general-chat

[hoary zodiac]

you don't need a new standard either

[fresh timber]

that shoudlnt matter if its all local

[hoary zodiac]

just a couple of code monkeys a week to figure that out

[fresh timber]

litertly just gotta develope an app and put wifi hardware in headphones

[worthy meteor]

Problem is prob making an interface for that device

[fresh timber]

the hardest part is the interface and hardware, but sense the standard already exist, and SONY already does that. cant be too hard

https://electronics.sony.com/a-series

JUST PUT IT IN DAMN HEADPHONES

[storm narwhal]

Sonos does the same

That's literally their thing

[icy ore]

Hopefully they don’t copyright it somehow

[fresh timber]

fr

[worthy meteor]

We love proprietary

[fresh timber]

give me this in headphones and im happy 😭 even if its poopy 2.4ghz at like 10mbps at most

[mortal grail]

Spotify already has this but they use devices with the app

If you made headphones that recognised spotify as a device

[fresh timber]

yeah :(, slap a raspi on the side of your headphones and use audio jack

[mortal grail]

It would technically already exist

Ya it's really that close

[fresh timber]

and its ready being used in real products 😢

[mortal grail]

And you could walk around wireless

Lol

Spotify not the best example here

[fresh timber]

have the raspi steal power from the headphone battery

[mortal grail]

Cos audio

So really, what you want is a wireless headset with the driver firmware

Programs already exist for this

Technically

[fresh timber]

just put a damn wifi and bluetooth chip on my headphones

[mortal grail]

They have 2.4 wireless so it's more the protocol

[hoary zodiac]

put linux on my headphones

[fresh timber]

only downside is phones, i know damn well hotspot wasnt designed to be used like this

on apple, i doubt they will let you manuplate ur phones wifi antenna to transmit audio and get wifi at the same time

[icy ore]

unrelated note but Apple CarPlay pisses me off with how delayed the audio is

[storm narwhal]

I think apple has their own Bluetooth chip?

[mortal grail]

That has to be bluetooth

[fresh timber]

pcs and such? just connect your headphones to your standard access point and ur pc communicates to throguh standard internet

[mortal grail]

Bluetooth is the one that delays

[fresh timber]

only challanging part abt this setup is using ur headphones on a mobile device that isnt connectd to wifi

[lone mango]

g502 x is $66 rn

is this a cop

[mortal grail]

5G feels a lot better at doing this tho ngl

[icy ore]

It is indeed

[worthy meteor]

Honestly just give me a long, light, and retractable wire and I'll be happy

[fresh timber]

but now your headphones need 5g as well, and now u just have bad latency

[mortal grail]

I believe the basilisk v3 hyperspeed is like $35 rn and much better

[mortal grail]

Trueee

[fresh timber]

it has to direclty connect to the phone, every other situation normal wifi is fine

[mortal grail]

1111 just walking around the house knocking vases down, TVs

[fresh timber]

so i guess on ur phone ur stuck with bluetooth

[mortal grail]

Long ass wire

Lmao

[fresh timber]

i think my sd card is bad it had a disk write failuar trying to install ballon td

but it installed it after some fenesse soo maybe its not?

[mortal grail]

Emmc can be quite dodgy

[worthy meteor]

But imagine if it could be light enough and the retracting/loosening mechanism so loose that you can just walk around and the wire just forms a path of where you walk on the ground without getting in the way anywhere

[mortal grail]

What sd card is it

[fresh timber]

i cant belive the steamdeck has a 64gb emmc option in the past

was it atleast high endurance emmc?

[fresh timber]

let me pause the game first

[mortal grail]

I actually didn't mind this, it's actively modifiable too

[fresh timber]

HELL Doesnt the nintendo switch run on emmc

[mortal grail]

Cos cheaper price

Yeah

But cheaper price for negligible loss is ok

[fresh timber]

my swithc emmc still works

[mortal grail]

Ssd's don't do much past sata 3 basically for 9 out of 10 things

So solid state emmc is really fine for now

Maybe once direct storage (ever) takes off finally there will be a need

[fresh timber]

yeah im just worrieed about the endurance

[mortal grail]

It's a fair point but I think for a gaming system it should be mostly negligible

The concept being you don't download daily

[fresh timber]

yeah

until your me and do it for fun

[mortal grail]

On a gaming system you'll use a pcie m.2 endurance maybe 5% over 4 years

[fresh timber]

i wonder how many years a switch will last

in like 10 years will a bunch of people come out with their switches stroage dying

[mortal grail]

Lol fr

[icy ore]

speaking of which https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3leno2akufz26

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

Rumor: Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard pics www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...

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[worthy meteor]

Seems more likely people will move on and/or break their devices first lol

[fresh timber]

i have a switch two! its called a legion go with a emulator

[mortal grail]

The nvidia chip on this looks like ampere btw

Which lines up with rumours

[fresh timber]

3040 in the switch 2?

o yeah the switch is based on arm too

[mortal grail]

It'll be called something else that isn't ampere

[fresh timber]

for power reasons prob

[mortal grail]

But yeah iirc ampere arch

And ampere is not a bad idea

Ampere drivers are very stable relatively speaking even in nvidias own stack

Not the most efficient but very stable

[fresh timber]

id take efficent over stable in a switch tbh

[icy ore]

45min battery life inc

[fresh timber]

i wonder how long it will last on battery

[mortal grail]

Lol

[mortal grail]

I haven't heard much about onn

How old is the ssd

[fresh timber]

i bought it a few years ago for my nintendo switch

u think crystal disk info will tell me anything?

[mortal grail]

Hmmm like 3 or 4 years ago?

The age will tell a lot

[fresh timber]

im booting windows, i can get more on it maybe

[mortal grail]

Alr

[fresh timber]

two maybe three years, hasent really been used much other than the first month of two when installing switch games

[mortal grail]

Oh it was marketed for switch

Lol

[fresh timber]

nope

just a normal sd card i just used it in the switch

darn u cant disk info a sd card 😦

[mortal grail]

Apparently

These are rebranded elite-x sd's that didn't pass qc

[fresh timber]

of course walmart did that

[mortal grail]

Yep downbin resales are everywhere lol

[fresh timber]

ill just use it to download dumb games

i had to reformat the entire thing after trying to run wallpaper engine on it

[mortal grail]

Were you downloading to it earlier?

I just learned a lot lol

They're downbins, known for not being super reliable

[fresh timber]

balloon td 6

note to self, only download games that use cloud storage

[mortal grail]

Typical speeds up to about 60MBps

What may have been happening was your card was throttling lmao

[fresh timber]

yup i dont really get tht on downloads

it always throttles

[hoary zodiac]

bloons td6 is the only game you need

[fresh timber]

the fastest iv pushed on it is 200mbps so. 20MBps ish

[mortal grail]

Yeah and that's likely sustained

That sounds about right

Lol

[fresh timber]

but no spikes to the 60MBps which my net can do sad

[mortal grail]

Yeah which will be for one of two reasons

Either the files aren't big enough

Or the sd card has slowed down by spec

Or on the other end, slow server

[fresh timber]

mh

so good enough for the small indie games with cloud storage

[mortal grail]

You need one complete file for peak speed performance

Yeah it'll work

Basic games are fine, AAA might be sketch

[fresh timber]

i forget where steam stores its game data 😭

[mortal grail]

Not unusable but slow loading

For example like, CP77 would load a scene on an SSD in maybe 15 seconds

HDD in 30

SD card probably a minute?

[fresh timber]

people play cp77 on sd cards

[mortal grail]

Yeah

But on that one I'd expect load times to take a bit lol

[fresh timber]

mostly the steamdeck users with like 256gb storage that is NOT enough

you know its crazy when u can transfer files over ur internet faster than the sd card

[mortal grail]

NAS makes things so easy lol

[fresh timber]

i just used it to run an app

[mortal grail]

Hell yeah

Steam stream is so handy

[fresh timber]

running small apps over wireless isnt even bad

[mortal grail]

Alright time to make dinner

Good chat

I just realised the time right on the dot lol

[fresh timber]

It’s 2am for me

😭😭

[mortal grail]

That'll be like west coast

Lol

Yeah it's just coming on 6pm here

Cya later

[storm narwhal]

Moonlight for local streaming to a handheld or a phone is also dope

Moonlight on client and sunshine on host

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/cyberpunk-cyberpunk-anime-lucy-cyberpunk-edgerunners-smoking-gif-26728461

[fresh timber]

Did you read my messages lol

[hoary zodiac]

among us

Did chat died when I tabbed out

[tranquil pebble]

you crashed the chat

[mortal grail]

https://tenor.com/view/gameboyluke-crash-blue-screen-gif-23555440

[tranquil pebble]

@bitter solar possible bot

very likely, actually

[storm narwhal]

Definitely possible bot when your bio is "Amazon big discount"

[tranquil pebble]

sus levels off the charts

ok even if they arent a bot, they are spamming

[storm narwhal]

Bot ban available

If you ordered a random amazon bot recently I can get you a full ban within 2 hours

[tranquil pebble]

lol

[storm narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-helldivers-2-automatons-freedom-liber-tea-gif-4704290022450713731

Real POV of this guy

[tranquil pebble]

@keen spruce bot alert

[pliant berry]

I think thats the wrong ghosty lol

[tranquil pebble]

oops lol

in any case, bots gone

[tacit geode]

https://tenor.com/view/toothless-dragon-dance-boogie-happy-gif-5558141494209424671

[storm narwhal]

Random user leaking classified documents on warthunder forums

[tacit geode]

AI is annoying and awesome at same time

its annoying dcause when I asked it to check my code for errors

it literally delted code it found redundant

breaking it

[storm narwhal]

AI is stupid

At least for code

Look how it turned out for nvidia drivers lol

[craggy shoal]

https://open.spotify.com/track/3ajR6pspj94O8XkqkCNCir

[tacit geode]

actually no...

claude so far is amazing

you have to be more literal with things

like "fix the bugs. without changing any functions that would break it."

[craggy shoal]

Claude is better than ChatGPT imo

(Last I’ve used it)

[tacit geode]

yeah

i asked chatgpt to fix something

it removed EVERYTHING related to style and said "style is up to user to decide"

it was already there bro just leave it

XD

[craggy shoal]

You can usually ask it to prettify code though if it isn't too much code

I hate having to manually prettify code

[opaque sedge]

Has anyone here tried dragons dogma 2 bfr?

[ancient swift]

Why do gamers expect a game to be supported for over a decade lol, not even a GaaS

[ancient swift]

My younger brother enjoys it.

[opaque sedge]

Steam sale’s abt to end and i’m still tryna find an rpg with good build variety

[opaque sedge]

What are the enemies like?

Heard there’s not much variety

[ancient swift]

Uhhh that'd probably be right.

[opaque sedge]

Icic

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/dragons-dogma-wizard-tornado-action-rpg-rpg-gif-16543812

[velvet summit]

https://youtube.com/shorts/IVVPshNnB-A?si=2q-y2UGLPXXfnzCk

now that's what i call a bread bowl

[sinful blade]

Guess who’s getting $720 on the sixth?

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-excited-this-guy-two-thumbs-jim-gif-14850417969904358366

I finally got my financial aid from college
And I am using the $2400 I get back from grant to fix life, and that money will left over to get pc parts

Then I get it again in 8 weeks

[rancid juniper]

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-geforce-rtx-5080-gpu-has-been-leaked-16gb-gddr7-and-256-bit-confirmed

[sinful blade]

All the rest goes back into student loans

[rancid juniper]

Loans..

[sinful blade]

I get a log of money in student loans+grant back

[full shoal]

Is it fine to clean my pc with compressed air when the air outside is -10

[icy obsidian]

why does the air temp outside matter

[wind quail]

if you clean it inside its fine... i wouldnt clean it outside at that temp

[dusk knot]

OH!

16gb? Pass.

[full shoal]

Okay…do I need to use the can in small bursts

I know I have to hold the fans..don’t tilt it…and have it 2 inches away from the ckmponents

[wind quail]

youll feel the can getting cold... id stop for a little bit after that

[full shoal]

So use it in small bursts or hold the trigger

[wind quail]

whatever you require

[full shoal]

In what sense…sorry just don’t want to f up my pc it’s my first time

[sinful blade]

It’s so bad

[sinful blade]

I usually do small bursts

Had a can freeze the nozzle somehow while full pulling

[dusk knot]

Games are only getting more demanding. 16 is too close to 12

[sinful blade]

I know I’m not going to be able to afford cards like it for a while or play any games that require it for a while
But only having 16GB on a middle of the road current gen card???

That’s made worse by the 8gb issues

[dusk knot]

Yeah

Might have to skip this generation

I'm ok with what I have atm

Or maybe it the 5080ti

Idk

[sinful blade]

I am not okay with what I have

1025 basically

[rancid juniper]

buy buy buy

Should've been this:

10GB RTX 5050
12GB RTX 5060
12/16GB RTX 5060ti
16GB RTX 5070
16GB RTX 5070 super
16GB RTX 5070ti
20GB RTX 5070ti super
20GB RTX 5080
24GB RTX 5080 Ti

All GDDR7

[nocturne flicker]

"We've listened to your feedback and moving forward will be releasing 5080s with 8gb GDDR7"

[sage sluice]

5090 stole all the vram ong

Gluttonous pos

[proud jackal]

Wonder if this will destroy GPU

[dusk knot]

This….

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/spearhyunho-gif-4429745997606774790

[dusk knot]

Only one way to find out

[tacit geode]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/solidigm-pulls-out-of-consumer-ssd-market-with-discontinuation-of-drives-storage-company-shut-down-consumer-division-over-a-year-ago?utm_content=tomsguide&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

sad

[rancid juniper]

rip

[misty sparrow]

Not a huge loss, never actually seen their consumer SSDs sold anywhere

when I do find them they’re always OoS anyway

[worthy meteor]

Damn p41 plus was a great budget offering and p44 pro was very competitive

[unreal trail]

actually gonna just get a Switch 2

depending on GPU and CPU manufacturers to be smart isnt working

[worn wave]

Huh?

Switch is like a completely different beast

[unreal trail]

yes

[worn wave]

Just prepare to spend whatever Nintendo wants to charge you for games

[unreal trail]

ok

[rancid juniper]

atleast switch 2 will be backwards compat, and hopefully they release high fps/res patches for earlier titles

[unreal trail]

I think some of you like the chaos of hardware min/maxing and driver/software shenanigans

the real game is the PC tuning or getting it all to work in the first place

[unreal trail]

I'd rather this than Switch 2 versions of Switch games

like, nobody really wants Switch 2 version of BotW

[rancid juniper]

lol yea that would be stupid

but they know people will eat it up

they probably might just do that

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[unreal trail]

I hope they don't eat it up, Aonuma needs to be sent a message

People are wanting the liberty of BotW with classic Zelda dungeon structure. Not just BotW 3

I didn't even buy Echoes of Wisdom

I expect that they're going to make a 3D Mario game in a similar style to the movie

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/among-us-dance-dance-among-us-purple-sus-gif-11799252726647481946

[dusk knot]

Switch two is going to be weak according to the leaked images

[rancid juniper]

i mean, do you want a $800 switch?

💀

[dusk knot]

No

Maybe $300

[rancid juniper]

then expect weaker hardware

[dusk knot]

No

[rancid juniper]

doesn't work that way

[dusk knot]

😤

[rancid juniper]

lol

even then, it will be a massive improvement over the base switch at an affordable price

thats what they want

[sinful blade]

Switch 1 is still $299 most places

[proud jackal]

Is 5090 out yet?

[rancid juniper]

does it ever go on sale?

[elfin mural]

relatively*

can't expect 4060 perf outta a handheld xd

[sinful blade]

Rarely

It was on sale at target yesterday for I think $249

[rancid juniper]

should've been cheaper but a sale is a sale

[sage sluice]

4090 handheld when?

[sage sluice]

The flop is gonna be so real

(It wont, people will buy it anyway)

[rigid sinew]

gym bros and gym women pls check gym chat

we are startin the new year different

also tell me yalls resolutions

[proud jackal]

To finally delete gym chat

[rigid sinew]

noo stop im trying to get skinny

i need the adviceeee

[proud jackal]

NEVER LISTEN TO YOUR TIAS COMMENTS

[rigid sinew]

ITS NOT MY TIA ITS MY MOTHER

[proud jackal]

SAME THING

[rigid sinew]

my mom forces me to listen to her

[nocturne flicker]

To get out of debt :PepeRealizes:

[mental yoke]

oww hello here

[rancid juniper]

surely if i win this giveaway i can fit the 9800x3d in my LGA 1700 pc

✅

[rigid sinew]

call national debt relief if you feel like you cant

[elfin mural]

free ceepeeu!!!

[woeful jackal]

Thanks Newegg. Upgraded my graphics card, and screen this holiday season. Had a solid experience so far 🙂

Still waiting on amazon to ship my monitor stand so I can stack my other old 27" on top of that one.

[rigid sinew]

YAAAY SUPER COOL!!!!!

[nocturne flicker]

I'm currently trying to get a loan from my broker using my investments as collateral. 8.6% is better than 24% from my credit card

[last mango]

that flat monitor is looking nice

[lucid turtle]

oklahoma is due for a snowless winter this year💔

[rigid sinew]

is it mostly cc debt?

[nocturne flicker]

Yus

[rigid sinew]

then call national debt relief.. my coworker literally was in like 20k debt bc of cc,she stuck to it and now she is debt free , it took her like 2 years i think

[nocturne flicker]

Wait a minute, I can fix this without doing debt relief or a loan. I have investments

[woeful jackal]

Coming from a 1500R curved screen setup it's going to take some adjustment of my eyes lol

[rigid sinew]

lmfaoooooo sirrrr

[idle nexus]

wait... so console players get aim assist in Fortnite but PC doesn't?

[woeful jackal]

It seems like it's curved backwards to my eyes still lol

[idle nexus]

plz tell me you've wired these to somehow control something lol

[dusk knot]

One can dream

[woeful jackal]

Yeah they attach to my keyboard and are macro keys .curently ctrl+c and crtl+v

[idle nexus]

also, it looks like AI did a bad job generating your mouse lmao

[woeful jackal]

The keyboard is an 8bitdo retro keyboard

[idle nexus]

enable "Clipboard" & make ctrl+v win+v instead lol

[sinful blade]

@rigid sinew resolutions are actually bad for you mentally
Instead, making month to month goals

[rigid sinew]

nah i have to push forward this year , no more games !!!

[rigid sinew]

but i will add month to month goals

[woeful jackal]

I do not want a history 😉

[rigid sinew]

also uncle uncle

if you dont get that reference, you need to change your name

[idle nexus]

lol eh it goes away after restart but fair enough

[last mango]

Oh man im on Alienware DWF so its defo gonna take some time

[woeful jackal]

restart what is that.....

[idle nexus]

if you're logged into microsoft on your phone, it'll sync which is kinda nice ig

[woeful jackal]

I have my PC on an 8+ hour UPS lol

[idle nexus]

I stopped doing that only cuz it felt like a waste running my pump for no reason

[woeful jackal]

That is hooked to a 600w dual axis solar array... so basically it should not go down under normal circumstance.

[idle nexus]

I should probably enable memory context restore at some point but then you have to enable power down & I don't want the latency

that's pretty cool ngl. Do you have to invert the 12v from the solar panels to 120v A/C then it gets converted back once it hits the PSU or do you have some sort of crazy PSU that takes the 12v signal directly? does that exist I dunno lol

[woeful jackal]

I have an all in 1 power station. It does 2200w output and 1800w in UPS mode. Has the solar controller and everything built in.

[proud jackal]

@rigid sinew free PC pls

[woeful jackal]

Solar comes in from outside and through a breaker box into the power station.

outside is the array to power it. It runs on grid most of the time, but the socket is smart. So when the suns over the amount I am using I just turn the plug off

[icy obsidian]

@rigid sinew lmao what is with the canadian skills test

[idle nexus]

sponsor OC team plz

lol

[proud jackal]

[rigid sinew]

Wdym?

[icy obsidian]

just seems funny that canadians have to do some math

[proud jackal]

@rigid sinew should have made joining discord an entry requirement

[idle nexus]

at least you get those rebates on your power bill lol

actually that's a lot better than what I understand is the usual set up where you basically just feed the grid constantly

[rigid sinew]

I’ll tell them for next giveaway

[idle nexus]

i.e., if power goes out, you can't use the solar? I dunno enough about it tbh

[proud jackal]

That's what you said last time

[woeful jackal]

I don't actually pay for power it's part of my rent. I have this for emergencies... and also becase I work from home. So when I was using a lot of power for the company it was not fair to our landlords. I added that which allows me to run anything that is not standard for home use from it off the grid.

[rigid sinew]

Lies

[idle nexus]

lol why doesn't newegg announce its streams on its discord like Intel, Coolermaster, Asus, MSI, or others I imagine but I'm not in their respective discords so I dunno

[rigid sinew]

Wait I don’t get it 😭😭 where ?

[rigid sinew]

It’s my fault actually , I run discord but never know when we stream

[idle nexus]

sounds like a disconnect between departments or something lol

[icy obsidian]

it was just some multiplication

[woeful jackal]

yeah it's the law. Has to be "skill based"

[icy obsidian]

ah

[idle nexus]

does newegg only stream on tiktok? I haven't watched in forever ngl

[rigid sinew]

I’ll get on it

[rigid sinew]

I think?

[crude hazel]

Tip of the day: Please stop using naXi and get on BlueSky if you want people to continue being able to interact with your giveaways and such.

[rigid sinew]

I’ll find out and let you know

[idle nexus]

I don't have tiktok because I'm an adult I don't really have social media beyond discord, twitch, & youtube. Oh, I have linked in but I haven't been on it in like 2 years cuz it's just a bunch of people talking about how great they think they are usually

[sinful blade]

This

[woeful jackal]

My wife is sending me toktoks all the time. Have to use my PC to avoid downloading the app lol

[frigid stag]

Tf is naxi

[sinful blade]

Doing platform requirements for giveaways is so dumb

[sinful blade]

Twitter

[rigid sinew]

We post on Bluesky as well. We have more of a following on X than Bluesky right now so unfortunately we post where we can. We have posted our giveaways on Bluesky as well, it was my oversight that it wasn’t posted this time around.

[frigid stag]

Did they change the name again?

[sinful blade]

No, but considering the dude in charge is a Nazi
We can call it naxi

Allegedly

[woeful jackal]

I have always found giveways best on a thrird party like gleam or similar. Seems to level the feild for everyone.

[frigid stag]

Wait what

[crude hazel]

Noted. I'll check there. Thanks.

[idle nexus]

ya I'm thinking that's probably not an appropriate accusation to make in this discord lol

[frigid stag]

Idk I’ve seen it on Twitter any time people have an argument

[crude hazel]

Calling the grass green is never inappropriate. 🖖

[sinful blade]

Fixed

[frigid stag]

Call the other person the the na phrase

[rigid sinew]

It’s on gleam!

[pliant berry]

i just use twitter for art lol

[frigid stag]

Blue sky has weirdos as well idk why that’s suprising

[woeful jackal]

Cool not even sure what the giveaway is so. Last year I was very lucky so I am taking a break from giveaways. Save my luck back up again lol 🙂

[idle nexus]

lol I meant this. It walks a thin line of politically charged...? I'll defer to @rigid sinew since she's here anyway

[sinful blade]

I’ve won a single giveaway in my life

[rigid sinew]

Hey all; keep in mind our rules… let’s not talk about sensitive topics that much cause controversy .. let’s drop it here. I was just providing a link so yall can join the giveaway should you choose to.

[sinful blade]

For a Star Trek online pet

[rigid sinew]

That’s so nice !! Paying it forward

[woeful jackal]

Last year I won a drone, as well as a second dual axis tracker. I was surprised to win.

[rigid sinew]

Sensitive topic let’s switch ! 🙂

[idle nexus]

I used to win Thermaltake Live a lot but then lots of people started watching & now I haven't won in like a year lol

[woeful jackal]

So I figure best to sit out for a while and not be too greedy lol 🙂

[idle nexus]

which kinda sucks cuz the last time I won I told him to re-spin so someone else could win lol

[rancid juniper]

Wild

[rigid sinew]

I just won Bose headphones at work!! The last time I won a giveaway was in 2022 and it was an air purifier !

[woeful jackal]

EPIC!

[rancid juniper]

Mmm CLEAN AIR

[proud jackal]

Must be nice to win 😦

[idle nexus]

I did win some game code, a set of DDR4 twice (gave it to someone cuz it was Hynix CJR & overclocking it is less than ideal), a keyboard I'm using rn, a mouse I'm also using rn, &... something else I forget

[sinful blade]

I have an air purifier that’s been going almost nonstop for 2 years

[idle nexus]

I won a 280mm nvidia green radiator from performance-pcs once lol

[rigid sinew]

Very ! I was so happy to win, it was very cool

But yall didn’t share your resolutions !

[rancid juniper]

No point in me getting an x3d chip, I'll stick with my Intel rig till it poops

[woeful jackal]

With my shiny new 4070 and screen I am beyond happy. It's been around 6 years since I had any PC upgrades. I was blessed to get this during the holiday season. My year feels like it's going to be a good one 🙂

[proud jackal]

I only won 2 4090 😦

[rigid sinew]

Jail

[proud jackal]

[woeful jackal]

Very happy, newegg was a good choice.

[rancid juniper]

Newegg is my go to for PC parts, Amazon/ebay if they are cheaper

[idle nexus]

heck I ended up 6th/3271 in hwbot league for 2024

[woeful jackal]

It's always been mine as well in the past. It's been a few years. I ordered my parts without even thinking about it. No way I am buying ciritical parts from anyone I do not trust.

[fresh timber]

Give me 9800x3d and I’ll be too poor for the motherboard and ram

[idle nexus]

overall 67th/11,755 which is alright for not using any extreme cooling ig lol

[crude hazel]

FYI, I'm not seeing it on BlueSky. The only giveaway post I see ended 2 days ago.

[rigid sinew]

Yeah it was not posted yet, I have to post it once I’m in office

[rancid juniper]

Twitter is insanity incarnate, Blue sky seems to be alot more tame/moderated

[rigid sinew]

I’ll send the link once I do

[idle nexus]

it's okay Bluesky is new. It'll be a dumpster fire in a little while give it time lol

[crude hazel]

No biggie. I don't ever win anything anyway, just letting you know.

[idle nexus]

heck.. why is my GPU borked

rhetorical question

[rancid juniper]

Decided to sleep

[idle nexus]

my 2011 HD7970 is acting strange

will Newegg let me return it for store credit or what

[rancid juniper]

Lol

[idle nexus]

what's so funny?

that's it I'm emailing GamersNexus

[rancid juniper]

Wait don't do that, I'll unlol

[idle nexus]

lol

is it still too soon to make that joke?

[rancid juniper]

Na

[idle nexus]

great

this GPU is fine for 14 years

I touch it for 36 hours & now this

oh wait I was annoyed by an injustice

I forgot

Fortnite has aim assist on console but not desktop?

is that why people use whatever to emulate having a controller...?

here I was thinking my aim just sucked

[rancid juniper]

Most fps games on console have aim assist

[velvet summit]

https://youtube.com/shorts/fGfpw0E0Sn4

[idle nexus]

no wonder it feels like Black Ops on PS3 was so much easier to play back in the day lol

[tacit geode]

https://kingcatto.github.io/steam-manifest-hash-checker-HTML/steam-manifest-hash-checker.html

[unreal trail]

imagine cutting pizza with scissors

[tacit geode]

lol I made a way to compare steam manifest to the game folder

via html

ai helped generate it

[idle nexus]

ah heck Sapphire Trixx was overriding AB settings

so my HD7970 isn't borked yet

will try harder

[fresh timber]

Twitter got da dark humor, peak humor

[idle nexus]

so if I used an xbox controller on PC, would it aim assist?

[fresh timber]

Yuh that’s how games work

Good ones atleast

[idle nexus]

and if I connected the xbox controller then proceeded to use mouse & keyboard anyway...? lol

jk that's cheating

Heck I need aim assist for typing on my phone

[rancid juniper]

Yep

[rancid juniper]

Depends if the PC game has that feature yea

[rancid juniper]

There are some humorous posts but dang the rest is low IQ regurgitated

People engagement baiting so they can get like a few cents

[fresh timber]

Then You get read the enraged comments and laugh your butt off

[rancid juniper]

Lmfao yes, it's good to be a spectator

That's why I rarely post

[frosty sinew]

Ass cooler/ heater v2 is done

[rancid juniper]

Nice diy project XD

[frosty sinew]

The tubes are now in the seat

And I might build a battery for it

[rancid juniper]

But if you sit on it won't the tubes get squished to the point where it stops the flow?

[frosty sinew]

Surprisingly, no

[rancid juniper]

Wow alr

[frosty sinew]

I think the pressure from the pump is enough

Also I think my fan is dying

[rancid juniper]

Thing working overtime

[frosty sinew]

It doesn't even have a load on it

That's the worst part

[rancid juniper]

😔

[frosty sinew]

That psu has blown up so many electronics

[rancid juniper]

And yet u still use that bomb?

XD

[frosty sinew]

Perhaps you didn't see the psu fully

[rancid juniper]

[frosty sinew]

It's a little modded

[rancid juniper]

Wut

Custom unit power brick

[frosty sinew]

It's a high current supply with the 3 most common voltages

Sooo

The buck/boost does the other ones

[rancid juniper]

Add horsepower to it

[frosty sinew]

It's almost one hp

550w

[rancid juniper]

😳

[frosty sinew]

Buuut

Sometimes it doesn't have enough power

So I took 5 750w hp server psus

And put them together

[fresh nova]

Oh no

Help

[pliant berry]

its 4

[frosty sinew]

Brother

I hope ur joking

[fresh timber]

pemdas

[brittle lynx]

quick questions, for screen repairs, will the plastic clamps work fine? or should I go for metal ones

[frosty sinew]

Are the metal ones padded?

[brittle lynx]

yes

[frosty sinew]

I'd go for those then

For a couple bucks

The rigity is worth imo

[brittle lynx]

same for the plastic ones

I'm just not sure if they'll bend or break with more pressure

[worthy tapir]

Found another 6TB HDD at work 😏

[fresh timber]

it will explode in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

[worthy tapir]

Feel like i should make this a server. But i know nothing about that

[fresh timber]

run proxmox frfr

[fresh nova]

I entered the giveaway

If I get that chip looks like the 11700K will be getting an upgrade.

[brittle lynx]

usa only

[unreal trail]

Ohio about to get a foot of snow

[dusk knot]

Down in ohio

Swag like ohio

[sinful blade]

L+ratio

[dusk knot]

My visit to that state was quite swell

The people there are soo nice

[unreal trail]

actual Switch 2 screenshot

[dusk knot]

Wth

Mario abandons his humanity and becomes a deer.

[nocturne flicker]

Gib east TN a foot of snow. Watching southerners panic buy steak milk and water funny

[sinful blade]

Over here in pa, it’s tp and water

[loud bane]

Fake everyone knows it won't be over 30fps

[echo thistle]

I live in the north part of PNW and I have literally half an inch of snow

[icy ore]

No snow here

Just cold

[nocturne flicker]

I can understand buying water in case the temps are projected to be below freezing and you are concerned your pipes might freeze, but why steak, milk and tp.

[fresh timber]

My calendar came!

[fresh timber]

Some tiktoker said 4k 30 lolll, In my dreams

[nocturne flicker]

None of them have logical explanations about why you'd feel the need to stock up on them.

[unreal trail]

why buy water, snow is literally water

[nocturne flicker]

Mysophobia? Inpatience to melt snow?

[unreal trail]

time to move on son

[icy ore]

No pc till prob 2027

[rigid sinew]

its up! https://bsky.app/profile/neweggofficial.bsky.social/post/3les2ceeqas25

Newegg (@neweggofficial.bsky.social)

🎉New Year! New CPU!??🎉

We’re giving away one of the most powerful gaming chips on the market — the
@amdryzen.bsky.social
7 9800X3D!

Ready to launch off this new year with the best gear? -> gleam.io/63RBM/new-ye...

🗓 1/1/25 at 12:01 AM PST to 1/5/25 at 11:59 PM PST

Happy New Year to All!✨

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Bluesky · Jan 2, 2025, 9:44 PM

[dusk knot]

Just...save up money for a PS5

He must be jobless..smh

[gleaming rivet]

Ayo, I live northern PNW myself

[echo thistle]

Winter here has sucked this time around

[gleaming rivet]

Really been no snow. Just a lot of rain. How far north are you? Close to the CAN border?

[dusk knot]

You still have to buy a motherboard 😔

[gleaming rivet]

Yeah I think Newegg should include a mobo with their cpu giveaway

[dusk knot]

Lol right?

[echo thistle]

About a 2 hour drive to the border

[gleaming rivet]

Would get more people to join honestly. I have intel, so I have no use for an AMD cpu, however I would probably enter if a Mobo was included.

[gleaming rivet]

Closer than I. Are in the Blue or Red state?

[echo thistle]

Blue state

[gleaming rivet]

awesome

I was up north last weekend, about 2 hours from the border. It was all rain until night hit then it started snowing pretty good on the way home.

[echo thistle]

It's been almost nothing but rain for the past 2 months lol

It's snowed 2-3 times but it melts after a day or two

[gleaming rivet]

Aye, I live on the border of the 2 states. It's been a never ending rainy day for the last few months

[echo thistle]

And some people say they like the winter smh

[gleaming rivet]

at least in my area. It tried to flake a little, but afteer 10 minutes it said nah, I'll just cry lol

[gleaming rivet]

I like the winter when it snows xD

[echo thistle]

For me it just doesn't get cold enough for snow

[gleaming rivet]

You must be closer to seattle area

[echo thistle]

I've been sick for the past month :(

[gleaming rivet]

Typically in my area, we get lots of snow every year.. however this year has been reallly warm

[echo thistle]

Indeed, it was in the 70's until late october

I absolutely cannot wait for the summer honestly

[gleaming rivet]

Same. We hope to be moved to Seattle area in the summer.

[fresh timber]

people need to realise that the ps4 cant be supported foreeveer

[fresh timber]

and ram

if i won id have a useless cpu

w give away link

oop and their bluesky is down too

[inner jetty]

Is tiktok the most awful app ever? Auto plays annoying video every time you launch it. And anytime I try following a page, it unfollows as soon as I reload the page. Same for using the desktop version

[fresh timber]

sounds like your problem, i dont have problems with my thosuand+ hours on tiktok

[inner jetty]

It doesn't auto play some stupid random video whenever you go to the site? How do you stop that

[fresh timber]

why ru using tiktok on the website

[gleaming rivet]

why not?

[fresh timber]

its weird..

uncommon

[gleaming rivet]

maybe to you?

[gleaming rivet]

Nah

[fresh timber]

do you use tiktok website?

[gleaming rivet]

I don't use tiktok, but it's not uncommon or wierd lol

[fresh timber]

i beg to differ, lets agree to disagree

[gleaming rivet]

That's like asking someone why they use facebook/instagram on their pc and not their phone

[fresh timber]

facebook is good on both tbh

tiktok website is jsut stupid to use

it sucks

[gleaming rivet]

imagine saying it's wierd to use a website on a pc over a phone

[fresh timber]

its already glitching

[proud jackal]

[fresh timber]

changes current ram to cl27

[upper hawk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLxxmULrdY

Damn must look clean af at that size

[proud jackal]

[rigid sinew]

i just broke 2 brackets in my braces

rip

[hoary zodiac]

I'm gonna get that 9800X3D and use it as a coaster

[dusk knot]

I really do need a new door stopper. That 9800x3d should be tall enough to do the job.

[dusk knot]

The PPI must be insane

[surreal sleet]

how is this

[echo thistle]

I can't get over 40 upload lol

[dusk knot]

Oh the monitor is a Samsung panel

😬

[surreal sleet]

Looks good to me?

[dusk knot]

Not fast enough for gaming

[rancid juniper]

na we just jealous sometimes, no hard feelings

😭

[dusk knot]

Lol yeah

[surreal sleet]

I don't game so lol

[dusk knot]

I only have half that speed.

Not good enough for anything. Sorry but you got played 😔 @surreal sleet

[rancid juniper]

i have 1/9th that speed

[surreal sleet]

Should be good for content creating/streaming tho

Gonna try it out today

[surreal sleet]

its with Metronet

Their new Cyberoptic wifi

[dusk knot]

We're kidding

You have lightning fast Internet

[rancid juniper]

🗿

[dusk knot]

I hope they're realizable and you don't see any blackouts

[dusk knot]

Coaxial

Yuck

[rancid juniper]

yea

[nocturne flicker]

Mmm. Xfinity. Pain.

[rancid juniper]

😔

[nocturne flicker]

There is a local company that does fiber 1000 down 500 up for $80 a month

$10 extra to have wifi tho

[wraith fern]

oh bro im hyped

so i had speeds like that

it just got doubled and i got a new router

after years of shi(n)teret issues

[surreal sleet]

Cox was charging $120 a month for 100 upload. MetroNet is charging $69 for 940 upload.

Crazy how much they be ripping people off

[tranquil pebble]

I tried cat /dev/urandom | espeak , 10/10 TTS spam

[scenic sparrow]

Hey can someone help me with my new build?

[topaz crown]

Hello @scenic sparrow! It appears that you're asking for help. Please ask again in the appropriate category so you can get faster help from people specializing in that field. Your question may not be answered here.

[frigid stag]

Damn I have the lowest tier

[dusk knot]

[misty sparrow]

The amount of control ISPs have in US is pretty bad

would be nice if it was like EU

they’re like a monopoly in the areas they’re in

[hoary zodiac]

the intel i915 driver is worse than nvidia drivers

[tranquil pebble]

Imagine Microsoft Sam as a Vocaloid

[fresh timber]

I have the 3rd one

[rancid juniper]

nice

[fresh timber]

Coax or dsl, you pick

I pick coax any day

[orchid hound]

my internet is solid and cheap

but that being said i live in balkans

[dusk knot]

I mean...yeah

But then we have Fiber

[hoary zodiac]

oh no

[orchid hound]

is this racism?

[hoary zodiac]

no

[fresh timber]

If only fiber was everywhere

[misty sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/960914817160450078/1324553121510461440/91d612e452bd2b7adf9b23bb8c9d4516.mov?ex=677891b9&is=67774039&hm=1954251032e4cd3f6215d961bca4c72b91963f44ba89029f139afcde68538657&

[dusk knot]

I had At@t fiber when I was in NC

Very impressive speeds

One gigabit

[velvet summit]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809840106478502011/1324541816846155776/solid_chairman.mp4?ex=67788731&is=677735b1&hm=fd74a13fbba0593e725039185a736e29382a735a747fade96678615cdda1223a&

[tacit geode]

thats it?

[misty sparrow]

hey roomba can I hit you with a mass effect question

how hard is insanity difficulty?

I want to start the game with that on and play through for the achievements

[dusk knot]

Yeah. What mortal needs more?

[misty sparrow]

you gotta load anime very fast I presume?

[tacit geode]

i have 2gbps

its nice and fast

I see that on steam alot at least close to

1.75GBps was the fastest

[dusk knot]

Oh right

Stem

[upper hawk]

Looks like you are limited by the ports

[dusk knot]

Well then. I just wait for a viable fiber network in the area to run through and I'll be happy

[misty sparrow]

I’d rather have a great ISP near me than a fiber network

Data caps should be illegal

Especially Cox’s data caps

[dusk knot]

I agree

[misty sparrow]

Cox caps your data to 1.5TB

[dusk knot]

I need more

[idle nexus]

speaking of internet

I started downloading Fortnite on my Nintendo Switch

it's on 5g band network or whatever

& my internet isn't fantastic but it's decent

29 hours left lmao

[misty sparrow]

You can do a lot in 29 hours

[idle nexus]

it definitely did not even take an hour on PC

I suspect the bottleneck is writing all ten million gigabytes to Nintendo's storage? I dunno

[misty sparrow]

To be fair

[dusk knot]

Fortnite ...

[misty sparrow]

If you’re not using Ethernet, the Switch probably doesn’t use WiFi 6 and doesn’t have an SSD

[sinful blade]

AYO @mortal grail
Where are those windows 10 texture packs/debloaters for windows 11

[misty sparrow]

For a debloater I used:

https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

Not sure about Win10 texture packs though

[gilded kraken]

Do I buy a 5080 or just say F it we ball and get a 5090?

[misty sparrow]

Look at your wallet and ask if it’s worth it

[sinful blade]

Get an AMD 5500xt

[gilded kraken]

They jackin your stuff unless you say nuuuu

[frigid stag]

Ye this ai stuff is cooked

Can’t stand it

[dusk knot]

5090

After that no more upgrades for three to four generations

[proud jackal]

5090 or ban

[gilded kraken]

I can afford it. Power usage is a worry though

[wraith fern]

https://tenor.com/view/ninja-fortnite-reaction-ninja-low-taper-fade-gif-1784137995500051652

[frigid stag]

If u can afford 5090 you can afford 100w extra power on gpu

[misty sparrow]

LOOOOOOOOOOW TAAAAAAAAAPER-

[frigid stag]

Or just get 9800x3d cpu, only like 90w. Total pc will be like 600w power

[wraith fern]

i assume that's a reference to their psu

[misty sparrow]

For the 5090 I bet they’re going to make a wall plug cable that supplies power directly to the 5090

[fresh timber]

Data caps in isps

[icy ore]

[fresh timber]

We pay for no cap cause I keep reaching it

[wraith fern]

ah ffs me too pal

unlimited cell service but its the home wifi thats gets ya

[idle nexus]

I made a reg key for telemetry

very easy

I'm sure there are hundreds lol

[misty sparrow]

The debloater I used has a really cool feature that disables feature updates for the next two years

[idle nexus]

go here in settings

does it look like mine?

[sinful blade]

Do I get this next week or no

[misty sparrow]

who me?

[sinful blade]

Sell my pc to cover most the cost

[misty sparrow]

[idle nexus]

lol ya

[misty sparrow]

I haven’t turned this thing on in weeks

[idle nexus]

I'd think debloater would disable it

kinda curious tho

if it's not too much trouble

[misty sparrow]

It isn’t

[idle nexus]

it doesn't look like this?

did it disable stupid search indexing?

I hate search indexing lol

did you get rid of that crappy win11 context menu?

[gleaming rivet]

I did 🙂

Thanks to Risen's super awesome AIO utilities/fixes

[idle nexus]

do you send diagnostic data telemetry stuff?

[misty sparrow]

yes and yes

[idle nexus]

super throwback lol

[misty sparrow]

sorry this new keyboard i got feels really strange

the keys feel weird

i'm not used to the keys on this board

and the shortness of the cable too i can't pull it back further

[idle nexus]

heck well ig I don't have much to offer you lol

[misty sparrow]

christitustech is pretty cool from what i've seen, his debloater really helped

[idle nexus]

ehh I dunno if disabling HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity creates a security risk so can't really suggest doing that

[gleaming rivet]

I have his most recent bat that he hasn't uploaded. I kept coming across bugs so I got him to fix em for me.

[storm narwhal]

Even his v23 is still great tho

[gleaming rivet]

aye v23 is what had the bugs

[storm narwhal]

I do generally just run SFC and dism

[storm narwhal]

But maybe I need to update

[storm narwhal]

The debloater did take me a few reloads to run

[gleaming rivet]

pinged you

enjoy that v24 xD

I'm off to go watch more Tulsa King

[idle nexus]

ig they moved it?

[misty sparrow]

isnt that the show with stallone

[gleaming rivet]

Si

I likes it

[misty sparrow]

dont know much about it

it's got something to do with the mafia right?

[gleaming rivet]

Yeah

kinda

In a nutshell. He was part of the mafia. They "kicked" him out without kicking him out so now he's his own mafia

[misty sparrow]

so basically the story of GTA Vice City except it's not in Vice City

and with the guy who played Rocky

[idle nexus]

derp I'm under local machine not current user

[misty sparrow]

I tried uninstalling Edge too

it didn't work with the debloater though. maybe that's a good thing?

you can never truly get rid of it ig

[storm narwhal]

it might be better than chrome at this point tho

[misty sparrow]

who cares, i don't use edge. i'd rather uninstall it

i use Librewolf

and i think i'm the second person in this server who uses it

[gleaming rivet]

I'm on the chrome train. I don't seem to have any issues

[misty sparrow]

even with the adblocking debacle?

[gleaming rivet]

Adblocking debacle?

[misty sparrow]

y'know, with adblockers getting removed off the chrome web store

banned even

[idle nexus]

I'm sticking with it lol

ublockorigin still fine on edge

[velvet summit]

Malwarebytes Adblock/malware/scam block still works perfectly fine so I haven't really cared

[idle nexus]

I even use bing

to heck with google

[gleaming rivet]

Have no idea. My adblockers still work

[misty sparrow]

-# I use DuckDuckGo

[storm narwhal]

Same

DuckDuckGo is not bad

[misty sparrow]

It really isn't

Google is best but most privacy-invasive

so I use that instead (and it's Librewolf's default too)

[gleaming rivet]

As much as I have used Google for everything the last 10 years.. there is no turning away from them

[idle nexus]

there's this browser on Ghost-Spectre Windows called Brave that might be kinda cool if I ever got around to trying it

[gleaming rivet]

Google makes my life easier. I'm ok with whatever.

[misty sparrow]

Opera GX is just horrible though

I don't use it anymore

[frigid stag]

How’d u manage to turn off google ai overview

[idle nexus]

some YouTuber said something that made a lot of sense the other day & I don't wanna misquote it but it was basically that when it comes to products online, "if the product is free to use, you are the product" lol

Google hates me rn on my phone

Adguard doesn't tell them anything

[frigid stag]

Oh ye the social dilemma makes sense with a lot of tech companies

[gleaming rivet]

That's fine with me XD

[misty sparrow]

not alright with me though

i like my privacy

[idle nexus]

I'm not sure exactly what it's doing necessarily but it's doing something

[misty sparrow]

hey, if it works it works

that goes with everything

[gleaming rivet]

Unless you have some super setup that a hacker would use to never be found ever.. you really don't have as much privacy as you think. Especially on your phones and PCs.

[misty sparrow]

I have more than average

and right now, I'm working on getting more

[gleaming rivet]

Which is still less than you think

[fresh timber]

The correct way to play games

[misty sparrow]

It is still less than I desire

but I still want more

iPhones, for example are advertised as privacy. One of their slogans is "Privacy. That's iPhone" but it isn't entirely true

so in the future, i'll get a Pixel, de-google it, and use that instead

[fresh timber]

My iPhone is very private

[frigid stag]

It pretty much is, Apple wouldn’t even unlock phones for the fbi iirc

They basically told them to pound sand

[misty sparrow]

I know about that yeah

but since Apple still harvests data off iPhones...

not entirely private for my liking

[fresh timber]

Block them from doing it

[frigid stag]

They don’t tho

[misty sparrow]

They track everything you tap on in the App Store

[idle nexus]

You can edit old AMD VBIOS. I'm gonna end up breaking something

[misty sparrow]

I'm just saying, iPhones aren't entirely private

As much as they advertise them to be

[idle nexus]

they track you they just don't sell your data & keep it for their own benefit or something

[fresh timber]

I mean what’s wrong with that

[misty sparrow]

Everything

[gleaming rivet]

At one point for very specific reasons. If court ordered they do.

[fresh timber]

Explain? I’m not really upset if they keep track of which apps I look at

[misty sparrow]

I don't like companies seeing what I do and what I am interested in

[fresh timber]

Tho iCloud does some funny stuff

[fresh timber]

Then don’t use an AppStore

[misty sparrow]

You can't sideload on US iOS

[idle nexus]

if you were at a shopping mall, & someone followed you around with a clipboard writing down what stores you went to, what you bought, what you decided not to buy, etc. it wouldn't bother you?

[gleaming rivet]

May as well just not use any technology then. It will always be that way, and short of spending a small fortune, you will never have the privacy you want.

[misty sparrow]

in today's world, you can't do anything without a smartphone

[idle nexus]

I wanna get that kinda crazy Braxton guy's phone lol

[misty sparrow]

This takes some effort to do + goes away after a few days

[gleaming rivet]

Sure you can. It's just more difficult without, but do you remember the days before smartphones? It's doable.

[fresh timber]

Effort by installing app on pc? Then on phone? And to auto signs it self

Not really much effort ngl

[misty sparrow]

How would you get any sort of job with no smartphone to receive calls? They certainly don't make "dumb" phones anymore

[gleaming rivet]

Yes they do

[misty sparrow]

Nothing with a keypad of sorts like a Nokia or a Blackberry

[fresh timber]

Your carrier tracks your phone call

They know who you call

Stop using a phone

[gleaming rivet]

My boss actually has a dumb phone because he values his true privacy and doesn't use tech beyond a "dumb phone"

[idle nexus]

I want a land line

[fresh timber]

Tell him the carrier still tracks him, and his location

[idle nexus]

to heck with all this tracking me, advertising ID, arbitration on page 89 of the EULA crap

[misty sparrow]

And it can still use 5G networks and all that?

[gleaming rivet]

Aye he knows, he goes through some carrier that ensures that stuff doesn't go beyond them. I'll have to ask him which, but it's basic

[gleaming rivet]

No 5g. Just calls and texts

[fresh timber]

May I introduce you to my little friend called a subpoena

[sinful blade]

The issue with this philosophy is that the world was not built around smartphones then.
It is now.

[idle nexus]

can't subpoena records if they don't exist lol

[gleaming rivet]

Aye, but what I'm getting at is you can survive the world without a smartphone. My boss, who owns his own successfull company, doesn't use a smartphone.

[gleaming rivet]

Aye

[misty sparrow]

if I walk into a restaurant and see "Scan this QR code to access our menu" then I guess the world has evolved to the point where it's built around smartphones

[fresh timber]

What smart things does he use

[fresh timber]

Grr

[gleaming rivet]

Smart things? His brain

[idle nexus]

lol I wanna keep my 2008 car running

I don't want whatever car company tracking everything & selling it to insurance companies so they can raise my rates

[fresh timber]

Does your job have no computer systems

[gleaming rivet]

Nope. Don't need any computer system for our job

[fresh timber]

Oo

What do you do

[lone mango]

fr

[misty sparrow]

-# i dont know what job im gonna get

with how bad the technology market is i might as well go fly planes instead

[gleaming rivet]

We install all flooring and tile (walls, ceiling, etc whatever)

[velvet summit]

Frequent oil changes is honestly the biggest thing to keep a engine running well, so don't forget to do that

[frigid stag]

Bad?

It’s pretty decent

[misty sparrow]

i heard getting a job was hard if you majored in computer science

one of the mods has a ton of certs n stuff and STILL can't get one

[dusk knot]

Hello my children

[velvet summit]

This randomly reminded me of how BMW's get free oil changes but some people don't do it and their engine siezes like a year or 2 after they get the car

[misty sparrow]

they do?

[frigid stag]

Idk it depends on work experience too

[idle nexus]

I mean computers & smart phones are necessary for most of modern life but is constant data tracking on them necessary too? why do we have to accept this? Would most people accept it if they knew the true depths of it?

[lone mango]

Also depends on the field of tech

[velvet summit]

It's the reason why they're so expensive

[misty sparrow]

then why are voltswagens expensive too

[velvet summit]

They're great until warranty ends

[misty sparrow]

do they get that treatment as well

[lone mango]

Because you aren't them

Thats why we have to be spied on

[velvet summit]

Idk tbh

[idle nexus]

I mean, is it really fair to say, "well you agreed to the contract that says we can do it" when there's no realistic alternative? like are we really gonna pretend I can just say no & design my own smart phone?

[velvet summit]

Looks like they include 2 years of oil changes

[frigid stag]

Ye there needs to be more regulation on what they can put on those contracts

[velvet summit]

Same with BMW it seems

[velvet summit]

I thought BMW did 5 year but I guess I was thinking too highly of them

[lone mango]

Depending on the car you can disconnect its connectivity

Some people pull a fuse in their toyota and it disables it

Other cars are more difficult

I don't have my 2014 camry rn so I am driving my brother's 2022 elantra and I cant find how to turn it off

[misty sparrow]

i dont trust volkswagen

[lone mango]

It uses something called bluelink and you can link it to send driver data to insurance

It can also show where your car is in real time

I need to tell my brother to delete the account

The free trial to spy on us ended a while ago but still

[gleaming rivet]

I was told by an owner of a business that he would rather hire people that were self taught nowadays than people who have certs. He said because they were more receptive to how things can be done vs how things "should" be done.

[opaque sedge]

Steam sale is over…

[gleaming rivet]

Rip

[opaque sedge]

Couldn’t find a good game

[misty sparrow]

wait it's over?

[velvet summit]

Did you try hitman

[misty sparrow]

oh, i guess it is

eh

[opaque sedge]

I really want a class based action game with open world exploration

[misty sparrow]

i thought it ended January 4th

[opaque sedge]

i wishlisted it not interested rn tho

[fresh timber]

Crew motorfest

W game

[misty sparrow]

i only looked at the store for steam delivery girl and thats it

wanted to get trading cards to maybe craft the badge but

[opaque sedge]

The ones with these factors as the themes are either really old or are mmos which i assume are micro transactions nightmares

[velvet summit]

Not really anything wrong with playing a classic

[opaque sedge]

I’m not sure if i can get into them tho

[velvet summit]

Skill issue

[opaque sedge]

I think visual fidelity matters to me in games

[velvet summit]

Fake gamer

[opaque sedge]

💀

[misty sparrow]

if roomba was here he'd scream to the top of his lungs

[velvet summit]

Play some zork

[opaque sedge]

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