Hawkingbird Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 56 minutes ago, YourFavGrandpa said: Personally, I'm all about choice. Also, Samsung has done something similar to AirTags with their Tile competitor as well (It's locked to/works only with Samsung devices). You aren't seeing Tile tattling to lawmakers because of Samsung, but because of Apple. Tile, I think; is a bunch of salty-ass MFers complaining to Congress because they know with Apple now involved in their industry; they're basically done The choice is a paradox. Apple is using its ecosystem to drive tile out of their market. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Moving on to a different topic, this is technology-related (kinda): Trump is banned from Facebook for 6 more months. I'm half-tempted to change the topic name again based on this and the ongoing stuff between Apple and Epic. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Anyone ever noticed those Keyboard USB cables with the Aviation connectors in the middle? They go for $50 I think I can make my own for less than half, I just ordered the parts so I let you all know how it turns out. I am also debating on making the cable coiled or not. I need to decide this before I start making the actual cable as the coil take alot of wire to do. Related note, for the order of how wires supposed to go in a USB cable, as people always get the Data + (Green) and Data - (White wires mixed up, here the pin out (remember Boros, Golgari) Edited May 9, 2021 by DarkSakul Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 hours ago, DarkSakul said: Anyone ever noticed those Keyboard USB cables with the Aviation connectors in the middle? They go for $50 I think I can make my own for less than half, I just ordered the parts so I let you all know how it turns out. I am also debating on making the cable coiled or not. I need to decide this before I start making the actual cable as the coil take alot of wire to do. Related note, for the order of how wires supposed to go in a USB cable, as people always get the Data + (Green) and Data - (White wires mixed up, here the pin out (remember Boros, Golgari) These sell for big bucks and coiled is definitely in. Might as well start selling some for a profit. 🙃 Volt and DarkSakul 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Is their a benefit to Aviation connectors? Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Sort of. You can swap out one end with a different style connector, like have a USB Mini, Micro and USB C ends. If you are using 2 existing cables to make this thing, you can use Aviation connector to splice the two together. But if you are making the whole cable from scratch, and you are soldering loose USB ends to a length of 4 wire conductor cable, you don't need the Aviation connector assuming you have a single long enough section of cable. Some people are using some even more expensive/exotic connectors such as weipu connectors Hawkingbird 1 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Oh for the coil, for every inch of coil you have you need a foot of cable (depending on the side of wooden dowel or rod you use. Most people use a 1 to 1.5cm (approx. 0.3 to 0.5 inches) dowel You also want your cable to be made with thermal plastic and not silicone. As you are using heat from a heat gun or high power hair dryer, you want those carbon molecules to rearrange themselves Edited May 10, 2021 by DarkSakul Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 hours ago, misterBee said: Might as well start selling some for a profit. If I start buying parts in bulk to bring the price down Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Hawkingbird said: Is their a benefit to Aviation connectors? There are some, but most people are just doing it so that they have a fancy cable for photos. Check out r/mechanicalkeyboards and you'll see these expensive cables practically everywhere. Volt 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 11 hours ago, misterBee said: There are some, but most people are just doing it so that they have a fancy cable for photos. Check out r/mechanicalkeyboards and you'll see these expensive cables practically everywhere. Seeing them in custom keyboard setups is why I asked. I been looking into them a lot more as of late. I'm interested in wireless and only the Keychron seems to provide that. It's Bluetooth only at that. Wish there was a 2.4Hz dongle avaliable Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: Seeing them in custom keyboard setups is why I asked. I been looking into them a lot more as of late. I'm interested in wireless and only the Keychron seems to provide that. It's Bluetooth only at that. Wish there was a 2.4Hz dongle avaliable 2.4ghz uses much more power than Bluetooth 4.0, which is why most mechanicals use bluetooth. Mechanical keyboards themselves already don't lend themselves that well to wireless operation. https://iqunix.store/collections/iqunix-mechanical-keyboards/products/iqunix-l80-formula-typing-wireless-mechanical-keyboard Some IQUNIX models feature both bluetooth and 2.4ghz if you really really want it. Hawkingbird and DarkSakul 1 1 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 Watched a vast majority of the Google I/O Keynote earlier ... and there may actually be some competition for Apple in the smartwatch field now that Google, Samsung, and Fitbit are joining forces/have joined forces. Quote Link to comment
Volt Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Yo, got an SSD off a busted notebook, do y'all know if I can just stick it in my PC? This thing is mad tiny, legit smaller than my phone. 🤣 Just wondering because it got a Sata entry. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 13 hours ago, Volt said: Yo, got an SSD off a busted notebook, do y'all know if I can just stick it in my PC? This thing is mad tiny, legit smaller than my phone. 🤣 Just wondering because it got a Sata entry. You can. SSDs are plug and play unless your trying to use it as your boot drive. Wipe the drive and you should be set. Darc_Requiem and Volt 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 10:07 AM, Hawkingbird said: You can. SSDs are plug and play unless your trying to use it as your boot drive. Wipe the drive and you should be set. I would still back up the data and use something like either Parted Magic or DBAN to nuke the drive. Only way to be sure. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 So both colors come in the same keycap kit, but I want to see what you guys think look better. With the optional yellow keycaps. Or without The whole kit pretty much shown here Nether pic is mine, I am still waiting for the set to come in. They are going to go on this Keyboard with Gateron Red Switches instead of Blue, but I am going to swap the Reds for Gateron Milky Yellow Switches. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Did my quarterly review of contracts for myself and the contractors that work for me. The contract house I work with got rid of the technology agreement that requires the use of wired peripherals all around, so I have a Keychron K6 ordered for testing Bluetooth-to-PC connections. I'm 95% sure I'm retiring my full-size GMMK at this point and going completely wireless, except for instances where I have to be in a conferencing room remotely. There is one bad thing though about the K6 ... it's coming with Gat browns installed 🤮 DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) I am assuming your K6 is hot swappable right? I am still debating if I did the right thing going for Milky Yellows or should of I went for the Gateron Inks. Edited May 25, 2021 by DarkSakul Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/24/2021 at 7:41 PM, DarkSakul said: So both colors come in the same keycap kit, but I want to see what you guys think look better. With the optional yellow keycaps. Or without The whole kit pretty much shown here Nether pic is mine, I am still waiting for the set to come in. They are going to go on this Keyboard with Gateron Red Switches instead of Blue, but I am going to swap the Reds for Gateron Milky Yellow Switches. I like the one with black and white key caps. I'm not feeling that shade of red. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 It's not enough for Crypto to destroy the GPU market, they have to fuck up SSD market too Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 The Gateron Brown hate in here disturbs me. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 On 5/29/2021 at 10:48 AM, misterBee said: The Gateron Brown hate in here disturbs me. I don't hate on Gateron Browns, its Cherry MX Browns I don't like. At least gate Brows feel like a tactile switch, MX browns almost feel linear Also I just found this Hawkingbird and Darc_Requiem 2 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 There isn't enough aloe to heal that burn. DarkSakul and Darc_Requiem 2 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 So AMDs FSR will work on my old laptop with a GTX 1080 even though DLSS does not 🤔 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 This is hilarious http://http.cat The first one Darc_Requiem 1 Quote Link to comment
misterBee Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 1:08 AM, Darc_Requiem said: So AMDs FSR will work on my old laptop with a GTX 1080 even though DLSS does not 🤔 DLSS relies on tensor cores that your GTX 1080 doesn't have. Even if they wanted to make it work on older cards it's simply not possible. AMD's solution is obviously using a different type of implementation that doesn't rely on special hardware cores, so they can port it to a much wider range of cards. Time will tell how things pan out, but it's nice that people with non-RTX cores can now get some type of AI upscaling. Hawkingbird and DarkSakul 2 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, misterBee said: DLSS relies on tensor cores that your GTX 1080 doesn't have. Even if they wanted to make it work on older cards it's simply not possible. AMD's solution is obviously using a different type of implementation that doesn't rely on special hardware cores, so they can port it to a much wider range of cards. Time will tell how things pan out, but it's nice that people with non-RTX cores can now get some type of AI upscaling. Oh I know why it doesn't work. It's just funny. We all know that AMD just did this to A) have FSR become the defacto standard and B) make Nvidia look bad. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 48 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said: B) make Nvidia look bad. I feel sometime that Nvidia does not need help with this. But they can take notes from Intel 🤣 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) On 5/25/2021 at 10:54 AM, DarkSakul said: I am assuming your K6 is hot swappable right? It is. On 5/29/2021 at 9:48 AM, misterBee said: The Gateron Brown hate in here disturbs me. Not my fault that the keyboard came with those switches pre-installed. They made too much noise for my liking, my Dark Yellows are much better in this regard. So I'm about half-way through testing with the Keychron, and I do like it in both wired and wireless modes. The issue I've had with the wireless mode is that occasionally the connection will stutter for about 2-3 seconds, causing the previous key to be typed nearly all the way across the screen. Other than this issue, the keyboard is fine; outside of the optional numpad I will need to get if I decide to use it going forward; especially with work. Haven't decided whether or not to build my own numpad or go with a prebuilt one. Also, Prime Day is coming up towards the end of the month; and that'll celebrate the 1-yr anniversary of the thread being created. Also, Facebook/IG is Trump-free for 2 more years. Edited June 5, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa b00b DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, YourFavGrandpa said: b00b 🤣 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 So if you are willing to download a program to disable ads and root hack the thing, the The Amazon Fire HD 10 is pretty good for the price. So glad I found out about Fire Toolbox from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/windows-tool-fire-toolbox-v17-0.3889604/ Great thing about the Fire Tool box is you drop most of the Amazon ecosystem, scrabble the AD ID, block in coming ads and put in your own app loader. The Tool box even has their own hybrid Netflix and Disney Plus Apps so you don't have to use the bad Amazon versions. use the tool box to install Google Play and get normal Android Apps. Youtube Vance is a must if you want to avoid ads, which is it's own install. You need Vance Manager to install Youtube Vance. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) All eyes for me will be on the WWDC Keynote tomorrow afternoon. There was also an announcement of an Apple Music-specific event tomorrow after the Keynote ends, so those two things will take up the vast majority of my afternoon until I go to work. Recaps of the WWDC keynote and the Apple Music event tomorrow will get linked at some point, probably Tuesday morning when I get up. Edited June 6, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa b00b Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 YourFavGrandpa and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) As promised, here are the links to the keynote videos from Apple yesterday: WWDC Keynote: Or, if you don't want to sit through nearly two hours of the keynote; Apple released a Day One video that summarizes everything in the keynote, in less than three mins: I'm still trying to find the video regarding the introduction of Spatial Audio to Apple Music, but my Apple search-fu isn't up to par just yet. Will post when I've found the video. Edit: They never pulled the trigger on the Spatial Audio keynote, so prev point is void. Edited June 8, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa boob boob Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 AMD is making waifu's now apparently. Hawkingbird and DarkSakul 2 Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 43 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said: AMD is making waifu's now apparently. You mean they have more than just Dr. Lisa Su now? Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Uhh ... this one is a bit weird guys. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Day 3 of WWDC (side note: I was not aware that Apple was trying to get rid of passwords) Edited June 10, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa boob Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Prepare Thy Wallets ... Prime Day Is Coming Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, YourFavGrandpa said: Prepare Thy Wallets ... Prime Day Is Coming Amazon recently sent me an email giving me $10 credit for supporting small businesses. That free money getting spend on Prime Day. Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 here are the remaining developer videos from WWDC this year: This past week, I added a security camera to my WiFi; and I've been trying to fix issues with it ever since. I ended up moving to a blacklist of MAC addresses by default, unless I manually whitelist them; and it seems to be fine for now. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Saw this popped up on my Twitter Feed @misterBeeyou are Internet Famous Darc_Requiem and misterBee 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Total Prime Day haul (so far): Amazon Fire 10" tablet w/64gb of memory DarkSakul and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 My Prime day haul (so far) Panasonic Soundslayer soundbar Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 John McAfee, the creator of one of the worst anti-viruses in the market has died in prison https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-u-software-mogul-john-201218414.html DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Hawkingbird said: John McAfee, the creator of one of the worst anti-viruses in the market has died in prison good fucking riddance. The man was batshit crazy and pushing conspiracy theories. Edited June 25, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 So I looked into Windows 11 recently. it requires a TPM (version 2) to be installed. Most newer motherboards and all Prebuilt PCs should already have TPM on board. If you fail the Microsoft Minimum system requirements from their PC Health App, check your Bios settings. You probably have TPM disabled. Quote Link to comment
DarkSakul Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 7:09 PM, YourFavGrandpa said: Amazon Fire 10" tablet w/64gb of memory if you ever want to get rid of some of the amazon stuff and get the most out of your Fire Tablet check this out https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/windows-tool-fire-toolbox-v18-0.3889604/ Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 11 hours ago, DarkSakul said: So I looked into Windows 11 recently. it requires a TPM (version 2) to be installed. Most newer motherboards and all Prebuilt PCs should already have TPM on board. If you fail the Microsoft Minimum system requirements from their PC Health App, check your Bios settings. You probably have TPM disabled. I had this exact issue (TPM disabled in BIOS), turned it on and all was good. DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/24/2021 at 8:23 PM, Hawkingbird said: John McAfee, the creator of one of the worst anti-viruses in the market has died in prison https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-u-software-mogul-john-201218414.html I saw someone comment on the story by saying. "The Earth has uninstalled McAfee." DarkSakul, YourFavGrandpa and Hawkingbird 3 Quote Link to comment
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