general-chat

[misty sparrow]

i guess that's the nature of LG OLEDs

[frigid stag]

They had a 480hz for 550 a while ago

With discounts included

[misty sparrow]

damn shouldve gotten that

LG did?

[frigid stag]

Ye

1080p 480hz/ 4k 240

[misty sparrow]

no 1440p?

[frigid stag]

it’s the dual mode one

[worn wave]

I think it's the same monitor with 2 different modes. So it 2x integer scales from 1080p to 4k

[misty sparrow]

huh, strange didnt know that was a thing

[mental yoke]

16k when

google says not for a bit lol

[lone mango]

dlss performance 16k is the reality

[fresh timber]

m,meow

[misty sparrow]

no

[tranquil pebble]

1 real frame + 59 fake frames lol

[lone mango]

Thanks to geforce we were able to get 16k with ai

The house that geforce built 🗣️

[dusk knot]

Am cooking, y'all

[lone mango]

https://youtu.be/sbzDlR4omF4

Looks like their pbo settings are killing the cpu

[elfin mural]

https://videocardz.com/newz/another-msi-yellow-tipped-power-cable-burns-on-geforce-rtx-5090

still burning

[lone mango]

Well

The spec is being pushed to the max

[elfin mural]

ye

[lone mango]

So not surprising

[elfin mural]

plus it's not a good design

[lone mango]

The bigger issue to me is the 4090 because that card draws way less power but was melting like crazy

I dont know if the more robust connection is making 5090s melt less or if we see less melting because of less volume

[elfin mural]

i mean

a 4090 transients to like 500w+

so that's pushing near the max spec

[lone mango]

I think melting would be from really high sustained temperatures and power draw

[elfin mural]

and high amperage allowed thru one wire

[lone mango]

Some games the 4090 uses like 230w

[elfin mural]

one pin at that

[lone mango]

Yeah

[elfin mural]

it's supposed to distribute the power pins

[lone mango]

I think if they didnt neuter the 5090s current balancing melting would be more rare

[cedar compass]

there's no any possible fix for this. you gotta learn to live with it

maybe new on mobo connector can fix it

[lone mango]

You can undervolt it and save like 100w+

[cedar compass]

but with this connector there's no any possible fix

[lone mango]

For some reason nobody wants to undervolt the 5090

[cedar compass]

because the gave 3k for power lol

[elfin mural]

seasonic is releasing a new psu that supposedly mitigates the risks of melting

[lone mango]

Most undervolts people run net like 95 or like 97% of the stock performance

And overclocking vram mitigates that loss anyway

So you can save over 100 watts and effectively have the same performance

[elfin mural]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/seasonics-next-generation-prime-psus-to-will-try-to-stop-connectors-from-melting

sensors

[lone mango]

No balancing though

Just does a warning and then shuts off the computer

[elfin mural]

ya

but better than melting

[cedar compass]

current sensors ... not trustable but need extra controller that also can fail

[lone mango]

Actually it doesnt do a shut down it just triggers ocp and otp and cuts power

It depends on what you are doing when the power cuts like that

Rare but possible data corruption

[elfin mural]

ill wait for gn to review it

[lone mango]

Thermal grizzly wireview does the same thing

[cedar compass]

I mean if you use cheap chips for controlling it , it have much more chance to fail thatn cable melts lol

[lone mango]

Cut 4 wires and then see if the unit cuts power

[cedar compass]

that's why typec charging ports on laptops fails often because they use stupid cheap controllers

[elfin mural]

true, might as well get wireview

[lone mango]

About the cpu tho

[elfin mural]

https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/wireview-gpu-pro/s-tg-wv-90-p-h1r

[lone mango]

There are people who dont have pbo on and they still get owned

[elfin mural]

pro version is even nicer

[rancid juniper]

Anyone here is or knows a systems adiministrator/IT admin? I need someone for a quick interview for my project lol

[elfin mural]

asrock giving users a black eye again

[lone mango]

Bro I totally am one

[rancid juniper]

🗿

[mental yoke]

more proprietary connectors that get two years of support?

fun

[wicked oriole]

im scared to do anything to mine currently 😦

[paper verge]

i know the CO of IBM

[rancid juniper]

No way I'll contact them

[paper verge]

like fr tho he and my dad went to the same uni

[lone mango]

Undervolt it ig

[rancid juniper]

That's cool

[paper verge]

hes bald

[wicked oriole]

i may, im just keeping it stock til the reason is known why the asrock boards are yeeting themselves into oblivion

[lone mango]

Their pbo settings are too aggressive and their "shadow voltages" got turned down with the newest bios update

[rancid juniper]

Should make the interview easier then

[lone mango]

Some people wouldnt post when going to 3.25

Which is the one that has these changes

But I have a pretty aggressive co offset of -50 so I think I should be good

despite having an older version

[wicked oriole]

yeah ive been following the sub and it doesnt look good. Ive been seeing some more on the asus one so im pretty worried lol

and dang lol yeah that is aggressive

[paper verge]

yeah he lowk chill asf icl

[nocturne flicker]

Mmm

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/roy-anime-girl-bald-shine-shoe-shine-gif-806929036088015331

[icy ore]

Fishy

[nocturne flicker]

Fesh?

https://tenor.com/view/community-ken-jeong-ben-chang-cant-see-small-gif-5154350

[rancid juniper]

Fosh

[nocturne flicker]

Fus

[lone mango]

Looks like they just had another update

[mental yoke]

muh bios

[tranquil pebble]

my laptop handles h3vr on Quest 3 link just fine even on high graphics

[acoustic palm]

wtf is 840m

[lone mango]

Newer a620

[acoustic palm]

oh...

[lone mango]

Well the m is how they named it but its b840

https://youtu.be/dMiE0l6ehRA

[dusk knot]

Ned, is that you?

[nocturne flicker]

No this is Den

[proud jackal]

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

[royal crow]

Fi

Nice and quiet here

[acoustic palm]

@fresh timber play expedition 33

[velvet summit]

https://youtube.com/shorts/wsblR8y5esE

[misty sparrow]

Did he actually post this

[worn night]

dunno

i wouldn't doubt it tho

[hoary zodiac]

Is that Tawantinsuyu

Can't believe Elon Musk is an hater of Tawantinsuyu

[tranquil pebble]

I threw a VR game at my laptop, and the 4060M handled it pretty well

H3VR on a laptop goes hard ngl

[acoustic palm]

@rancid juniper I just watched andor s2 ep3

[pliant berry]

Just wait until ep 7 or 8 I think it is

[rancid juniper]

I'm not even a star wars fan XD

Ping supposed to go to JP

But I'm happy that the show is bringing back fans ig

[acoustic palm]

Ohh

Also

My irl friend wants to get a pc

He has like 4k somehow

😭

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JdcYzP

Made this so far

[novel ferry]

[dusk knot]

well crap....the thunderbolts is a 6.5/10

[dusk knot]

going to watch it soon...you like it?

[acoustic palm]

absolute cinema

only watched those 3 though

[dusk knot]

fr?

[acoustic palm]

ep 1/2 were ok, ep 3 easily some of if not the best star wars ive ever watched

[dusk knot]

Hmmm

Because I’m soo disappointed at Hollywood rn

[dusk knot]

Good

[hoary zodiac]

ep3?

revenge of the sith or return of the jedi

[dusk knot]

sigh...you where right about the pacing and the plot of the thunderbolts. its not good enough to save Marvel. my hopes for the FF are lowering. @fresh timber

[hoary zodiac]

I'm too 90s pilled for the modern george lucas troll naming convention

[dusk knot]

season 2 of Andor

Supposedly the greatest Disney Star Wars after George Lucas

[hoary zodiac]

Haven't really watched it

I'm not a fan of modern telly

I haven't seen anything in the recent years that can top Babylon 5

[dusk knot]

Hm…I’m with you.

It’s getting harder and harder to find good shows

[hoary zodiac]

Babylon 5 is peak sci fi

[dusk knot]

I think…..I need anime to save me

[hoary zodiac]

never seen anything like it before

never seen anything like it since

[dusk knot]

Really now…..

[hoary zodiac]

it starts off slow

but when you get to the later seasons

it's a hell of a show

it's a highly serialized show so you can't really skip through it

[dusk knot]

So like the first two seasons of every Star Trek show

[hoary zodiac]

pretty revolutionary for the 90s

nah

unlike star trek you actually have to watch the first seasons

[dusk knot]

Hm

[hoary zodiac]

or else you're going to miss out on a lot of the subtle plot points

[dusk knot]

I will watch it

[hoary zodiac]

and characterizations

[dusk knot]

The 90s were great

[hoary zodiac]

think of DS9 but more serialized

actually eh

DS9's serialized season is actually kinda meh

[worn wave]

It's actually goated

[proud jackal]

microcenter opens this week

[worn wave]

I was already a huge andor season 1 fan and season 2 is just as good of not better

[hoary zodiac]

at least in terms of being a fun watch

[dusk knot]

It’s on amazon prime . Nice

[hoary zodiac]

I won't spoil anything

but there is a surprise guest star

[dusk knot]

Hm

[fresh timber]

yup, i was s olost

[hoary zodiac]

that plays a recurring villain

[fresh timber]

u play this?

boomer

[hoary zodiac]

It's pretty much his best role

[dusk knot]

Disappointed is all I feel. I want more

[hoary zodiac]

better than the role he played in a certain famous sci fi franchise

[fresh timber]

FR

i really wanted to see more sentary

[dusk knot]

He’s awesome

He should have done more

[fresh timber]

and the ending makes no sense, bucky is goign after her but now hes going along with being on "her team"

and hes a senator??

[dusk knot]

Yeah….

[fresh timber]

like wtf does he do? fight people and call it a day?

OH LOOK AT ME REPERSATING MY STATE BY FIGHITNG BAD GUYS!!!

what happened to his probation

[hoary zodiac]

actually that's how it works

you have to think of the senate as not the us senate

[fresh timber]

BOOMER

[hoary zodiac]

but the roman senate

[fresh timber]

DO U PLAY THIS GAME

[hoary zodiac]

what

[fresh timber]

im trying to figure out why my missles keep missing

[hoary zodiac]

why are you asking me

[fresh timber]

seems like a game u might play

[hoary zodiac]

It's not a game I won't play so

you're half right on that

[fresh timber]

why wont u paly 😦

u should try

[hoary zodiac]

I don't have money

[fresh timber]

i can buy you a key in a few wdays

[hoary zodiac]

no

[fresh timber]

bro dosent want a free game

[hoary zodiac]

Don't have time either

[fresh timber]

if i catch you on ur war game ur cooked

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/alfred-bester-bester-babylon5-b5-psi-cop-gif-19756337

Anatomically impossible

[dusk knot]

No way!

Lmao

It's chekov

That's just .. strange

[acoustic palm]

@dusk knot do you watch op

[dusk knot]

Op?

[acoustic palm]

one piece

[hoary zodiac]

Oh it gets a lot stranger trust me

[dusk knot]

All those episodes scare me

[acoustic palm]

more episodes of the best piece of fiction thats ever existed

[dusk knot]

Watching episode one now

I@hoary zodiac was Babylon 5 canceled or did it end?

[hoary zodiac]

Both

It got cancelled at the end of season 4 and then renewed for another season

That's why the final season is a bit messy

The show was planned to be 5 seaosns

A lot of the original season 5 plot got moved to season 4

So they had to change a lot of the plot for season 5

[tranquil pebble]

lol thats crazy

[misty sparrow]

@nocturne flicker id like for you to take a closer look at the item frames

in #gaming

[hoary zodiac]

Ghost pinged

Smh

[fresh timber]

why pinged me

[hoary zodiac]

I love eggs

[lone mango]

I tried looking up what this means but cant find anything

Do you know what the significance of this is

[hoary zodiac]

Is that cachy?

[lone mango]

Nah

[hoary zodiac]

Sometimes linux updates like to mix things up a bit

If it ain't broken

It's probably fine

[lone mango]

I think this happened after fedora 42 came out

Yeah its fine but weird how there will be errors but nothing happens

[hoary zodiac]

I should really seperate my /home directory

In case an update breaks it

Probably not a big deal tbh

I can just bind mount the old /home in fstab in a new installation tbh

[lone mango]

I keep postponing this

One day I will pay the price

[hoary zodiac]

tbh you don't need to

you can just bind mount the old home on fstab on a different installation

unless the drive physically dies

[sinful blade]

@fresh timber I’m gettin a motherboard with RGB headers and the cpu for $80

Gigabyte b550M DS3H + Ryzen 7 5700x for a b550m-K or my a520m-a pro + $80

[proud jackal]

STOP TARGETING ME

https://tenor.com/view/tanjiro-scream-breath-in-anime-rage-gif-27226954

[dusk knot]

Yeah. It’s worth it

That’s what did lol

[upper wedge]

my credit card ain't too happy about this

[velvet summit]

bro is a billionare

[fresh timber]

ooo

[fresh timber]

hail hydra

[hoary zodiac]

Huh

🤨

[fresh timber]

you know we bored when we playing cookie crublme roblox

[mental yoke]

im excited for roblox ai dlc

[mental yoke]

“who can bait the other into getting banned first” the epic past time of life

[mental yoke]

ded

[craggy shoal]

Bro expected an active chat at 4am

[craggy shoal]

Wow two big May storms in Texas in a row

I’m surprised we don't have a massive power outage this time

Okay Eaton chill. The power only blipped last night, finding my UPS's battery to be dying. Not the end of the world for me

[old charm]

I wonder if my new PC can run roblox

There have been a few worlds that were super graphically intense ngl

One of which is a car dealership game

[kind verge]

guys can sm1 help me?

[topaz crown]

Hello @kind verge! 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.

[kind verge]

i lost my windows key after hardware change and i cant activate it even if its linked on my account

[elfin mural]

go to your microsoft account on a browser

and delete your pc

try to activate manually

[craggy shoal]

It can

"How do you know that?" Anything can run Roblox. Super light and easy game to run

[old charm]

If my PC can't run anything, it's a code problem

[craggy shoal]

What's your specs?

[old charm]

5090
U285k
128gb 4800mhz

[old charm]

Just upgraded a few days ago

[craggy shoal]

Wow okay that CPU is more than likely bottlenecking that 5090

[acoustic palm]

4800mhz?

[craggy shoal]

Can that RAM's clock speed go any higher? If not, I'd return the whole 128GB kit and get something that can go to at least 6000 MHz (probably also 64GB, unless you really need 128GB). After that, return the CPU and motherboard and look around for an AMD CPU

[acoustic palm]

^

[elfin mural]

if i remember right, it's used for ai processing stuff

so less ram is not an option

they did ask about a pc for ai machine learning stuff

[acoustic palm]

2x64 on AMd will be very pricy

[craggy shoal]

Ohhhh okay I see the build's purpose now

[old charm]

I stuck in another 64gb yesterday but I might. I haven't played around with the memory profiles. It crashed when I tried to run with XMP with just 64gb

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7M38WGF?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[elfin mural]

it's not intended to game

can it game?

yes

especially for roblox

[craggy shoal]

Yo that's impressive. Are those scans made by AI?

[old charm]

Yes, using neural radiance fields. The last one is one I made with a high resolution thermal camera.

I had never seen any neural radiance fields using anything other than visible-spectrum light so I decided to give it a shot

Took some preprocessing and filtering

Since I can only get an MP4 from the camera

It keeps the entire docker build chain in ram too

Which is nice

[old charm]

The house was laser scanned with Trimble laser scanners, everything else is just pictures

So I can render my house with different modifications and see what it looks like before I commit to painting the walls or moving things around irl

[opaque sedge]

This is legit so cool

[icy ore]

That looks like a horror game

[unreal trail]

roblox is a virus

[old charm]

1,300,000,000 individual measurements ±1mm precision

[waxen saddle]

im trying to sell my all in one pc on offerup and i reset my pc obviously and rn its at the startup screen where it asks me to setup everything like the region keyboard language and wifi does this mean it reset properly and the person cannot revert to my files?

[elfin mural]

basically yes

most people wouldn't even go deeper than that

they won't use tools and softwares to recover deleted stuff

[craggy shoal]

It's wild to me that people trust the password on the Windows lockscreen to protect their data

[mental yoke]

whats ur data worth really

[mental yoke]

this is disingenuous but usually true

[mental yoke]

good enough usually

[rigid sinew]

hi everyone ! good morning !

[mental yoke]

🌊 👋

[mental yoke]

longevity rating or something?

[craggy shoal]

lol 90fps at 4K using two RX 580s on RDR2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8lVLZefSCs

Guys we don't need new GPUs anymore

Just get a couple 580s 💀

[mental yoke]

i kinda wann watch that

eh

[craggy shoal]

eh

[dusk knot]

Gm, naht

And everyone else

[old charm]

Interestingly enough I discovered an issue with my new pc

If I power it off using the power button, it won't turn back on until I turn the PSU off and back on again

I've never seen that one before

[rancid juniper]

efficiency rating

[rigid seal]

my pc is currently under my desk rn, if i put it on top will it help with the heat circulation of the room (will the room be cooler than it is now)?

[worthy meteor]

If your room consistently gets warm throughout the room, it's going to put out the same amount of heat and make the warm as warm as usual no matter where you put it

The PC is a heat source, you need to either reduce the heat produced or get heat out some other way

[rigid seal]

do u think there would be a better distribution of heat throughout the room if i put it on top of my desk

[lone mango]

You’re gonna have to experiment because there’s no way to know for sure

Rooms are all different

But maybe it could help

[rigid seal]

Alr im doing it rn

[lone mango]

Try undervolting if you haven’t already

[craggy shoal]

If your room is hot because of your PC, your cooling solution is working properly

If your room is cold with your PC on all day, fix your cooling 💀

[lone mango]

[acoustic palm]

I wish my room was cold with my pc

[old charm]

Well, the answer is no. I tried to reseat the RAM and managed to snag my finger

[craggy shoal]

bruh

[old charm]

I get no boot when set to xmp1

Now I need to reset the bios

Can I just short the headers?

The people who built this thing didn't take the plastic wrap off the GPU and just screwed the bracket through it

I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WRONG

IT POSTED

Let's see if it's still in xmp

[lone mango]

Did brotha reseat his finger with the ram

[old charm]

That's why I got a prebuilt

I'll update the Bios and firmware and try again later

[dusk knot]

👀

[proud jackal]

Blood for the blood god

[rigid sinew]

morning jp !

[dusk knot]

Hey naht

Zach is typing. No way

[rigid sinew]

fr i saw that too

i thought i was tripping

[dusk knot]

Seems we scared him off. Smh

[rigid sinew]

fr

[acoustic palm]

Smh

[sinful blade]

Zachy come back

[rigid seal]

I think i just need to get a ceiling fan in general bc there arent any windows in the room my pc is in, no vents, and i just have a tower fan💀

[craggy shoal]

Yikes. Yeah get some airflow in your room. Not having a ceiling fan to me is insane

[rigid seal]

Also found that both of the fans for the cpu heatsink were faced the other way so fixed those

[rigid seal]

Yeah especially cause i live in fl too

[misty sparrow]

Blood is a liquid, therefore you’ve added liquid cooling to your PC

[quiet valve]

It’s time to upgrade the PC chat 🗣️🗣️

[dusk knot]

To?

[quiet valve]

Well, I’m getting a new one

Not really upgrading, but replacing

Needless to say, I need an upgrade — I’m still running on a 1650 and Ryzen 3100 CPU

And barely half a terabyte of storage

[rigid seal]

yikes

[lone mango]

Only goes up from here

[rigid sinew]

its time for me to buy a new keyboard and mouse

[misty sparrow]

got any ideas of what you’re gonna pick

[rigid sinew]

i think i want the keychron k4 95% keyboard

i think thats what it is called

the keyboard i have now, i dont type as fast cause i have to push the keys harder ... but my sister has that keyboard when she works from home and honestly its such a cool keyboard

its like super easy to type.. you dont really have to press the keys too hard.,. the one i have now its just loud

and i havent had a new mouse since 2019, i need a new one bad

[worthy meteor]

Keychron hot swap keyboards are fun

If you want the keys to be easier to press look at the spring weight of the switch

[rigid sinew]

i have the ten key less one right now but i let my coworker borrow it and now the arrow keys dont work lol

[worthy meteor]

If the switches broke you can just swap them with any extra

[rigid sinew]

i dont have any extra 😦 , i had that keyboard for a long time and dont know where the box for it is

i mean i could buy some but i figure i like the one my sister has, so might as well just buy a whole new one

[worthy meteor]

I mean if you ever buy new switches you generally would buy a few extra to replace anything that breaks

[rigid sinew]

thats true, ... i guess i could fix this keyboard and just use that one ... i dont even need my numpad anymore since i dont use number as much as i used to

[fresh timber]

Time to “borrow” one from inventory

[rigid sinew]

lowkey i think i could get one

[fresh timber]

Lolll

You need it for “work”

tiktok dances

[rigid sinew]

maybe i should make some tiktoks today for newegg huh

[fresh timber]

Do the 5090 challange, first to install one keeps it

[rigid sinew]

nah

[fresh timber]

Surly manager will approve

[lone mango]

The 4 summer classes have started

[misty sparrow]

so, what mouse do you have?

by the way that keychron k4 looks pretty good but i dont know much about keebs

[rigid sinew]

some random one i bought off amazon like 6 years ago

[junior willow]

https://tenor.com/view/light-down-syndrome-kid-gif-2579334221828763248

[rigid sinew]

honestly its super smooth

[junior willow]

me seeing the evga 3000 series cards

[misty sparrow]

i mean if it works it works right?

can't say the same about my old one, thats why i got a new one a while back too

[rigid sinew]

the mouse i think is breaking lol

its been glitching super often now

i think its just cause i need a new on e

[fresh timber]

6 years ago I was 12

Wow

[misty sparrow]

six years ago I was happy

[fresh timber]

Elementary or middle school

[fresh timber]

Surprisingly I’m happier now and I’m still sad

My mom said I would cry every night about going to school

[rigid sinew]

6 years ago i was already working at newegg...

ive been at newegg for 6 years, 5 months and 8 days according to google

[fresh timber]

Wow

[misty sparrow]

you should get a promotion

[pliant berry]

I’ve been using a keychron m6 as my main mouse. Pretty nice budget productivity mouse

[fresh timber]

Iv been alive for 6,825 days

Naht should be ceo

[rigid sinew]

bahahah i have gotten some

[fresh timber]

As a share holder of Newegg I here by promote nahtuhlay to the role of ceo

Your annual salary will be approximately 5 million a year

[rigid sinew]

lmfaooo how many shares do you have

[fresh timber]

I bought it out of spite in a argument here, I own a single share

Surprisingly it’s going up a bit

[rigid sinew]

idk anything about stocks

so i dont dabble in stocks

[fresh timber]

I know enough 😭😭

I used them to make my first pc

[rigid sinew]

nah my brother in law keeps telling me to get stocks with him cause he knows all that stuff and i say no

[misty sparrow]

vex go get a job at nvidia so you can get nvidia shares

[rigid sinew]

if i wanted to gamble w my money, id go to the casino

[misty sparrow]

work there a couple of years get rich quick

[lone mango]

Stocks are not gambling

[fresh timber]

Brother in law. If my monkey brain understands correctly, your married

[real zenith]

What’s best budget mouse 50-80 max

[rigid sinew]

yes it is

[fresh timber]

NUH uh

[lone mango]

[rigid sinew]

yes it is

[fresh timber]

If stocks are gambling then my grandfather is a good gambler

[rigid sinew]

do you have a chance of gaining or losing money ?

yes

its a game of chance

[lone mango]

Penny stocks probably are

[fresh timber]

Driving is gambling

You have a chance of crashing and not crashing

[misty sparrow]

I feel like stock market has more skill involved than conventional gambling but at the end of the day it is gambling

[lone mango]

But buying something like visa is not gambling

[velvet summit]

most intelligent male specimen

[fresh timber]

Investment

Everything in life is a gamble

[rigid sinew]

it does have more skill, its like high stakes gambling

but its gambling nevertheless

[fresh timber]

Naht is wise

Can’t argue with that

[lone mango]

Just because there is a risk, that does not mean it is gambling

[fresh timber]

I’ll ask chat got

[misty sparrow]

btw mchose makes good mice (L7 or G7)

i use L7 Pro

[fresh timber]

That’s a great and important question. The short answer is:

It depends on how you approach it.

⸻

🧠 Stocks vs. Gambling: Key Differences

Aspect Stock Investing Gambling
Expected Return Positive over time (if diversified) Negative expected return (casino always wins)
Control You can research, diversify, and manage risk Pure chance in many games (e.g., roulette)
Ownership You’re buying a piece of a real business You’re placing a bet with no asset behind it
Time Horizon Long-term (can grow wealth) Short-term (zero-sum, win/lose instantly)

⸻

🃏 When Stocks Can Become Gambling
• Day trading without knowledge
• Buying based on hype (e.g., Reddit tips, memes)
• FOMO-driven decisions
• No research, no strategy, just hoping

In those cases, yes — it’s essentially gambling with extra steps.

⸻

📈 When Stocks Are Investing
• You buy quality companies with strong fundamentals
• You diversify (e.g., using ETFs or mutual funds)
• You think long term (5–10+ years)
• You understand the risk and have a plan

⸻

✅ Bottom Line:

Gambling is hoping. Investing is planning.
If you’re using reason, patience, and risk management, it’s investing.
If you’re using emotion and luck, it’s gambling.

Would you like help setting up a basic investing strategy or learning more about how stocks work?

LLLL

[misty sparrow]

oh the emoji name

[fresh timber]

IOF

Me right now

[misty sparrow]

clogging chat with chatgpt prompt

[rigid sinew]

lowkey i am not reading all of that

im wearing my glasses today and can barely see as it is

[rigid sinew]

link ?

but when i come back from lunch cause if not ill miss it

[velvet summit]

you can barely see with your glasses?

[rigid sinew]

yeah

[misty sparrow]

okay sure when do you come back

[rigid sinew]

theyre old and i lost the rest of my newly prescribed contacts

[velvet summit]

doesnt that mean you need new glasses

oh

[rigid sinew]

and at 1 !

[velvet summit]

wait

the rest?

[misty sparrow]

uh

what time zone are you in?

[velvet summit]

how many contacts did you get and how did you lose them all

💀

[misty sparrow]

i have no idea if you are behind me in time or forward in time

[fresh timber]

Your late in my time zone

[rigid sinew]

how blind i am lolol

[dusk knot]

Holy ....

[fresh timber]

What the

[velvet summit]

thick enough to make a microwave proof plate out of

[rigid sinew]

fr honestly

[misty sparrow]

built-in safety glasses

[dusk knot]

You have contacts, Naht?

[rigid sinew]

these bad boys are bulletproof

[fresh timber]

Wear your glasses

Your vision sucks

[rigid sinew]

i ran out of the ones i had and i had a new box of 6 months, lost the box so i am out of contacts

yeah i know

and i gotta drive right now

good luck

[dusk knot]

Oof

[fresh timber]

I’m ngl I think having vision that’s blurry but still can see is worst than having to wear glasses 24/7

[fresh timber]

CLEAR THE ROADS!!!

[rigid sinew]

yeah i legit cannot see in front of me

but okay imma take lunch ill be back !

[velvet summit]

also you should get a laptop stand with how low that laptop is you're probably like

[fresh timber]

@dusk knot why does thunderbolts have good ratings

It’s ass

[upper rain]

i bought a geiger counter

[misty sparrow]

kind of strange how the joycons are packaged

why would they not be on the console itself?

[lone mango]

Could be a potential point of failure during shipping i guess

Maybe safer to do it this way

[proud jackal]

Do I go to microcenter and see if they have 5090 astrals

Early access opening tomorrow

[worn wave]

original switch packaging was similar. I'm guessing it's both about not wanting the connection to get damaged during shipping and also highlighting the detachability

[dusk knot]

NO

its soo chunky

[misty sparrow]

why are you going down this rabbithole

[dusk knot]

its not horrible, just not great

6.5/10 is my rating

[lone mango]

Here is a 1080 in one of the gta 6 leaks

Other videos have a 3060 ti, 2080 super, 3080

Another one has a gtx titan x

2070 super as well

[sinful blade]

What’s the takeaway

[lone mango]

I don't think it will be as demanding as some say

[fresh timber]

I’m going Tommrow

[proud jackal]

Do you live near me

[misty sparrow]

quick question, do you and Vex think Marvel fell off

havent seen thunderbolts but lately havent liked the new films

[dusk knot]

Yeah

[frigid stag]

y

[real zenith]

What’s best budget keyboard 50-80 max

[misty sparrow]

probably something Keychron but depends on what you want in a keyboard

[nocturne flicker]

I mean, looking at it from a general perspective, it all ended should've just ended with Endgame. All the tension and energy that had been building up for years peaked with Infinity War and Endgame was the ramp off.

[misty sparrow]

Spider-Man Far From Home and No Way Home were pretty good so maybe should've just ended with those

but they should've just ended with Endgame and waited a long time before making new films

[frigid stag]

thought u meant rivals

[rancid juniper]

spider-man home hater should be the next film

[misty sparrow]

spider-man homeless

https://tenor.com/view/lol-spider-man-comic-humor-gif-3528612

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-lonely-crying-peter-parker-tobey-maguire-gif-25235618

[fresh timber]

i dont

[nocturne flicker]

Do you live

[rigid sinew]

i be back

[dusk knot]

Heyhey

[rigid sinew]

i had the "is investing in stocks considered gambling" debate about 3 times today

[acoustic palm]

@dusk knot

😦

[rigid sinew]

was rent due ?

[acoustic palm]

No I had to pay for my pc

After a couple months

[rigid sinew]

dang whyy

[acoustic palm]

Cause I didn’t pay for anything before

Cause my dad was too busy

[rigid sinew]

oh dang

[fresh timber]

hi

bro apple cashed $1200

@acoustic palm IM ON THE HUNT TOMROW

9070XT

[acoustic palm]

My friends buying one soon

[fresh timber]

YEAH ME, your friend

i know

[acoustic palm]

Hell get the 9070xt bundle I sent if his parents say yes

[fresh timber]

what bundle

send

doe it come with psu

[fresh timber]

damn

.. is it bad i could probably get that and a new cpu

[acoustic palm]

Do it

Just not 9800x3d

[fresh timber]

im not getting that

i just wantn a good 9070xt for cheap rn

[acoustic palm]

Lmk if you find one that’s cheaper than that btw

[dusk knot]

for a pc? thats fiine

[acoustic palm]

Ik but still sad

[fresh timber]

7800x3d+9070xt pc for $1200

thats value right their

[acoustic palm]

Smoothie

[fresh timber]

turn the pc on

[dusk knot]

reason being the writing being weaker, and less top tier heros on the screens now.

the epic factor I think is on an all time low

the pacing in the thunderbolts was terrible

[fresh timber]

fr

HORRIBLE

i wanted to see more sentery

more character development

[misty sparrow]

https://www.mchose.store/products/mchose-l7-series-ultra-lightweight-wireless-gaming-mouse

it even comes in blue

[dusk knot]

all we got was that he was a meth head

and huh a loser

[rigid sinew]

thank you !!!! checking it out rn

[fresh timber]

bfr

they didnt show th eimpact of his power

[dusk knot]

not too much

and the heros, I dont care all that much about them

maybe Bucky IG.

theres nothing new under the sun.

[rigid sinew]

is it 10/10

[dusk knot]

39grams...sheesh

[misty sparrow]

The L7? yeah, i'm using L7 pro right now and it's pretty good

it isn't a palm grip though, more of a claw grip mouse

[rigid sinew]

say less

[misty sparrow]

less

[mental yoke]

less

[nocturne flicker]

less

[mental yoke]

ban weary

not a team player

[nocturne flicker]

[mental yoke]

oh you fixed it diregard

had to wake the keeb up?

[nocturne flicker]

I'm sorry I'm on mobilE it auto caps and I triEd to dElEtE and add a lowercasE but my button prEss didn't rEgistEr

[mental yoke]

that works too

purposely spelling bad? nice

[nocturne flicker]

I considErEd typing morE

[mental yoke]

just uppercase an e in there

wait

your not wrong but i totally meant uhhh…

[nocturne flicker]

[mental yoke]

that thing

[nocturne flicker]

You think I'm a scientific calculator that has the number e as a button?

[mental yoke]

less to the power of e go

🧘

[nocturne flicker]

My e go is off the charts

I'll have you know

[wraith fern]

basically just looks like my mouse but heavier

oh actually its the same weight

looks nice and seems quality but with the price tag i assume it's not as nice as it seems

[hoary zodiac]

Show the full equation

I want to see where this goes

[wraith fern]

@misty sparrow from the mouse site you sent

[hoary zodiac]

Is that

What is that flag

[wraith fern]

libya

*liberia

[hoary zodiac]

Not enough stripes

[wraith fern]

founded by slaves in africa

[hoary zodiac]

More like

Founded by freed American slaves

[mental yoke]

i dont know math i just wanted to multiply less by a big number and thought e was a common means to do so

i just found some e equation on wiki and zoomed in on it

[mental yoke]

oh thats not even the right equation

thats the one

[hoary zodiac]

Different notation

This is euler's number

[mental yoke]

ur a eulers number

❤️

[hoary zodiac]

The e you see in a small values, such as 5e3 means 5 times 10 to the power of 3

e in this context just means "times 10 to the power of []"

[mental yoke]

less e less

[hoary zodiac]

The other e, euler's number is a constant

[mental yoke]

it says e is a constant too

but again im no mathmatician

[hoary zodiac]

it is a constant if you're referring to euler's number

[hoary zodiac]

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

[mental yoke]

looks like it gets weird with the gamma symbol or w/e

[hoary zodiac]

Euler's number is a completely different beast

It's used as the base for natural logarithm and exponential equations

[mental yoke]

isnt that the gamma symbol?

[hoary zodiac]

eh?

[mental yoke]

oh

like the greek letter

[hoary zodiac]

Is what like gamma?

[mental yoke]

the y looking thing

[hoary zodiac]

Yes

[dusk knot]

hmn

[mental yoke]

derp anyway

sorry for math spam

[hoary zodiac]

Nah

Better than what goes on here usually

[mental yoke]

how tf the letter gonna change like that

[hoary zodiac]

?

[mental yoke]

its like a totally different character

upper and lower

[hoary zodiac]

So is G and g

[mental yoke]

E e

[hoary zodiac]

and Q and q

[mental yoke]

bout time to turn the ac back on

[hoary zodiac]

Here's a math challenge

[mental yoke]

math challenge: how much money does using my ac cost

[hoary zodiac]

Find all real and non real roots of x^2 - 10x + 40

Have fun

[mental yoke]

u should steal one of travoltas 747’s

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/marikiplier-e-meme-lord-farquaad-gif-22138504

https://tenor.com/view/see-myself-out-gif-21716927

I saw that

[fresh timber]

IM HUNGRY

feed me

[nocturne flicker]

Hi Hungry

I'm Weary

[frigid stag]

Accidentally clicked on the wrong gif

[mental yoke]

they were good cheeks

[frigid stag]

🤨

[mental yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-gosling-wink-blink-gif-1235693035967524618

[nocturne flicker]

🤨

[mental yoke]

:chaos:

i wall mounted the 48” in the bedroom

[sinful blade]

“Been used 8 times”

[rigid sinew]

honestly thats valid cause my fam had a pc for years and we barely even touched it - it just sat there

[icy ore]

💀

[nocturne flicker]

It isn't a lie if it only shut off once a year

[sinful blade]

It’s just

Why

[nocturne flicker]

I know what I've got

Though $100

Gloves, disinfectant and compressed air = good salvage

Just toss the case

The Windows Key alone is more than 100 if it is a transferable one

[fresh timber]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjxTrRaD/ I want the curved AIO

[mental yoke]

i liked my pheonix ekwb aio

[nocturne flicker]

Too bad EK is a disgusting dumpster fire

[hoary zodiac]

Unlike the cooling company in their neighbouring country

[nocturne flicker]

Which company in which country? Is there a Croatian one or something?

[hoary zodiac]

Austria

A certain company that likes making brown and beige fans

[nocturne flicker]

Noctua is Austrian?

Huh

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah

That's why their reps always have a South-German accent

[nocturne flicker]

I honestly thought they were Swiss

[hoary zodiac]

They're both mountain Germans so

Well

Not really for Switzerland

Only the German speaking part of Switzerland

[mental yoke]

yea they used to be better for sure

[hoary zodiac]

huh?

[fresh timber]

What car

I never got pulled over scammer

[sharp bramble]

hey fellas!

[sinful blade]

It’s a common scam

[sinful blade]

Good morning

[nocturne flicker]

Is no scam, please give the SS number and credit card over the phone to Indian man speaking into a 30 year old phone plz

My mother actually fell for that with her Amazon account once

She just gave them access, they bought some gift cards and since my sister was tied to her account, she got drained too

[fresh timber]

u think microcenter will have what im looking for tommrow

[sinful blade]

2 minutes to not leave

[sinful blade]

Probably

It’s MC

[fresh timber]

in my game i haev a sub as my main ship, should i construct a hoevrcraft or boat to assist me

i need something with radar, radar doesnt fuction under water

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/244329943146823680/1377085926165057687/AJfQ9KTI3nLkJnZyYUgO16oif8hL3LcrFD90wmrFfMKitM9hJfd073bBt17l5iP4hEsekIakuVkzyFKIS-jQ9h9LNGNY3xC_BUjVSJn9tOcFxKTOFD1xDfiRl5CCPbDglPvZdswknjMWdYuC8boYtSmE80FHJLkVr7Aj1fMJC8odiVz4iszxFgs1024.png?ex=6837aeb5&is=68365d35&hm=9d94b0150b3ea079dda0641ce7d369e684ea70b4557c2ce7b7eb15a9c74d5758&

[fresh timber]

boat

im making a boat

[upper rain]

where will you boat to

[fresh timber]

the ndless sea

[upper rain]

put me in ur will before you go

[fresh timber]

sso u want.. nothing

[upper rain]

i want ur 13600kf mostly tbh

[fresh timber]

..

what do u have

ima go back to making my cargo ship that also is a munition defence

[upper rain]

7800x3d

but i want a P+E core CPU bc they're kinda neat

[fresh timber]

oh

[upper rain]

did u get the 9070 xt?

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/bye-good-bye-goodbye-david-dastmalchian-coffin-gif-17576457089254516435

[craggy shoal]

Me after getting purple role

[misty sparrow]

was it worth it?

[craggy shoal]

yeah

Just got busy so I'm kinda gone atm

[fresh timber]

thats tommrow

im etting fat checks

[upper rain]

take out the "checks"

in all seriousness i hope you enjoy the card

[fresh timber]

going to microcenter tomrow even if i cant get it

ikma enjoy that card and maybe new psu

ima benchmark too

[sinful blade]

Kinda wish I had the money to ask you to get stuff for me and send it over

I want speakers from mc but they don’t offer shipping

[fresh timber]

reselling stuff form microcenter could be a good side gig

id sell 9070xts for like 50$ more than what i paid for thats including tax

[sinful blade]

What mc are you going to

[frigid stag]

This good

[sinful blade]

Like the location

[sinful blade]

Yeah

I’d get that

[fresh timber]

is it morally wrong to sell a 9070xt for $700 after tax

[frigid stag]

Nice

[fresh timber]

if u bought it for $650 before t ax

cause tax aint free

mrsp dont include tax

[sinful blade]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/683850/acer-27cl1-gbi-27-full-hd-(1920-x-1080)-120hz-gaming-monitor

I wanna get this to just chill with

[fresh timber]

i wannt a olode

oled

but budget doesnt fix 9070xt and oled

[frigid stag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/740738027919245316/1377104405471690773/image.png?ex=6837bfeb&is=68366e6b&hm=a1189201ca41fe84c18e7fe0466e1f2d4469802d9564dff9d5fe10c8e94c4496&

this guy was trolling

“7600mhz ram”

at least theres this

[fresh timber]

bUNIRONCILY

goose

give me an excuse to get a 64gb kit tomrow

[frigid stag]

Multitasking

[thorny belfry]

best drivers for 5070 ti? cyberpunk keeps flatlining

[lone mango]

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-geforce-rtx-5070-gaming-toy-story-edition-gets-jensen-approval

Does jensen lift

[misty sparrow]

if you willingly want to spend money

[lone mango]

Look at those forearms

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gn-chat-goodnight-goodnight-chat-woody-toy-story-gif-6686137938555923842

[sinful blade]

“To infinity… and fake frames!”

[fresh timber]

mr roomba

wht do u want from the candy store? microcenter

[sinful blade]

A monitor

I am still using a 60Hz lcd tv from 2012

[fresh timber]

wow

what is wifey using

[sinful blade]

A 75hz 21” monitor from 2017

[fresh timber]

o wow

yall pcs are beter than the diplays

[sinful blade]

Yeeeeeeah

But no one sells decent monitors under $100

[lone mango]

Buzz lightyear

Wholesome card

[fresh timber]

https://www.amazon.com/Viewedge-Monitor-Computer-Bluelight-Freesync/dp/B0CSS9X886/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1536REXQ593E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IZwDfo41lzevOQ71qGNCXw1YGsYl05aKWdEB8_guuw0TW3I7AwzS-YM5fktwfB3goaGYCxd4oxvko51xNcxD2vg3-bAzygI1AzUo6jLkmh8Ctwqrkfzg7-7JoK_hMg8xvfmAk_hK7RTGXNjgbil-qfQ7fICYZUs2Pi4mFeq-uyePUr7O3sJ4TOkiHwbsq6r06Kzd8NZwL_lwaAqiSfDhuKPfCcR0TzHmqIKV5WNvr80.es6cyHKz8ESdy0xHbghbORiXaK1GUUEZaYhybBE8uuI&dib_tag=se&keywords=144hz+1080p&qid=1748403219&sprefix=144hz+1080p%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-3

mr roomba needs cheap like this

[dusk knot]

hmmm

[lone mango]

Do Not Buy A New Monitor Before You Read This!

[dusk knot]

https://tenor.com/view/torpedo-roomba-robot-explosion-engineering-gif-14654875418910933742

[fresh timber]

imagine

[frigid stag]

Need to catch a sale

[sinful blade]

Real

[fresh timber]

LMFAO MR ROOMBA I GOT SOMETHIG FUNNY

[sinful blade]

I would even buy refurbs

[frigid stag]

There’s 120hz or 144hz sometimes for around that much

[fresh timber]

if ur having a police interaction and thtey tell you to stop recording, wanna know what u do? you say "can you turn your body cam off"

who tf keeps impreginating me

value?

[frigid stag]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JzrRsY/pixio-px257p-245-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-px257p

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3fzXsY/msi-g244pf-e2-238-1920-x-1080-180-hz-monitor-g244pf-e2

Hmm

This looks ok

[fresh timber]

i might be short 😦

no awsting money

tiktok gpu

[lone mango]

Nutty price

[fresh timber]

real

its white

everyone is getting it

im ngl this price aint terrible if it was 12gb card

[frigid stag]

Isn’t it only x8 pcie

[fresh timber]

irrc its 4.0

[lone mango]

No way

[fresh timber]

nvm must be the amd card

this card is 5.0 8x

[frigid stag]

Oof

[fresh timber]

i swore somebody did that

[misty sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/trolling-troll-troll-face-apocalypse-gif-20830139

[fresh timber]

4.0 new card

lmfao they selling 3060 for 5060 money

[frigid stag]

Tbh I’d rather have the 12gb vram

Is it even that much slower

[fresh timber]

i think the diffrence between 3060 and 5060 is enough for me to ignore vram

now 3060 vs 4060? easy 3060

[misty sparrow]

okay so how about 3060 vs 5060

[fresh timber]

im going 5060

[misty sparrow]

even if it was the 8gb model?

[fresh timber]

even with the vram chocking it, should be enough

cheapest microcenter 5070ti

[misty sparrow]

i type too fast

[fresh timber]

invite me to that server

[frigid stag]

Aight

[misty sparrow]

lmao

you don't have hotstock Vex?

[fresh timber]

oh i do, i just want that server

tommrow i hunting a gpu

[frigid stag]

There’s good deals occasionally

Like 14600kf for 145 last week

[fresh timber]

oo

[fresh timber]

is this worth

[sinful blade]

I’d say yeah

6900xt has 3080ti perf for 8gb more vram

[fresh timber]

i can pick it up tommorww mhhh

[dusk knot]

How's things, roomba?

[fresh timber]

fr

hi jp

are u in IL

[frigid stag]

Maybe

[fresh timber]

damn

[dusk knot]

FL

[fresh timber]

l

https://www.microcenter.com/product/691890/xfx-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-swift-triple-fan-16gb-gddr6-pcie-50-graphics-card do i reserve

[dusk knot]

$800?

[fresh timber]

yes

[dusk knot]

No

[fresh timber]

the only one they have rn

[pseudo raven]

its letting you place an order for pickup?

cool

[fresh timber]

ueaj

o [it tje prder om kist o mcase

i put the order in just in case i cant find anything els

[pseudo raven]

200 more than i got my 9070 xt though which is probably why its still there

jeez

[fresh timber]

its good cause if i cant get it i can just.. not get it

$50 more for 🤔

oh im 100% goingto try this open box

[misty sparrow]

$799 before taxes

oh hell no

[fresh timber]

its either that, the taich or i get a suprise notifcation in the morninng of a good priced 9070xt

[lone mango]

5070 is considerably faster and is about 100 more

[fresh timber]

i figured

i just reserved a 9070xt just in case

[lone mango]

Not worth

[fresh timber]

you know how desprate i am

[upper wedge]

get the open box of the steel legend

unless I read it wrong & assume you didn't, but hopefully you do reserve the open box

no clue if you've used up your phone number for any of their coupons yet

inconveniently enough my microcenter also has 1 9070xt steel legends open box that wasn't available last night 🤔

[deep parcel]

[misty sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/849750633967910942/1288108019493900369/RDT_20240924_1359425631925866389679513.gif

[fresh timber]

they didnt let me reserver two idc which one i get but the cheaper one would be neato

[upper wedge]

you could use a friend or siblings number to create another account and reserve it

I would reserve the 9070xt at my microcenter but I just bought a FC 4070tiS for like 10$ less 💔

[fresh timber]

you need an ID

ill beg dad kek

i used my stuff

and somebody reserved it before me 😭

i reserved a cheaper one

[upper wedge]

they don't ask for an ID with me? 😭

[fresh timber]

😭

The open box is goin anyways

I deadass might walk out with a 5070

Tommrow goin be fun