general-chat

[idle nexus]

heck I had FO4 London with like 300 mods that was like 400gb or something

[nocturne flicker]

Sounds normal

It is FO4

[idle nexus]

I don't wanna say I disagree but I always tip people whose income depends heavily on tips

[hoary zodiac]

Tips are a systemic issue

[idle nexus]

ya it's nonsense

[hoary zodiac]

I think the entire culture should go away

but it's something the employers have to do

[idle nexus]

it's like, "hey pay our employees directly so we don't have to"

[hoary zodiac]

and they're never gonna do it

[proud jackal]

b-but how will the business owners and corperations make absurd amount of profit if they give them an actual living wage D:

[hoary zodiac]

Like in Australia

there's not as much of a tip culture

the thing is

the tips might not even all go to the employees

[idle nexus]

I do not like tipping in general but having worked as a valet & in restaurants, I feel obligated to tip at least average or slightly above

[hoary zodiac]

some employers take tips from staff

[nocturne flicker]

I just purposefully don't use services that expect tipping

[proud jackal]

whats even more f'd up is that if the tips arent cash and charged on a card, its taxable

[idle nexus]

lol technically they're always taxable

it's just cash isn't as IRS auditable

[proud jackal]

[pseudo raven]

yeah its messed up

wrote a paper on living wage actually

a lot of times the franchisees can't pay their employees much while the big companies run away with all the profit

[proud jackal]

pretty sure most of us are one big medical emergency from being broke and homeless too.

[pseudo raven]

and current laws force the franchisees to pick up everything for minimum wage

[hoary zodiac]

speaking of healthcare

do you guys have healthcare staff shortages?

[idle nexus]

the problem is minimum wage is supposed to be for like high school kids who don't need a "livable" wage to work at a bowling alley over the summer for extra cash

[proud jackal]

anyways time to avoid this topic by playing more valorant, afk

[nocturne flicker]

No

[hoary zodiac]

here in Australia we've been poaching doctors from the UK

[nocturne flicker]

Minimum wage was never for that

Minimum wage has been since its creation supposed to be a living wage

[idle nexus]

my sister got her RN & was able to cherry pick her hours at a major hospital's ER. Usually ER nurse needs 3+ years experience

so ya I'd say there's a bit of a shortage lol

[craggy shoal]

man what did I come back to. From old Bathesda wonkiness to the mods straight up accepting controversial speech (livable wages, healthcare, etc.)

[pseudo raven]

imo even if that was true there's like way too many jobs for it to only be transitional employment

[nocturne flicker]

It isn't true tho

That is just the modern excuse to justify keeping it low

And high schoolers are allowed to be paid below minimum anyways

[pseudo raven]

and as the population declines...

[hoary zodiac]

can't have kids in this economy

first covid, then ukraine and now they're raiding red sea shipping

the world economy is getting hammered

prices just keep going up

[nocturne flicker]

Anybody below the age of 20 are allowed to be paid as low as 4.25 an hour for up 90 working days

[pseudo raven]

wtf

that's horrible

[hoary zodiac]

this is the absolutely worst time for people starting work fresh out of high school/college

[pseudo raven]

Although i doubt any place is hiring for that low

[hoary zodiac]

especially if they live alone

OH MY GOD

[nocturne flicker]

Oh sorry, 90 calendar days, not working days

[hoary zodiac]

FINALLY

[pseudo raven]

I don't even take any tutoring work if it pays less than 35 an hour now

cant imagine how it must be

everything so expensive

[hoary zodiac]

I had to set my sata on AHCI mode for the stupid dell bios let my system know there is a nvme in the slot

thanks dell

how is anyone supposed to figure that out

[nocturne flicker]

Also companies do things like giving young workers different pay due to their age. I was talking with a senior in HS about our pay and he gets $8.50 an hour in a job that normally starts at about $10 because he is 17

[idle nexus]

there's no like PCH Storage under Advanced in UEFI?

or BIOS

no one calls it UEFI lol

[hoary zodiac]

It's under the sata controller option for some reason

[idle nexus]

sometimes in SATA mode, it will turn off SATA ports to find SATA M.2s or something

but isn't SATA M.2 different than NVMe?

[hoary zodiac]

yeah

apparently in RAID mode it just doesn't work

neither is disabling the sata operations

it has to be in AHCI mode

[idle nexus]

are you using a SATA M.2?

[hoary zodiac]

It's a M.2 NVMe

that's the weird part

[idle nexus]

lol makes sense. I started messing with all this stuff like 4 years ago & I never owned a SATA M.2 afik

[hoary zodiac]

it is a pretty old laptop

[idle nexus]

are the read/write speeds what they're supposed to be?

[hoary zodiac]

I'm still partitioning it with cfdisk

trying to figure out how LVMs work

[idle nexus]

Linux partitions are so confusing to me

like do I need a swap? lol

[hoary zodiac]

swap is pretty much just virtual memory

[idle nexus]

then there's the different filesystems uh journals or something?

I'm like uh... NTFS...?

[hoary zodiac]

journaling filesystems are like

they're pretty much just the regular filesystems

EXT4 is a lot better than NTFS on HDDs

[idle nexus]

I thought EXT4 was for like flash drives lol

wait that's something different

[hoary zodiac]

you can use ext4 for flash drives

[idle nexus]

usually that's default iirc

then there's the one that's supposed to replace NTFS

but has been for like 3 years now

that you can make a dev partition on windows with

I tried RAID on like 4 SSDs with that partition type & it wasn't faster on 3dmark storage benchmark lol

ReFS

[wraith fern]

Raid in the big 24 is crazy

[craggy shoal]

This guy doesn't use RAID lol

[idle nexus]

if you're referring to me, I admit it's true lol

I have no idea what I'm doing

[lone mango]

Oh right I do tip my barber but besides that I dont

[proud jackal]

pls tip the mods

[lone mango]

[proud jackal]

[lone mango]

My one dollar will be spent on another processor upgrade

[tacit geode]

sup nerds

[sinful blade]

Death

[sage sluice]

my friend bought me a game using my account in CAD and now im locked out of buying stuff in the US (the place i live!! woo!!) for 3 months

i hate steam

idek if theres a workaround

[sinful blade]

Steam support

[sage sluice]

fair enough

ill contact em

[sinful blade]

[elfin mural]

what is happening with asus prebuilts

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/janeway-good-bye-bye-end-transmission-startrek-gif-9549120

[elfin mural]

sodimms in the g22ch

wth

[nocturne flicker]

Outdated, slow sodimms in 2.5k overpriced pc

14900kf with 13700k perf.

[sage sluice]

i watched the nexus vid, yeah asus is just confirming what i already thought about it lol

90% of "gaming" companies are just greedy filth

[nocturne flicker]

90% of "gaming" companies are just greedy filth

2.5k for garbage and ewaste make Wall Street go brrrrrrrrr

[sage sluice]

and this is why i play on a 1960s oven

[frigid stag]

Average prebuilt

[dusk knot]

@sinful blade who's your favorite captain?

[hoary zodiac]

and no airflow too

typical prebuilt

[sage sluice]

i wish consumers would take even a moment to learn how badly theyre getting scammed

i mean the companies are gross for taking advantage of it but its the uninformed that make it the way it is

[sinful blade]

Janeway

Hands down

No other captain did it better

[mortal grail]

Krunch tbh

Wtf

[dusk knot]

Fake star trek fan

[mortal grail]

Oh my bad

[mortal grail]

Captain Calrisian

https://tenor.com/view/lando-calrissian-bye-star-wars-smile-salute-gif-7902435

[dusk knot]

Wrong franchise

Smh

[sinful blade]

But yeah, janeway takes the entire cake, cookies, and muffins with being the best captain

[dusk knot]

When I think about it ....I don't really have a favorite. They're all great

[mortal grail]

No what

He's kirks favourite friend what are you on about

Him and chewie don't you remember the lines

[dusk knot]

Nah

[mortal grail]

"Live long and star wars is better chewie" you don't remember?

[dusk knot]

You and made that up.

[hoary zodiac]

No love for Babylon 5?

[dusk knot]

Never watched it

[nocturne flicker]

No, we only stan for the big budget knockoff DS9

[dusk knot]

Have you seen farscape? I couldn't do it lol

[mortal grail]

You and made bad english

[dusk knot]

how embarrassing

I need sleep

😭

You know what I meant, Felix

Use your power of filtering out mistakes

[mortal grail]

I'm a spell checker not a filterer

Gammar police says you violated the language

[nocturne flicker]

Gammar

[mortal grail]

Oh god

Dammit

[dusk knot]

It's my language. I can do what I see fit

👀

[sinful blade]

Janeway or broke

[nocturne flicker]

I prefer Sisko or Archer

[dusk knot]

Hmmm

[wraith fern]

[mortal grail]

Prepare to be socially destroyed

[dusk knot]

Sisko was the toughest and bravest captain. He punched Q lol

[mortal grail]

[mortal grail]

Imagine if it was *Cisco

It's just a router

[dusk knot]

No. Not that type of Cisco

💀

[mortal grail]

I mean

If you think about it

Routers direct things

[dusk knot]

They do

[mortal grail]

Seems like destiny to me

That's what captains do

[pliant berry]

thank goodness i don't have one of those stupid isps that limit usage

[mortal grail]

Holy hell

[sinful blade]

L

[pliant berry]

uhhh no

[mortal grail]

ESPLAIN

GHOSTY

[pliant berry]

lol

[mortal grail]

HOW 10TB

Muh brain

[pliant berry]

I send a lot of files?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mortal grail]

Files huh

[nocturne flicker]

Janeway is my least favorite

[proud jackal]

star trek succ

[dusk knot]

Banned

[hoary zodiac]

who's your favourite non-main character captain tho

that's the real question

[dusk knot]

[mortal grail]

Cisco when he was demoted

To router

[nocturne flicker]

Porthos

[dusk knot]

Oh the dog lol

[proud jackal]

now that prices kinda leaked, do you think stock for 5090 wont be a problem?

[nocturne flicker]

Any character Hertzler plays is generally top tier imo

[hoary zodiac]

Martok?

[nocturne flicker]

Yus

[hoary zodiac]

there's also

the Jeffrey Combs multiverse

[nocturne flicker]

Combs is really good to

[mortal grail]

Hertz car

[mortal grail]

Portaloo

[mortal grail]

Just a comb

I'm enjoying this

They just live inside a comb LOL

[nocturne flicker]

If only we could've had Enterprise season 5 and Shran as a crew member

[hoary zodiac]

Justice for Trip

[dusk knot]

We could have gotten 7 seasons….

[mortal grail]

4 seasons hotel

[hoary zodiac]

They really liked cancelling shows in the 2000s

[lone mango]

#1 seeder

[misty sparrow]

Runs in the family

[hoary zodiac]

Meanwhile

5500XT > 6500XT

Radeon regression is real

[mortal grail]

The year is 2025 the 9070xt has a 48 bit bus

[nocturne flicker]

In other news according to the Steam Hardware Survey .03% more people use the 6500xt than the 5500xt

[lone mango]

[hoary zodiac]

Why the hell is my phone using farenheit

Ok fixed it

For some reason google set my default temperature unit to farenheit

It's so hot here

ahhhh

[tacit geode]

@dusk knot how is your car?

[icy ore]

storming here

[tacit geode]

still blinding people with high beams?

XD

[dusk knot]

Smh

It’s still working, Dallas. Thanks for asking.

[wraith fern]

Once I was driving around my neighborhood at night with my high beams on and didn’t realize until i was parking

Certified 10pm classic

[opaque sedge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1hlj5zy/this_is_720p_the_magic_of_dlss/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

its like a plague

[tranquil pebble]

yuck

[hoary zodiac]

Is DLSS cope for bad optimisation now?

[mortal grail]

Now?

Been that way for over a year now

[elfin mural]

i bought lossless scaling

do i wanna refund it, hm

neh im keepin it

[proud jackal]

Is 5090 out yet

[hoary zodiac]

It's gonna be out... Of stock

Scalpers are getting ready to mass buy

I can smell them

[tranquil pebble]

scalpers sell for $5000. Watch it happen.

or for $5090, if they feeling funny

[mortal grail]

Seeing these early prices, real or not, I'm pretty set on skipping or just selling old parts instead of new money

$2400 is insane

I've experienced that remorse before

Pass

[hoary zodiac]

Are dells fussy with memory?

I put 3200MHz sodimms in a laptop that's rated for 2400MHz

[tranquil pebble]

mixed bag on that

[proud jackal]

[tranquil pebble]

probably not as bad as one HP I dealt with once

(had vendor lock in on the RAM)

[hoary zodiac]

This dell is freezing up for some god forsaken reason

Gonna go on a hunch and turn off C-states

[tranquil pebble]

Curious. Did you find the issue?

made a joke about fog without even realizing there is fog outside for me rn lol

[hoary zodiac]

Not sure

Hasn't froze yet this time

[elfin mural]

https://fxtwitter.com/harukaze5719/status/1873270544281550959

totally not copied from another server

[tranquil pebble]

hopefully Intel stays the course with Arc, We need the competition BAD.

[elfin mural]

yeah

24gb flagship arc battlemage would be amazing

[tranquil pebble]

The more pressure put on Nvidia the better

[hoary zodiac]

Admin abuse

Banned

[icy ore]

Kinda want it

[craggy shoal]

My mood every birthday

Just don't wanna celebrate it

"Congratulations you're a year older" that's all I need

Man I hate living here

I feel privileged being able to have my window opened rn

it's cold (actually only ~54ºF, 12.2ºC for the normal people. Not cold but cold enough to open my window and have my PC on at the same time without it heating my room)

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/cold-freezing-cold-cold-out-side-cold-morning-freezing-gif-10353603478608686135

[craggy shoal]

I can't wait until late January and early February, when it's actually cold

[velvet summit]

nobody:
mariah carey:

[dusk knot]

Hello chat

[craggy shoal]

man I should get back on my bike

[worthy tapir]

It's 60 F in Philly right now

[sweet phoenix]

It was 20 when I was there last weekend lmao

[craggy shoal]

Philly in a heatwave rn

[worthy tapir]

Yeah I'm sweating because it was just in the 20s- 30s this whole last week.

[craggy shoal]

Man I wish I had that problem

Weather here sucks. Always in the 70s at the beginning of Winter

[wind quail]

21c is lovely weather???

[prisma mountain]

Could be worse, could be down here in Florida

We had 1 of our 2 weeks of winter back at the start of December, got down to 40s for a couple of days. We might get 1 more week of that in January. Rest is 70s/80s+ and humid

[craggy shoal]

It is when your room isn't full of servers, making your room's temperature 80ºF (27ºC) while the thermostat is reading 70ºF (21ºC) because it's not in your room

Otherwise yeah I'd be chilling

[wind quail]

welp thats different though

[craggy shoal]

Yeah I want to move my servers out of my room lol. I'm tired of all the heat that comes from them

I thought this Lian Li A3 would fit where I wanted to fit it but it's still too tall 😭

I'm still annoyed at that

I could make it fit but I have to raise the shelf that it would go under

Unless I can take the feet off lol

[sinful blade]

It’s 47 here

[icy ore]

Gonna get cold next week

[worthy tapir]

Where is here lol

[craggy shoal]

ur mom's house

[sinful blade]

Little bit up and to the left of you

Same state

[worthy tapir]

Lol

[sinful blade]

You gonna enjoy that rain hitting us in like 2 hours?

[craggy shoal]

Lmao why does it look like a hurricane? And how would that even happen given where it is?

(Sorry forgot to crop)

[rancid juniper]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-preparing-arc-pro-battlemage-gpu-with-24gb-memory

[pliant berry]

oh?

[mortal grail]

Usually happens when the dry line mixes with the moist air during a hot day, the points of convergence create those storm cells using all that atmospheric potential energy and they tend to trail in those big patterns depending on how the fronts converge

(This is actually how it works I'm not messing lol)

[craggy shoal]

Thanks Felix

[rancid juniper]

Meteorologist Felix

[mortal grail]

I feel like I've been labelled everything now

That surely was the last thing

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-hitori-goto-depressed-bocchi-the-rock-gif-27672004

[rancid juniper]

why they got two heli's at the oil rig?

[opaque sedge]

I really want to play another game with an emphasis on exploring and collecting weapons and gear

Tired of elden ring

Preferably fantasy rpg

You guys got any recs?

Also tried making patty melts didn’t quite go as i had imagined… cheese didn’t melt didn’t smash the patties enough but it was scrumptious

[velvet summit]

tbh cheese not melting is a bit more important than the patty not being flat enough; honestly i like more patty

looking at the bread, you could have left it on the heat for longer

still super pale

[opaque sedge]

yeah first time i ever tried making smth like this

i would make another one but i am super stuffed

[velvet summit]

lmao

did you bake them? or did you put them in a pan?

[opaque sedge]

all that fat and protein is not burning easily

[velvet summit]

also have you ever made a grilled cheese? the process should be pretty similar

[opaque sedge]

patties in a steel skillet and for sandwich i did a regular non stick pan but i didnt leave it there long enough

[opaque sedge]

noted

[opaque sedge]

btw u got any ideas for this?

[velvet summit]

uhhh

[opaque sedge]

pls man

give me smth

[velvet summit]

i can only think of like terraria

[opaque sedge]

its always terraria skyrimn and elden ring

[velvet summit]

it's the first thing that comes to mind

[opaque sedge]

good open world action rpgs are far in few between arent they

[velvet summit]

also i dont really play that kind of game

[opaque sedge]

yeah dont you will be stuck trying to find smth else like those but ur expectations will never be met

[velvet summit]

have you played any of the hitman games
there's a bit less "collecting weapons and gear" (basically everything of a certain type like melee, guns, tools perform the exact same and just have different skins) but there's a bit of exploration and problem solving

[opaque sedge]

nope

hitman games right

i'll take a look

[velvet summit]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1659040/HITMAN_World_of_Assassination/

Steam

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Recommendations

33667

Metacritic

87

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these are the "new" games after WB and IOI took over (though WB only kept it for the first revamped game)

you can try and see if you like it with just the "part one" (which is just hitman 1)

they merged all 3 games into one game launcher

[opaque sedge]

Ohh like mass effect

[velvet summit]

actually, they have a demo

i didnt even see it

[gleaming rivet]

2 summers ago I lived in a place that the AC couldn't keep up with the outside heat plus the heat from my PC. AC at 68f and the room temp was 90f+ with several weeks in a row my thermometer capped at 109f

[rancid juniper]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dang tree

[gleaming rivet]

I was dying lol

[opaque sedge]

Duck i think im going into a food coma

[gleaming rivet]

welp, huuuge branch from the big tree in our yard just snapped off. Luckily it didn't hit the house. Contacted the owner of the lot a month ago about getting the tree removed because it was losing branches. Looks like we are gonna have to escelate.

[glacial forum]

I just got a new monitor (MSI pro mp251 series). I have never used a monitor before, only a small tv, is there anything I have to do when I hook it up to my pc? anything with graphics or settings?

im kinda confused

im assuming i can just hook it up and use it as it looks but correct me if im wrong

[dusk knot]

Hmmm

[glacial forum]

clearly we have the same thought going on

[dusk knot]

Not really. are you using HDMI?

[glacial forum]

yes

i just hooked it up, using it now, it looks great

[dusk knot]

Nice

Oh I forgot....you'll have to go to windows display settings and make sure you're taking full advantage of your monitor's refresh rate. @glacial forum

[glacial forum]

sounds complicated

[dusk knot]

It's ez.

One sec

[frigid stag]

It’s like 2 buttons

Right click on ur desktop wallpaper and then display settings

[dusk knot]

@glacial forum Go to settings. System > display> advanced display

Choose the highest refresh rate

Forgot to mention, that under display, make sure the display resolution is set to what you have

[dusk knot]

Oh right. This too 💀

[glacial forum]

it was on 60hz now im using 100hz whats the difference

[glacial forum]

it recommended me a resolution and im using it

its good

[dusk knot]

100 is the highest, for you monitor that is . There's a difference.

[glacial forum]

no im asking like what does hz do

what does 100hz do

hertz right

[dusk knot]

Your monitor now can display up to 100 frames per second.

That's what it means

You're getting a smoother experience now.

[glacial forum]

so should i set all of my games max fps to 100

[dusk knot]

Preferably

[glacial forum]

okay

thanks for your help

[dusk knot]

No problem

[tranquil otter]

Nice deal Newegg 😄

[dusk knot]

A whole 2 pennies!

[icy ore]

Lmao

Still too expensive

[sage sluice]

The deal's so good it makes the mods forget how to count 🙏

[dusk knot]

Ikr!

[slate fractal]

amd

i use nvidia cpus 😎

[sweet phoenix]

My favorite is nvidia motherboards

[worthy meteor]

My favorite is Nvidia USB sticks

[dusk knot]

All overpriced last time I checked

Those Nvidia case screws. A scam

[dusk knot]

Nice, dallas

Has anyone bought an Anker Portable battery for it to stop working after a few months?

[icy ore]

aw cutie

[kind verge]

yall how can i remove that fuzzy effect ( look at arthurs hairs its all pixellated and fuzzy )

and its 10x worse when in motion, im not using fsr or frame gen, please tell me if thats a graphics settings and if i can change it

again, look at the trees and the hair, im on max preset but it looks really bad to my eye

[sage sluice]

you dont want to, that bloom effect is intentional. removing it will make textures look funky and squared

[pastel mist]

Finally got tired of iCue and installed Signal RGB.

[frigid stag]

Should’ve used windows dl

[pastel mist]

It's free, but limited lighting effects.

[tranquil pebble]

My 96 GB DDR5 kit arrived

now waiting on the 7800x3d

[pastel mist]

Wich kit you get?

[dusk knot]

96. More than I can ever dream of using

[pastel mist]

Mine are 64GB DDR5 Dominator Titaniums

[dusk knot]

I might go to 48 in the future

32 is starting to look limited

[sinful blade]

https://www.newegg.com/srhonyra-radeon-rx-580-sr58d5m8g1/p/27N-008T-00005?Item=9SIBJXUJTB8140&tpk=1

Look at this neat little 580

[random osprey]

factory reset my phone to see if it fixes my phone call dropouts, theres like 2k new settings and apps that i didnt have access to despite being up to date on everything on the phone

time to explore

[velvet summit]

Lmao

[random osprey]

unrelated side note, provolone cheese is not good for chicken sandwiches. it added no extra flavor or anything

wasted my cheese

[proud jackal]

provolone is a boring cheese

[random osprey]

couldve used gouda or mozzarella for my sandwich

[sinful blade]

You can take your non-provolone chicken sandwiches and get out

Provolone is the best cheese, hands down

[velvet summit]

What

Blue cheese is the best cheese

[sinful blade]

Sorry, can’t hear you over the mold

[random osprey]

ok, i was about to roast ron but that right there deserves a ban

[sinful blade]

[proud jackal]

[velvet summit]

[sinful blade]

Blue cheese is just, awful

[proud jackal]

its iight with chicken wings

[random osprey]

id rather eat sauced chicken wings with ketchup than with blue cheese

[proud jackal]

KETCHUP EW

[velvet summit]

I don't accept this blue cheese slander

[sinful blade]

Ketchup is good wtf you mean

[proud jackal]

i bet you put ketchup with your eggs, freak.

[velvet summit]

Blue cheese with eggs

[sinful blade]

I bet you’re one of those people that put ketchup and Mac and cheese together

And then swore off ketchup for life

[tranquil pebble]

Crucial Pro

[rancid juniper]

thats hella disgusting

[tranquil pebble]

hot sauce + mac and cheese ftw

[sinful blade]

Try half can of mamwich

[sinful blade]

This is true

[random osprey]

forgor what apps i had installed on my phone so im just sitting here looking at the google play store

[mortal grail]

I love it when plan no plan hopelessness comes together

[random osprey]

is there a way to see an install history in google play store?

[dusk knot]

Nah

[velvet summit]

I mean, you can sort by like

[dusk knot]

Jk

[velvet summit]

Most recent

[dusk knot]

@random osprey

[velvet summit]

I wonder if google takeout would have the data

[random osprey]

oop found it. under manage theres a drop down of installed and then not installed

[dusk knot]

You're welcome

That's a life debt right there

[random osprey]

does not seem to have everything though. seems after a certain time it removes it from history cause i used to download apps back in like 2015-2017 and they dont seem to be here

unless i used a different account for that

[velvet summit]

Hmm

[random osprey]

oh well, got the apps back that i was using

forgor i had twitter installed despite it being my second most used app

[nocturne flicker]

Blue cheese and eggs actually really good. I threw some in a while back thinking it'd just be too intense, but I really like it. Also the texture of the melted cheese was really nice

I'd go with a less intense blue cheese if I did it again tho

It was bordering on too strong

[velvet summit]

i like stronger flavours so that's why i like blue cheese

i can eat it by itself lmao

[random osprey]

oh naw, you need to get locked up

reopen alcatraz just for you

[tranquil pebble]

ranch > blue cheese

[sinful blade]

This is sickening

Both are terrible

[icy ore]

good ranch is good

bad ranch is 🤢

[tranquil pebble]

I like putting name brand ranch on pepperoni pizza

[icy ore]

I love ranch with pizza lol

[sinful blade]

Who ARE YOU PEOPLE

[tranquil pebble]

and hot wings

[icy ore]

Chicken bacon ranch pizza

[tranquil pebble]

good stuff

[hoary zodiac]

what is ranch

every american I know seems to be obsessed with it

[sinful blade]

As an American, it’s garbage

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/detroit-style-pizza-pizza-dip-ranch-dressing-dipping-gif-26122158

most ranch in a cup is trash tbh

Like pre packaged cup

[hoary zodiac]

so is it just fancy salad dressing

[icy ore]

McDonald’s ranch is absolute dog dookie

Basically

[tranquil pebble]

Hidden Valley ranch is the stuff I use

[icy ore]

hidden valley is ok

[tranquil pebble]

What is better?

[random osprey]

swear on my life time supply of dr pepper if you say ken's is better than hidden valley when it comes to ranch

[icy ore]

Making your own lol

Id bet none of you have a Jacks Burgers near you but it’s a chain in south eastern America and their ranch is A++

[hoary zodiac]

ram

[tranquil pebble]

I am north east coast

upstate NY specifically

[hoary zodiac]

ah

so the part of NY that's not a cost of living nightmare

[tranquil pebble]

yes, the good NY

[hoary zodiac]

How's the rest of NY compared to NYC

[tranquil pebble]

A lot nicer tbh

[nocturne flicker]

No

It is a cheap standard one

[tranquil pebble]

ranch is a basic condiment tbh

[icy ore]

Going to nyc next week :p

[nocturne flicker]

Creamy, I guess sorta tangy? It is something that is hard to describe but once you've had it you know what it is

[hoary zodiac]

I usually use french onion dip

[nocturne flicker]

Also I only dip blue cheese dressing for pizza. I don't like most ranch dressings

Our school cafeteria ranch was good tho

[fresh timber]

Didn’t wanna buy usbc hub, so I made one

Took apart 3rd party switch dock

[tranquil pebble]

ever been there?

[hoary zodiac]

you will go to the statue of liberty gift shop and spend $1000

[tranquil pebble]

if not, all I can say is it very... chaotic.

[nocturne flicker]

Honestly didn't like visiting NYC

[tranquil pebble]

Population density is too high there fr

[random osprey]

thats why you gotta swing around the buildings like spider man does

[nocturne flicker]

Though I don't like traveling and going places period, so I have a bias

[icy ore]

once a couple years ago

has its share of faults but i kinda loved it

it's so much different than what we're used to

like we have to drive a few miles just to get to our next door neighbor pretty much

[tranquil pebble]

There is a lot of stuff to do there, plenty of good food if you know where to look... but that population density isnt my thing

[icy ore]

we don't have high rises anywhere around here, so it's a cool change of pace

[sinful blade]

State buddies, I’m in PA

[tranquil pebble]

so I live in a small "city" that is less dense and still have easy access to places

[icy ore]

yeah like what's the population of your county

[nocturne flicker]

I live in a town and grew up in a smol hamlet up north

550 people go brrrrr

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/hot-tub-sauna-bath-jacuzzi-hot-water-spa-gif-13066946

[icy ore]

good thing about being in country

[tranquil pebble]

65k

[icy ore]

i can pee off my porch

❤️

[icy ore]

ah nice, there's like 10k in our entire county

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-stewie-griffin-hey-wait-a-minute-what-the-hell-what-the-hell-wait-a-minute-gif-1510307939783464638

[tranquil pebble]

you can probably also target shoot in your yard whenever you want if you're into that too

[icy ore]

oh yea for sure

[dusk knot]

Hm

[prisma mountain]

Buttermilk, mayo, herbs, and seasoning.

[tall pine]

If you like high rises visit my home town ShangHai, China. The main city feels like a cleaned up version of Cyberpunk 2077.

[tacit geode]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-offensive-rude-sarcasm-sassy-insulted-gif-15291606

in my christian newegg server saying "HELL"

[worthy meteor]

Nah Shanghai is cyberpunk if it actually had budget smh

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/burning-hell-silly-goofy-skeleton-gif-26265254

[tacit geode]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-offensive-rude-sarcasm-sassy-insulted-gif-15291606

[dusk knot]

Hm

[icy ore]

that's so cool, I'd love to

[rough zinc]

Don't got any by me, also in NY but I was at one once and their ranch is 10/10

[full shoal]

same price 4080 super or 7900xtx

[tall pine]

4080 Super personally.

[hoary zodiac]

depends

actually

you know what

if they're the same price

4080 super

the key advantage of the 7900XTX is usually because they're $200 cheaper

[tall pine]

The two exchange hits with each other but the 4080 has better support for work stuff.

[hoary zodiac]

this

for pure gaming I'd take a 7900XTX (usually because it's $200 cheaper)

but since they're the same price you might as well go for the 4080s

[tall pine]

Things like rendering and cad or ai especially will benefit more or a lot more from the 4080.

[hoary zodiac]

ESPECIALLY stuff like AI

they love nvidia

[tall pine]

Good luck using Blender on any AMD GPU lmao.

[hoary zodiac]

to be fair most of the people I've come across on the server asking for parts lists only really use their gpus for gaming

[tall pine]

Very true.

[hoary zodiac]

still tho since they're at the same price

4080 super obviously the better pick here

[tall pine]

I assume me and the small handful are the exception.

[full shoal]

I am buying it for 1440p or 4k and want the highest fps, dont midn upscaling

[hoary zodiac]

well

[full shoal]

paired with a i7-13700k

[hoary zodiac]

here's a small disclaimer about 4K

whatever card you buy won't be a 4k card in a couple years time

[tall pine]

1440P is better for a 4080 imo if you like high frames.

[hoary zodiac]

assuming you play at 4K ultra

it's not really sustainable to keep playing at that preset with the latest AAA releases unless you keep throwing money at nvidia or amd for gpu upgrades

[full shoal]

but the thing is I can get a 4k 240hz oled monitor for cheap

[tall pine]

Like personally I can't stand sub 120fps it genuinely feels choppy to me.

[full shoal]

from auctions

[hoary zodiac]

especially with how unoptimised games are these days

1080ti was a 4K card half a decade back

[tall pine]

True that.

[hoary zodiac]

now it's pretty much a 1080p card

1440p however, you can run at a reasonably high setting for a longer period of time

[tall pine]

I am debating going 3440x1440 or 4K for my monitor upgrade.

[full shoal]

or I just keep my 33090 strixd

[tall pine]

I plan to pickup a 5090.

[full shoal]

and then just wait for a big upgrade

:kek:

[hoary zodiac]

you got a 3090?

I wouldn't upgrade then

[tall pine]

Wait for the 5080 if you own a 3090 much better upgrade for slightly more if rumors are true.

[hoary zodiac]

you're currently at the "diminishing return" price bracket

[full shoal]

also mine like silicon goated

[frigid stag]

Vram downgrade

[full shoal]

performs at the top 20% till this day of all 3090s

[hoary zodiac]

you're spending thousands for really not that much performance increase

[full shoal]

3090 also has 24gb of vram

[hoary zodiac]

wrong reply I assume

[tall pine]

If you are just gaming I doubt you'll use up more than 16-20GB gaming.

[hoary zodiac]

you can also optimise your settings

to get more out of your card

[tall pine]

I can still game just fine on 8GB vram albeit at 1080 High settings.

[hoary zodiac]

sometimes lowering one settings won't affect visuals too much while increasing performance by quite a decent bit

[hoary zodiac]

same

I got a pretty small display so that helps too

[tall pine]

Cough cough, ray tracing like 80% of the time

[hoary zodiac]

no point going above 1080p for my screen size

[tall pine]

I have been rocking a cheap 24" pixio FHD monitor for 3 years now. Grabbed it for the small size to travel with and also because it was only a $100.

[hoary zodiac]

24"

that's the minimum for 1440p iirc

at least the minimum for it to be really noticable compared to a 1080p of the same size

[tall pine]

I can still see the pixels on my monitor from 3ft away so I feel like 4K might be the way to go to avoid that for me.

[hoary zodiac]

huh

that's interesting

[tall pine]

I have very sharp vision.

[hoary zodiac]

that's usually the lower end of 1440p panels

[tall pine]

Albeit with blind spots due to glaucoma.

[hoary zodiac]

ohhh wait

you're on a 1080p panel

[full shoal]

is that caused from diabates if u dotn midn me asking?

[hoary zodiac]

I blanked out and thought you were on 1440p there

yeah 1080p gets very noticable above 20 inch

[tall pine]

No. Thankfully I do not have diabetes but my father does have type 2.

I have managed to stop the growth of the blind spots through lifestyle change but it's still frustrating at times.

[hoary zodiac]

what screen sizes do you prefer?

[tall pine]

24" FHD is about the same as 27" QHD right?

[hoary zodiac]

ehh

[tall pine]

PPI wise by like 1.

[hoary zodiac]

I'd say 24" you're stretching 1080p a bit

[tall pine]

Looked it up

[hoary zodiac]

I could tell the difference between a 21" and a 24" 1440p display

[tall pine]

92 vs 109

[hoary zodiac]

1440p is noticably more crisp

I'd say go to a best buy and compare their monitors

[tall pine]

Ideally I'd like to get a 21:9 34" screen so I get the useful horizontal screen space.

[hoary zodiac]

ah an ultrawide

[tall pine]

I saw some 34" ultrawides lately and they look nice size and neck turning wise.

[hoary zodiac]

I usually rock dual displays instead

[full shoal]

soooo what should i do

[hoary zodiac]

different use case I guess

[hoary zodiac]

in terms of gpu? or display?

I'd stay on the 3090

gpu releases are around the corner

for display

well

depends on how often you want to upgrade your gpu

[tall pine]

I plan to do a triple vertical setup.

• (top) My current monitor
• (middle) ultra wide
• (bottom) graphics tablet

[hoary zodiac]

4K is quite demanding and the game requirements do go up every year

[dusk knot]

4k isn’t worth it

[full shoal]

not too often I am poor

[hoary zodiac]

poor with a 3090?

[tall pine]

1440P will be better then

[full shoal]

got it used bruh

[hoary zodiac]

ok that's fair

I assume that's when people when dumping 3090s

when 40 series came out

[tall pine]

In my case I just don't waste money on anything non health or PC related.

[hoary zodiac]

1440p Is a good middle ground

[tall pine]

I am not into consumerism.

[hoary zodiac]

better than 1080p if you got a decent screen

[full shoal]

yeah got it for 900 CAD 2 years ago

[hoary zodiac]

but won't become annoying when the next new game releases and your performance tanks

(devs really don't like optimising games these days)

[full shoal]

or i get the lg dual mode and go from 240hz 4k to 480hz 1080p

[hoary zodiac]

I mean

[full shoal]

(that is the way... right?)

[hoary zodiac]

what kind of games you play

also depends on how big the 1080p display is

[full shoal]

uhhh fn, cod, story games, gta, rivals, red dead, fifa, cs

[full shoal]

32 inch

[hoary zodiac]

I really wouldn't tbh

[tall pine]

Can you actually tell the difference between 144 and say 240hz

[hoary zodiac]

you can really notice the pixels at that size

[tall pine]

Very few people can

[full shoal]

shii i never tried

[hoary zodiac]

also depends on the type of games you play

[dusk knot]

In fast paced gaming, you can

[hoary zodiac]

it's more noticable on competitive shooters

[tall pine]

A reaction time test is helpful for a rough idea.

[full shoal]

damn

thats why we got 4k too

[hoary zodiac]

I go on 90Hz on csgo and other comp games

otherwise I just go back to 60

(I got a 300Hz display but it drains my battery)

[craggy shoal]

Plug it in

[hoary zodiac]

3070 goes brr too

[craggy shoal]

Plug

It

In

[hoary zodiac]

I don't need 300Hz to play eu4

it is plugged in

[craggy shoal]

e

[full shoal]

so what you reccomend

[tall pine]

If you can score a average visual-to-physical reaction time of about 150ms without being in a adrenaline rush you can probably tell the difference.

[hoary zodiac]

kinda unnecessary to generate all that heat for this

[dusk knot]

For 240hz? I got one

[tall pine]

Otherwise you will likely only tell the difference on occasion imo

[nocturne flicker]

Mappies need to be played at 4k 240hz or else bad frfr

[full shoal]

4k 240hz

[dusk knot]

Oh 4k…..what’s your budget?

[nocturne flicker]

If I can't make out every pixel of a unit's design in the unit maker, bad

[full shoal]

dw i get them for 30-50% of price from options, I just wnat to make sure my 3090 up for that

or I cna get this model idk

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/34gs95qe-b

[dusk knot]

Hmm…..the pixel density might not be the best in person

That’s my only concern when you stretch 1440p to a 34 inch

But if you don’t like, you could return it

But OLED is the way

Go for it

[full shoal]

ehhh not really hehe

or I could get this

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/samsung/odyssey-oled-g8-g80sd-s32dg80

or this

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/32gs95ue-b

[dusk knot]

The last one is what one of our mods have. It’s a phenomenal display

[full shoal]

yeah its noice, the best is the oled g8

undoubtedly i think

[dusk knot]

The thing with the g8 is the purplish contrast in a lit room.

[full shoal]

wut no

[dusk knot]

But when you play in the dark, that goes away

[full shoal]

it doesnt check rtings

[tall pine]

How does one calculate PPI again?

Is it pixels ((X*Y)/D). D being the diagonal screen length.

[full shoal]

changed the link btw

[dusk knot]

Ive seen the g8 irl. its QD-OLED

Purple tint confirmed

It does have stronger contrast and brightness, that’s a pro.

[full shoal]

yeahm, heres what rtign has to say

"The LG 32GS95UE-B and the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8/G80SD S32DG80 are 4k @ 240Hz OLED monitors. If rich and immersive colors are important to you then the Samsung is the better option, as its QD-OLED display displays more vivid bright colors. The Samsung also has integrated smart apps like Netflix, so it's a great choice if you plan to use the monitor as a TV. However, if you like to play a lot of esports or fast-moving games, the LG is a better choice, as it has a special 1080p @ 480Hz dual mode that provides an exceptionally responsive feel while gaming.

"

[dusk knot]

So….do you play esports?

If yes, the LG is the better choice

[full shoal]

what would that be considered

[dusk knot]

?

[full shoal]

like csgo and fornite and stuff

cuz I mean I do, I definitely aint pro

[dusk knot]

How often do you play?

[storm narwhal]

Are you competitive as well

Or just casually playing

[dusk knot]

Well one thing for sure, that 3090 won’t take full advantage of the monitor

At 4k

[dusk knot]

This.

[full shoal]

sooo what should I doo 😭

[storm narwhal]

And it only does 480hz at 1080

[full shoal]

get the 1440p and risk future proofing

or get the 4k and thug it out till I get a new gpu

[storm narwhal]

Risk?

[dusk knot]

When do you see yourself upgrading?

[storm narwhal]

Future proofing is bogus lol

[dusk knot]

1440p is going to stay relevant for a long time

No need to worry

[storm narwhal]

We're still barely seeing a change from 1080 to 1440

[dusk knot]

4k is still niche

[storm narwhal]

4k is super niche

Unless you just like having the number lol

[dusk knot]

1440p is the perfect middle ground

[storm narwhal]

Or the tiniest icons and scaling on your desktop

[frigid stag]

Just buy good gpu

[storm narwhal]

Kekw

[rough zinc]

1440p is the way to go

Unless 32"+ monitor imo

[storm narwhal]

1440p will be a sweet spot for a long time to come

[dusk knot]

Not in this gaming industry

[full shoal]

but I guess why I do not want too is cuz I can get a 4k monitor

[storm narwhal]

On 27" ofc

[frigid stag]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-jensen-huang-the-more-you-buy-the-more-you-save-keynote-2018-gif-12315008507302833354

[rough zinc]

Are you able to get a 4090 with it?

[storm narwhal]

Can't run it at 4k, running it on a lower resolution will be blurry

Since 1440 isn't perfect scaling

[dusk knot]

It’s your money. If you watch movies/shows, it’s going to be sweet.

[storm narwhal]

And 1080 is small

My opinion is 1440 monitor

[dusk knot]

4090 is in the past

[frigid stag]

[dusk knot]

5000 series draws near

[frigid stag]

5090 time

[rough zinc]

Oh did 50 series come out yet?

[frigid stag]

Soon

[dusk knot]

Ha

[storm narwhal]

Lmao

[rough zinc]

Huge

My wallet is going to kill me

[storm narwhal]

1500+ pricing let's GOOOO

[frigid stag]

https://tenor.com/view/5090-gif-8410949786358132089

[full shoal]

yeah for sure what I am thinkign is I can get a nice 4k and a 165hz 1440p side

or get a 1400p man and a 4k side

[rough zinc]

Esports and 4k also dont really go together

[storm narwhal]

HAHAHA WHAT THE HELL

[full shoal]

both will cost relatively the same

[frigid stag]

Yea that thing is wild

[storm narwhal]

4k side? Wacky

[dusk knot]

The 1440p is the side

[storm narwhal]

Just get both of the same IMO then

[frigid stag]

My friend’s so baller he uses 240hz as a 2nd monitor

1440p 240hz of all

[rough zinc]

I be using one 43" monitor

[storm narwhal]

But def 1440p on the side 4k main if you go that route

[full shoal]

what di you think jp

[storm narwhal]

He thinks this

[full shoal]

oh okay

[dusk knot]

What he said

[full shoal]

I am also afraid about oled burn in

[storm narwhal]

Mitigation technologies are already built in

[full shoal]

if I will my 34 inch 1440p bid Ill take it

[storm narwhal]

Think about how phones these days using oled already too

Ain't seeing those burn in

[full shoal]

I wont take it too seriously

[dusk knot]

OLED tech is soo much more resilient now. You don’t have to worry. I have a 1440p OLED, It’s just as good as the day I bought it.

[full shoal]

Prolly will try to scalp it for 300 USD or something

[dusk knot]

Smh

[full shoal]

bruh I cant say sh*

lmao

[dusk knot]

Obviously

[full shoal]

yeah so I was saying I didnt want to change my taskbar and make a black wallpaper

[dusk knot]

You don’t have to, just rotate the background to whatever you want

Just don’t do heavy office work all the time and you’re fine

[full shoal]

wait jp is 34 inch going to be too bad on 1440p

the monitor retails for a 1130 cad and I can prolly get it for like 300-500 cad

[dusk knot]

Close up…yeah

For me anyway so

[full shoal]

LOOOl

[dusk knot]

Try it out and see what you think

[full shoal]

ima just start saying crap

[full shoal]

see I try it out but I cant return it

cuz this is auction

[dusk knot]

Oh right

💀

[full shoal]

currently wqinning

hehe

[dusk knot]

Btw what future GPU do you see yourselves getting?

[full shoal]

the one I can get for less then 1200 cad used probably

LMAO

[dusk knot]

Hm

[frigid stag]

Whatever I can find

[full shoal]

also winning

[frigid stag]

Probably xtx or 4080 super the way things are going

[dusk knot]

Best one imo

[full shoal]

MMMMM sexy

[frigid stag]

5080 being 1400 is insane

[dusk knot]

Samsung. Yuck

[frigid stag]

Hopefully 5090 is only like 1700

[full shoal]

breh

[full shoal]

WHATTT

1700 USD

FOR A FLIPPING

CARD

[frigid stag]

🤞

[full shoal]

bro wth

[dusk knot]

HAHAHAHAHA

[frigid stag]

Cheap right

[full shoal]

I can buy a honda civic

[frigid stag]

Worst case like 3 grand

Realistically like 2-2.5k

[full shoal]

bro I can buy you 3 4k monitors oled 240hz with that

[dusk knot]

Look at the current 4090 prices and that’s what you’ll see

For the 5090

[frigid stag]

Yeah I mean the 4090 msrp is like 1600

They sell for 3 grand now

[full shoal]

my supplier siad he can gift me one for 1600 CAD

[frigid stag]

Good deal

[dusk knot]

Lucky

[full shoal]

wait guys

I just messed up

OH MY GODS

[frigid stag]

Is this true? If any of yall own oled

[full shoal]

I COULD HAVE GOT THIS FOR 65 CAD

I hate me

[frigid stag]

That has to be a scam

Lmao

[dusk knot]

That’s what I have

[frigid stag]

How’s the text clarity on oled

[dusk knot]

You might complain about the brightness if you won that one lol

[full shoal]

bro I bidded for a broken monitor I didnt read 💀

[dusk knot]

Perfect

[full shoal]

if I win this Ill ship it to whoever want to fix it

im cooked should I just call the auction and tell them I cant

I did this by accident 😭

[dusk knot]

Hm

[frigid stag]

It’s only 30 bucks

Just take it if you win it

[full shoal]

plus buyers premium and tax

[frigid stag]

The stand alone is probably worth that much

[full shoal]

so 30 + 28%

[full shoal]

help I am so stupid

[dusk knot]

Nothing I can do

[full shoal]

Item Condition: As-Is Turns off immediately after turning on Package

IT DONT EVEN TURN ON

[dusk knot]

It’s only 30 bucks

No biggie

[full shoal]

plus 28%

[dusk knot]

Oh

So less than 40 bucks

Eh

[tall pine]

Unfortunate but I don't think you can get out of those one.

[full shoal]

is there a chance it could be fixed?

[dusk knot]

If you could identify the source of the problem

Sure

[full shoal]

welp

im 17 spending all this money jesus

😦

i mean to be fair I only spend money once every year on tech

should I get a dual or triple monitor setup tho

[tall pine]

It's just 2 hours as a McDonald's fry chef. Not to bad.

[full shoal]

i work as a lifeguard

and swim instructor

most my income in stocks and options

[tall pine]

That ought to be much better than working as a fry chef.

[full shoal]

yeah 22 CAD

to be honest

@dusk knot

I was going to buy this monitor

but it reached 660 CAD + 28%

so I couldnt

[dusk knot]

Rip

[full shoal]

I mean was that worth it

660 CAD + 28%

I was going to bite the bullet at 580 but it went to shambles

[full shoal]

@dusk knot

[dusk knot]

Only from a reputable seller

If it is one, yes

Well gn.

[full shoal]

gn!

[velvet summit]

2025 would be the 8th year I would have had my Razer keyboard which has had no issues

https://tenor.com/view/damn-bird-legs-gif-7418853116988366584

Mid 2025 ish

Don't remember the exact month I bought it

[hoary zodiac]

ok

turns out

intel c-state is buggy and causes freezes with linux

[storm narwhal]

Zamn