peripherals-and-displays

[rigid valve]

ortho

ortho uprising

[spark lava]

Those things are the worst.

The accountant where I work got an ortho keyboard.

And the secretary decided she wanted one too.

[rigid valve]

we're talking about the same thing right

[spark lava]

And then complained that it was hard to type.

[sly warren]

Well, Ortho is dumb until you really learn it.

[rigid valve]

ergo ortho is ideal for ergo

[sly warren]

What I want is a Split.

[rigid valve]

its sort of like ergo endgame

[spark lava]

I think it’s the worst because of of other people.

I’ve never used one.

[sly warren]

Split boards are awesome.

[tight pulsar]

ergo endgame is whatever is most comfy for you

[sly warren]

I hope eventually we will get Split Boards that are FULL wireless.

[spark lava]

I cannot use wireless keyboard and mice.

[sly warren]

Wat.

[spark lava]

They never work well for me.

[sly warren]

You clearly are buying bottom of the bin garbage then.

My Orochi V2 is probably my best mouse.

[spark lava]

Nah, it was a buddy of mine, bought some expensive Corsair stuff.

Headset, mice, keyboard.

[sly warren]

Well, Corsair is where the problem started.

[spark lava]

But he lived in an apartment.

[sly warren]

Don't buy Corsair peripherals.

Actually, let me amend that.

Don't buy Corsair anything (except PSUs)

[spark lava]

I don’t even buy those anymore.

I get them from sea sonic.

[sly warren]

Ehhhh, Seasonic still has some poor units.

[spark lava]

Only Corsair thing I’d get is case if it’s cheap.

We have a need for cheap cásese

Cases.*

[sly warren]

Eh.

Just get a P360A

[spark lava]

I need to amend that’s

That.*

at microcenter

[sly warren]

Oh.

Wat.

[spark lava]

We have one super close so we buy parts there for my job.

[sly warren]

Holy mother of god...

Microcenter doesn't sell Phanteks cases.

[spark lava]

Their case selection is not the best though.

They don’t sell a lot of cases.

[sly warren]

Lancool 215 would be a decent option

Just turn the RGB off obviously.

[spark lava]

We usually buy NZXT crappy cases.

They gotta be white, with no RGB.

[rigid valve]

w h a t

[sly warren]

WHITE?!?

Why?

[rigid valve]

you

said

what

they don't sell what

[spark lava]

Because when we’re on the call with our locations, it’s easier to tell them “you see the white computer?”

[sly warren]

If you search Phanteks in Microcenter, you get a big fat nothing.

[spark lava]

Than it is to tell them “so one of the 15 computers you got is broken.”

[rigid valve]

bruh

how can you be one of the biggest brick-and-mortar pc part chains in the USA

and not sell phanteks

[sly warren]

Here's a big brain idea.

For your work.

[spark lava]

I’ve never even heard of the brand

[sly warren]

WHAT?!?!?

[spark lava]

I don’t shop online for parts ffs.

[sly warren]

Phanteks is literally, the best case manufacturer on the PLANET

Hands down

[rigid valve]

bruh

[spark lava]

Too much glass.

[rigid valve]

phanteks makes some of the best cases in the world

[sly warren]

Wat.

It has... one side... with glass...

[spark lava]

I’m looking at some of them online.

And it’s too much glass.

[sly warren]

Too much?!?

It's a singular side.

Hell, Glass makes troubleshooting easier!

[spark lava]

Yeah, and that’s too much.

[rigid valve]

p360a is like THE sub-$100 case
p400 is still a strong competitor
p500 is premium feel without too much premium cost
and the 600 is just

🥜

[spark lava]

For our purposes anyways.

You underestimate idiots.

[rigid valve]

and don't even get me started on the enthoo

[sly warren]

What the hell is the purpose of these semi-custom rigs then?

[spark lava]

Glass will be broken.

[sly warren]

Riiight.

[rigid valve]

💦 💦 enthoo

[spark lava]

They’re servers.

[sly warren]

Wat.

[spark lava]

But the people running these locations are stupid.

[rigid valve]

do u need a full case for a server

[sly warren]

Why are these not rack mounted hardware?!?

[spark lava]

Yeah.

[rigid valve]

also why would you be messing with the case that much

just

turn it on

and leave it

or open-air it

[sly warren]

Seriously, just buy like 2 Storinators

[rigid valve]

i dont get it

like fr

[spark lava]

The way they’re set up, it doesn’t make sense to rack them.

[sly warren]

I need like Baked Thonk right now.

[spark lava]

So we use regular cases.

Trust me I know, it’s annoying asf.

[sly warren]

There's a VERY simple if-then statement for IT

If Server, Then Rack Mount

[spark lava]

I’m telling you it can’t be rack mounted.

For our purposes.

Because people are effin stupid.

[sly warren]

I'm telling you it 100000% can be. Because EVERY company rack mounts their servers.

[rigid valve]

this or more

[sly warren]

No, like MORE baked.

[rigid valve]

oh damn

i dont have access to such extreme payloads

[spark lava]

I have NDA so I can’t say anything super specific.

But sometimes we need idiots to troubleshoot themselves

Them.*

[sly warren]

I'd bet I could revolutionize this company's workflow, just buy telling them to buy 2 Storinators and go on about their lives.

[spark lava]

Especially when they’re 15 hours away.

And these people don’t know the difference between a monitor and a computer.

Or a mouse and a keyboard.

[sly warren]

Why the hell are they doing any maintenance on a PC then?!?

[spark lava]

So we build them in bright white cases.

[sharp kindle]

so keyboards am i right

[spark lava]

Because I don’t want to drive 15 30 hours to do something simple to them.

[sly warren]

So... just... use something like... REMOTE DESKTOP

[spark lava]

Nah, when hardware fails.

Which is often where I work.

[sharp kindle]

@tight pulsar do you know if sp does stepped bottom row

[tight pulsar]

like stepped caps lock?

[sly warren]

Ok, My brain can't comprehend how absolutely asinine the workflow of this company you work for Guy.

[spark lava]

I’m telling you. I had the same idea when I started working for this company.

[sly warren]

Hell, just make it all Thin Clients.

[sharp kindle]

mhm

[sly warren]

2 Storinators, And like 20 Thin Clients.

GG

[tight pulsar]

afaik no current manu does stepped bottom row

[sly warren]

No maintenance.

[sharp kindle]

alright

ty

[tight pulsar]

maybe stepped caps in a uniform profile but besides that no

[sly warren]

Also, RGB could be useful in this scenario, because you could use RGB colors to designate what PC the person needs to use.

🧠

Anyways.

[spark lava]

Definitely could be. RGB make it look like it’s worth more money though.

[tight pulsar]

@sharp kindle https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102887.0 might interest you

[sly warren]

Do... do you have people stealing PC's or something?

I know you're under NDA, but... Damn this company sounds like it's either ultra-big-brain, or run by a bunch of

[spark lava]

There are too many things to worry about with the crap we deal with.

They just don’t want to hire more people.

That’s all I can say about it.

[sly warren]

Fair. I'd gladly join and flip this whole stupid operation on it's head and fix it.

[spark lava]

Hiring more people to do what I do would allow to rack servers.

[queen sigil]

@daring zenith https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/869835840757596212/878868627196092457/Escape_From_Tarkov_2021.08.21_-_21.57.41.05.DVR_Trim.mp4

[spark lava]

Haha they don’t want to hire is the thing.

[queen sigil]

:(((

poor timmy

[spark lava]

Ive had people that can do it.

But they don’t want to hire.

[sly warren]

Because my brain hurts right now trying to comprehend the stupidity at your workplace.

[spark lava]

#general-chat for this convo lol.

[sly warren]

Ye, but I've said my peace.

I can't wait to get my desk set up tommorow.

It'll be good to not use a TV tray for my mouse and keyboard.

[spark lava]

Fair enough. Place is dumb, I know. But I’m but a lowly uni student that can’t get anything that pays better.

[sly warren]

I'll bet your pay is NDA, but AutoZone (if you are in the US) is always hiring.

[spark lava]

Nah it’s not actually.

I get paid $40k salary.

[sly warren]

Oh.

Yeah... NVM

That's more than I make right now

[spark lava]

Pay is not terrible for a college student. But the job sucks.

[sly warren]

I'm Part-time 9.38/hr and I have a MF'ing degree.

[spark lava]

Pay is justified for the job.

[sly warren]

Nobody wants to hire me.

[spark lava]

Rip.

Degree in what?

[sly warren]

Communications

[spark lava]

That’s why.

[sly warren]

E.x Social Media

[spark lava]

No offense.

[sly warren]

You'd think with all the wildfires in companies right now on Social Media, they'd want hella Social Media people.

[sharp kindle]

ty

[spark lava]

Jobs that would require a communications degree aren’t in super high demand.

[sly warren]

Which, is really odd.

[spark lava]

Only few openings every now and then.

Well, as you’ve noticed they don’t fire people.

They just move them around to do other things that involve that kind of stuff.

If there are firings, it’d usually be half or whole team.

[sly warren]

Which then causes a wildfire on social media because people who don't know how to handle it, are doing the job.

[spark lava]

Yep.

I mean look at blizzard these last few weeks.

Damage control sucked, made it worse I think.

[sly warren]

I couldn't even make that damage control good.

[spark lava]

Didn’t fire the team.

On the bright side, if you get a job, you’ll probably never get fired lmao.

[sly warren]

I'm sure ActiBlizzard might get in enough lawsuits to possibly go bankrupt in some form. There's no way they can win the type of suits that they would be in.

[spark lava]

I’m sure they’ll be bought out at some point.

Before they go bankrupt.

[west hornet]

Sad im part time 15usd/hr and have no degree

Communications is interesting field but you got to know people, networking important

[wanton burrow]

No dong, just the stock 3.5mm jack

The standard 128kbps on totally not pirated deezer sounds better

Imma see now if 320khz mp3 would do better

[wanton burrow]

Hmmm ok i think it's the flac i converted is the problem

Not the iem

[rigid valve]

👍

[wanton burrow]

Converted the same song again, now the hf part before pre-chorus is now clean

[west hornet]

Converted? How so, what was the source

[wanton burrow]

Now, is there any "parametric" eq out there that i can use?

Poweramp, eh?

[west hornet]

I mean did you original get the flac from somewhere, or transcode it from some other format

[wanton burrow]

Latter

And oh, the bad quality flac i only had are the ones frim male groups, the ones with female vocals worked fine, sounded as if it's a live performance

[wanton burrow]

Yeah, yt mp3 > flac conversion. It's just my phone > Poweramp > 3.5mm jack > mt1

Now that it sounds decent, i might just save up for an upgrade more than buying a dongle. Would buy one after I got an upgrade

[sly warren]

I'd use Wavelet IMO. It has a bunch of pre-set EQ's for a ton of different Headphones and IEMs

[neon quartz]

HafizComel#5088 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

HafizComel#5088 has been kicked

Reason: Too many infractions

[sly warren]

Yay more spam bots!

[queen sigil]

is this TSFH

wait no

wait maybe

idk

[sharp kindle]

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114212.0;prev_next=prev#new

designed by my friend

also has 10u 😎

[twilit sentinel]

does anyone know why the CTRL key on my Ducky one 2 mini is a differnet color than the rest of the keyboard

it seems to be that when i use the zxc to control by lighting it doesnt get any blue values for rgb

[wanton burrow]

10u with what

7u stab?

[wanton burrow]

Not compatible with my phone's android version

[sharp kindle]

i think its 8u wire that comes with it for now but neely is looking into sp having a 7u option for 10u stab

[wanton burrow]

Oooooh

[sly warren]

Sounds like you need a new phone more than I do.

[spark lava]

I hate my phone.

So so so so so so much.

But I can’t get rid of it.

It was a gift from work.

And I really don’t want to carry two phones on me.

No idea what to do about it tbh.

[sly warren]

I... don't think it was a gift from work...

I think it was given to you... to use as a work phone.

Most jobs don't just spontaneously give people phones for personal use.

[wanton burrow]

4-5yo 2nd hand phone from my mom

But tbh poweramp beta did the job alr

[sly warren]

I have a Google Pixel 2 XL, but hopefully I'll be getting a Pixel 5A to replace it in the next year or so.

[wanton burrow]

Just gonna get one later later if i really need so

Realmes, xiaomis, and pocos seems to be nice enough for their price

I think i could get some 2nd hand lg phone with good dac but tbh idk if that'd be an upgrade fron this phone

Sound wise it'll be ofc

[sly warren]

If you are looking for something cheap, just get a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G

[wanton burrow]

I'll pray that's not their usual exynos

[sly warren]

Are you not in the US?

[shadow bane]

I wouldnt reccomend the 5a, most people say it's awful

[sly warren]

It's just a jacked up 4A

[shadow bane]

Go for the galaxy a series, it's not super mainstream so it's not super expensive

I have the a71 5g

[sly warren]

It's... roughly the same price, for a bigger battery than the A71 5G

[shadow bane]

I just mean the pixel a series

[sly warren]

Uhhh....

[shadow bane]

Theyre made of plastic

[sly warren]

Everyone absolutely adored the 4A 5G

Because the OG Pixel 5 sucked.

Because it had a 765G instead of a 800 series snapdragon

[shadow bane]

I was looking for a new phone a while back and I wanted to spent around 300-400, I was looking at the pixel a series

Everywhere I saw said it was cheaply made, had awful reviews, wasn't worth it etc

[sly warren]

On what planet do you live on?

[shadow bane]

For its price it's good

For 50$ more you can get better

[sly warren]

At worst people thought the design was bland, and didn't like the lack of Water Resistance for the 4A 5G

[shadow bane]

Isn't it literally made of plastic?

[sly warren]

IDK

Honestly, as long as the plastic is hard enough, IDGAF

I'd honestly RATHER my phone be made of plastic

[shadow bane]

It's also made of very old gorilla glass

From 2012

2013*

Meaning the glass will scratch and shatter much easier

[rigid valve]

S c r e e n p r o t e c t o r

[sly warren]

Oh no...

I've literally never had my screen scratch since Gorilla Glass 2

And I've NEVER shattered a phone screen

[shadow bane]

Whatever, if you're set on it go ahead

I'm obviously not going to change your mindn

[sly warren]

Hell, Google doesn't even list the Pixel 2XL as having Gorilla Glass

And it's still flawless to this day.

What phone were you even going to suggest other than the A71 5G?

[shadow bane]

It has gorilla glass 5

[sly warren]

Oh, big whoop

[spark lava]

Nah it was a gift.

Not just as a work phone.

[shadow bane]

I dont understand the need to be rude

[sly warren]

I'm not being rude.

Your points aren't making sense.

[shadow bane]

Came off as it

[rigid valve]

Huh

Do you know what a whoop is

[shadow bane]

Yes

Yes I do

[sly warren]

But, either way the Pixel 5A is, effectively the Galaxy A51, with 5G Support, and a bigger battery than the A71 5G

[spark lava]

Can we agree pixel bad bexuase Google bad. 🙂

And stop arguing.

[shadow bane]

My a71 lasts literally the entire day

[spark lava]

Ugh I say that but Apple and Samsung are no better.

[shadow bane]

Unless I have brightness at max

[rigid valve]

Rong

[sly warren]

And, the 5A has another ~180mAh on top of the A71

[spark lava]

Yeah, what do you think?

[rigid valve]

I think apple is strictly better than google however overpriced they may be

They just.. make good products

Not much else to it

[spark lava]

I currently hate my iPhone.

[shadow bane]

They used to sabatoge their batters

Batteries

[wanton burrow]

$415 :yikes:

[shadow bane]

And they admitted to it

[rigid valve]

Mhm

[shadow bane]

I will never touch an apple product

[sly warren]

$415 is yikes for a phone price?

[rigid valve]

Epic emote fail 😎

[sly warren]

That's like, below average.

[shadow bane]

My phone cost 400

[spark lava]

And I hate the damn thing.

Barely works.

[shadow bane]

I won a Mac m1 mini a while back

[rigid valve]

Look man if you’re complaining cause you hate a pro max of all things just go buy literally whatever you want dude

[spark lava]

Service was better on my iPhone X.

[shadow bane]

Sold it immediately

[spark lava]

Nah that’s not why.

[shadow bane]

Refuse to use apple and forever will

[spark lava]

This iPhone is not better than my iPhone X.

My old iPhone X.

[rigid valve]

My point is that if you can afford to buy a pro max and complain about it then just go buy an iPhone 10

[spark lava]

It was a gift from work.

I did say that.

[rigid valve]

Ok

[spark lava]

I can’t just switch it either.

[rigid valve]

So just use the 10???

If you really dislike it that much

[sly warren]

You could just say "I don't want this garbage, here's your crappy phone back, I was happy with my iPhone X"

[rigid valve]

I mean like

[spark lava]

I had to sell it.

[sly warren]

No you didn't?

[rigid valve]

.-.

[spark lava]

Well, I did sell it I should say.

Not had to.

But I sold it.

[rigid valve]

Well that was on you

[spark lava]

But I can’t give it back.

[rigid valve]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sly warren]

Sure you can.

[spark lava]

I would use a Samsung galaxy.

Or go back to my iPhone X.

[sly warren]

You can say to work "I don't want this crappy iPhone, it's service sucks, and It barely works, I'm gonna go buy a Galaxy"

[spark lava]

The GPS on this thing never works.

[sly warren]

Ok, I think that's probably just a faulty device then.

[shadow bane]

I will say my dads a71 has burn in, but thats because he only uses it for a single game at max brightness for half the day

[rigid valve]

Have you checked to see if you turned on location services

[spark lava]

Service got worse when I switched.

Im not dumb lmfao.

[sly warren]

My Fiancee's parents both have iPhone 12 Pro's and have no issues.

[shadow bane]

Also never touching a Motorola phone

[spark lava]

Apps just don’t connect to GPS service sometimes.

Gotta restart the apps like 4-5 times.

[sly warren]

I... I think your phone is just faulty.

[spark lava]

Then they finally get GPS.

[shadow bane]

My moto z4 broke after 6 months, because it was in my back pocket when i sat down

[rigid valve]

Maybe that’s why work just gave it

[spark lava]

I got it new from a sealed box.

[sly warren]

This is why you don't put phones in your back pocket.

[spark lava]

They ordered directly from Apple.

[rigid valve]

Ok ok ok why the hell do people put phones in their back pocket

[shadow bane]

It was having issues before then

[rigid valve]

It makes no sense

0

None

[sly warren]

It has Apple Care, just go talk to the Failure Bar.

[shadow bane]

My other pockets had a set of keys and a pocket knife in them

[spark lava]

You said it yourself.

They aren’t gonna help me.

They’ll say it’s fine.

[sly warren]

So.. put the knife and keys in the same pocket.

[rigid valve]

Do you only have 2 front pockets and a back pocket

[shadow bane]

The glass on the z4 is also cheap asf

[rigid valve]

You gotta upgrade your pants choice

[shadow bane]

They were jeans

[rigid valve]

Bruh

[spark lava]

I mean, wtf is he to wear?

[rigid valve]

Use the other pockets

[spark lava]

Yeah jeans do that lmfao.

[shadow bane]

Anyways, it still shouldn't break that easily

[rigid valve]

Most jeans have like 5 pockets

[sly warren]

Then just tell them "I want a new device, you will give me a new device, Or I will shove this device up your butt, and go buy a competitor's phone"

[rigid valve]

At least most reasonable jeans

[spark lava]

Jeans have 2 back pockets and 2 front pockets.

Idk where you buy your jeans.

[shadow bane]

Cargo pants aren't jeans

[rigid valve]

Am I the only person who buys functional jeans

[spark lava]

But all jeans I see in stores have 2 front and 2 back.

[rigid valve]

Well damn

[sly warren]

I think you are.

[rigid valve]

Guess I’ll go then

Cya

[spark lava]

lol ok.

[shadow bane]

leaves the server

[spark lava]

Bye.

I guess.

[shadow bane]

Anyways, that phone screen shattered twice before it broke

Paid 150$ to fix it the first time

[spark lava]

But idk, I’d just stick a screen protector on my phone and put it in my front pocket anyways.

I put my knife and keys in my left pocket.

[shadow bane]

It had an otter box and a screen protector

[spark lava]

Phone, AirPods, chapstick in right.

Wallet in back.

[shadow bane]

And shattered twice, and the display itself broke. Garbage phone

My z2 I had before it had a weird asf issue too

The screen started to bend, because the battery started to expand

[spark lava]

I had that issue in my iPhone 6.

But I don’t get the logic that you won’t use an Apple product bexuase of the battery thing.

[shadow bane]

When I replaced it with the a71 (went back to it when the z4 broke) it was all the way off on one side and nearly off on the other

[spark lava]

Samsung literally had an exploding phone.

[shadow bane]

That's nkt the only thing

Theyre overpriced, I hate the features

Windows is superior for pcs

[spark lava]

I do agree they are overpriced.

[spark lava]

I will fight you.

[rigid valve]

Macs are very nice for portable work

[shadow bane]

And I'll take a 450$ phone that has the same features over a 1000$ one

It'll be replaced in two years anyways

[spark lava]

I’m not even talking about OS X.

[shadow bane]

3*

[rigid valve]

Windows desktops I will side with

[spark lava]

Literally any Linux DE.

Windows IMO.

[shadow bane]

I'll take my 8 year old laptop with a 4030u over a brand new MacBook

That's how much I hate it

[rigid valve]

That sounds like a bad case of brand hating

[spark lava]

Linux will have that running great.

[shadow bane]

Eh, I dont use it much

And its probably being replaced soon anyways, I'm planning on buying an old laptop with a dgpu

[spark lava]

I don’t like windows because they like to do things their own way and I’m a C++ programmer.

[shadow bane]

Just to run light games when I can't use my pc

[spark lava]

Makes coding cross platform a pain in the ass.

[shadow bane]

I suck at coding

[rigid valve]

Not everyone codes though

[shadow bane]

I've tried html, Java and python

[rigid valve]

So there is a massive appeal to windows

[spark lava]

Now I didn’t say windows is bad. I said I hate windows.

[shadow bane]

Can't get the hand of any of them

Hang*

[spark lava]

Well@maybe I did say windows bad.

[rigid valve]

Tried getting into coding but math class takes all the brainpower out beforehand

[spark lava]

But windows has its place.

It’s just not for me.

[rigid valve]

Python was super simple but then escalated really fast

Tried C# and just gave up

[spark lava]

Once you learn OOP programming is easy.

[shadow bane]

I just can't concentrate enough to do it

[rigid valve]

C++ was same

[shadow bane]

Adhd go brr

[spark lava]

See programming is just a tool.

The hard part is the thinking of the solution.

Or the engineering part.

[shadow bane]

The funny thing is I used to think about going into the IT field

Bc I love pcs

[spark lava]

I hate IT.

[rigid valve]

Lots people do

[shadow bane]

But I will never be able to do coding properly

And idk if that's a big part

[spark lava]

I’m currently working in IT.

[shadow bane]

It seems like it'd be

F

I'm currently doing something I was never meant to

[spark lava]

I don’t have think I have ADHD.

[shadow bane]

Rebuilding an entire apartment with a contractor

[spark lava]

But I have trouble concentrating too.

But some music usually helps.

[shadow bane]

I am not made for physical work

[spark lava]

Me either.

[shadow bane]

I'm weak, have a bad back, flat feet, a bad knee

[spark lava]

I’m just fat and lady.

Lazy.*

[shadow bane]

I'm too young to have a bad back

Yeah that too, I'm lazy af

I'm getting a proper job as soon as I can

[spark lava]

I get paid well enough for the work I do.

[shadow bane]

I make 10$/hr under the table

[spark lava]

Can’t find a job that will pay as much as I am atm.

I’m just a student.

I make $40k/y.

Which is comfortable for a student.

[shadow bane]

I did the math on minimum wage in my friends state, which is 8.25 a year

An hour

I'm too tire a

Tired

Jesus

Anyways, that's 19400$ a year

[spark lava]

My minimum wage is $15/h. Has really been making me mad.

[shadow bane]

40hr a week

I'm not getting into that conversation

Because we will have very different opinions, and I'd rather not argue at midnight, especially in a server that doesn't allow politics

[spark lava]

Fair enough.

[shadow bane]

Anyways, I believe it was 9600 a year for rent, on the low end (800$ a month)

Utilities

Food

[spark lava]

Rent in insane here.

[shadow bane]

Transport

At the end of the year, you'd have maybe 800$ to put towards college assuming you don't buy anything you don't need

[spark lava]

9600 a year for rent is not bad at all.

[shadow bane]

That's why I said the low end

[spark lava]

Bro rent ALONE here on the LOW END is 1400/no.

Mo*

1 bedroom.

[shadow bane]

Cali?

[spark lava]

No, Maryland.

[shadow bane]

Here it's 800$ minimum, average is probably around 1300

[spark lava]

Montgomery county, MD. Outskirts of DC.

[shadow bane]

For a 2 bedroom

I'm in CT

[spark lava]

DC is more outrageous.

[shadow bane]

A state that doesn't actually exist

[shadow bane]

Referring to mine

[spark lava]

I know lol.

[shadow bane]

Not DC, even tho it isn't a state

[spark lava]

CT is smol.

[shadow bane]

We're really just new Yorkachuessetts

Min wage here is going up 1$ a year till it hits 15

13$ on sep1

[spark lava]

That’s what’s been happening here for the past few years.

Just got $15.

But yeah living here is insane.

[shadow bane]

I like how we got from phones to minimum wage lmao

[spark lava]

Like I said I am bad at concentration.

I probably have some form of undiagnosed ADHD.

[shadow bane]

I've been diagnosed since 4th grade

Medicine makes me feel diluted for lack of a better word

[spark lava]

I struggled in school a lot as a kid, got better with music.

Music helps me concentrate.

[shadow bane]

I kinda just listen to music and mind my own business in school

Get my work done

For some reason people still love to pick on me

Had 3 separate bullies over 4 years

[spark lava]

Gotta stand up for yourself.

[shadow bane]

Oh I have

[spark lava]

That’s how I became friends with my bully.

[shadow bane]

If they touched me I hit back

[spark lava]

Was weird. He tried to bully me and when I fought back I apparently earned respect or something who knows.

[shadow bane]

I was told to never start a fight, but always finish it. Which I never really did since I was never taught how to fight

[spark lava]

Neither was I.

[shadow bane]

But if someone hits me they're getting hit back

Lowkey hope my bully tries it this year, since I taught myself to fight this summer, as well as working construction has given me muscles

[spark lava]

I don’t deal with bullies anymore.

College doesn’t have them.

[shadow bane]

I'm in 11th grade

[spark lava]

Didn’t deal with bullies in high school at all.

Only in middle.

[shadow bane]

7th grade, 8th grade, and 10th had bullies

[spark lava]

Rip that sucks.

[shadow bane]

7th grade and 8th grade got physical

The kid in 7th was like 5'9 and 180 lbs, I was like 5'5 and 130 but I am stubborn af

[spark lava]

My advice to you is to not take their crap. Even if it’s verbal.

If you retaliate verbally two things can happen, they get physical or they lay off.

[shadow bane]

He said to my friend "I'm older than you, what you gonna do yo me" I turn around and said "so you're proud of staying back two years" and went to walk away, he hit me and we got into an excuse of a fight

Neither of us knew how to fight

[spark lava]

And I think you can handle yourself physically.

Rip.

[shadow bane]

He tripped me and expected me to stay on the ground or keep walking

[spark lava]

Yeah I don’t get bullies.

[shadow bane]

So he turned around, I hit him, he tripped me, I hit him, he tripped me and then someone said "woah little dude, back up"

[spark lava]

I guess they have to feed their ego.

[shadow bane]

I ended up with a detention I never served and he got ISS, yhe vice principal was lowkey happy someone finally stood up to him lol

The 9th grade guy was just weird asf

[spark lava]

Good for you man. Screw bullies.

[shadow bane]

He sniffed and touched my hair once from behind me in algebra class

I wish I hit him

Just went to the office, I actually cared about school then

[spark lava]

Man that reminds me of why I hated high school.

I had a super toxic ex gf that I had from 9th grade to 12th.

[shadow bane]

For me it was a toxic friend

He screwed me over mentally so badly

Didn't realize it till I cut him off

He managed to talk to me again after that even tho I thought i blocked him on everything, I was literally shaking and couldn't sleep that night

He was worse than any bully

[spark lava]

Well damn, that really blows.

You don’t know a guy until you cut them off.

[shadow bane]

I will take a physical fight over verbal and mental abuse over years any day

[spark lava]

I feel that.

[shadow bane]

I should probably get to sleep, I've got work in 6 hours

[spark lava]

But in college, I get there, go to class, go home.

Yeah you def should lmfao.

I got work in 7.

6 now actually too

[shadow bane]

Same to you then

[spark lava]

Night night!!

[shadow bane]

Gn

[wanton burrow]

At least there it should be lol

3rd world country moment

[wanton burrow]

Jokes on you, that's intentional

Avg ppl here buys $150-300 ones

At least on my range since i don't have my own source of income to get that much lol

$200-400 is like the avg income lmao

[west hornet]

Yes 400usd for a phone is scam i only pay 40usd for me

[tight pulsar]

take y’all chat to general not headphone and keyboard channel smh

[spark lava]

Nobody was using it, so why not.

[tight pulsar]

cause i come here to talk about headphones not to come here to see people arguing about phone prices

[rigid valve]

lmao

[spark lava]

Then talk about headphones. I didn’t see you talking about it when we were talking about phone prices.

[floral lake]

^

[tight pulsar]

because i was sleeping at midnight is that not allowed

[spark lava]

Yeah you can sleep whenever, but don’t then complain the day after a conversation took place that we shouldn’t talk about other things. It started as a convo about peripherals, and it moved into something else. Especially if you weren’t trying to actively use the chat. I promise if someone had come to talk about peripherals we’d change the subject to that.

[sly warren]

I don't know how, since the weight of the Orochi V2 should be similar to the Model O Wired, but... The Orochi V2 feels heavier than my Model O Wired.

[tight pulsar]

we have different channels for a reason just use something else next time it’s not that hard lol

[sly warren]

Nachos, I know you are a mod... But, no other mods were in here complaining, and phones are... arguably a peripheral to some people.

[tight pulsar]

no my job is to complain

[spark lava]

Then complain to a higher up and have them say it.

This server has never really cared about what is said where unless someone isn’t able to talk about it at that moment

[brisk parcel]

screw audio

lightsabers are cool 🙂

[spark lava]

Is audio enthusiast lmfao.

[brisk parcel]

havent talked in here in ages haha

how is everyone

no new audio stuff for me, yet...

[spark lava]

That’s sad.

[brisk parcel]

a rebel amp do be lookin spicy tho

would pair nicely with my sundaras

still haven't copped the 6XX yet, really wanna toob them up with my LD mk2

[halcyon zealot]

Guys

I have a problem

My keyboard is doing some type of shortcuts

Instead of typing letters/numbers

[daring zenith]

is it registering ctrl for some reason

[halcyon zealot]

Wdym?

[daring zenith]

quickly use smth like this and just see what it's registering when you press keys
https://www.keyboardtester.com/

[halcyon zealot]

Ok

Idk tbh, for example when i pressed W it just closed chrome

[daring zenith]

control w closes tabs in chrome

that's why I thought control was being registered for some reason

[halcyon zealot]

Ah ok

How do i fix it tho

[daring zenith]

Well, first, what keeb?

[halcyon zealot]

Logitech g pro

[tardy mortar]

my anne pro2 keyboard keeps saying operation failed when trying to download a custom RGB layout

[daring zenith]

Fun, take the keycap off left and right control and take a look at the switch physically to start off

[halcyon zealot]

Then?

[daring zenith]

inspect them

[halcyon zealot]

I did, there is nothing wrong with them

[daring zenith]

hm, prob won't be able to take top housing off

oh well, if it looks fine, that's fine

Do you have another keyboard to quickly check if it's software things or it's the keyboard?

[halcyon zealot]

I cant take the switches off, they also seem fine, i have cleaned this keyboard many times and they look the same

[halcyon zealot]

Sure ill go check

[daring zenith]

but next step after would prob be taking the case off and checking the back of the pcb

maybe you got water in there or smth

[queen sigil]

hm

[glacial plume]

ayo what's a good mice, for pvp and high cps

something wireless preferably

also usually do claw grip, sometimes palm

[shadow bane]

What's your budget?

I dont know many mice, but I use the redragon m602 which us pretty cheap, I Palm and I like it a lot

Idt it'd be good for claw though

[fiery geode]

guys does anybody know any keyboard with good tactile switches

so no cherry browns

are gateron browns better?

[fiery geode]

razer blackwidow v3?

[wanton burrow]

Not rly

Mx browns seems good tbh most of it is clout hate kek

Coz yeah, that's a light tactile for ya

Flawed, yet loved

I don't rly suggest going on gamer brands

Imo get a hotswap prebuilt, then buy prob u4ts

If u don't want the hassle on lubing since they seem to be nice even on stock

There's also tecsee and cheap jwk tactiles to look on

Such as tecsee blue velvet tactile and purple panda

Thete's also jwk obsidian v2s and jwk lagoon which is just t1 in different better housing

Also gateron-level cheap :pepega:

[steep pelican]

for medium hand size look at the razer deathadder series of mice.

i have a deathadder v2 and its wired but really nice

[sly warren]

I wouldn't Claw grip a Deathadder.

[sly warren]

That's mostly up to your Hand Size. https://www.rocketjumpninja.com/mouse-search Go here and use the video at the bottom to learn how to measure your hand size properly.

[glad yarrow]

The big chonky mice are perfect for my hand

Like g502 is palm grip for me

[sharp kindle]

Nothing wrong with cherry browns

[dreamy goblet]

How can I improve the stabs on the k6?

[timber ridge]

wire balance and lube

[timber ridge]

stock?

[dreamy goblet]

is there ways to swtich them out and get better ones?

tried to lube them but it doesnt seem to improve a lot

[steep pelican]

yeah you can order any set of plate mount stabs

then you just take the stabs out and replace em after you lube the new ones

sadge if only q1 actually sounded good

its such good value

barebones might not be tbh

assembled for 20 bucks more is actually kind of a steal

[dreamy goblet]

they have to be clip in right?

do you have any recommandations of good lones?

my current space bar has WAYYY too much rattle, ping and scratch

and the shift, delete, etc (smaller keys with stabs) are too mushy

[sly warren]

Durock stabs are a common upgrade for Keychrons.

[dreamy goblet]

arent they screw in tho?

pretty sure these came with clip in ones

[sly warren]

Durock makes clip in stabs too...

I'm probably gonna put some on my Iqunix L80, because Costar Stabs kinda suck nads.

[queen sigil]

dipped springs

not lubed

pink tops black bottoms 72g springs ffekr stems

[dreamy goblet]

ah sorry

i didnt know

do you know where i can get em in canada?

[sly warren]

No clue!

[dreamy goblet]

welp

these are the only ones i found

https://www.amazon.ca/DUROCK-Translucent-Stabilizers-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B08J6Z1DTZ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2CRW2OOSDWT8P&dchild=1&keywords=durock+stabilizers&qid=1629829613&s=electronics&sprefix=durock+%2Celectronics%2C291&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVk5MS0JEM0NLS09KJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzk5MDY1MjA2Wlc3S09KOVE4VSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzUxNzc4MjVJVUJQQllZMTBTUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

they are acc a lot cheaper than i thought but they are screw-ins

[sly warren]

I don't live in America's hat. So... You'll have to ask someone who does live in America's hat.

[dreamy goblet]

[sly warren]

And, Amazon is a far cry from the best place for keyboard stuff

[dreamy goblet]

isn't there a site that shows shops that sell keyboard stuff?

i remember someone sent it but i lost the link

oh wait nvm

just to make sure, these are the right ones?

https://www.ashkeebs.com/product/durock-stabilizers-plate-mount/

and btw, what r the differences between this and the stock ones

also that preview image isnt the one im talking about

[tight pulsar]

cherry clip ins best

[dreamy goblet]

really?

how come?

[tight pulsar]

they’re cheap and fine if you know how to lube

[dreamy goblet]

they look pretty much the same as the stock k6 ones, what r the diff?

i mean in this case (canada) the durock is actually cheaper

[tight pulsar]

i haven’t looked at the ones in the k6 but probably pretty similar

i just buy clip ins with friends in bulk so they’re very cheap, and as long as you’re good with lubing you can get them pretty close to durock but those are also pretty nice

[dreamy goblet]

durock ones are also clip ins \

from my understanding

you cant put screw in stabs on the k6?

[dreamy goblet]

you can do that?

they are around 22 cad here for one set

with some questionable shipping

the durock clip ins are actually cheaper than the cherry clip ins but the shipping on the durocks are like 15 cad

[tight pulsar]

yeah i think we usually buy from mcmaster but that’s usually 10+ sets

does the k6 use plate or pcb mount stabilizers?

[dreamy goblet]

think plate mount

[dreamy goblet]

you have use for that many stabs?

[tight pulsar]

i mean with 2u ones we usually go through 5+ sets a build and a few people with several builds uses a lot fast lol

[dreamy goblet]

ah

[dreamy goblet]

were you gonna suggest a stab that i should buy?

[tight pulsar]

for plate mount i think the only decent ones are the everglide/durock ones

just an fyi anything that says screw in or clip in (like the cherry ones i was saying i use) are both pcb mount so they wouldn’t work with plate mount

[dreamy goblet]

oh...

sad

lemme take a look at everglide ones

ig

cause the durock shipping is just insane (more expesnive than the actual stabs)

[tight pulsar]

do they have any on apexkeyboards? they ship from canada and any from aliexpress/taobao should be cheap but take a while

[dreamy goblet]

r u sure these cherry ones wouldnt work?

https://rndkbd.com/products/genuine-cherry-clip-in-stabilizers?variant=40393003466904

[dreamy goblet]

lemme take a look

sadly no

[tight pulsar]

those wouldn’t

[dreamy goblet]

oh man

[west hornet]

Probably one of the most popular mice ever, but not for everyone it’s on the heavy side

[tardy mortar]

Im getting left and right ear audio reversed. Anyone help?

Drivers are up to date

[bleak ember]

Are you headphones on the opposite way lmfao

[tardy mortar]

No

[spark lava]

I was just going to ask that.

On what OS?

[tardy mortar]

W10

[spark lava]

Do me a favor.

Boot into some live linux (Ubuntu is pretty nice), DONT INSTALL IT, HIT “TRY UBUNTU” and see if it’s reversed there.

[tardy mortar]

Uh what idk how to go about that

[spark lava]

Do you have a spare flash drive?

[tardy mortar]

That wouldnt fix my issue tho i need it reversed on windows

[spark lava]

Well, we’re trying to see if it’s software or hardware.

If it does it on there, then it’s definitely hardware.

[tardy mortar]

Ah, well my bluetooth earbuds work but wired ones r reversed

[bleak ember]

It's easier just to reinstall audio drivers

I suggest that first

[tardy mortar]

I did do driver reinstall

[spark lava]

It takes all of 10 minutes to make a bootable and check lmfao.

[bleak ember]

Uninstall and install them

[spark lava]

Don’t speak nonsense.

[tardy mortar]

Steps to uninstall?

[spark lava]

Nah because you assume it’s a software problem.

Rule one out before you assume.

[bleak ember]

What motherboard do you have?

So it's easier to rule out the drivers first...

[tardy mortar]

Now how do i reinstall drivers

Asrock b550m

Hey pls dont argue just need help

[spark lava]

Could be a bonked audio driver.

[bleak ember]

Which Asrock b550m

[spark lava]

Sounds like hardware Imo.

[tardy mortar]

Audio on motherboard works but im trying to plug into front panel of pc case

[bleak ember]

Many drivers have an option to reverse right and left

Realtek do

[spark lava]

Now that I didn’t know.

[bleak ember]

Could be in the driver settings

Exactly

[spark lava]

Fair enough.

[tardy mortar]

Wait how do i reinstall the driver i just uninstalled

System reboot?

[spark lava]

Give him your full Mobo model.

So he send you a link to the driver download.

[bleak ember]

B550M what

[tardy mortar]

N82E16813157954

I didnt delete mobo driver i deleted the driver for my earbuds i think

How do i reinstall the earbud driver

[bleak ember]

https://download.asrock.com/Drivers/All/Audio/Realtek_Audio(v8967.1_UAD_WHQL_RTK).zip

You are going to want to reinstall this driver

Also download the Realtek Audio Control from the Microsoft Store

[tardy mortar]

I dont see the audio control realtek

Whats it called exactly

[bleak ember]

Realtek Audio Control

In microsoft store

[tardy mortar]

Hm doesnt come up

[bleak ember]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/realtek-audio-control/9p2b8mcsvpln?ocid=AID2000142_aff_7593_1333562&tduid=(ir__mxzsz9mbqy2ur1fsbcz1byvm9m2xl610mh3vvv9p00)(7593)(1333562)()()&irgwc=1&irclickid=_mxzsz9mbqy2ur1fsbcz1byvm9m2xl610mh3vvv9p00&activetab=pivot:regionofsystemrequirementstab

[tardy mortar]

Ok uh guys i got a real issue

I didnt delete and mobo drivers i deleted an audio driver that i think is specifics to my earbuds i had plugged in. Is that a thing? Cus earbuds give no sound now

[bleak ember]

keep earbuds in and run windows update

[spark lava]

Do they plug into the audio Jack?

[tardy mortar]

Yes

[spark lava]

Or are they USB?

[tardy mortar]

Jack

[spark lava]

Then it’s using mobo audio drivers.

[tardy mortar]

O

[spark lava]

It would need drivers if it was USB.

And I guess Bluetooth drivers if they were wireless.

[tardy mortar]

Ok cus yea my bt earbuds work fine

What do i do with the realtek audio zip file i just extracted

[bleak ember]

Find setup.exe and run it

[tardy mortar]

Ah she running

Is it important that i uninstall drivers to begin with

Before i install new drivers

Do i want to uninstall the nvidia ones

[bleak ember]

No, don't touch those

Just install what I linked you

[tardy mortar]

Ok

I did delete one that said high definition audio device or something

And it stopped my earbuds from working when i plugged them in…

But ill just install and see what i get

Ok i got sound back but still reversed ears :/

[spark lava]

Do Linux method.

[tardy mortar]

How lol

[spark lava]

I would explain, but I’m driving.

Give me 35 mins.

[bleak ember]

Now install the Realtek Audio Control

[tardy mortar]

On a usb like a new OS?

Oh thats right ill look into that

[bleak ember]

There might be a setting in there to reverse the channels for some reason

It ain't downloading on my PC for some reason

[tardy mortar]

Audio control isnt?

[bleak ember]

now it did

Mine is MSI specific, so its gonna be different for you most likely

[tardy mortar]

Oh

Mine says nothing about audio reverse

Does yours have any reverse option

[bleak ember]

No, Realtek Control Panel looks different than last time I used it

Way less options

[tardy mortar]

Hm rip

Lol yea idk what to do ive been dealing with this for hours

It was working fine this morning

[daring zenith]

Another q1 review, but sadly,

Despite having sound absorbing foam between the plate and PCB, the Q1 makes a hollow sound when bottoming out. It’s not too annoying because it’s not loud, but it is unexpected for something that has sound absorption.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/keychron-q1-mechanical-keyboard

Although no sound test

Seems like it is fairly hollow sounding

[tardy mortar]

I didnt realize how loud my keyboard was when i got it

[spark lava]

I am back.

Did you fix issue?

[daring zenith]

What you got in there?

But q1 sounded very hollow from the one sound test we got from a reviewer so far

Q1 already comes with foam

So yea

Doesn't afaik

I know my k8 didn't

So I doubt the c1 did

[timber ridge]

q1 disappointing

[rigid valve]

Has anyone tried Tempest on it yet

[queen sigil]

ltt tech reviews

[daring zenith]

ltt sad

where da sound test

[sharp kindle]

why are we reading toms hardware for keyboard

[wanton burrow]

Mfw board has intentional hollowness for more gasket compression

Also, they will give out extra foam for ppl to play with the board

While stuffing foam for a thick metal board seems like a beta thing to do(in many cases), foam's free and board comes with coiled cable as well

If screws aren't garbo, should still be nice

[wanton burrow]

On andy v nguyen

[timber ridge]

alexotos build sound scarily good compared to andy's

[rigid valve]

Alexotos is a god though

[timber ridge]

he only did 2 things to it lmao

[rigid valve]

i mean as a person

he is a god

that doesnt make sense

[timber ridge]

o tru

andy sus

lmao

[rigid valve]

andy probably more accurate tbh

[timber ridge]

thats what im assuming

if alex had an pc plate then i think itd actually sound really good ngl

[wanton burrow]

I like how they know how much travel distance their flex does lol

Welp, compression moment

Gotta prioritize massive flex more than isolating the plate and pcb from the case

[timber ridge]

almost as if they focused on correcting the gmmk pro's gaskets

and forgot about sound sig

[tight pulsar]

and this is why gasket mounts aren't that cool

[daring zenith]

because

[timber ridge]

top mount with half plate option >

[sharp kindle]

andy is kinda a clown now

[sharp kindle]

@tight pulsar do you happen to know whos the manu for geekark

[gleaming pond]

so the keychron Q1 is good

or should be

they're gonna change the foam

but im not sure if they can actually make it sound good

[wanton burrow]

Ain't geekark/wenruo the manu themselves?

[sharp kindle]

thats what i thought

but hk and ga might share the same manu

idk

[wanton burrow]

I think ga is the manu for hk

Thatvs what i remember

Saw it from kcd

Egoistical might know

[sharp kindle]

k

[fiery geode]

Thoughts on HyperX alloy origins core?

With aqua switches

[sly warren]

Probably not worth it since Keychron exists.

[floral lake]

^

Would not buy gamer brands

They love to put proprietary switches, big eww

[queen sigil]

what

no most use mx style switches

only ones that i can think of is razer huntsman and logitech romer

[daring zenith]

They solder it on

Hotswap nice

[hollow flower]

Im almost done with my K552 project

The foam under the plate I put as a complete joke

It doesn’t do anything lol

[spark lava]

Ouuu

[hollow flower]

Im putting in my trutemus I’ve slowly been making

[spark lava]

Show finished project when done.

With sounds.

I wanna hear them clickies.

[hollow flower]

They ain’t clicky

Tactile gang

Halo true stem in outemu red housing

[rigid valve]

lmao

sadge

[hollow flower]

I dont know how to do a soundtest but oh well

@spark lava recorded with an AKG p220 with gain at 12:00

[rigid valve]

my left ear enjoys this sound test very much

[spark lava]

Ah man I enjoyed the hell out of that.

Screw ocean sounds, I need that.

[hollow flower]

Lmao actually?

I threw together my 2 most hated switches and they sound pretty good

Also all of those switches are unlubed

[spark lava]

They sound really good lol.

[latent hull]

Two negatives equal a positive

[sharp kindle]

isnt that holy outemu

[hollow flower]

Technically yes but doesn’t sound as nice as trutemu

[dreamy goblet]

How is this space bar?

[queen sigil]

sounds mushy

[dreamy goblet]

ah ok

so less lube?

[queen sigil]

idk

alot of things could cause that

also could just be bad mic

[dreamy goblet]

mhm yea

its my phones

should i send one from my headset?

[queen sigil]

that would probs be even worse

[dreamy goblet]

ok then

it feels ok but there is smt i cant put my finger on

[atomic oyster]

Gateron Optical Yellows are way too light and fast, you just think the letter and it’s already typed.

[atomic oyster]

Ordered silvers

[sly warren]

I mean, Optical switches feel fast in general.

[rigid valve]

They’re almost all lighter than their mech variants

For example Gateron optical yellows are like 20g lighter then mech yellows

[sly warren]

If you are looking for heavier switches, I'd get a non-optical board.

[wanton burrow]

Or literally just gonna spend $10 for heavier springs lol

Less garbage laying around

[queen sigil]

fast switches

sure bruh

[atomic oyster]

Too fast

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/278415160656396288/880426457892028436/unknown.png

That’s after a lot of tries

The switches, you breathe or think of the letter and it appears

Pretty good for gaming though

[queen sigil]

fast switches dont exist

[atomic oyster]

You don’t exist