technology

[buoyant egret]

Guess what? They downgraded the OS to Windows XP 🤦🏻‍♂️

[subtle hawk]

How is stuxnet related?

[severe falcon]

cuz everyone knows the US was responsible

[subtle hawk]

And anyway, one now-patched security issue doesn't counteract the dozens of unpatched security flaws in XP

[severe falcon]

4 zero day exploits

[subtle hawk]

10 is still being actively maintained, which means security issues (which will always exist) will get fixed as they're discovered

[buoyant egret]

@severe falcon Still, why the hell does a state of the art school funded by TAX PAYER MONEY uses an OS from 2001?

[severe falcon]

its not state of the art

the state of the art ones use win10

[buoyant egret]

And even private universities do that too

[severe falcon]

yeah PRIVATE

guess who doesnt have government influence and funding?

private universities

[buoyant egret]

Yeah but the computers originally came with Windows 10

Then they DOWNGRADE TO WINDOWS XP

[severe falcon]

probably for some programs

[buoyant egret]

[severe falcon]

alot of military computers have really wonky hacks because certain software will only work on the old os

[subtle hawk]

That's just a symptom of software written by the lowest bidding contractors; they don't stick around to update it, and if they do, the cost is too high

[buoyant egret]

I play Hearts of Iron 1 from 2002 on my computer and it works fine

[severe falcon]

im talking about military classified software

[subtle hawk]

Which is still written by contractors

[severe falcon]

yeah, some of which no longer exist

also clearance is a major issue

[subtle hawk]

Well, exactly, hence it never gets upgraded

[severe falcon]

cuz you need your own secure repository system

[buoyant egret]

There’s a difference between not upgrading and intentionally downgrading

[severe falcon]

no like

[subtle hawk]

If you need to run software that only works on XP (which is bizzare on it's own; Windows is incredibly backwards-compatible), then you have to downgrade to XP

[severe falcon]

there are military computers that run win10, that actually change OSs to run a single program, its not even VMs

i mean XP is compatible yes, but win95 or win3 def arent

[buoyant egret]

I know some hospitals still use XP

[severe falcon]

yeah cuz the database

[subtle hawk]

You can't make a file called "con.txt" in Windows 10 because of backwards compatibility with DOS, so there's clearly still some backwards compatibility going that far

[buoyant egret]

When you create an OS so popular it’s still used because it holds so much data 😮

[severe falcon]

its not thats its backwards compatibility, its that the architecture hasnt changed in 40 years

[subtle hawk]

Well that's not true, 64-bit processors have become a thing, as well as the NT kernel

[severe falcon]

yeah

[subtle hawk]

Not sure what you mean by architecture

[severe falcon]

but guess what it uses?

x86

[buoyant egret]

Ah

[severe falcon]

which is like 40 years old, they just added stuff to make it run more bits

[subtle hawk]

Oh you mean the CPU instruction set

Windows has ARM variants too

[severe falcon]

ah

i forgot about windows phones

probably the best phone i ever had

appstore was trash for no reason tho

like, its windows and the devkit is free, how tf is there not millions of apps

[buoyant egret]

Windows Phone had so much potential but wasted

I think it was due to bad marketing, and being so late in general

[severe falcon]

no its that the appstore had nothing

[subtle hawk]

One of the upcoming surface devices is ARM

[buoyant egret]

Exaclty

[severe falcon]

like i found a japanese app that ran full unity games

[buoyant egret]

The appstore had nothing because nobody wanted to use it

[severe falcon]

there was unity chan homerun derby

ran at 60 fps

it was great

[subtle hawk]

They needed an Android compat layer

[severe falcon]

what do you mean?

[buoyant egret]

I had a 2003 Samsung until 2015 :p

Played Bejeweled on it

[severe falcon]

please dont tell me that windows phone is android OS running a VM for windows

[subtle hawk]

No, it was it's own OS as far as I know

[buoyant egret]

I actually kind of miss games for flip phones

[subtle hawk]

But it should have had a compat shim to run Android apps

[buoyant egret]

Those weren't addicting great, but they were fun

[severe falcon]

ohhh i see what you mean

but its windows

[buoyant egret]

Like I played Need for Speed shift on a flip phone

[severe falcon]

like windows just runs everything

[buoyant egret]

Now that I said it, I wonder what a 2003 Azur Lane would look like

[severe falcon]

pixel art

[buoyant egret]

Imagine playing Azur Lane on a Motorola Razr

Ringtone quality music

Than Crosswave would be your typical 2000s JRPG on PS2

Like Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, ect

[severe falcon]

i hate microtransactions on phone games tho

[buoyant egret]

Had you tried those flip phone games though?

[severe falcon]

azur lane is ok tho

arknights is meh

[buoyant egret]

I love Azur Lane

[severe falcon]

in terms of microtransactions i mean

[buoyant egret]

It's microtransactions are not bad and actually make sense

[severe falcon]

until you need cubes

and then the devs are like "gib monee"

the difference between AL and most other games is that cubes are actually obtainable is mass amounts without money

[buoyant egret]

Be glad it wasn't made by Gameloft or EA

[severe falcon]

im really surprised that EA hasnt made a change

they could remake old games for cheap and then get infinite money

cuz microtransactions on full games are not a good idea

[subtle hawk]

And the SR rate is 7%, which is apparently high for a gacha

[severe falcon]

yes but the amount of SRs mean that getting a specific one is really hard

[subtle hawk]

It's easy to build up cubes at about +5-6 a day through, which is nice

[buoyant egret]

I'm a very nostalgic person 😩

[severe falcon]

also droprates are entirely unknown

[subtle hawk]

As long as there's enough time between events

We know it's .75% for the SRs in 3-4

[buoyant egret]

Just a few days ago, I used the Wayback machine and visited some websites the way they look like in the 2000s

[severe falcon]

yeah, cuz the devs literally told us

[subtle hawk]

Well how else would we know lmao

You can't trust surveys

[severe falcon]

yeah but not even datamining can find it, cuz the devs keep it top seecret

[subtle hawk]

It's stored serverside, so we can't figure it out of course

[teal shale]

Lol do school computers in the US still have xp

[severe falcon]

some do

the computers are way overpriced tho

[teal shale]

bruh here we have shitty computers with Windows 10

[severe falcon]

apparently my uni got these small dell computers that were like $3k each

[teal shale]

The XPS ones?

[severe falcon]

no its these

which are priced at like 1.2K

they probably bought 1000 of them tho

[buoyant egret]

@teal shale Where are you from?

[teal shale]

Costa Rica

bruh what do those things have

[severe falcon]

the way that universities are good tho is that they use government influence to bully the ISPs into giving them full speed

[buoyant egret]

At least it’s not Windows XP

[teal shale]

lol

idk what colleges have here in terms of equipment

But I probably should see what they have since ill study systems engineering

inb4 I have to buy a laptop for like 500$

[severe falcon]

$500 is actually pretty good for a laptop

[teal shale]

Yea but here thats like half my monthly paycheck

and because electronic stuff is more expensive here I might not get a very good one

It might die in a year or its super laggy who know

[severe falcon]

just use an rpi

[bleak owl]

[lunar patrol]

used thinkpad gang

[bleak owl]

school's keyboard

[subtle hawk]

somebody say keyboard

[stone wave]

sticking to my current keyboard for a while

esp as COVID-19 is affecting inventory for some KB items

[gloomy tinsel]

[subtle hawk]

it's affecting supplies of everything

[stone wave]

yeah i went up to SF last week and there were zero shipping containers from China on the freeway

Cause normally there's a shit ton of stuff from Long Beach/Port of LA being transported via 18-wheelers but it's all Maersk, NYK and the South Korean one. The Union Pacific train station was also below 50% of standard capacity as was the Port of Oakland.

[subtle hawk]

I had another Model M come in today, this time bolt modded and from Milpitas

feel is relatively the same but damn the sound is a lot different

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KBDFans-KBD75-75-Mechanical-Keyboard-Kailh-BOX-Navy-Switches-Underglow/254538118843?hash=item3b43a776bb:g:JUIAAOSwMqVeaHK~

@stone wave is this worth it?

i have my own keycaps

[stone wave]

ah yeah my M sounds really ping-y

like extra pingy

This is what the KBD75v2 looks like with the optional brass weight.

Ignore the dent at the top corner, moving scuffs basically.

You might also want to see if you want a regular plate or a brass one. If you want that brass you're probably gonna have to order it from KBD

And if you want a more standard layout you'll have to desolder a couple of those switches.

And find a correct size stabilizer for the space bar

Oh wait actually you can't even install a stabilizer without removing the plate, and you can't remove the plate without desoldering all the switches.

[bleak owl]

[buoyant egret]

Hey

Is anyone here is into audio equipment?

[quartz atlas]

Depends

What type of audio equipment

[buoyant egret]

You know THX, and audio systems like Dolby and DTS?

[quartz atlas]

Ah speakers

Sorry I'm not at the point in my life where I can afford 5 digit sound systems yet

[gloomy tinsel]

Wait wait this is quite interesting for cutting of the budget

https://youtu.be/BENa-I5EaBI

[stone wave]

milk crate for maximum air flow

[vast sand]

Just decided to test my phone's camera

[gloomy tinsel]

I know it's Huawei

[vast sand]

Nah

OnePlus 7T Pro

[vast sand]

Hi

What games you intend to play?

[fast fiber]

ahh

Rain bow six

[vast sand]

ok

[fast fiber]

rainbow six*

[vast sand]

1440p?

2160p?

[fast fiber]

1080p

[vast sand]

Bruh

Thats a lil bit too overkill for 1080p

Ngl

[fast fiber]

xD

and there’s borderlands 3

i cant run it with a 1050 currently

[vast sand]

I would reccomend you going for a cheaper build

Then getting a better monitor

[fast fiber]

hmmm monitor

idk what monitor should i get

[vast sand]

Ryzen 3700x, RTX 2070 Super, X570 MTB, 16GB DDR4 (try to get 3600mhz)

The 3700x should hold out well

[fast fiber]

for programming?

[vast sand]

I'm getting the 3700x with a 2080 Super

Yeah

You wouldnt need that many cores for programming

I would even go to the extend to say that a 3600 is good enough

But I mean 3700x pairs nicer with a 2070S

[fast fiber]

ahh icic

but is it true the 3000s series may be cheaper?

[vast sand]

Yes

Its cheaper than Intel

But Intel has better performance in games

Intel is good for Single-core tasks

Like gaming

[fast fiber]

no i mean for gpu

[vast sand]

Ohh

No

3000 series still a long way

Probably in another 1-2years

[fast fiber]

it’s coming this year? no?

[vast sand]

Nope

[fast fiber]

damn

[vast sand]

The leaks you saw are from a Quadro card

Not the 3000 series

[fast fiber]

icic so imma just take the 2070s

[vast sand]

The 2070s hold up fine

I reccomend 1440p monitor tho

Its overkill even for 1440p tbh

[fast fiber]

huh what shld i get then

2160p?

[vast sand]

But 4k monitors with 144hz display is expensive

2160p is expensive

1440p is good enough

[fast fiber]

icic

[vast sand]

But if you have the budget I mean go for it

the 2070S can do 4k gaming

At 80-90+fps

[fast fiber]

that’s insane actually

[vast sand]

Yeah

But 4k monitors are expensive

I actually thought of getting them

It was either 1 4k monitor or 2 1440p monitors

[fast fiber]

how expensive are they?

[vast sand]

I went for 2 1440p monitors

Depends on what you get

Usually around 700USD

For one with 144hz refresh rate

[fast fiber]

damn

imma get 2 monitors 1 1440 and the other probs a lower spec

[vast sand]

Yeah

[fast fiber]

need it for twitch

[vast sand]

I have 2 1440p monitors

Main one is 144hz

2nd one is 75hz

both 27 inches

[fast fiber]

and cost around 700 usd?

[vast sand]

Nope

[fast fiber]

cheaper?

[vast sand]

Yeah

Let me check how kuch was it again

[fast fiber]

sure

[vast sand]

510 USD

[fast fiber]

damn 700sgd

okay easier if we use sgd xD

[vast sand]

Sure

SG?

xd

[fast fiber]

yes

[vast sand]

o

oof

You should have asked fish to reserve a 2080 Super for you

[fast fiber]

how much is it tho

[vast sand]

999

[fast fiber]

cause i buying from aftershock

[vast sand]

BNIB

Ohh

Dont

Its more expensive

[fast fiber]

may be more ex but may have discount

cause friend working there and i buying 2 pc builds at one go

[vast sand]

Its still more expensive with discounts

o

How much for your system?

With the 3900x

[fast fiber]

around 2.7k without monitor

[vast sand]

Damn

Thats

Expensive

[fast fiber]

but no choice

my laptop cannot handle programming

may need rdp from school to home

[vast sand]

2590 SGD

For mine

[fast fiber]

with monitor?

[vast sand]

Yeah

But I have a 3700x

and a 2080S

[fast fiber]

2080?

[vast sand]

Yeah

[fast fiber]

i getting 2070super xD i lost in 4k haha

[fast fiber]

damn

[vast sand]

I would reccomend building it yourself

So you have more control over the customisation

[fast fiber]

true

but see first when time comes

[vast sand]

Self builds are also better

[fast fiber]

that’s true

but need build xD

[vast sand]

Wait let me customise my build in aftershock

[fast fiber]

sure

[vast sand]

3k

[fast fiber]

wahh

without monitor?

[vast sand]

Yeah

they also using worse parts

Like for the HDD they never specify what time

So I assume its a WD Black 7200rpm

I getting the Seagate Firecuda

Way better performance

Same for the PSU, AIO, GPU, and fans

[fast fiber]

oh

[vast sand]

They use Zotac GPUs

[fast fiber]

imma source for parts at sim lim when time comes i guess

[vast sand]

Source them from Carousell

Should be cheaper

[fast fiber]

sure

[vast sand]

Then watch guide videos on youtube

Or you can video call me or smth and I'll guide you through it

[fast fiber]

sure

it’s okay i have my friend i think he can help build haha

[vast sand]

get Prism monitors btw

o ok

Prism monitors are cheap and really good

[fast fiber]

ok i will keep that in mind

any other tips xD

[vast sand]

Ima list out what I reccomend for ur pc specs

[fast fiber]

thanks xD sorry for troubling u

[vast sand]

CPU : 3700X
GPU : Gigabyte/Asus 2070Super (they're more expensive but more durable and quiet)
Motherboard : X570 Gigabyte Aorus Pro/Elite (Similar tbh)
Ram : Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3600mhz/G Skill Trident Z RGB Neo 3600mhz
SSD : Samsung 970 Evo Plus
HDD : Seagate Firecuda
PSU : Corsair RM750x/Gigabyte G750H

If its a custom build get the Corsair ML120 Pro fans

they're really good

If you want an AIO get the Corsair H100i

[fast fiber]

oh icic

alright thanks imma go look for the parts on carousell and check the price xD

[vast sand]

Monitors get the Prism+ F270i Pro for ur main one and the W270 V2 for your 2nd one

Yeah

Carousell should be cheaper

[fast fiber]

sure,thanks pingable for ur time

[vast sand]

np

also wait what case

mATX?

Or standard ATX case

[fast fiber]

for the aftershock i was looking at hypergate

[vast sand]

Yeah should be fine

[fast fiber]

oh

[vast sand]

Because some cases are smaller

I have a mATX case

Which means I cant get long GPUs

and standard ATX size motherboards

[fast fiber]

oh icic

[vast sand]

Anyth just ping me again

[fast fiber]

sure haha

unless i have ip of 169.x.x.x

[bleak owl]

Tbh the seagate firecuba is a bit pointless

Just get a 1tb of ssd

[subtle hawk]

🔥🇨🇺

[teal shale]

cool

[gloomy tinsel]

I recently saw a 16tb HDD

How expensive is that

If I buy 3 of those. Maybe it has the same price as my PC rn

[subtle hawk]

one of those costs 500$

[gloomy tinsel]

My pc cost 1300

Yep that going to blow my mind

[buoyant egret]

Does anyone really care about THX, Dolby, DTS anymore?

[valid acorn]

DTS is old school

[buoyant egret]

I remember when I was younger the THX logo appeared in every movie I watched, and even some video games

What happened to that, did they stop getting THX certifications?

[valid acorn]

Could be

[bleak owl]

Now we get Dolby certification

[quartz atlas]

Now a days it's mostly dolby

Cuz cheaper

And easier to implement

Thx does provide a better sound experience, but at the expense of higher cost and labour hours for mixing.

[buoyant egret]

Yeah I still see Dolby logos sometimes

I saw it at an AMC theater

I also see it on some Lionsgate blu rays

The theater in the mall near my home uses THX

DTS is more consumer based than Dolby

Dolby focuses on theaters as of right bow

There’s also Sony’s SDDS which is not available for consumer use

[gloomy tinsel]

Intel optane can boost a little performance?.
I don't see anyone using this things

[subtle hawk]

the small optane modules are only good for HDDs

where the person has no SSD

outside of that only servers benefit from the bigger optane SSDs

[subtle hawk]

https://yamato.azur-lane.moe/media/7h62z.png

JS libraries in a nutshell

[gloomy tinsel]

?

[severe loom]

I got a question for all.
What is gonna be better,
An SSD with an actual DRAM that is expensive but needs more memory modules, i.e storage.
Or a cheaper SSD without any DRAM but do better even with less storage capacity.

This has been going on my mind for a while

[severe falcon]

A 16 TB HDD, gtfo you small capacity SSDs

[severe loom]

Actually just the answer I was looking for.

[valid acorn]

[teal shale]

Bruh DRAMless ssd have worse performance than Hard drives, never grab those, get a Hard Drive broski

[severe loom]

I actually did.
I got the cheapest SSD on Amazon that had a DRAM module of 128mb on the damn packaging.
The thing actually went good for some writes until I saw the god damn actual usage in Task manager and lot.
It was faster than my Fixed Baracuda HDD lmao

[subtle hawk]

DRAMless SSDs are garbage

don't buy them

just buy HDDs for mass storage

SSDs for SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[severe loom]

Unless you grab hold of a 128GB SSD like that for dirt cheap

Better Reason for a Portable storage.

[subtle hawk]

not even

DRAMless SSDs are not worth

period

if u want portable storage then get a flash drive

or a external HDD

for much cheaper

and that can do much better

[severe loom]

Well I have personally tried it and getting cheap ones on Ali is easier than high storage flash drives at other stores

And since I got lots.
Might as well use it lol

[severe falcon]

Buy a full size external hdd and break it open so that you have a universal external dock

[maiden plume]

or a cheaper option would be to buy a sata to usb cord

[subtle hawk]

I have 2 of those

work like a charm

[maiden plume]

I lost my only one I do have a dock and one enclosure for SSDs. I use my old ones as a 500gb portable external SSD

[violet nexus]

wish me luck 🙏

[teal shale]

Good luck broski

[violet nexus]

this is some new exam set

since CCNP exam had been merged

should compose of 3 sets of exams: route, switch and tshoot

[flint bobcat]

gl shou

[violet nexus]

yes thanks aria

this exam will be bullsht i think

[subtle hawk]

so shou is one level below

at CCNP

[subtle hawk]

I have the old CCNP

[subtle hawk]

@subtle hawk u know those expire rite?

for example my CCIE expires 2 years after I take the exam

[vagrant holly]

i had a cisco license for something i got from school and it expired after a year

no wait

it was 3 years

but it barely had any influence in me getting picked for a job so it legit feels like a waste of money to me more than anything

but it depends on the field i guess

[violet nexus]

these new encor courses is making me a bit confused

but good thing taking these exams doesnt have pre requisites anymore

like before

[tame topaz]

I wonder if MOS will be held at all this year in these conditions

[tame topaz]

More throwback mobo weirdness:

https://ipc.msi.com/product_detail/MS-98L9

This socket 1151 mobo with 5 PCI slots.

PCI, not PCIe (though it does have that too).

Oh, and an ISA.

[vast sand]

I'm getting the Asus Vivobook F571GD for my school

Guess my PC will have to wait

[quartz atlas]

Yikes

Shit laptop

Get a Microsoft surface

[tame topaz]

https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg

This is rather interesting

It's just tech talk but still interesting regardless

[quartz atlas]

Basically, ps and Xbox are pcs now, but locked down

[subtle hawk]

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas buy for me

i no monei

lol

[quartz atlas]

Sell your rtx

For a profit

[bleak owl]

is there a monitor with a built in keyboard?

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas

no

I mean its pretty good for its price

I think its SGD 1613

i7-9750H

GTX 1650

2.13kg

Pretty light

Anyways I using for my poly

I dont plan to game on it

[buoyant egret]

I’M EXCITED

WOOOOOOO

PS5!

Sorry I’m like a kid in a candy store again

I’m kinda of sad Sony’s talk at GDC was cancelled

Corona virus...

[flint bobcat]

@quartz atlas when will you have your pc?

[bleak owl]

1650

[flint bobcat]

i have a 1660ti that runs all games

some not on ultra

but it can be high

[bleak owl]

ok

[buoyant egret]

So what games do you play?

[severe falcon]

@quartz atlas pretty sure xbox and playstation have always been locked down PCs
Considering the ps1 mod chip let it run basically anything

[quartz atlas]

@flint bobcat not anytime soon at all. Targeting for eoy build.

[buoyant egret]

Eoy build?

[quartz atlas]

End of year

[subtle hawk]

@severe falcon any computational device is a pc technically

[severe falcon]

true

"computational device"
tfw curta calculator

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas

The laptop I buying got the older vers and newer vers

Older vers is GTX 1050

Newer one is 1650

Older one $1380

Newer one $1613

[quartz atlas]

Get one with 2080super

[vast sand]

Wtf

I buy the whats that

eGPU

[quartz atlas]

Those are shit

[vast sand]

No not the Razer one

[quartz atlas]

Still shit

[vast sand]

The cheap one the $80+

Whcih one i get

I paying $233 to upgrade a 1050 to 1650

[tame topaz]

A Ryzen laptop with an IPS panel might as well be all I need

[subtle hawk]

imagine buying a eGPU

[vast sand]

I saw someone selling an eGPU setup yesterday

for like 7k

He has a 2080Ti FE

and I think it was a XPS 15

Not sure which XPS 15 model

[tame topaz]

MSI Prestige seems nice

But eh, Intel

I want something with somewhat capable graphics too

[vast sand]

AMD Mobile Chips

They r good

Or you could wait for 4th Gen Ryzen Mobile CPUs

I heard they're really good

[tame topaz]

Yeah I'm definitely aiming for Ryzen

A dedicated GPU would be nice but might as well be impossible at this price range if I want IPS as well

[subtle hawk]

u know intel iGPUs are the same if not better than vega mobile APUs when it comes to performance to power consumption

[quartz atlas]

Ryzen laptops

[subtle hawk]

ryzen may dominate the desktop

but intel still keeps a hold on laptops

[quartz atlas]

Look at what rYzeN laptops did for the surface lineup

[subtle hawk]

only the surface book has one afaik

the surface pro still runs intel

same with surface studio

[quartz atlas]

Surface laptop too

They had to give massive discounts to the amd ones for anyone to even consider buying them

[vast sand]

The 10th gen Intel Mobile chips tho

[quartz atlas]

Amd ain't touching the laptop market anytime soon

[subtle hawk]

well ye

amd is not known for making efficient chips

[vast sand]

Inb4 their 4th Gen Mobile CPUs have a TDP of 45W

[quartz atlas]

My guess is that Intel will try to fuck amd on $/perf on the 10th gen desktop chips to try and stall amd growth till they fix their node issues.

[tame topaz]

3rd gen Ryzen is already pulling ahed

[vast sand]

Ryzen desktop good

Ryzen mobile currently

I mean I like it

but ehh

[tame topaz]

I want gud igpu

[subtle hawk]

I mean fesh

[tame topaz]

Dgpu too expensive if I want an IPS panel as well

[subtle hawk]

they already gave up on 10 and 7 nm

they're going straight for 4

[quartz atlas]

Intel?

[vast sand]

I mean you could get something with the MX250

[subtle hawk]

ye

[tame topaz]

[subtle hawk]

as well as the Xe cards

[tame topaz]

Nope, probably too expensive

[quartz atlas]

Nani. Last report I saw stated they wanna fix their shit by 2021.

[tame topaz]

Again

IPS

[subtle hawk]

why the fuck

do u need a IPS panel

[quartz atlas]

What does ips have to do with anything tho?

[tame topaz]

idk, I might just pursue GD/art

[subtle hawk]

might

keyword

[tame topaz]

Or anything creative

[vast sand]

Better colour control I think

I mean

[quartz atlas]

Get oled

[subtle hawk]

let me put it this way

[vast sand]

It doesnt really matter

[quartz atlas]

Oled 4k monitor

[vast sand]

You can just get an IPS monitor and hook it up to ur laptop

[subtle hawk]

unless ur actually seriously considering to go full time into content creation

it's not necessary

and that

u can always have s external display

[tame topaz]

My current TN panel is already giving me trouble with colors

[subtle hawk]

TN

nuff said

[tame topaz]

I have to check my phone for better colors

(AMOLED)

as in

[vast sand]

Get an IPS monitor

[tame topaz]

Upload a screenshot to Discord then check it on the phone

[vast sand]

or smth

[tame topaz]

Too bulky

Might take it to places

[vast sand]

Portable IPS displays then

[subtle hawk]

if u want good stuff pay up

[vast sand]

I think Asus makes them

[subtle hawk]

if not then compromise

there is no magical budget laptop with a good IPS display and a powerful GPU

[vast sand]

He doesnt really need a powerful GPU tho

[subtle hawk]

then iGPU

[vast sand]

Thats why I reccomended something with a MX250

[subtle hawk]

and forget having a IPS panel

bcz if you're going to drive that it is already assumed that you'll use stuff like adobe, blender or smth of that sort

and those need horsepower

manufacturers won't put a factory calibrated IPS display in a thing that can do basic tasks

[tame topaz]

CSP is somehow still running fine on my crappy one lmao

Takes a few seconds to autosave but eh, it's a crappy lappy

[quartz atlas]

Just sell out a tidy 10k for a studio grade monitor

[subtle hawk]

fesh

[tame topaz]

Such is third world

[subtle hawk]

what kind of apple-esque monitor did u find for 10k

most studio grade monitors are 40k+

[quartz atlas]

I didn't, I'm just pulling numbers from my ass

[tame topaz]

MSI Prestige seems gud

[subtle hawk]

I've got the honour to see one in person

all I can say is DAMN

[tame topaz]

Well eh

I still have a year to think about all this

[subtle hawk]

inb4 getting laptop for uni or college or smth

[tame topaz]

Yes

[subtle hawk]

called it

just get one that can do the bare minimum

and can last the day on battery

cause I can guarantee, you won't be doing anything but shitpost or browse the web on it

[tame topaz]

Eh

We'll see

I'll be getting my insurance money and will inevitably be spending it on a bike and laptop (and maybe a new PC)

Considering my condition I'm almost certain to pursue something creatively-inclined

Or coding

Or software-related stuffs

[subtle hawk]

again

buy cheapo laptop

because I can say with 95% accuracy that you won't be doing much on it

been there done that

seen others do the same

[tame topaz]

We'll see

I'm still doing most things on my laptop anyway

since my brother pretty much hogs the PC

[vast sand]

wtf

@quartz atlas

Now the laptop with the 1650 only 1.5k

1513 now

[quartz atlas]

Sounds like bitcoin

Btr pull on that $2.4k price before its $1.3k

[subtle hawk]

I cashed out ages ago

[quartz atlas]

I used mine to buy and sell drug when it was still ard $1k a coin

[subtle hawk]

I bought mine back when bitcoin was only some fun project

when you could mine it on CPU

solo

[quartz atlas]

Nice

What price did you cash out at?

[subtle hawk]

just before the bubble burst

[quartz atlas]

I lost a few coins when my LG phone suddenly just died and the mobile wallet in it died with it.

[subtle hawk]

so about 10-12k?

[quartz atlas]

Will never buy LG again in my life

Dang that's nice

[subtle hawk]

I trusted my gut

fuck sake autocorrect

[quartz atlas]

I wonder who Satoshi is tbh

[subtle hawk]

only regret is that I didn't buy more when I did

[quartz atlas]

Well, hindsight is always 20/20

[buoyant egret]

I use an iPhone

I want a Samsung

🇰🇷

[wary depot]

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[valid acorn]

Razer phone 2

[bleak owl]

Lol gaming phone

[quartz atlas]

Shitsung

[valid acorn]

Nice pun

[buoyant egret]

Gaming phone...

I mean a gaming phone is nice and all but I like the features of Samsung

[quartz atlas]

features of a shitsung
Yikes

[buoyant egret]

How good are Xaomis?

In the US 4 companies basically own the market :

Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola

[valid acorn]

Xiaomi is just too competitive

Like Huawei

[buoyant egret]

I don’t like Huawei

[quartz atlas]

Huawei isn't competitive tho?

Their shit is expensive as fuck

[valid acorn]

Its competitive in the Asian Market and might be as well in the European Market

[quartz atlas]

Xiaomi is trying to break out of the value for $ hole too

Huawei is the 2nd largest smartphone brand in the world rn

[buoyant egret]

Huawei is virtually unknown in the American market

[quartz atlas]

I wonder why

[buoyant egret]

It got a bad rap over the Google incident

[quartz atlas]

[buoyant egret]

And ya know, Google is American

[quartz atlas]

Google is fighting for the right to be back on huawei devices

[buoyant egret]

Well, blame the... can’t talk politics here

[severe loom]

To be fair and honest.
Companies around the world in the mobile sector should just do what they are good that.
Instead of following trends as if it's some shitty tictok challenge.

Fujitsu actually made a smartphone and is selling in Japan with 5G, AUX port, expandable memory and large battery capacity.

And it does not cost a kidney.

Then there is Samsung and their plain obnoxious software and ridiculous hardware value for the money

Apple is in a different league so no comment.

That's a company that can get away charging the price of a good mid range phone for some wheels on a pc case.

My uncle runs a mobile showroom so I have used literally every single phone out there
I was gifted a iPhone Pro.
Returned it and kept using my good old LG V30s+

[quartz atlas]

So OPPO or Sony then

I will never use an LG smartphone ever again in my life

Stuck with them for 2 generations of flagships

Both died for no fking reason.

It's a rampant issues that have entire threads dedicated to it.

They even had to cover out of warranty devices because they literally died for no fking reason.

And the ones they fixed died too

But too bad for you

It was a one time motherboard replacement

[severe loom]

I have had no problems with my LG phones for years.
I have been on this family since the LG G2.
In fact my Samsung S5 died as well as my S7.

People are like.
Ohh that company has had problems with their devices
So let's avoid their reasonably priced devices.
But go and buy rather fishy Chinese phones or go brawl and Apple.

Little do they know that LG would replace you the board if under warranty.
But Oppo or Xiaomi just straight up say its the customer fault we will not replace it.

[quartz atlas]

fishy Chinese phones
Typical American

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_smartphone_bootloop_issues

When your shit is so serious across multiple generations of devices that you get your own wiki page and class action lawsuit

[teal shale]

That AIO looks so fucking good, might be a nice replacement for my stock cooler

but it costs 300 fucking dollars

[quartz atlas]

Just do a custom loop. Get a small mini display for 20bucks, mount it one corner in your case and run rainmeter.

[maiden plume]

TFW my weather apps on rainmeter stopped working

[subtle hawk]

LG will never make good phones

as it's not their main goal

unlike Samsung, Xiaomi or Huawei and their respective sub brands

[gloomy tinsel]

I want to know

How bad is the mx250

[subtle hawk]

mobile GPU

nuff said

[gloomy tinsel]

That's why I want to pick the Asus Zenbook duo but that mx250 just scares me

[quartz atlas]

@maiden plume update the code yourself. Ain't that hard tbh.

Find one with the style that you like

Update the api caller accordingly

[maiden plume]

Oh its not the code really. Its the site/weather service itself. I need to move to a different host since weather.com has ceased its thing.

[quartz atlas]

Ye, that's why you update the api caller

Call a different api for the data

[maiden plume]

time to do some work then lol

[buoyant egret]

Worst phone I ever used was this Taiwanese piece of junk called HTC

It was so bad, worst part is I can’t even root the damn phone!

[severe falcon]

anyone have a recommendation for laptop fan mat? my new laptop runs quite hot

its got that 10th gen intel spiciness

[tame topaz]

@severe falcon wait, ya got a laptop?

[severe falcon]

ye

[tame topaz]

You said PC tho

[severe falcon]

i said computer

[tame topaz]

Oh

What model then?

[severe falcon]

but i got a laptop cuz job meant i would be without any computer for a while

but now job is postponed cuz beercold

[tame topaz]

Oof

[severe falcon]

i forgot the exact model number but here

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/2-in-1-laptops/new-inspiron-15-5000-2-in-1-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-5591-2-in-1-laptop/n25591dswdh

[tame topaz]

Good ol Dell

[severe falcon]

but ye, i need a fan mat

it was grilling my legs during the setup

[buoyant egret]

@severe falcon Let me see about that

[severe falcon]

Man i hate govt ordained mandatory software

Cuz its always poorly made

"Oh, getting low on free ram? I'll just take some of the system ram."
computer freezes and crashes

[buoyant egret]

You work for the government?

[severe falcon]

No, the govt forced us to use a new database software, and its a piece of trash compared to our old one

Cuz apparently everyone having different custom database systems is not as secure as everyone having the exact same database system

[tame topaz]

NEW THING: DX12 Ultimate, with better raytracing

And various other things of course

Interesting how they went back to using the old X logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvIXvF6r--A

[quartz atlas]

Oh so this is what the leaked video was about

LMAO

[buoyant egret]

I’m just excited for Gran Turismo 7 for PS5

This generation in Gran Turismo was disappointing

But yeah I hope PS5 is backwards compatible with ALL previous Playstations

There’s a rumor about it and I hope it’s true

[vagrant holly]

gt sport is sick tho

i mean it doesn't have a carrier mode and the focus is on e-sports

but if you just want to race and improve? they hot the nail right on the head

[buoyant egret]

GT6 is way better, GT4 is the best

[vagrant holly]

gt 4 is still godlike today on emulators

doesn't even look bad

[buoyant egret]

I play games on their original consoles

Don’t like emulators

[quartz atlas]

Yes android, type-c digital headphones will provide a better music experience than my IE800

[valid acorn]

You don't have a headphone Jack?

I just remembered that everyone is ditching the jack

[quartz atlas]

Does any flagships in the past 2 years have a headphone jack?

[valid acorn]

Samsung S10 and S10+

[buoyant egret]

See?

Who said Samsung was poop again?

[quartz atlas]

But headphone jacks are poop

I prefer my type-c dac thank you

[flint bobcat]

Imagine not using wireless

[quartz atlas]

Yikes

No thanks

[buoyant egret]

No thanks

Wired FTW

(Wireless is convenient though)

So what headphones y’all use?

I use Sony Deep Bass

Beat pair of headsets I ever used

[quartz atlas]

Home is he4xx, on the go is ie800

[buoyant egret]

I like watching movies and playing games with my Sony Deep Bass, it feels reeeeally good

I been binge watching movies on Disney Plus

[stone wave]

Galaxy Buds
Sennheiser HD280 Pro for my PC (ancient I know)
and my speaker setup are a pair of Micca RB42 powered by a SMSL AD18

[buoyant egret]

For wireless, I use a Sharper Image wireless headset 😂

It’s not great in quality at all but still wireless

[stone wave]

The Galaxy Buds fit easily in my pocket

and I don't have to worry about wires

And the sound quality isn't too bad

Plus I really doubt my next phone will have a 3.5mm headphone jack and I can never be bothered to carry a dongle

[tame topaz]

Literally using TWS purely because I can't afford to keep replacing headphones that I keep snagging cables

And it just feels a whole lot more free

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas white or black keyboard nicer

i getting Ducky One 2 Mini

with brown switches

[quartz atlas]

Black

Actually

If got option

I want get mine brush violet

A violet so deep it gives out dark red hues under light

Smth Iike this

[tame topaz]

You rich folks are fucking lucky

[quartz atlas]

Wot

How is a keyboard rich?

[tame topaz]

Because a reputable keyboard is fucking expensive

Simple

[quartz atlas]

It's like what? $200 max?

[maiden plume]

I mean I do get it. some people come from generic $10-25 kbs

[quartz atlas]

I mean, compared to the cost of a whole system. a kb is nth tbh.

[maiden plume]

true however for most people a high end keyboard is more of a want, not a need especially people on a budget Then again I have two gaming KB's that glow like rainbows so im a hypocrite

[tame topaz]

@quartz atlas bruh my system is already 700 bucks

A good fraction

[teal shale]

Bruh im still using an old HP membrane keyboard and mouse that was included in a 10 yr old HP Omni 100

[buoyant egret]

For I moment I thought Clevebae drove a Chevy Corvette

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas Spray paint

Do the Midnight Purple colour

Like this

[buoyant egret]

You play Need for Speed Heat?

I’m a huge Need for Speed fan!

[vast sand]

Nah I dont play it

I just found an app on the Play Store

which lets you customise NFS heat cars

[severe loom]

I do play NFS Heat.
The game was actually fun in like a decade after the original Most Wanted.

Man nothing beats that game even now.

It's just bad ass.

[vast sand]

Idk I got bored

[buoyant egret]

What phone you use?

I use iPhone 6s Plus

[vast sand]

OnePlus 7T Pro

3D Mark doesnt recognise it because mine is the China version

The export one is HD1913 i think

There is no difference

just that the China version is like 100SGD cheaper

[buoyant egret]

Why didn't you just buy the version locally optimized for you?

[vast sand]

There is no difference

They both run exactly the same

Its just that the China version needed to be flashed with the Global Rom

Which was done before I bought the phone

[quartz atlas]

just do it yourself smh

[vast sand]

Couldnt find one that hasnt been flashed

Also I got mine for really cheap already

I think the one from the official store on Lazada is like 1.1k

I got mine for 790

[quartz atlas]

just buy from taobao

[vast sand]

Never use b4

[gloomy tinsel]

If I just want to taste. How Huawei chipset feels like

Can I buy the Nova5T

Since it is cheap

TF did I browse

Kirin 980

Has AnTuTu score of 370k

For a 290$phone

[vast sand]

@quartz atlas Wtf P40 Pro op sia

Kirin 990 5G

120hz

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

@vast sand release alr meh

[vast sand]

26/03 they unveiling

[quartz atlas]

@flint bobcat the router i currently have my eyes on btw

[flint bobcat]

meh

looks good

but commercial routers are pretty meh

[quartz atlas]

or this one from huawei, but idk the price yet

the xiaomi one is only $100

but commercial routers are pretty meh
well ye, i dont need a professional one

[flint bobcat]

i mean, it has wifi 6 so thats nice

[quartz atlas]

ye i dont have any wifi 6 devices tho

[flint bobcat]

just be wired

[quartz atlas]

well the huawei ax3 has back compatibility with prev gen huawei phones for increased signal strength and thru put which is nice

but imo the huawei ax3 will be pretty expensive

like all huawei stuff

[flint bobcat]

i seriously never heard of huawei until you started talking about it

[quartz atlas]

how

[flint bobcat]

how

cause america never talks about it

[quartz atlas]

huawei like one of the largest net working equipment supplier

isnt that your field?

[flint bobcat]

well yeah i know about it now

[quartz atlas]

they are mostly b2b

[flint bobcat]

but no one handles huawei here

so

[quartz atlas]

well, afaik a lot of huawei gear are used by the USA carriers, which is why they're currently having issues because fcc ordered them to rip it all out

[tame topaz]

Again

You rich folks are fucking lucky

I actually used to win an AC router for free but sold it since I had no use for it

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

You rich folks are fucking lucky
bruh

i was literally homeless

and i got to now through hard work

so

besides i'm barely middle class

[tame topaz]

Still rich

[quartz atlas]

🥴

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

pretty sure it isnt

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

i live in singapore

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

oh

whats your floor area?

mines about 90m^2

but i dont even own a house yet tbh, this is just a rental

[wary depot]

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[quartz atlas]

having a apartment large than 50m^2 in HK

must be a extremely high flyer

[wary depot]

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[vagrant holly]

fish isn't rich

he just has bad spending habits

[wary depot]

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[vagrant holly]

in the grand scheme of things 200$ really isn't that much

[buoyant egret]

I live in California, USA

Doesn’t Singapore have a very high GDP per capita?

[quartz atlas]

well ye, but like any other country

high wealth inequality

and singapore is the most expensive city on earth

so very high cost of living

for example, my rent is 1.8k monthly. utilities at ard $200. which make simply paying for my monthly rental a $2k affair.

[maiden plume]

Routers huh? The one I currently have. An Asus RT-AC5300. Goes through 2 floors of concrete, I even have signal near the trainstation lol (which is like 50m away)

[quartz atlas]

thats like $500

[maiden plume]

Really? Think it was around 4** ish but it mighht have been on sale? Theres also a Rog Variant but they should be the same

[quartz atlas]

Asus "gaming" routers are extremely over priced imo.

[maiden plume]

You pay for the name pretty much

The only thing I trust asus with are Mobo's and monitors. Routers are good too. However with Asus its $$$

It was either that or the black D-link head crab for me during those times.

[subtle hawk]

my so called "router" is a 1U server in the closet

wifi is provided by a wireless access point stuck to the ceiling of the first floor

and another one in the back yard

[buoyant egret]

I use a Comcast router

[tame topaz]

And of course Yamato be flexing with his server

[maiden plume]

Supermicro amirite?

[subtle hawk]

ye it's a supermicro server

[buoyant egret]

What’s the point of running a server?

I’m just very curious

[subtle hawk]

there isn't one for a normal person

[buoyant egret]

You run a company or something?

[subtle hawk]

no

[tame topaz]

whomst ping

[severe falcon]

he runs the discord bots, who need 8 million GB of server ram

[buoyant egret]

I thought Yostar ran them

[severe falcon]

@subtle hawk yo do you know how to fix antimalware executable from stealing literally all the CPU on win10?

[subtle hawk]

it's not like it's doing smth unintended

it does need to scan shit from time to time

[severe falcon]

i mean thats fine, until it prevents playing games for 40 min

[stone sequoia]

Need help with someone who's familiar with github pls. ping me if needed

[buoyant egret]

Well, that explains why Yamato is classified as a “bot”

[subtle hawk]

it's for other things

not for bots