tech-chat-2

[gentle loom]

weirdly my pc is running better after doing all that stuff lol

[hexed karma]

locking in for finals thinking it'll be over soon but little did i know it was just getting started

[edgy laurel]

understatement of the century

[wraith steeple]

I mostly hung around with other boaters in my school

[frank cypress]

someone posted a bomb threat on insta at mine and I didnt even know cause I dont use insta

[edgy laurel]

boaters, eh? interesting lol

[frank cypress]

so I went to school

didn't even get blown up

[edgy laurel]

https://youtu.be/sPU6wVz2iE8

no tech jet yet

[wraith steeple]

Not the meaning most here would think of

In my area, it's usually a slang term for foreigners/immigrants (more specifically from other Arab countries)

[edgy laurel]

urban dictionary to the rescue. ooook

[wraith steeple]

[edgy laurel]

wow, even says its specifically common in the Detroit area

[wraith steeple]

Yeh it's mostly a term used by Arab-Americans in the Detroit area

[heavy mantle]

this is like the arab starter pack location

either somewhere other than than Dearborn or Detroit the rest are quite forgettable lmao

[karmic folio]

[wraith steeple]

Yep although it's even used for first and second gen that strongly hold on to their heritage too

So it's a very broad term

[low sorrel]

goop goop goop

[topaz veldt]

insane BP returns

they were found like 20 secs apart

[low sorrel]

lol

5/6 of my bps have been the fucking blue light stick blue print

Im never going to use the fucking blue light stick bp stop giving me the blue light stick bp and give me medium gun parts

[steel stream]

damn

[low sorrel]

did you get a refund?

[frank cypress]

tax?

gst?

[low sorrel]

yeah

[frank cypress]

yeah

[odd sable]

imagine the government giving you a refund

[frank cypress]

not that its much anyways lol

its because im a student with negative income so

they just refund general sales tax

[civic reef]

I am ever-closer to achieving the stupidities that exactly one year ago me wanted

[odd sable]

wait, they actually refund that if you have negative income?

[civic reef]

Also hi Kyoko

[frank cypress]

well its just below a certain threshold

[odd sable]

explain what stupidities

[frank cypress]

I think like..... less than 18k or smth yearly

idk, smth like that

[civic reef]

AIOing a chip that doesn't need an AIO

[odd sable]

USA doesn't do that kind of shit, at all

[frank cypress]

I'm not well versed in the tax laws

[civic reef]

That's kinda the gist of it

[frank cypress]

I mean, it was also 80 bucks cad

[odd sable]

oh, should custom loop it

[wraith steeple]

[civic reef]

Expensive, probably

[frank cypress]

maybe smth like, 3 of those per year

[odd sable]

ive waterblocked an RX 480

[frank cypress]

LMAO bass

[odd sable]

and a GTX 970

[wraith steeple]

I've done a few loops

[civic reef]

And at that point.. I should buy a new case

I need to buy one anyway, this case is small, like just about ATX spec

[odd sable]

and also EPYC CPUs

[frank cypress]

a few

[odd sable]

i actually have a picture of that machine, lemme grab it

[civic reef]

I'd be waterblocking a 5600x & 5700 XT

Which I'd rather not

[wraith steeple]

I find it terrifying that it's now at a point when I've been doing this hobby longer than some folks have been alive

[odd sable]

keep in mind, those are SP3 specific blocks, cant just swap the AM4 board for an AM5 one and keep the same block

[frank cypress]

so badass

[civic reef]

That looks silly and I love it

[low sorrel]

whats that gun on the right

i forgor

[wraith steeple]

Define 7 XL

[civic reef]

How much did the parts for le CPU custom loop cost

[odd sable]

i kinda want to build a system like that again, but the reliability, and ease, of air, ima stick with that

[odd sable]

i, dont entirely remember

[civic reef]

Fair enough

[odd sable]

not cheap

[low sorrel]

do you not wanna upgrade and mainstain a custom loop again?

[civic reef]

Not fair enough

[odd sable]

those CPU bocks are full nickel plated copper, so, that should give you some idea

[wraith steeple]

I have the M2XL (D7XL is basically the same case as the M2XL layout and rad compatibility wise)

[odd sable]

nah, i dont want it to leak again

that loop leaked

[civic reef]

Yeah I can't afford that on a $100-150 salary

[odd sable]

besides hardline being fun

[devout ridge]

Quick sanity check,
I have 24 HDDs, i want to set them up with ZFS in TrueNAS,
Does 4 VDevs of 6 drives each, each being a RAIDZ2 make sense?

[odd sable]

also, theres 3 rads build

[wraith steeple]

In WCing, the amount of money I spent on this hobby is, well...

https://tenor.com/view/sweats-gif-25346666

[odd sable]

theres a reason all my stuff is air cooled now

[edgy laurel]

thats so fitting

[odd sable]

and its not the maintenance work

[edgy laurel]

no pun intended

[devout ridge]

there's three things you never ask
1, A woman her age
2, A man his height
3, a WC enthusiast how much he spent on watercooling

[odd sable]

i did consider blocking my 7900XTXs, but i never did that because the computer was too unstable

its not (unstable) anymore, but i got ref cards so i could get blocks easily

[wraith steeple]

I've been in this hobby for far too long

[odd sable]

how long have you been in this hobby?

[wraith steeple]

This year it turns 20

[low sorrel]

unc

[edgy laurel]

better question, what was the first chip you blocked?

[odd sable]

im older than that, but not by much

[odd sable]

me, or bass?

[edgy laurel]

bass

or anyone, i guess

[odd sable]

3770k for me

[civic reef]

Okay oh wow
An Enermax 360mm AIO for $55

[devout ridge]

Nudge

[civic reef]

I hope this thing doesn't spray caustic acid on me when I boot it up

[wraith steeple]

First CPU I WC'd was a Q6600

[odd sable]

got that thing to 4.8ghz

[edgy laurel]

i helped a friend block a 939 system, don't recall what it was. my first (and only) was an i7 930

i sadly only used an AIO on my Q6600

[low sorrel]

ngl tech has gotten hella boring

[wise bear]

yeah

[low sorrel]

peyton how long have you been lurking

[odd sable]

(tech being boring) im salty about mGPU not being much of a thing anymore

[wise bear]

a while

[odd sable]

mGPU is cool

i wish mGPU was used more, but VK/D3D12 put that burden on the game devs, and none of them want to do it

[wraith steeple]

First GPU I WC'd wasn't til much later

[topaz veldt]

aphelion

[civic reef]

Okay actually @odd sable Postponing my stupidities

[topaz veldt]

my first watercooled GPU was 8800 GTX

[civic reef]

I have a laptop to buy

[topaz veldt]

I still have the block

[civic reef]

And that needs 2-3 months of saving

[topaz veldt]

I am debating on dumping my ECC RAM

or sitting tight - I have suspicions it might go up, even

[frank cypress]

shit most of them dont even want to make their own engine anymore

[topaz veldt]

back when shit was super weird and cool

[frank cypress]

remember the ram you crunched

[topaz veldt]

oh yes

[frank cypress]

shit is actually worth something again

[topaz veldt]

ha those were like 8GB PC3-12800R

[wraith steeple]

GTX 680 was the first time I dove into GPU waterblocks

[frank cypress]

oh nvm

still worthless

[topaz veldt]

I have a BUNCH of 32GB 2Rx4 and 4Rx4 PC3-12800R DIMMs

[frank cypress]

thats probably worth a good amount now

but yeah, might go up ig

[topaz veldt]

I dunno

just rumblings

If this is happening we're fucked

[frank cypress]

im trynna remember how much you quoted me for those back in late 2023

[topaz veldt]

This was PC3 prices like 5-6 years ago

[wraith steeple]

This was one of the first couple of videos that got me to do GPU blocking. Daniel was pretty much what got me to really invest and where my obsession with Black Sparkle fittings came from
https://youtu.be/LpBKNGJ90cY?si=aGK3mxANwcfGyRZ2

[devout ridge]

no no no no no

not my ddr3!

[fervent chasm]

Is that expensive for ddr3?

[frank cypress]

ah I mean, the 32gb ddr4 sticks

[topaz veldt]

Man I got my Arya Stealths back and haven't used them since

[devout ridge]

yes

[topaz veldt]

Bro. You're the hardware guy. Your words!

[fervent chasm]

I don’t check in the price of every single part on the planet dude

[devout ridge]

when i was buying DDR3, i could get 64GB dimms for like 20-25usd each

[wraith steeple]

Oh that early EK logo takes me back

[devout ridge]

okay i was a bit off, 33usd per 64gb dimm

so paying that same price for half the capacity is wild

also love you atech, you sell good ram for good prices

[frank cypress]

shit man, people are asking 800 cad for 128gb of ddr4 udimms

meanwhile like 8 months ago I bought that for 100 cad

[tranquil dock]

Iroh I got $8

So I have $42 now

What is the lowest gpu I should look for

[devout ridge]

more money

that's what you should look for

[tranquil dock]

Might get like $24 tmmw

[low sorrel]

A job

[tranquil dock]

Not old enough

[frank cypress]

with $42 realistically you're not getting anything better than a 1060 6gb

[low sorrel]

If even

[tranquil dock]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/136962722238

[frank cypress]

I mean i got my 980ti for less

[wraith steeple]

I would wish there were pics of the Heatkiller II block in the wild

Since that's what it had installed

[low sorrel]

Look at marketplace

[tranquil dock]

?

[low sorrel]

Or Craigslist

[low sorrel]

Facebook marketplace

eBay will always be more expensive because of fees and tax

[topaz veldt]

fuckkin jorj

[odd sable]

thats a kinda shit price for DDR3, but i guess it is dense DDR3

[odd sable]

sits here, working on a bespoke engine

[hoary hatch]

They're at the pricing level that best bet is to find something old on FB marketplace and basically beg to get it at next to nothing

[odd sable]

id love to ship an engine with mGPU support via D3D12 or VK, but realistically thats probably never going to happen

AFAIK, only one game has ever really done it well, and thats Ashes of the Benchmark

but afaik they did it via AFR, just using two GPUs

what i want to try is doing asymmetric multi-gpu

ive never seen it done, but it absolutely could be

and/or using a second card as an accelerator for frame-async tasks (but frame-async isn't necessarily all that common in the first place)

[hoary hatch]

@shell void is jaykihn reliable?

Pro B70 (ideally 32gb) is the only G31 sku that can make sense in 2026

[viral surge]

I accidentally bought the perfect laptop

[hoary hatch]

Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold?

[frank cypress]

most, you're just built different XD

[odd sable]

nah, this game is built different, and not in a good way

[frank cypress]

💀

still curious at what company you work at rn

[odd sable]

me wanting to mGPU anyway, thats me being different

[frank cypress]

not the one you're going to, i mean

[odd sable]

yes, i know

[viral surge]

Elitebook g11 865

[devout ridge]

it was the best price for 64gb ddr3 dimms

[viral surge]

8840hs 32gb ram

Came with 2 femboys

My basement collection of femboys is officially 100

[topaz veldt]

64s are LRDIMMs

[wraith steeple]

Eh pic is the III pro, but it looked very close to it from what I remember

[topaz veldt]

I have one lol

[wraith steeple]

I just love how Heatkiller has had that design for like 20 years at this point

[topaz veldt]

Shit that reminds me I have a new block from them somewhere

[shell void]

he’s the most reliable intel leaker

[topaz veldt]

@wraith steeple

[wraith steeple]

Looks hot

[hoary hatch]

Oh, so it's real
Nice

[topaz veldt]

B70 Pro != B770

[shell void]

i wonder how much a B70 Pro Dual 64GB will cost during this time of inflated pricing

[hoary hatch]

I would be disappointed in any BMG-G31 sku marketed at the gaming segment being released in 2026

As high vram skus, absolutely no complaints

[shell void]

if they had a way to price it aggressively then i’d see it as an acceptable release

[topaz veldt]

Enough that Intel still won't be relevant

[shell void]

considering rubin isn’t coming out until 2H 2027

[hoary hatch]

I think it would be too expensive

[viral surge]

I can confirm btw 24 gigs of ram is the perfect amount

No one needs more

[topaz veldt]

Uh, sure

[shell void]

a decent amount for a phone i guess

[viral surge]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-cat-is-this-bait-cat-is-this-ragebait-gif-10902073105296387701

My phone has 16

[odd sable]

no, more plz

[brave panther]

fake, im using more right now

[odd sable]

theres some RAM util

[low sorrel]

damn bro thats kinda epyc

[odd sable]

ikr

[cosmic gazelle]

what exactly is it doing

[odd sable]

which one?

[cosmic gazelle]

the top one

[odd sable]

compiling stuff

[hoary hatch]

It is acceptable for a phone

[brave panther]

i only maxed out my ram when i ran into forza horizon 4 stupid memory leak

[hoary hatch]

Took forever to get a 16gb phone

[odd sable]

i regularly do on my work machine

[hoary hatch]

My work laptop is never running below my 16gb of ram

[brave panther]

lol same

[odd sable]

my work machine is rarely at under 40GB of util

and if it, its probably because im not really doing much at that moment

usually it its in the mid 50s

[brave panther]

how much do you have in your work machine

[odd sable]

64

[odd sable]

^ this machine

[brave panther]

just say how much you need
1tb? 2? 4?

[odd sable]

uhh, 420GB should be enough

[fringe vigil]

I don’t know your name, but you heard my name

[topaz veldt]

who is on kernel 5 in 2026 ffs

[odd sable]

i sold that server last year

thats an old screenshot

its just the one with the highest RAM util

this is the one i currently use

and even that is an old screenshot

[topaz veldt]

512GB?

[odd sable]

both are 512GB

just one has 490GB of util, and the other doesn't

[topaz veldt]

to get full channel pop on my shit i need to be 576 - 768GB

the greedy in me wants to use the 64GB 3200 DIMMs I just got

but its like... 1.5TB of RAM per host or $13k in my pocket

[digital crater]

whats a affordable gpu for 1440p

[low sorrel]

Yippee I just spilled water on my laptop and the touchpad stopped working

[low sorrel]

What's your budget

[digital crater]

under 400

just upgraded to 1440 and my 5060ti cant keep up cuz low vram so im gonna sell that

[low sorrel]

9060xt and 5060ti 16gb are really your only options

[digital crater]

5060ti 8gb to 16 gb is a huge difference?

[devout ridge]

"my 5060ti cant keep up cuz low vram" then you're suprised 2x the vram is an improvement?

[topaz veldt]

9070 XT

[digital crater]

im asking if its a huge difference

[topaz veldt]

what is your budget @digital crater

[devout ridge]

under 400

[low sorrel]

If your going over your vram cap in games then yeah if not no

[topaz veldt]

Go buy a 5060 Ti 16GB before they die

[low sorrel]

^

[low sorrel]

I feel like the 5060ti 16gb is gonna end up like my 3060

It's got the vram but not the chip

[topaz veldt]

For sure but it'll hold its value for it

it won't matter for gaming in 2026 at 1080 - 1440, really, but in 2027 people will buy it for the AI's

[low sorrel]

How much is my 3060 even worth these days

[digital crater]

i would have frame drops on minecraft even 💀

[fringe vigil]

Is a 12 gen intel R I5 12500T good

[low sorrel]

Wtf

[edgy laurel]

This is where I do one of those "ehhhhhh" cause I don't know if you're experienced enough to really diagnose why that happened. Maybe a little of "someone said 8GB is low so that must be it" happening there.

[low sorrel]

Maybe with shaders I could see it

[digital crater]

it was fine before i got new monitor

[low sorrel]

Go download frame view and look at the amount of vram it's using

[odd sable]

MC likely isn't vram capacity bound

[digital crater]

did have shaders and mods so probably that

[odd sable]

yea, that wont help

[digital crater]

task manager shows 70-100% usage for any game tho

[edgy laurel]

I just fired up Minecraft in full 4K with Bliss shaders and a bunch of mods and VRAM is bouncing between 6 and 8.2GB

[low sorrel]

Gulity plays Minecraft?

[edgy laurel]

no, i tinker with mods and look at minecraft. I don't know how to play it

just to make it look pretty

[topaz veldt]

dude i want to do this for my son

[odd sable]

its not that hard, you kinda just mine, and craft

[topaz veldt]

I don't know the first thing about it though

[low sorrel]

It's not That hard

[shell void]

i dont think ive beat minecraft since 1.7.10

[topaz veldt]

what do i need to do for this?

[odd sable]

that LoD pop though

[digital crater]

whats normal gpu usage for games?

[topaz veldt]

99%

[low sorrel]

100%

Well 99%

[edgy laurel]

these mods and this shader

[low sorrel]

I think you need to just tone down your shaders

[edgy laurel]

100%

[digital crater]

if its not does that mean bottleneck or what?

[edgy laurel]

yes

[topaz veldt]

if its less than 99% its waiting for something else

[odd sable]

theres always a bottleneck

you just want that to be your GPU usually

[pure garnet]

is that the video acting up on my end or is the game hitching a bunch

[topaz veldt]

You want the GPU to be the bottleneck IMHO

[low sorrel]

Afaik nvidium is better then distant horizons

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel do you run the world local?

[edgy laurel]

its ever so slightly hitching but also the discord player doesn't like my 4K AV1 files

[edgy laurel]

yeah

[odd sable]

afaik, those aren't the same thing

[edgy laurel]

there is always someone that thinks one mod is better than the other

[odd sable]

Voxy and DH are both LoD mods though

[topaz veldt]

Can it be run as a realm/etc.?

[odd sable]

Nvidium is the same author as Voxy, but isn't LoD afaik

[edgy laurel]

that i'm not sure, never really figured out what realms were tbh lol

[low sorrel]

Oh is it voxy

[steel stream]

what are you trying to do?

[odd sable]

a server that spins up on-demand

[edgy laurel]

setup what I have but for his son. tbh i just grabbed the mods and shader, threw them in the necessary folders and started it up

[topaz veldt]

my son has the 9800X3D/5090 family room PC setup, but I run all his "worlds" in a VM. Do I run the mods Guilty listed in the server thinger or the desktop thinger

[edgy laurel]

i think i even followed a youtube video lol

[steel stream]

ah ok, yeah most of those will be client side mods

so in the desktop thing

off the top of my brain those are all client side

[odd sable]

some both, some client only

[odd sable]

DH you probably want the server side too

[steel stream]

true

[odd sable]

and any dependencies that has (which may include fabric-api)

c2me too

[topaz veldt]

I had the RTX shit in Bedrock working

Its not now, I forget why - but it looked cool

[steel stream]

5nail as this is something I have more experience in I will be charging 200/hr thanks

[topaz veldt]

That's fine just invoice me - I am on that 2026 memory rate now

[steel stream]

it's a dope tech demo, but they just killed official support for it iirc

[edgy laurel]

funny cause this was in my history @low sorrel https://youtu.be/SA_Ngg6hasw

[odd sable]

if anyone should be billing, it should be me

[topaz veldt]

Guys - so lil 5nail can connect to this from MC Java (client) and no matter what mods visually he has, it'll work on say a laptop vs 5090, just without mods

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/you-to-me-gif-5464565068190392814

[odd sable]

if you want a vanilla client to work, then you'll want a vanilla server

[topaz veldt]

its a vanilla server

I want him to be able to use a visually awesome client in the family room

but also connect via Asus Zenbook when we're in FL

[odd sable]

the DH server component allows for some things in DH to work better outside the normal vanilla render distance

[low sorrel]

No no me

[edgy laurel]

how do I remove this optifine option that I don't use. the three dots menu has nothing

[steel stream]

just keep the server vanilla, and put the mods on the 5090 family room pc

then he'll be able to play on a laptop, from anywhere

[topaz veldt]

ok cool thats what i was hoping

[low sorrel]

Idk I haven't opened the regular Minecraft launcher since 2015

[odd sable]

and why should it be you?

[topaz veldt]

why are we begging to be invoiced - earn that shit

[low sorrel]

I need new gpu

[odd sable]

you're the one getting invoiced, its just deciding who gets to invoice you

[oak vector]

🤝

Jerry what cpu do you have

[topaz veldt]

I just donated to a foundation in my moms name for cancer

[low sorrel]

You could also put some tuned down graphics mods on the zenbook

[topaz veldt]

bittersweet 🙁

[low sorrel]

5800x

[steel stream]

because of this I will cancel my invoice, that's a nice thing to do

[topaz veldt]

yeah it kinda sucks but like

[oak vector]

Pretty good pretty good

[low sorrel]

Fuck cancer

[topaz veldt]

100%

[odd sable]

no, dont do that, that spreads it

kill* cancer

[low sorrel]

The girl named cancer:

[oak vector]

I eat cancer

[odd sable]

also dont do that

[oak vector]

[low sorrel]

Sir that's called a carcinogen

[topaz veldt]

my credit score changed

so my email says

[steel stream]

is it like one billion now

[topaz veldt]

i wouldnt think so

[oak vector]

Everything is a carcinogen

[topaz veldt]

it was 850 i think

amex is like "yo your score changed"

[devout ridge]

snail either has a credit score of 850 or 10, no inbetween

[topaz veldt]

yeah 850

i dunno, whatever

[steel stream]

all fun and games till it hits 849

idk why i typed 450

[topaz veldt]

LOL

[devout ridge]

HAHA!

your improvement plan is to keep doing what you're doing

[topaz veldt]

Trying - I wrote a check for $38k a bit ago, maybe it was that

[steel stream]

send an angry email to your bank saying you want to go on an improvement plan

[odd sable]

why would writing a large check effect your credit score?

[topaz veldt]

2nd week of Jan I wrote a check for $25k for that foundation

[topaz veldt]

because of debt ratio?

ok yeah so there was like 2-3 week overlap where I wrote checks for over $65k

[odd sable]

like, not enough debt, or?

[topaz veldt]

so maybe that jittered its algorithm

we spend like $15-20k a month on Amex

[odd sable]

how?

business?

[topaz veldt]

no

just... life shit

[odd sable]

you have 240k/yr personal that you pay via a credit card?

[topaz veldt]

yep

[odd sable]

what in the god damn fuck

[topaz veldt]

I don't carry a balance though

[odd sable]

i don't either

[topaz veldt]

its not $350k, but its high

[low sorrel]

Aren't most the amex black benefits on some of their lower tier cards now

[topaz veldt]

nah

huge benefit is insane concierge

[odd sable]

what are the benefits of that card that make it worth the $5k/yr?

[topaz veldt]

So like, we travel semi spontaneously. I will simply call amex and say "I need tickets from X to Y and I need a premium SUV in Y .... in 2 days" and it just works

they have my traveler #, all my shit, they just book the flights and reservations I just show up

and then all the insurance and all that shit is inherently covered

[odd sable]

i mean, thats nice, but thats worth $5k/yr to you?

[topaz veldt]

Oh yesa

I don't have to shop rates or flights or anything

[pure garnet]

i can’t imagine if you make use of the perks frequently the 5k being much of a drop in the bucket

[topaz veldt]

its the best rates on my chosen airline and I give them a list of hotels we've stayed at/etc. and they meet or exceed

[brave panther]

dont they actually loose money on that

[low sorrel]

I need to travel more

[topaz veldt]

supposedly

[low sorrel]

I literally have a fat ass discount on flights and I don't even travel

[topaz veldt]

also its like $100 to upgrade to first class on every flight for all tickets involved

so we have 4 seats....

[odd sable]

$100 to upgrade? wtf

[topaz veldt]

on 4 seats

[low sorrel]

Ok that's worth it

[steel stream]

whaaaaaa

[topaz veldt]

free wifi, etc.

[steel stream]

5nail can I book flights through you

[odd sable]

"free" you already paid for it

[topaz veldt]

there's like insane "perks" built in you basically don't have to thikn about it

Right but I don't have to deal with it

[low sorrel]

I feel like free wifi doesn't really matter compared to first class upgrades

[odd sable]

yes, thats fair i guess

[topaz veldt]

I am just saying it just works, I don't have to login or add or anything, ever, anywher

[odd sable]

id expect you to still need to login to some extent

[topaz veldt]

like we went to miami in Nov

I booked it a week ahead

I had an SQ7 or SQ8

insurance whatever, free valet at the 5 star hotel

(I still liked going to the parking lot to look at the cars lol)

[brave panther]

how does that work?
does it have a app that gives you certificate for wpa 2/3 enterprise

[topaz veldt]

yeah amex app brokers it

[steel stream]

as you should

[topaz veldt]

also like

[brave panther]

neet

[low sorrel]

What cars were there

[topaz veldt]

for up to $1000/yr Amex black will transport my boat to me

[brave panther]

get wifi anywhere you go card

[steel stream]

to be 5nail for a day

[steel stream]

nice car but the red just looks like cheap plastic in this photo lol

[topaz veldt]

talking like $1200/night place

[low sorrel]

I can't tell is that alot of transport or a little bit of transport

[topaz veldt]

its like.... 100+ nautical miles

[odd sable]

$1000/yr is really cheap

[shell void]

yeah i do not frick with matte cars

[topaz veldt]

so we stayed in Miami and they got my boat to Key Biscayne

[low sorrel]

Glossy or bust

[topaz veldt]

from the FL keys, for free

"free"

[brave panther]

wrap most likely

[odd sable]

already paid for

[low sorrel]

"free"

To be fair

[low sorrel]

Odds are if you tried to min max all the benefits

[odd sable]

what do you do to make this kind of money?

[steel stream]

when will they learn

[low sorrel]

You would come out on top

[steel stream]

OF

[topaz veldt]

Yes but the marina I store my boat in charges like $500 to pull it off the rack

[low sorrel]

YouTuber

[odd sable]

checks out

[topaz veldt]

My wife and I work a bunch

[odd sable]

ok, but what kind of work?

[topaz veldt]

I've disclosed it pretty transparently

[rigid ore]

My steelseries keyboard is impossibletro type on and I wanna geta new keyboard but I really donthavethe fundsfor it rn, any cheap reccs?

[steel stream]

5nail is the guy who designs apples packaging

[topaz veldt]

lol

I do HPC architecture at cloud/hyper scale

[low sorrel]

Remember when my keyboard typed like that for like a month?

[odd sable]

is that like, datacenter architecture, or supercomputers, or kinda both?

[rigid ore]

I haveto mah the s key andthe spacebarkey in orderforittoregister

[topaz veldt]

"high performance compute architecture"

[rigid ore]

omg

[low sorrel]

Low key as a kid I used to just open and close apple boxes for fun

[odd sable]

yes, i know what HPC stands for, that wasn't exactly what i meant

[low sorrel]

And Peyton, no I don't have ADHD

[steel stream]

that person probably makes like $400K a year

[topaz veldt]

I design datacenter-wide platforms

[low sorrel]

How much

[odd sable]

ok, so, "normal" DC things, not supercomputers (which afaik, are their own kind of bespoke weirdness for interconnects)

[topaz veldt]

I mean... there's prob less than 200 people doing my role

[low sorrel]

"normal"

[odd sable]

quotes doing some heavy lifting there

[rigid ore]

My budget or my 5 year old steelseries keyboard

[low sorrel]

What do you think I'm asking

[rigid ore]

Budget prolly ✌️

[topaz veldt]

And then to compound it my wife is a VP for an insurance company

[odd sable]

theres the money

[topaz veldt]

I make more

but hers helps 🙂

[odd sable]

base, total, or both?

[topaz veldt]

net income

we're blessed in that area

[low sorrel]

Is it north of 7 figures or south of 7 figures

[topaz veldt]

lol its not 7 figures annual

Well... I mean if she exercised options maybe

[low sorrel]

I mean I woulda believed low 7 figures

[digital crater]

when i tab out of a game everything else feels slow and laggy anyone know why?

[odd sable]

see, and thats why i said "theres the money"

fucking options

[topaz veldt]

we're both north of 250

[odd sable]

i know execs dont get paid big money directly

its all through backdoor bullshit

[topaz veldt]

mo money mo problems

but travel concierge shit isn't one lol

[low sorrel]

I just realized I have no idea how much my major even will make

[pure garnet]

6 bucks

[odd sable]

and here i am, purposely taking a pay cut

because id rather work on the other thing

[topaz veldt]

Soon I will have to decide if I want to manage more people or not

[steel stream]

@shell void these kefs are smaller than i imagined

[odd sable]

"more", IMO, managing 1 is too many

[topaz veldt]

well its herent at my stage

inherent*

[low sorrel]

I feel like I wouldn't wanna manage more then like a dozen people

[odd sable]

there are ways to get around it, at least in software dev

[brave panther]

i got word that i will be recommend for senior role lol

[odd sable]

sure you may have to lead the project, but you aren't managing the people

[topaz veldt]

I am talking about leaving a (even remotely) technical role and going into management

[odd sable]

good shit

[low sorrel]

Yeah hold up how much does computer engineering even pay

[odd sable]

yea, id always turn that down myself

[odd sable]

thats the designing computers half, right?

[topaz veldt]

Yeah I will try and spin it - "I will take your money but still do the hard stuff"

[brave panther]

highly depends on location

[odd sable]

not the making them actually do stuff half

[topaz veldt]

it doesn't hurt that I also have side hustle moneys

[steel stream]

idk man and I am in it

[low sorrel]

See I live in Canada so I will have to move

[brave panther]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-canada-follow-the-only-road-gif-8391699

[steel stream]

jerry you better not steal my jobs

[low sorrel]

I'm taking your job

[odd sable]

are you also in the hat?

[low sorrel]

I'm going to personally Lay you off

[brave panther]

steal his manager job

[steel stream]

junior year comp engineer here

[odd sable]

what role was it exactly?

[low sorrel]

Oh nah you'll beat me there

[topaz veldt]

@odd sable tomorrow I am visiting our on-site and then heading out at like 2PM to check out a clients infra and possibly buying the recycle gear

[steel stream]

how much do you get the recycle gear for

[low sorrel]

I'll steal your promotion in the future

[brave panther]

full role name is senior IT infrastructure specialist

[topaz veldt]

you gotta get rid of "specialist" asap

in the US its odd that there would be a "senior" and "specialist"

[brave panther]

eh role names dont make too much sense here

[low sorrel]

Yeah what's a senior specialist

[topaz veldt]

there's a payscale usually

we have levels, I , II, III, IV - etc

Specialist, regardless of "sr" or "jr" is under "I"

after IV its "lead"

[brave panther]

no not here

[topaz veldt]

just speaking from my perspective

[low sorrel]

So akn are you moving to West coast after you graduate

[topaz veldt]

come on amazon

[brave panther]

well
1st job, 2y 2m ago

[topaz veldt]

places will try and drag around "specialist" - make sure you drop it asap

[low sorrel]

Is that the one time board

[topaz veldt]

the wot

[steel stream]

yeah i've applied for a lot of stuff in arizona, oregon, or colorado

[low sorrel]

TMR fuck you auto correct

[odd sable]

noice

[topaz veldt]

yes TMR

[low sorrel]

If you go to Arizona can you beat up navy

[steel stream]

we will have to duel to the death yes

[low sorrel]

And Oregon beat up floppa and peyton

[brave panther]

next one is IT engineer and after that senior IT engineer

[odd sable]

But also, pay bands (ie: 1/2/3/4) are very much a thing

[low sorrel]

I don't understand what an it engineer is

[odd sable]

My current employer has senior 1 and 2

And principal 1/2/3

[brave panther]

this is made up by each company

[brave panther]

for example CCIE

[odd sable]

They exist everywhere

What they are called, yea that'll depend

Previous company had IC4-10 for engineers, with names assigned to them

I think it topped out at 10, may have gone a bit higher than that

[topaz veldt]

What do yous think of this

[brave panther]

in context of outside furniture yes
in context of inside furniture no

[topaz veldt]

its outside

I dunno, I am torn on it

[low sorrel]

Kinda grandpa vibes ngl

[topaz veldt]

my wife likes it because its literally zero maintenance

[brave panther]

she thinks it is zero maitnence

[topaz veldt]

I am leaning this

[topaz veldt]

no it is - its pollywood

[low sorrel]

Yeahhhh

[brave panther]

uv damage tho

[topaz veldt]

none

[toxic grotto]

Looks way better

[topaz veldt]

the set i want is teak.... it needs to be oiled like annually

[low sorrel]

How much is this? My dad is renovating our old house and is building a sun deck

[topaz veldt]

that one is $9k

but I'd prob do 7 pc its like $7500

[low sorrel]

Teak costs an arm and a leg

[low sorrel]

Never mind

[topaz veldt]

this is like $7200

[low sorrel]

I think 9 PC looks better

[topaz veldt]

I don't like the overhang

[low sorrel]

Really?

[topaz veldt]

that looks dumb to me

[brave panther]

professionals have standards

[low sorrel]

Ok the overhang looks alot worse then the first photo

[topaz veldt]

yeah im torn on it

LOL WTF

we just had this fucking convo

[low sorrel]

If those legs were like another 6 inches to the ends it would so much better

[topaz veldt]

its like spamming me

[low sorrel]

Lol

[topaz veldt]

its like their notifications are fucked

so tomorrow I am looking at another lot of server shit

[brave panther]

ye na
i would just weld one myself

[topaz veldt]

its hard to weld teak

[topaz veldt]

lol

ray charles found a MIG welder

[low sorrel]

Why do I feel like if you sat on the end it would snap

[topaz veldt]

exactly

[low sorrel]

I know it probably wouldn't but

[topaz veldt]

i dunno, im not sure what to do

[low sorrel]

Do it yourself :p

[topaz veldt]

i gotta get this permit and then i gotta hustle

[topaz veldt]

i would but im not making wood shit

on a different note

dbrand family

[low sorrel]

Is that the glow in the dark thing

[topaz veldt]

its not glow in the dark its like iridescent

TMR here we come

[karmic folio]

white keyboards

[shell void]

now youll be able to compete

[topaz veldt]

Finally

[topaz veldt]

Why you gotta bring color into it

[karmic folio]

Is that better

[steel stream]

ok kefs are a bit better than the fives

[oak vector]

gorgeous
I kinda wanna replace the switches (definitely) and the caps on my keyboard
got it second hand and yeah there's some dodgy switches
But I wanted to replace them anyway cos i found out i hate linear keyboards lmfao

[steel stream]

don't mind the yucky hand prints

they were cold

[devout ridge]

this is the greed they talk about in the bible

why two pairs of studio monitors

[oak vector]

hahahaha

[steel stream]

idk

I plan on using the klipschs for bedroom TV + turntable, or music in the kitchen

[devout ridge]

big fan of the turntable

[steel stream]

yeah I just gotta clean up my room a bit more

[devout ridge]

i have my turntable connected to my 5 channel surround sound system

(4.1)

[steel stream]

still dope af

[devout ridge]

that sub channel is majorly underutilized with a turntable

vinyl really doesn't have much bass

[steel stream]

just crank the gain up hella

[devout ridge]

i have

[steel stream]

turntable -> dedicated sub gain/amp -> sub

[devout ridge]

rn i just have turn table -> receiver -> speakers/sub

since i use the same surround sound setup for my TV

[steel stream]

https://www.woofersetc.com/p-3343-t9922-44-mtx-audio-22-6000-watt-jackhammer-subwoofer.html

[steel stream]

dope dope dope

[devout ridge]

goddamn

i'm using a 200w 10" sub rn

[steel stream]

my surround system is a soundbar, Im missing out on a cool receiver

[devout ridge]

I got my setup for free

[steel stream]

yeah I've got a 10" sub under my desk rn

[devout ridge]

my parents had all the stuff sitting in storage, all i bought was the sub

also had to buy new cables/wires, but that's a non-issue

[steel stream]

yeah that's nothing

[devout ridge]

i got the sub refurbed for like 100usd, add another like 50usd for wires and it's one of the cheapest audio setups ever

[steel stream]

I bought one of those samsung soundbars for like $700, I wanted to do full receiver setup, but it's hard to beat a solid 11.1.4 atmos setup for $700

[devout ridge]

11.1.4?

[steel stream]

yah

[devout ridge]

is it true 11.1.4, or pseudo 11.1.4 from the soundbar

[steel stream]

funniest part is there's really no audio out there that's 11.1.4

[devout ridge]

Yeah, even 7.1 is hard to find

[steel stream]

pretty sure it's true 11.1.4

[devout ridge]

most is 5.1 or even just stereo

[steel stream]

anything atmos mastered should be 7.1.4

[devout ridge]

but outside of high budget films, how common is that?

[steel stream]

Apple Music supports Atmos streaming

[devout ridge]

Oh, didn't know that

that would be beautiful

[steel stream]

but there's tracks made for atmos, or with atmos in mind. and then there's "atmos" tracks

they're a good bit of music that's actually cool in atmos, but a lot of it is just like spread this shit across all the channels

[devout ridge]

the fact vinyl is stereo still breaks my mind

i just can't parse how 2 channels come out of one needle

[steel stream]

yeah it's pretty nuts

[devout ridge]

analog audio formats are voodoo

[steel stream]

everything is digital now and you'll like it

[devout ridge]

nothing inherently wrong with digital, but everything being web hosted and not downloaded locally is my problem

i definitely don't have a plex server to get around that though

[steel stream]

just a small handful of movies

[devout ridge]

You have me beat by quite a lot

[low sorrel]

are those cannonkey keycaps? on the other keyboards

[steel stream]

i need some more storage tbh

[devout ridge]

i have a new JBOD with 14tb of hdds included otw

[steel stream]

I run a singular 12Tb Drive

[devout ridge]

should be here monday, but the other parts i need to set it up won't be here till thursday next week

[devout ridge]

rn i'm running 3 4tb drives in a raidz1

i have 24 600gb drives on the way

[steel stream]

i really should setup some raid setup but the price of HDDs recently just breaks my heart

[devout ridge]

Yeah it's rough

i got the HDDs essentially for free

since the JBOD by itself is the same price as what i paid for the JBOD + drives

[steel stream]

oh nice dope

[devout ridge]

Yeah, got it for like 1/3rd the price it should have been

[steel stream]

i just gotta go through and trim some fat in my drives, I tend to download some huge files

[devout ridge]

my storage server rn is full with my PC backups

[steel stream]

totally reasonable movie bitrate

[hoary hatch]

Not enough

Change the k to a m

[steel stream]

gimme a minute

[lost glacier]

why do i even bother man how are we getting 1000 fps with no graphics card

first ever 5090 IGPU??

[hoary hatch]

Facebook marketplace is my favorite comedy site

[lost glacier]

yes indeed

[steel stream]

this will probably be the highest kbps i have

[devout ridge]

posts pic of PC with GPU, "GPU: none" *confused iroh face*

[steel stream]

oh i lied

[lost glacier]

didn’t even update the ai slop description either😭

[hoary hatch]

I feel lied to

[steel stream]

I'm sorry my lord

I have no honor, I will commit seppuku

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/intel-pat-gelsinger-papa-computer-chip-gif-4422124117738847315

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/luke-lafr-wan-show-linus-tech-tips-ltt-wtf-gif-gif-27693908

Sodoku is a bit of an overreaction

[steel stream]

the LeBron of semiconductors

[topaz veldt]

FUN60 is so good

[steel stream]

no that shits torture I would never do that

Navy I have to do a report on some sort of semiconductor technology

[devout ridge]

CP2077 is the only thing that gets my PSU fan to actually turn on

[wise bear]

doNT ABBREVIATE

CYBERPUNK

[devout ridge]

I did it with the numbers!

[steel stream]

HANKKKK

idk if i have ever heard my psu fans tbh

[devout ridge]

never heard it, i just can see that it's on

[steel stream]

ah

[shell void]

some of my older shitty PSUs were audible but i havent heard a PSU in years now

[heavy mantle]

antec psus from 2004-2009 that i had where very loud kek

[topaz veldt]

C2077

[steel stream]

my rm750x and rm1000x have been great

[topaz veldt]

TMR switches are wild

[shell void]

that's good to hear brother

my PC doesnt make a peep when i have CP loaded up

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-eyebrow-flipped-horizontally-gif-24025048

@edgy laurel

[heavy mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/jaw-drop-shocked-gif-19589735

[devout ridge]

NO MICHAEL, add the numbers!

[shell void]

cyberpunk2077 will make the gpu whine if i let it do 800W but i dont do that for normal use

[edgy laurel]

i don't even know if its safe to screenshot

[edgy laurel]

yeah?

[shell void]

i need to get a TMR board too at some point

[steel stream]

i guess we will just let it fade

[shell void]

i has a measly archaic 1000Hz mechanical board

[steel stream]

poor soul

[edgy laurel]

i can't bring myself to replace my $350 keyboard so instead i'll just buy a 3rd set of switches

that makes more sense

[steel stream]

or get a vision pro and get rid of the keyboard entirely

[edgy laurel]

whoa now

[steel stream]

ordering DoorDash in augmented reality where I have to type it out like some giant typewriter 🙏

[steel stream]

it'll catch on man trust

[topaz veldt]

yeah way more responsive

[steel stream]

michael you see the recent jayhkin tweet?

[shell void]

id be open to the idea of wearing AR glasses all day if i could get vision pro image quality and tracking

[edgy laurel]

i really need to replace the logitech g-pro on my second pc. i dont' know what it is with my and keyswitches but they're fucked royally. can't type anything without it double/triple typing or just not registering. i'll get a new board for work then bring that one home

[shell void]

the last one that i saw was the arc pro b70

[steel stream]

yteah that one, at least we get BMG31 in some shape

I wonder if it's Xe3P or whatever it's called

[heavy mantle]

swap glasses with contact lenses then that would be a dream

[shell void]

he followed up and said no it's just regular old xe2

[steel stream]

why'd it take 5 million years then

[steel stream]

I really liked a pair of smart glasses riley reviewed lately

[heavy mantle]

lwk having a zoom in and zoom out contact lenses alone is huge

[heavy mantle]

i didnt see that what was it about?

[steel stream]

https://youtu.be/dlW6a17NRew oh I just liked these ones

they're a lot more minimal with the heads up display

[shell void]

no idea tbh

[heavy mantle]

it looks preatty genuine normal glasses

[steel stream]

my only good explanation would be was that they were waiting to see how B60 pro cards sold

[heavy mantle]

if you showed that to me for people who walk outside alot it would be great

[steel stream]

or at least how big the interest in those cards were

[shell void]

YOU yes YOU need a 32GB 300W Arc Pro card

[steel stream]

b60 dual pro come to pappi

[brisk jolt]

double it and give it to the next person

[devout ridge]

Hi, i'm the next person, i'll take it

[brisk jolt]

so now you need 2

[devout ridge]

I'll take two, please and thank you

holy shit i can't type

[topaz veldt]

you should pick this keeb up for home

[brisk jolt]

i was gonna say with how long my parcel was flying it might be lost lmao

[turbid locust]

Went out to dinner with the work folk. Good time.

I love balling out on the company card

My director was like “we came in under budget this month. We’re gonna fix that with this dinner.”

[topaz veldt]

hell yeah

what'd you guys have

[turbid locust]

I got a wagyu bacon cheeseburger, others had steak, some salmon, halibut, etc etc

several rounds of cocktails, some candy bacon and calamari to start

good stuff

[pallid marsh]

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/rogue-elephant-kills-22-in-terrifying-10day-rampage/news-story/357d592c2a6dc3d440b4dadfd5a3b3f7 we got a serial killer elephant before gta 6

[frank cypress]

lmaooooooooo

[frank cypress]

bacon cheeseburger sounds good, but wagyu doesn't really make sense to me

[shell void]

using wagyu to make ground beef sound sacrilegious

[frank cypress]

the whole point of a patty is you can add as much fat as you want in it

[steel stream]

damn

[frank cypress]

it is, because you can already control the fat ratio no?

so why would you specifically use wagyu for that

[turbid locust]

it was good asf so

[frank cypress]

at least that's how i see it

[shell void]

i mean im not someone who demands people follow traditions

[frank cypress]

oh no doubt it'd slap, i just feel like they could get to the same point with regular beef

damn i could hit a cheese burger rn

[steel stream]

mac you should have ordered the most expensive item

[shell void]

i wish i had a steak rn but im not mad at the stinky spicy sweet plate that ive assembled

[frank cypress]

stinky spicy....?

[steel stream]

#1 slop bowl lover

[turbid locust]

I mean, between my meal, drinks, and what I ate of the appetizers, I was probably $80 by myself

[steel stream]

good good

[frank cypress]

sheeesh

[steel stream]

what toppings came on the burger

[frank cypress]

eatin good

[steel stream]

was it just bacon or all the fixings

[turbid locust]

I got all the fixings it was so much lol

[shell void]

i have sharp sweet cheddar, habanero cheddar, castelvetrano olives, hot dill pickle spears, and pickled longhot peppers in a shallow bowl infront of me right now

[frank cypress]

i'd fuck that up

shiiiii

[shell void]

id do anything for a nice steak rn

except go make one myself of course because im lazy

[steel stream]

doordash doordash

[frank cypress]

lukewarm steak seasoned by the delivery driver's spit

[shell void]

im committed to the hot and stinky bowl right now, but maybe steak tomorrow

[steel stream]

$80 steak and $2 tip 🔥

[edgy laurel]

I want to go back to The Capital Grille

[steel stream]

i need to go back to this sushi place by me, shits so good

[oak vector]

Yeahhhhhh

[steel stream]

oh W heavy snow starting soon

I still have not ever had wagyu yet

[turbid locust]

It’s supposed to start getting fucked here Saturday

[oak vector]

I had it in a burger and couldn’t tell the difference
But
Again
Why tf would you mince wagyu

[steel stream]

feels like of -20 when I am meant to walk to my class friday morning

[edgy laurel]

saturday night into all day sunday

[turbid locust]

Saturday morning for me

[oak vector]

It’s gonna be 110f in two days for me

[steel stream]

8" of snow for us on sunday supposedly

[shell void]

it started snowing at like 1pm here and hasnt stopped

[turbid locust]

We’re supposedly getting >10” which would be in the top 5 biggest snows ever recorded here

[steel stream]

do you have rwd

[turbid locust]

fwd

[steel stream]

rip

[turbid locust]

but roommate has awd

[steel stream]

rwd is more fun

[steel stream]

wow damn

[shell void]

subzero real temperatures here for most of the week 🔥

if i was going to overclock outside then saturday morning would be ideal, but carrying a full tower steel case downstairs sucks

[turbid locust]

I’m supposed to be flying to Charlotte Sunday… lol.

[steel stream]

not anymore bud lol

[edgy laurel]

oh, yeah you might wanna reconsider

[pallid marsh]

texas people better be ready to pay $9 per kwh with the snow storm xD

[edgy laurel]

tires tires tires. i was king of the road with RWD and Blizzaks while the soccer moms in their AWD minivans couldn't move. that was a fun snowstorm

[turbid locust]

We ball

[steel stream]

one of my buddies just slammed his tires into the curb after taking it a little too fast on tuesday lol

[edgy laurel]

oof. might wanna get that alignment checked out lol

[shell void]

dont worry texans, your governor will be safe on a california beach while your state shuts down

[steel stream]

yeah he did it in a costco parking lot and just rolled it into costco tire lol

[pallid marsh]

https://x.com/shea_jordan/status/2013836413427417469/photo/1 i hear its Laguna Beach

Shea Jordan Smith (@shea_jordan)

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.

X · Jan 21, 2026, 4:49 AM

[shell void]

[fervent elm]

Wasnt he in greece when the big power outage happened?

[pallid marsh]

it was his daughers fault

[gentle gale]

virginia getting hit with more than like 6" of snow? nice

[pallid marsh]

oh it was cancun mexico

In 2021 he flew to Cancun with his daughters following a winter storm that left millions of Texans without power, explaining he had "two girls who have been cold for two days and haven't had heater power, and they're saying, ‘Hey, look, we don't have school why don't we go, let's get out of here.'"

[frank cypress]

@shell void is the pg27aqwp-w worth it for 450 cad in your opinion?

used, but apparently they only basically turned it on for testing and thats it

[low sorrel]

where the fuck

[frank cypress]

glossy oled sounds nice

[frank cypress]

fbm

[frank cypress]

if i buy it do u want to buy my q27g3xmn?

😉

[low sorrel]

nah i have a better monitor then you

[frank cypress]

you do????

https://tenor.com/view/turn-fish-gif-2661450688707713913

[low sorrel]

acer xv275k p3

27" 4k miniled

[frank cypress]

oh

[low sorrel]

i paid 400 cad for it

[frank cypress]

oh damn

[low sorrel]

i would buy the oled fyi

and if your not gonna take i am

[frank cypress]

if u really want it go ahead

[low sorrel]

no no you go ahead

[frank cypress]

u need the link?

[frank cypress]

nah im split between buying a few things

[pallid marsh]

dont worry his 3060 makes it useless

[frank cypress]

dunno if the monitor actually any good

[low sorrel]

it's good

[low sorrel]

let me check if im in my ebay return window

i bought it refurb

[frank cypress]

ill dm it

[pallid marsh]

your 3060 will be able to run it well too!

30fps squad to 200-300fps squad

[low sorrel]

Fuckkkk

@frank cypress I don't think im going to get it

I cannot justify another monitor

I could justify refunding mine and getting a oled for the same price but you know

[turbid locust]

Jerry if shipping wouldn’t be absolutely insane I’d sell you my spare cheap

it’s been sitting in my floor for almost a year

[pallid marsh]

spare?

[turbid locust]

You guys don’t have spare OLEDs?

Oh his is 4K he probably doesn’t want 1440p lol

[low sorrel]

i mean i can ship it to point roberts

[pallid marsh]

i have a spare VA (my old monitor)

[low sorrel]

and then pick it up

[pallid marsh]

jerry needs to downgrade from 4k

[turbid locust]

It’s 1440p 27” 240Hz QD-OLED

[low sorrel]

damn how much

[brisk jolt]

im considering in the future either selling my oled to a friend for bumfuck cheap or using it as a secondary media consumption monitor

[turbid locust]

uh idk less than 300 probably depending on shipping?

[brisk jolt]

also i think i should just go replace my phone’s battery today

shits been acting up past few days

[low sorrel]

I would do it if my refund request gets accepted (probably not)

[devout ridge]

that's what i did, my mate got a 12700f 32gb ddr4 and a 3060 pc with 1.5tb of storage for 200usd

[turbid locust]

thinking like 380 CAD + shipping?

had to google the conversion

[brisk jolt]

my OLED has one noticeable-ish scratch and microscratches though so

its fucking fragile as fuck

[devout ridge]

cheap monitor is a cheap monitor

[low sorrel]

eh if i get the return for the monitor ill just buy that asus one ennui sent to me in dms

[brisk jolt]

also shipping it across like 40km wont be fun, im gonna need to get some cushioning

[low sorrel]

and if i don't im hpapy with what i got

and im not spending more money

[turbid locust]

The one I’m talking about is the one like 4 of us bought on Black Friday in 2024

[devout ridge]

SAS DACs are so damn expensive

25usd for a 1m cable

[brisk jolt]

Did we get those 4K240hz glossy Tandems yet with the more resistant glass on retail?

[pallid marsh]

you didnt buy a fancy microfiber cloth?

[turbid locust]

I’ve cleaned every display I’ve ever owned with a damp coffee filter and have never had an issue

[devout ridge]

wtf

[brisk jolt]

i did but goddamn its fragile as fuck

the microscratches are only viewable if you shine light directly at it

[devout ridge]

so buy some blackout curtains

[brisk jolt]

I mean like a flashlight

[brisk eagle]

swapped over to linux on main computer and its amazing

theres only one thing that i wish i could get on linux that windows did but linux could do better

i have a folder of about 120k cat photos that would load instantly on windows bc it cached all of the data
but i would like linux to be able to cache on a per folder basis

[devout ridge]

that's a lot of cats

[brisk eagle]

discord is slow on both windows and linux
but on linux its so much more apperant bc the rest of the system is so fast

[brisk jolt]

a lot might be an understatement

[brisk eagle]

ok i lied its like 112k not 120 i got the numbers mixed up

[brisk jolt]

112k is still hella

[brisk eagle]

oh it might be my file explorer

im using dolphin i wonder if i could get the xfce one its probably faster

thunar

[devout ridge]

would 64gb be sufficient for a metadata cache?

[brisk eagle]

storage or mem ?

[devout ridge]

yes (optane)

[brisk eagle]

they make 64g optanes?
i thought it was 16g only