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>>107703639
Make a Ublue image.
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>>107704502
reinstalled OS. Everything works.
How is the ssd dead? How are you going to cope?
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>>107705844
How are updates to the image handled? I'd only do that if they're willing to constantly maintain it for them.
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>>107703014
>>107703239
what anime?
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>>107705891
Keep us updated when it happens again, we all need a laugh now and then.

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The steam frame is gonna cost like 700 dollars maybe more with the RAM issues going isn't it?
The Quest 3 was being sold for 407+100 dollar in Amazon credit a week ago.
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>>107706411
The eye trackers and controller trackers are just cheap IR cameras. They omitted color passthrough cameras because that would increase the cost.
The wifi dongle is just some realkek wifi adapter
The quest 3 was on sale for around $300 some time ago, the current $500 probably isn't subsidized
I think Valve tried really hard to optimize for low manufacturing cost while not compromising comfort, like with the Deck. They claim it's a premium device but that's just marketing.
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>>107706411
Plus VR is a niche enthusiast market and they are willing to pay more than average.

$1200 is a pretty good bet I think.
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>>107706726
>The quest 3 was on sale for around $300 some time ago, the current $500 probably isn't subsidized
I googled the profits that meta's VR division made (reality labs), it said it lost billions of dollars but this graph says the opposite and I am too stupid to understand it.
But it's possible that this graph is showing it lost 8 billion dollars and it's just not showing it. And there is also another statement graph from the same graph maker, I forgot the name of and I am too lazy to search for it on google images (and there is probably a Q1 2026 graph somewhere).
Also I don't know how the dongle works, have you seen any quest usb wifi dongles? (I assume the steam adapter works for quest headsets) I checked google and found a reddit post mentioning PrismXR Puppis S1 which is $75 but it's HUGE and it's just a router that looks like a usb ethernet adapter(?).
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>>107706813
We don't know how much of that money was for R&D and how much to actually manufacture the hardware. Meta built a ton of bullshit software like the metaverse and sponsored the development of vr games.

>have you seen any quest usb wifi dongles? (I assume the steam adapter works for quest headsets)
The Quest doesn't have a dongle. The Steam Frame one will use 6GHz only to communicate with the built in dedicated 6GHz radio in the Frame for the PC connection, the regular wifi connection ill use 2.4Ghz and 5GHz on the Frame. The Quest can't do this and only uses one wifi band for everything. The dongle will only work for the Frame. The windows drivers were already leaked accidentally some time ago and back then they were writing a custom driver for the Realtek rtl8814b usb wifi adapter.
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>>107693887
The real win for VR(in it's current form) is in simulation and remote control not traditional vidya or shitty social media.
Zuck and co completley missed because of two reasons, they're chasing retail consumer tech which it doesn't fit with AND coming at it from the wrong direction, it's not about people moving more into immersive digital worlds it's about tech moving more into the real world that actualy solves a problem.
VR will always be a niche non-normie tech until robots become more integrated into society then they'll be using it mostly for work not leisure.

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>I can just buy more power at the gas station.

Why aren't AA powerbanks more popular?
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>>107705981
But is it available everywhere at any time?
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I got some 15 year old NiMH AA that I still use, I also got a solar charger in case of apocalypse
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>>107704182
I have something similar to this and although it will charge NiMH AAs, you can only use it as a powerbank with 18650s.
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>>107705791
Not at all because it hasn't happened. This is why you're a loser.
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Related kinda:
https://www.cnn.com/science/new-battery-design-could-prevent-fires-spc

Electrolyte change will massively reduce fires with lithium batteries. No major design changes are necessary either. Just change the electrolyte and you can keep on using Lithium.

Though I want solid state batteries to come along as fast as possible, this solution is much cheaper and may catch on until they can reduce solid state manufacturing costs.

Anyhow this electrolyte change is a game changer for now...

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What is the point of manually compiling something yourself, instead of just downloading the ready-made program?

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>>107706900
There are many reasons to compile from source, here are some just off the top of my head:
1. The package you're looking for is not available in your repo, thus compiling from source is the only option to get it
2. The package you're looking for is available in your repo, but it's an outdated version (especially true on stable distros like debian), in that case compiling from source is the only way to get the newer version
3. The package you're looking for is available in your repo, but it lacks a compile time option (an actual example i can remember is when debian disabled some extensions at compile time for keepassxc for security reasons, if you wanted those features back you had to recompile it), in this case recompiling is the only way to get those disable features.
3. You run into dependency hell, compiling from source can sometimes fix that
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Compiling software yourself offers several advantages, such as the ability to customize it for your specific system. You can optimize performance based on your hardware, select which features to include or exclude, and adjust settings to suit your needs. This can result in faster, more efficient software tailored to your environment.
Another benefit is increased control and transparency. By compiling from source, you can inspect the code for security and ensure it hasn’t been tampered with. This is particularly important when dealing with open-source software, where you can verify the integrity of the code before running it on your machine.

On the downside, compiling software can be time-consuming and complex. It requires understanding how to manage dependencies and configure the build process. For most users, downloading a precompiled version is quicker and easier, especially if they don’t need any customization or the latest features.
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>>107706900
If you're applying any patches to the software. Otherwise if a binary is available there is 0 reason to unless you have some kind of minimalism autism and need to exclude things from the build
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makes it go faster

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>get powerbank
>USB-C is such a mess of overlapping and conflicting power specs that my phone charges the powerbank
Do we need a new standard?
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>>107701774
switch your phone from "source" to "sink"
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>>107702270
fpbp. OP is a retard
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>my phone charges the powerbank
You have to tell your phone to specifically charge the connected device.
0/10 bait
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>>107702933
>because of me
nice cope there
have you seen the rest of the thread?

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>>107568585
"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."
--Edward Snowden

>Cyberpunk
The FAQ: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk-faq/
What is /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/pmn9vzWZ
How do I into /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/5tpNFQds
Huge list of cyberpunk media: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk/
The cyberdeck: https://pastebin.com/7fE4BVBg
Cyberlife: https://jinteki.industries/files/cyberlife.7z
Bibliothek: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4m5hd2065hde8/Bibliothek

>Privacy
Tools: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/

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>>107646329
>>107705679
do you use the same wifi or internet connection?
if you use the same internet connection, your IP might be a static one, in which case your apps might simply keep track of you by correlating all similar cookies and stuff.
try clearing your cookies and app data more often in your phones/devices
also,
>VPN
VPNs leak info sometimes.
also, check this attack: https://localmess.github.io/ . yes, that was Facebook.
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>>107646329
>>107705679
>>107705990
also, read this shit:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/
https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/
the first article has some mitigation measures.
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>>107705990
>do you use the same wifi or internet connection
Yes, but I only use FOSS apps, and hardly any at that. Any browsing is done through browsers, and the private space (functionally a separate profile) is only ever using a VPN, although I was just reading that android VPNs leak dns so that could be it.
Thanks for the links, I will read these tomorrow.
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Any fans of gothic worlds like those of Coffin of Andy and Leyley? I think they'd be better than our current /cyb/ dystopia. Could they be classified as modern analog cyberpunk?
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>>107707070
This is what I was just reading btw
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/250529027
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/dns-traffic-can-leak-outside-the-vpn-tunnel-on-android/18152

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its something i've been doing lately. It feels pretty clean & it saves a lot of vertical space which is nice but is also feels a bit taboo.
It becomes slighly niggerlicious when you have many statements in the body like
if(x){++x; y = 3; if(x%2) coninue; break;}
but i still think its elegant-ish and if it isn't then you can always break it up into multiple lines at that point.

Also since im making a whole thread feel free to post other taboo coding styles that are actually nice.
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as long as it compiles and has some comments i do not fucking care
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>>107703965
I use it sometimes, but I have a strict rule: only if the body is 1 (ONE) statement. Avoids wasting 2 or 3 lines (depending on brace style) for 1-statement functions.

On anything longer, having a newline separating statements feels cleaner and also the overhead of a couple of lines allocated to braces is no longer significant
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shit taste and shit code.
if (foo)
DoFoo();
if (bar)
DoBar();
while (!elements.empty()) {
sum += elements.front();
elements.pop();
}
while (sum)
if (sum % 2)
print(sum);
if (baz)
if (sum > 30)
print(print);


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I just let the autoformatter do whatever the heck it wants with my code and I enforce this habit with lints this way I can just write without thinking about formatting and when I'm done the computer fixes it.
In general though I don't like long lines. I tend to arrange things side-by-side if I can, even putting consoles and test outputs as sidebars. So I like using a bunch of lines: ideally each line does one thing. The benefit of one line = one thing is it's more difficult to miss things. Lines are numbered, they're uniformly spaced, they're all aligned according to nesting level.
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>>107703965
I don't like it at all. It makes your code annoying to read, but worse, it suggests you probably aren't using automatic code formatting tools with format-on-save. This in turn means that I'm going to have to actually worry about formatting the code I write and make sure it matches yours. I'm used to this being a solved problem so the fact that you're burdening me with doing it manually is very unwelcome.

If it's just your own private code that you never realistically expect others to contribute then whatever, go nuts.

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I never understood why this icon means save.
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>>107706164
zoomers use millennial engineers and gen x/boomer financiers and policymakers ruining everything forever as a security blanket to escape personal accountability and growth, which obviously only exacerbates societal decay. instead of pursuing the lifestyle and education they were denied as children they wallow in ignorance and learned helplessness
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>>107706336
Zoomers are the kids of gen x.
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>>107706858
actually now that i think of it you're right although some zoomers have millenial parents. still gen Xers have the same issue
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>>107706944
if a zoomer has millenial parents, they're the result of some kind of teenage fetal alcohol pregancy and should be given some slack.
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>>107705262
OP touches sheep inappropriately in a homosexual fashion.

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Here We Go Again Edition
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which is better, Feh or Xviewer?
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>>107706727
feh/imv
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naturally, a little devil oversees all the daemons
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whoever designed this needs to die
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>>107706782
It's a dumb rule and the front ports are the other way around so you can't even say "to the left".
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>>107706827
>Just break open the front panel to see which way some small internal PCB happens to be orientated at.
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don't worry
it's better now
see
even this graphic needs updating
another one has been added
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>>107706935
>>107706957
I've never had this problem.
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>>107706304
You could put a small sticker dot on the correct side up on the key or fob. Those paint pens can help with this too. But eventually that sticker or the paint will scratch off. USB 1, 2 and 3 full size ports ARE fucking stupidly designed. I will agree with this. The best design would be like a + sign. I don't know how they would figure out positive vs negative but that's not my fucking problem. Shape wise it is superior.

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hey /g/, friend offered to sell me her laptop, here are the specs

i7
nvidia geforce gt 630M
8 gigs of ram 2.20 ghz
1tb
windows 8

Would be used for extremely light gaming, mostly older rpgs i just want a fast functioning laptop.

its a Dell 17R-5720. Shes offering it between 100-200, is it worth buying a used laptop if i dont necessarily care about gaming too much?
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>she
>100-200
It's a good deal only if she lets you nut inside raw
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>>107706007
cumbrained-zombie
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>>107705423
tell her you'll take it off her hands if you can assfuck her and she gives you a few blowjobs.
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>>107705423
I assume it's a 1 TB HDD.
It belongs in a dumpster but you should keep it solely for the DVD driver.
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I would feel bad about selling my friends ewaste for money

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>blows the fuck out of you're kernel level anti cheat
this is fucking hilarious. doesn't matter if apex, valorant, rust, cs2 faceit or any other league. any FPS is currently unplayable because kids run color/ML aimbots on their second pc and forward inputs to their gayming pc with this 40$ passthrough device. and all the jeet AC devs are too stupid to write an aimbot detection algo that doesn't result in 6 million false positive bans. (the valorant jeets literally used their RAT malware anticheat to check&ban players that stream a centered screen region which is smaller than 512x512 pixels).
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>>107706291
yes, and they are more enjoyable to be around than circlejerking spergs who can't stop fellating themselves about how good they are at clicking heads
ironic, isn't it?
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>>107687596
I play as a conga heavy main on any/every server
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>>107706421
But you are intruding onto their space, not the other way around.
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>>107686779
We're already on a point where you can just train a neural network to play exactly like a pro-player using regular controllers and shit.
And this is great, because it kills the retarded "use people as your personal shooting bots" rather than having actual friends.
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>>107693368
Last I checked half of those 1st world Americans and Europeans are niggers and jeets

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Alright /g/, with Raven Ridge coming, let's discuss Integrated Graphics / APU's.

Why are they so reliable /g/? We constantly hear about dedicated GPU's shitting the bed, specially on laptops, but how come we never hear about integrated graphics failing? Are they built like a tank?

Iris Pro is a few years behind in performance, but look at the size of this thing, it's fucking tiny, it's pretty impressive actually. Do you think Raven Ridge will also be reliable? Do you think it will outperform Iris Pro?
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>>107703693
>with Raven Ridge coming,
Is this 2018? Raven Ridge is Zen1.
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>>107703693
I haven't heard about dgpus shitting the bed regularly since like 2009, and any bga chip would inevitably shit the bed, it was just more frequently the shitty chipsets didn't run as hot. Things only seem to die now from running hot as fuck, mfgs trying to make everything thin as a playing card thermal throttling every chip at 100°, these bga soldering failures were happing at 50°. Buy something well made and take care of it and it basically won't ever die
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>>107703693
a dgpu has a complex pcb, memory modules, VRMs. an igpu is just the chip
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>>107703693
Integrated GPUs aren't nearly powerful enough to fail. Discrete GPUs of the hundreds of watts variety fail because they're pumping insane amounts of voltage and power around under load. Ever heard of a GTX 750 ti dying? Yeah.
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WHERE ARE THE PANTHER LAKE NUMBERS INTEL???

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>dad asks me to help him find something on ebay
>open up his laptop and go to ebay
>mfw i notice that the recently viewed items are my recently viewed items
>mfw i never logged into that computer and he doesn't know how to internet

Is there some kind of black magic happening here? Also I tried to see if what we looked up showed up on my computer and nope.

My guess is that this is an IP thing. Would a VPN help with this (if my parents and brother can see what I'm looking at)? I have one but sometimes I get too lazy to use it and it kills my speed quite a bit.
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>>107704763
wtf i hate technology now
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>>107704763
Kek
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>>107704737
>My guess is that this is an IP thing
Yes, you're behind a NAT, and eBay seems to identify you based upon IP address rather than cookie.

I've seen google do this, for youtube especially, they bubble you based on your IP and not a cookie.

>Would a VPN help
Yes.
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>>107704737
misha is a dirty whore
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>ITT: OP discovers all machines on a local network have the same public IPv4

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Had Logitech G305 - developed doubleclicking in a year
Switched to CoolerMaster MM712 - scroll wheel started scrolling in random directions in a year, on top of shitty wireless connectivity.
And the funniest thing is that I used $5 store brand mice before and all of them lasted me much longer than that without issues.
Is there a single reliable brand of wireless mice that work and I won't have to pay through the roof to get?
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>>107706849
You are one stupid motherfucker. I know everyone tells you that, but guess what asshole? THEY'RE RIGHT! (YOU) are fucking dumb. Glad you goo up your mice with oil and probably cum. (You) are still one stupid motherfucker for doing this and offering it as advice is like saying, you shove gerbils up your ass in a plastic bag. Though you may like your faggot kinks, it doesn't make it right FAGGOT! Get used to being wrong, something tells me you like the pain and humiliation.
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>>107706840
Way to admit you're a poor fag that can't afford better mice. Enjoy your gooey poorfag mouse poorfag.
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>>107706915
There is no functional difference between a $5 mouse or a $100 mouse, other than having more buttons which are a nuisance to me.
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I've had a Logitech G305 for 3 years and never had an Issue

stop button mashing like a retard
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>>107696886
My G203 lasted me two and a half year of constant gaming use, it's cheap so when I got a replacement(same one) it didn't hurt

This one is wired however


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