id rather eat roasted crickets than shrimp

[topaz veldt]

I love skramps

[random flame]

Carpaccio, unfortunately no.

[vestal granite]

its you know its just its for the best that i hate on shrimp now

i have to delude myself into not liking it

[random flame]

I'm just bored of shrimp honestly.

[steel stream]

yeah

[vestal granite]

i like prawns is the problem

[topaz veldt]

shrimp is great - but i like grilled shrimp

[random flame]

It's flavor, I'm fine with. The shrimp itself... Eeehh naww.

[topaz veldt]

they have to be like 12 per pound size

[random flame]

Oh damn, yes.

[steel stream]

i've never had prawns

[vestal granite]

yes this

[random flame]

My problem is shucking them. I'm just too messy with them honestly. Lmao.

[topaz veldt]

its like a fresh water shrimp that isn't a crawfish

[steel stream]

yeah not big in michigan, we have some crawfish but teeny tiny

[topaz veldt]

flint michigan got em

[vestal granite]

before i found out i was allergic to prawns/shrimp i was grilling prawns all the time cause it was like $4 for a pound of prawns from the fish market

[topaz veldt]

alllll kinds of water bugs in flint michigan

[random flame]

Oh wait- wrong one. I'm thinking about crawfish. XD

[steel stream]

i ain't eating no mutant lead prawn

those fuckers got hands for sure

[vestal granite]

and i was thinking to myself oh, wow, i get real bad heartburn from these prawns must just be the coal ash in the water

[topaz veldt]

crawfish are fantastic

[vestal granite]

and so i kept eatin em and like 3 months later i ate like 3 lil shrimps and was like wait is this what a seafood allergy is

[steel stream]

I need to have a proper seafood boil, i've only had whatever you can get in michigan, and it's michigan boils ya know

[topaz veldt]

I do a "seafood spaghetti" (so my kids eat it I call it that) but its like crawfish (tails, peeled), chicken, shrimp, and clams in a white sauce and spaghetti noodles

[vestal granite]

cause the shrimps gave me the same heartburn and they werent even like radioactive ones they were pretty good quality shrimps

god fuck i hope im not allergic to crawfish too

i grew up on crawfish boils let me tell you folks let me tell you

[steel stream]

chances are not great

[vestal granite]

i know i can eat some crab and live

and conch is fine too

[steel stream]

just bring an epipen to the next boil

[steel stream]

or a couple

[topaz veldt]

I hate to admit - i prob do seafood boil like 5 - 6 times a year

[vestal granite]

problem is its just 1 gallon of old bay so its got a little spice to it so i dont know if the spice is from allergies or from old bay

[topaz veldt]

forget old bay

[vestal granite]

no

[topaz veldt]

Zatarains is whats up

[steel stream]

yeah i'd try this for sure, never had crab like this either

[vestal granite]

i like old bay im a dapper dan man i dont want zatarains im a dapper dan man

[steel stream]

something slightly weirds me out with the thought of messing around with the shells

[vestal granite]

the world was better when america thought crab was gross

past 20 years folks have figured out crab is good

god damn internet

[vestal granite]

basically u crack it open then u shimmy the crab meat out

[random flame]

But it IS good though!

[vestal granite]

snow crabs i can crack snow crab legs like nobodys business

put me at a buffet with crab legs im emptying their stock

seafood allergy be damned

call an ambulance in advance and get me 8 loaves of bread

[shell void]

i have recently started enjoying chowing down on green olives

[topaz veldt]

zatarains is more dapper dan than old bay brother

[vestal granite]

nah nah nah youre thinking of zatarains when what you really mean is old bay

zatarains for yer boudin and yer gumbo, old bay for crab

[topaz veldt]

i think we should do a seafood boil for our first party once our patio is done

[vestal granite]

what are those pastries they got in new orleans

i went there as a kid and had a pastry i forget what it was

[steel stream]

got it

[steel stream]

never been into olives tbh

[topaz veldt]

I want to get one of those lousiana crab boil setups where its like 4 bottles of propane hooked up to a giant insane tub

[vestal granite]

i will eat gallons of olives

[vestal granite]

thats the only way to do it

[topaz veldt]

Have you ever seen where they remove the meat from the crab before steaming it?

[steel stream]

i was at a tailgate for a college game last week and some fucker was putting scallops in this giant seafood boil

[vestal granite]

if u do that indoors you wont be able to breathe and itll be stuck in your vents for a year

[vestal granite]

i have not

[steel stream]

like that's hella money in scallops just for a seafood boil for a college football tailgate, good scallops though

[vestal granite]

it was the college friend whos just trying to participate but has no idea what a boil is

its the thought that counts 😔

[steel stream]

yeah i've never heard of scallops in a boil

[topaz veldt]

the secret to cooking scallops is to not wash them

[steel stream]

i've got frozen scallops sadly

[topaz veldt]

nah mussels and clams but not scallops, you can't boil scallops thats eird

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-wtf-gif-25758871

[steel stream]

they pan seared them first and then threw them in towards the end i think

[topaz veldt]

too risky that they'll crumble

[steel stream]

I may be a college kid with a G5 (on the way), but I am still a college kid

[vestal granite]

some things you gotta just ignore the existence of

[warped mountain]

What's the one where they "cook" the thin strips of steak via citrus juice?

[vestal granite]

like frozen scallops you ignore those they dont exist

and grocery store fresh scallops are just thawed frozen ones pro tip

[topaz veldt]

you go out and you get yourself some dry sea scallops and pretend this never happened

[steel stream]

🫡 ill try and find a place nearby

[vestal granite]

most "fresh" stuff from grocery stores in the seafood area is just the frozen stuff they thawed

i have investigated this thoroughly

[topaz veldt]

yes most is flash frozen

[vestal granite]

no no no, they take the frozen stuff like from the freezers the normal freezers

[topaz veldt]

nah I get the big jawns they don't sell them in the freezer

like 2" across

you ever hear of "salad scallops"?

[vestal granite]

never in my life

[topaz veldt]

they're those dinky ones you get in like a cheap seafood portofino

[vestal granite]

i still have no idea what that is

[steel stream]

ok at i didn't buy those at least

[topaz veldt]

those little j-holes

[steel stream]

yeah fuck those

[vestal granite]

looks like land oysters

[topaz veldt]

OK next seafood secret - have you had skate wing?

[vestal granite]

never

[topaz veldt]

You have to try

its got this crazy texture - it has to be like lightly fried think like tempura

[vestal granite]

ive googled it and okay this is interesting

[topaz veldt]

but the crazy part is, the texture LOOKS weird but it works so well AND it tastes like giant scallop

it no doubt looks weird

but man is it good

[vestal granite]

yeah it looks really good to be honest

[topaz veldt]

its got a "grain" that freaks people out

[vestal granite]

and thats a cool fork theyve got in the photo

[topaz veldt]

thats a skate wing fork

[warped mountain]

Is it a fish?

[topaz veldt]

skate is like a sting ray yes a fish

[vestal granite]

after my next move I wanna find some random tarnished silver silverware and polish it up and then i'll have neat silverware

[topaz veldt]

thats not a skate wing fork i just made that up because it was forking a skate wing

[vestal granite]

yeah i googled that and figured you were makin a joke

[topaz veldt]

🙂

[vestal granite]

there were no skate wing forks in the google results

forks are the key to the food. having a bad fork will make the bite of food worse because the good food is touching the bad fork.

[low sorrel]

bruh https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak3ak31a49a221/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-now-set-to-launch-november-19-2026

[vestal granite]

i dont prefer this

[warped mountain]

"extra months" like it isn't a year away

What's this the 3rd MAJOR delay? I wonder if they're optimizing for handhelds now?

At some point you're just going to have to release it. In fact the longer you wait the bigger the expectation so it gets harder and harder to achieve

[vestal granite]

well just delay it until we're all dead

[warped mountain]

Watch GTA be like windows 10 was the "final windows" and just be DLC for the next 10 years

[vestal granite]

then we can never be disappointed

[vestal granite]

well

GTA 5 was just DLC for 10-15yrs or so

so for this franchise it makes perfect sense

[topaz veldt]

Remember Duke Nukem Forever

[wraith steeple]

I'm to kick bubblegum and chew ass..... And I'm all out of ass

That's a quote I remember clear as day

[vestal granite]

ufo spotting cctv footage but its just one of those flying duke nukem enemies i dont know what its called

[wraith steeple]

A parody of the original quote

[wraith steeple]

Speaking of Duke Nukem stuff

[vestal granite]

how come the board uses space for stuff that isnt branding

whys there no QR code link to the motherboard manufacturer's merch website and RGB oled flame gif display

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel eagle is such a beast also funny seeing the boys in cold weather garb

[frank zealot]

There is an odd level of discombobulated cat happening

[random flame]

Well at least they're not experiencing physical form fusion in the process. Lol.

[brittle trellis]

This is the only delay since announcing a date

[livid flame]

Welp. Expect a PS6 announcement next fall

That makes the gta6 release interesting

Fully expect it announced as current gen and then a day 1 PS6 game

Especially as PS6 is gonna be 1k on release

They need something to sell it

[brittle trellis]

Someone pays too much attention to rumors

[livid flame]

Who said it was a rumour?

A 1k digital only console is going to freak the minds out of the little people that think 700 is expensive

The APU for the PS6 is currently being manufactured.. if you think it won’t be announced next year you’re living in lalaland

[arctic bronze]

well if its not been officially said, then its only rumors

[sturdy swift]

So they are gonna release the ps6 at 1/3 extra cost compared to the ps5 pro?

Sure

[proven cairn]

Ok buddy scrooge mcduck

[vocal plume]

[valid depot]

who?

[brittle trellis]

Improve your reading comprehension

[mossy copper]

Don't know

[frozen sparrow]

You can follow others

[echo hedge]

very confused, i dont pay for wifi this fast, its double my rated speeds lol

[brisk jolt]

that seems like standard 1gbps

[echo hedge]

we have 300mbps internet

it just peaked at 800

ive never had it that high, normally about 200 #

[oak vector]

I have 40mbps 🔥

[oak vector]

Sometimes providers change plans and stuff
Same thing happened to my mum

Went from 100/17 to 500/50 or smth

[south shuttle]

It doesn't really cost 'em that much anyways if the infrastructure already exists

[topaz veldt]

what service

@warped mountain works fine outside this is like 85% brightness

[echo hedge]

sky

[edgy laurel]

lol yeah, always odd seeing them bundled up

[proven saddle]

Cat

[shell void]

wtf

[steel stream]

what the fuck

brother michael i think you have a mission

[shell void]

it may be time for a pilgrimage to walmart

[steel stream]

inshallah 🙏

LG G5 finally got updated, 11/10/2025 at 9:30 AM I think

[topaz veldt]

its never coming

[edgy laurel]

starting to sound like jorj out here

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/luke-skywalker-no-star-wars-mark-hamill-hanging-on-gif-11368455

[steel stream]

bro i totally bought it i swear

[edgy laurel]

sorry that was a low blow, I feel bad

[steel stream]

it just got shipped to a different school

[topaz veldt]

this MF woke me up today

[steel stream]

better than an alarm i suppose

[topaz veldt]

i dunno

[steel stream]

but that looks like the type of bird to wake you up at like 4:30 AM

[topaz veldt]

my wake ups are in phases

its the kids at like 6AM latest

then i roll back over and curse under my breath for 30 mins

and then that MF was like squawk

I found another side hustle

[steel stream]

god damn

[topaz veldt]

If I can bag like 30 of these assholes...

[steel stream]

Some patio money, and you get rid of natures alarm, win win

[topaz veldt]

Think of the GPUs

[steel stream]

10 5090s, 2 6090s

with 30K you could buy 127 B580s

[hoary hatch]

Boy math

[steel stream]

man math thank you very much

[topaz veldt]

I wonder if micro center will take payment in birds

[steel stream]

the miami location might

[topaz veldt]

I think I might go today

Tomorrow we go down to our place

So just 2 days in Miami proper

[steel stream]

jorj must be jealous

[topaz veldt]

Lol what

Or we trolling jorj

He dreaming of Shawties

[steel stream]

those miami shawties

[hoary hatch]

He has to wait another 6 months now

[steel stream]

the first thing I thought when I saw the delay was poor jorj

[shell void]

just delay it until the PS6 is ready at this point

[edgy laurel]

jorj in miami is funny to think about. he'd think he's in GTA

[shell void]

beautiful weather forecast

[steel stream]

GTA6 must come to RDNA2 hardware

[hoary hatch]

Why is there snow

[steel stream]

I think that would be the closest equivalent to a victorian child experiencing the modern era, his mind would explode

[steel stream]

i've got snow forecasted for the next 3 days

[heavy spire]

Looks familiar

[edgy laurel]

I'd love to see this

[steel stream]

if everyone pitches in we can send jorj to miami

[edgy laurel]

5nail, you can put him up

show him where all the shawties are

[shell void]

it be cold

[heavy spire]

Reminds me, need to get new winter tires

Goodbye 2k $

[hoary hatch]

I have all season tires and FWD

[heavy spire]

Too much snow and ice here for all season tires

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/driving-in-the-snow-slippery-sliding-snow-day-icy-gif-13778911

[hoary hatch]

Some dude repairing the parking lot was telling me I needed 4WD now that winter was on the way lmao

Like bitch, we get 1 day of snow (<1") a year if we're lucky

[steel stream]

my car has AWD but it's dying

[hoary hatch]

I'm not going to get a different car to handle a dusting

[steel stream]

something is up with the brake pads or rotors

[steel stream]

get a snowmobile

bare minimum

[pale grove]

just get ski's

or those weird tennis racket shoes

[steel stream]

snowmobile is cooler

[heavy spire]

Have to deal with this shit from time to time

[edgy laurel]

those are replaceable, wear items even lol

[steel stream]

yeah but it'd be really fucked if something was up with the pads, we replaced them in september

[edgy laurel]

oh

seized calipers can do that, wear them prematurely. that would almost certainly be noticed when they were replaced though

[hoary hatch]

Hey, now, the new all-season tires are an improvement. I was driving on balding Summer tires in the constant rain before

[steel stream]

we did it ourselves, but be weird that it pops up now

I need to take a look this weekend

[heavy spire]

Caliper pistons sticking is usually an easy fix

[steel stream]

see if I can spot anything unusual

this car is just a hunk of junk

[hoary hatch]

What does akn have

Subaru?

[steel stream]

nissan

[edgy laurel]

I think i'm going to do my pads/rotors myself too. I've not been doing that recently, but the dealer is just insane. would cost me over double

[hoary hatch]

Nissan drivers...

[steel stream]

I drive fine

the car doesn't

2014 Nissan Pathfinder

[hoary hatch]

He just like me

Actually my car is pretty solid all things considered

I see horror stories about Hyundai engines
But mines been absolutely fine nearly 100k miles

[steel stream]

pads aren't too bad to do, but i haven't done rotors for a bit

[heavy spire]

Just need new tires and a free service on mine and I dont have to worry about it for years

[steel stream]

this is the second transmission in my car, first one failed at about 40k miles and this new one is at 115k miles

[edgy laurel]

yeah in my 20's I did that stuff all the time. pads and rotors are ezpz, i don't think I can stomach paying for the dealer to do it

[hoary hatch]

155K miles in 11 years?!

[steel stream]

yeah i just don't have proper tools for it

[steel stream]

too much or too little idk

[hoary hatch]

That's so much driving

[steel stream]

we used to drive this thing down to florida and back

and I do not know if we have ever gotten the transmission fluid replaced

I don't think we have

[hoary hatch]

I know I havent

[steel stream]

for CVTs you're really meant to get it regularly replaced

[hoary hatch]

Ah

I'm at 100k so I figure I'm due for some maintenance soon

96.6k*

[steel stream]

i think my car might now have transmission fluid that is integral to its operation

[heavy spire]

I wouldnt get a CVT car tbh, too unreliable

[steel stream]

i'm not getting another one

or a nissan ever again

[hoary hatch]

There's gonna be less traditional transmission options in the future

Honda and Toyota, at least the economy cars, are all cvt now

Actually I don't think Kia/Hyundai are doing cvt, but they do have Hyundai engines, so...

[fervent elm]

They use a different design with no belt at least

[heavy spire]

As long as you keep up with oil changes even Hyundai engines last long

[hoary hatch]

I see reports of burning oil as they reach 100k

Although I think I lucked out
Some cursory googling hasn't found any real issues with my specific engine (Hyundai Nu something)

Downside is my engine isn't that economical

[fervent elm]

Some of them eat it
The whole gdi series has upper end issues due to valve crusting

[warped mountain]

I drive 33,000 a year 🫤

[heavy spire]

I dont drive much, but I used to change oil every year before I got an EV

Best insurance you can get for your engine

[hoary hatch]

I'm at 6-7k a year

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/lies-fake-news-gif-7518179235283302919

[steel stream]

@merry stirrup

[fervent elm]

Thats not unique to hyundai tho
Any direct only injection engine will have those

[hoary hatch]

Lots of short trips. I want an Eevee

I did use speech to text for that

[heavy spire]

Same, my EV's basically a glorified shopping cart atm

[hoary hatch]

My partner has a Subaru Crosstrek which is perfect if you have we have to go on a longer road trip where we aren't starting of charging infrastructure, and EV for me would be the perfect in town commuter and grocery getter

[heavy spire]

We got chargers all over the place here in Norway, so I can go wherever I want without having to worry about charging. Not that I ever go on longer trips these days, but I can if I want

[hoary hatch]

You live in a tiny country

I drove across Nevada on my way home from Thanksgiving last year. Absolutely desolate, no chargers for most of that leg of the journey, particularly no fast chargers

[steel stream]

RDR2 just became the fourth best selling game of all time

[steel stream]

yeah we have an EV at home but it is nice, but I still like my gas cars for getting around michigan

[heavy spire]

North to south is like 1000 miles, but yeah, I'd need like 1-2 charging stops to get around here.

[hoary hatch]

Mines been fine

[hoary hatch]

Of course, if you stick anywhere near your civilization on the west coast there will be charging

[hoary hatch]

*my non-GDI has been fine, albeit utterly unimpressive

[hoary hatch]

Really?

I still need to play it

[steel stream]

yeah

[hoary hatch]

It's just cowboy fantasy?

[steel stream]

yeah, good story though

[fervent elm]

The older engines are alright

[hoary hatch]

Reliable ✅
Fuel economy 😞

[heavy spire]

I miss my old 325DA tbh, no issues whatsoever and amazing fuel economy

[hoary hatch]

My city MPG is 17 to 20

[heavy spire]

Good old BMW M57, almost bulletproof

[lone scarab]

ok bri

[edgy laurel]

#rumor

imagine

[heavy spire]

Would have been nice if they could at least get the 5070S going

But I guess the shortage would push the price up to silly levels

[steel stream]

devastating

[edgy laurel]

Really unfortunate if this comes to pass but yes. Man, GPU pricing cannot catch a break for us normal people

[steel stream]

gonna have to start taking out loans for these things

[lone scarab]

just dont

[fervent elm]

Dram prices are way up

[lone scarab]

gotta wait for them to drop

unfortunately many people cant

[echo hedge]

what cpu should i pair with a 5070 12gb? thinking an x3d but idk which

[steel stream]

@shell void i've bought the apple pie mac and cheese

[hoary hatch]

Chat do we trust this

[hoary hatch]

Guilty beat me

I guess I should buy a 5070ti

Unrelated, but FSR3 frame gen feels like ass

[edgy laurel]

the more I think about this rumor the more I realize its probably true

[steel stream]

yeah do it now

[hoary hatch]

Can you give me an interest-free 10-year loan

[edgy laurel]

thats like a 5070Ti for $6/m

[steel stream]

i can give you a 20% interest loan

[hoary hatch]

Celestial, if it exists, is a long way out

[edgy laurel]

akn you've got me pricing out parts on fcp euro

i know my rear pads and rotors are in dire need of replacement. need to check the fronts

[steel stream]

next time i drive i'll get a recording of my car and you can see how bad it is

[steel stream]

very long way

[warped mountain]

Hell ya, let me stock up on 5090. My goal is to sell them for $10,000 each! 🤘

[hoary hatch]

I missed free ark raiders

[topaz veldt]

I guess I'll buy another 5090 just in case

[brisk jolt]

feels ❌
is ✅

[arctic bronze]

Gotta have a backup for your backup

[topaz veldt]

Exactly

[brisk jolt]

he needs to backup his backup that backsup his backup that is backing up his main 5090

[edgy laurel]

isn't that still the free game now?

[hoary hatch]

No it's pretty shit

[hoary hatch]

I'm not seeing it as an offer

[edgy laurel]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/campaigns/arc-raiders-bundle/

oh shit

[brisk jolt]

its no longer up

[hoary hatch]

Yep

[brisk jolt]

this promo was damn short ngl

[edgy laurel]

RIP

[brisk jolt]

or is it just me

[topaz veldt]

Damn

[edgy laurel]

well, luckily its only $40

[hoary hatch]

Buy me the game then

[edgy laurel]

i believe, you got this

[hoary hatch]

Chat why do we think asus prime 5070ti is frequently returned from scamazon

[topaz veldt]

Now having all our patio quotes I see these patio and hardscape setups and can't imagine what they cost

This cannot be cheap

[hoary hatch]

Do I do best buy same day pickup (PNY OC) or Amazon next day with 5% back (Asus prime)

[sly moon]

If you have a house that big, I feel like the price of the patio doesn’t feel that bad

[steel stream]

5% back

[hoary hatch]

But arc...

[edgy laurel]

hey you spelled it right this time

[steel stream]

raiders or gpu

[edgy laurel]

oh, didn't even think of that

[hoary hatch]

Intel

[steel stream]

you did your part, you supported the small struggling company, you can get a 5070 ti now

[hoary hatch]

I miss ark.intel.com
I mean it still exists but they force redirect the domain

[edgy laurel]

wait what

i use that site all the time

oh, i guess its not called that anymore. I use it from Google

[hoary hatch]

The worst part is I have the money set aside for it

[hoary hatch]

They killed the name

[edgy laurel]

and googling a CPU still pulls up what I thought was the ark page

[hoary hatch]

Ark.intel.com redirects to the product finder sans ark naming

[edgy laurel]

i see that now

ehh, nbd the results are the same

[steel stream]

maybe wait for NVL and Rubin?

[hoary hatch]

Both are, at least, a year away

[steel stream]

true

treat yo self i guess

[hoary hatch]

Chat
Do I abuse the bezos return period

I can finish HFW before Jan 31st

[proven cairn]

Cause they want a 9070xt instead

[hoary hatch]

Oh is Radeon at MSRP yet

[topaz veldt]

Ark wasn't that expensive if I recall

[proven cairn]

It’s been at msrp for months

[hoary hatch]

Arc

[proven cairn]

B990 when, intel?

[edgy laurel]

$40

[topaz veldt]

Ark

[proven cairn]

?

[topaz veldt]

Ardvark

[proven cairn]

Are you talking about intel or the game

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel how is the weather home

It was cloudy yesterday here but sun finally broke thru, 83

[edgy laurel]

sunny today but chilly. gonna be in the mid to low 60's this weekend but.. damn, mid to low 40's monday and tuesday

[topaz veldt]

I'm pumped

[proven cairn]

My cats broke open their treat box

They’re gonna be obese

[hoary hatch]

Not really

[proven cairn]

Yes really

[hoary hatch]

9070xt is still more above MSRP than 5070ti in the US

[proven cairn]

5070 ti msrp is higher

Us msrp isn’t 650$?

[hoary hatch]

There are many 5070ti at $750

From many retailer
I see one 9070xt at $600 from just one retailer

[topaz veldt]

I like the cold also

[steel stream]

don't do that

don't do that to yourself

[brisk jolt]

Of all the 5090s here, it seems that only the Astral’s price increased

5070Ti pricing has been pretty consistent here in SG- 9070XTs were at MSRP at first, with prices going down below. However that was like a week and every 9070XT price just went back to MSRP lmfao

[pure garnet]

nvidia canceling the supers is funny

reddit mfs waiting 18 months for vaporware

[steel stream]

can't wait for DerBauer to get his hands on the cancelled 5070 ti super

same GPU but with 24Gb of vram

[proven cairn]

Nah amd is based

[steel stream]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1034285810175967344/1329667268413489152/caption.gif

[pure garnet]

radeon fans have christmas card budgets

they can only dream of a real gpu

[pure garnet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1034285810175967344/1323859275298111569/caption.gif

[proven cairn]

Ok nvidia man

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-intel-scream-if-you-love-intel-gif-14141233320413452437

[proven cairn]

My multibillion dollar corporation is better than your trillion dollar corporation

[proven cairn]

Trvth nvke, ryzen mogs though

[proven cairn]

Kyoko you’re braindead

[pure garnet]

unpainted psu says what

[edgy laurel]

oh ffs

[steel stream]

never said it didn't

[steel stream]

sorry daily intel posting must commence

[proven cairn]

Most popular gpu is the 4060 btw gang

[edgy laurel]

not you

[oak vector]

intel

AMD my beloved

[proven cairn]

That’s a real Christmas card budget gpu

[steel stream]

Ryzen fans when their CPUs are held together by my used dental floss 😍

[edgy laurel]

according to what

[pure garnet]

memory bandwidth of walking to the stick and back

[oak vector]

I’ve had an r5 5600 for like 2.5 years or smth idk I forgor

[proven cairn]

Sales

[edgy laurel]

according to who

[oak vector]

intel fans when they can’t push ddr4 mem speeds past 3200mhz

[oak vector]

the vibes n shi

[pure garnet]

i love when easily googlable information is still too hard for him

[steel stream]

yeah lemme just access my information through wires in the substrate

[edgy laurel]

yeah was sitting here waiting on a source

[oak vector]

I mean not everyone has steam so that isn’t super accurate either
But it’s probably the most accurate source

[proven cairn]

Nah 3060 fell

[oak vector]

Lmao 1650 going strong

[edgy laurel]

sure but we don't have anything else, including him, and he's the one making the claims

[pure garnet]

it’s a dataset of millions it’s a fairly accurate survey for the diy market a large

[devout ridge]

you don’t have to sample everyone to have reliable data

[proven cairn]

Big up

[oak vector]

Holy 4 pings in a row

[devout ridge]

5

[proven cairn]

Ok

[heavy spire]

[pure garnet]

like yeah if you sampled the datacenter too it’d be like 90/10 nvidia amd split but

[proven cairn]

You’re popular

[pure garnet]

for the gaming market it’s pretty much accurate

[proven cairn]

It’s a 90/10 split anyway

[oak vector]

Yeah I very much agree

[devout ridge]

for gpus? it’s gonna be bigger than that, probably 98/2

[proven cairn]

Amd needs cuda to compete

[devout ridge]

AMD needs a cuda equivalent*

[pure garnet]

i was leaving some hope for instinct

[shell void]

i eagerly await your assessment

[devout ridge]

98/2 is probably being generous

[steel stream]

it'll be here tomorrow

[pure garnet]

they’ve made a cuda equivalent the issue is they’re allergic to actually supporting it

[edgy laurel]

you see the 50 series super news? (rumor)

[pure garnet]

rocm barely works

and when it does work cuda still is just faster

[oak vector]

oh more rumours?
Im curious now

[devout ridge]

AMD doesn’t have the power density to compete with NVIDIA

[pure garnet]

rumors are it’s joever

[devout ridge]

it’s less about raw performance and more about performance per unit area in the datacenter

[edgy laurel]

#tech-chat-2 message

[oak vector]

Cheers

[oak vector]

noooooooo

Aw man I was banking on the 5070s as my next gpu too 😔

sigh 9070xt it is

[proven cairn]

Based

Big up

[pure garnet]

those are 2 different tiers of card

[proven cairn]

40 series was pretty competitive just before the 50 series released ngl

[proven cairn]

No they aren’t

[oak vector]

Price wise here they weren’t gonna be iirc

[pure garnet]

the 5070ti is the 9070 xt competitor

[proven cairn]

“Kyoko you’re a known troll, don’t listen to this guy!!!”

Oh my bad gang

I thought 5070 ti super

[pure garnet]

stay in school

[proven cairn]

If nvidia was 100$ cheaper they would be uber poggers

[novel verge]

Nvidia when everyone buys third hand because scalpers swipe second hand anyway

[oak vector]

Prices here are kinda goofy
Like
9070xt is like 15% cheaper than the 5070ti

[proven cairn]

That’s literally everywherr

[oak vector]

😔

[proven cairn]

The UK is so ass

[oak vector]

okay then it’s just goofy full stop

[proven cairn]

I can’t wait to leave

[pure garnet]

yeah it’s supposed to be $600 vs $750

[oak vector]

Cos 15-20 percent here is like 300 dollar difference

[pure garnet]

because if it was closer the nvidia card makes more sense

[novel verge]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[proven cairn]

Where do you live?

[oak vector]

Where you going to

[novel verge]

I'm just praying Zak Polanski goes into power

[oak vector]

Australia

[novel verge]

If mamdani won in New York then that means the boomers are dying out

[proven cairn]

I would rather die

[novel verge]

Hopefully you're not a reform voter

[proven cairn]

[pure garnet]

technology chat btw

[proven cairn]

I’m js trolling I’m not

I’m not gonna vote

[novel verge]

Yeah I'm just waiting for people to interact with my thread cus I have no clue where to waste my money

[novel verge]

2nd worst option btw

[oak vector]

Im gonna get a shelf to mount under my desk for my pc

Im sick of cables getting unplugged when I raise my desk man

[novel verge]

Shelf to hang the PC, or shelf to sit the PC on?

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

[proven cairn]

Not true

Best option

[oak vector]

Shelf hangs from the desk
Pc sits on shelf

[novel verge]

So a normal setup, cool

[oak vector]

Yeh

[novel verge]

I've seen some funky setups where they hook the PC to a shelf and it hangs

I don't have enough trust to do ts 😭

[oak vector]

Hell nah

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-officially-intros-flagship-x870-aorus-xtreme-x3d-ai-top-motherboard-with-5-lcd-screen we got some more AI top

[oak vector]

wtf is ai top

[proven cairn]

Better than ai bottom

[oak vector]

[proven cairn]

Should my username be atomicdom

[steel stream]

always a classic

crazy motherboard just for a 9950X3D

imagine people putting a 9800X3D in there

[shell void]

yeah i think it’s malarkey

[edgy laurel]

one can hope, but it seems plausible

given the market conditions

[pure garnet]

i hope people stop overhyping vram

you do not need 48gb to play at 1440p

[shell void]

i don’t think god king emperor jensen will cancel a major product launch just because the vram costs a bit more

[bold spruce]

is 70 degrees celcious good for 9070xt at 100 percent utilisation

[steel stream]

yeah thats fine

[proven cairn]

Trvth nvke