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12 minutes ago, da na said:

Still has to pass the dGPU's signal through the iGPU, which, although it might not decrease FPS, it DOES increase frame time and input lag noticeably. So of course it wouldn't affect a benchmark that does not measure those things. So yes, there in fact is a difference.

Also, is that even possible with regular motherboards and CPUs? Probably not I'd assume

You wouldn't even be able to use a Thunderbolt cable with a  USB C port. It needs to be a Thunderbolt port!

But as mentioned before, don't do it that way. It's a headache to get it running properly and even then it consistently causes issues.

Whatever. EK sucked anyways.

12 hours ago, manikyath said:

which you decided to not quote

Cause it's not relevant at all. You made a claim and I told you that it's not relevant. That's all that happened. Do you not understand how discussions work or are you just butthurt?

12 hours ago, manikyath said:

but since you misquoted me

Clearly butthurt.

11 hours ago, manikyath said:

and yet.. you completely miss the point;

Very clearly butthurt.

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

20-50 cents.

Logitech won't pay that much. But even at 50ct / switch, we'd be talking about 50€ for a 100 keys. So not even close enough to be relevant.

2 hours ago, manikyath said:

i mean.. that's not entirely a honest comparison, because mechanical switches cost a lot more than rubberdomes.

Yeah, like at least 3 cents instead of one! 

54 minutes ago, wanderingfool2 said:

If you want to get rear ended

Your country is weird. We have taillights and brakes 

1 hour ago, wanderingfool2 said:

Imagine no other cars around, and having a turn that isn't clearly marked by signage and being encased by trees so the only thing visible is your headlight

Sounds like a pretty standard road to me. Not sure what the big deal is.

1 hour ago, wanderingfool2 said:

There are some roads that are just downright scary to drive at full speed in the US.

We just slow down. Is slowing down in the US illegal? 

15 minutes ago, wanderingfool2 said:

[Seriously, there are sections of the US where you can drive and there aren't any street lamps...it can be a bit scary only having your headlights lighting your way when the speed limit is 100+ km/hour]

Funny you say that, cause that's normal in Germany. Only city streets are lit. 

Here's what it looks like to drive at 300kph into the darkness. lol

1 hour ago, leadeater said:

I have been using a Thunderbolt dock with my laptop going on 5 years now with multiple monitors etc without any such problems. Maybe it's a distance thing and signal problems?

With optical TB there would be no signal loss of course, so that's theoretically not an issue. I assume it has something to do with timing. However, this also happens with regular copper cables. We're usually running Lenovo Workstation Docks (TB3 and TB4) here at the office and it happens relatively often that there are issues with the connection. Usually, it's the cable that causes issues, but sometimes it can also be a USB C port on either device, laptop, or docking station, that can wear out.

In any case, TB is always less reliable than DP & USB. More bandwidth over smaller connectors and thinner cables is never a good recipe for reliability. 

1 hour ago, Luxanius said:

Since you have tried different variants; is there a cheaper solution than corning cables if I wanted to run it over TB?

Unfortunately not. I haven't found any other manufacturer crazy enough to develop such cables. 

1 hour ago, leadeater said:

Oh also I forgot DP can daisy chain which is pretty nice, so might be able to get away with single optical cable for that so long as the monitors have a DP out to chain them. Running 3 DP optical cables to me just isn't really a viable idea, that why is I preference TB because of that. 3 DP optical and 1 USB optical I just think is bad. 2 total seems a lot better to me.

Yeah, I agree. It's not fun having to deal with that many cables, especially because they're relatively thick as they have to carry fiber and copper, unlike optical TB. 

6 minutes ago, atxcyclist said:

It’s been over twenty years since I originally got licensed, but there is some obviously. Driving is much more of a necessity here, it couldn’t cost that much to get licensed because poor people have to get to work.

In Germany, people are just as much car-dependent as in the US. You might be driving further, but we still require cars to get to work. The high entry price sucks, but doesn't stop anyone from getting a license here.

Cars / 1000 people

Germany: 586

Poland: 703

US: 788

27 minutes ago, leadeater said:

good quality Thunderbolt doesn't have much more problems than USB or DisplayPort

Believe me, it does. I have tried many different combinations of docks, motherboards, AICs, and monitors for years now. When Linus did his upgrade to the current generation of optical Corning TB3 cables, I had already been running mine for over a month. Thunderbolt compared to USB or DP is simply nowhere near as reliable. Sometimes you receive no picture, sometimes your USB peripherals don't work or the connection doesn't work at all until you change TB ports or restart the dock or your PC. It's just not fun.

In comparison, the Lindy optical DP 1.4 cable that I use now just works. Every. Single. Time. And it's much cheaper too!

27 minutes ago, leadeater said:

But in general long distance connectivity do a gaming PC isn't a good idea at all anyway

I think it's fantastic! I don't hear my PC and I don't feel the heat. The setup is easy and not even all that expensive if done right. If there was a better one-cable solution, that runs DP and USB without relying on TB and you'd be able to use your monitor as a hub, then I think everyone should do it. 

Thunderbolt wouldn't be a good idea anyway, as it's simply not reliable, especially not with three 4K displays.

If you're going with cables, then you should look at optical DisplayPort cables and some form of USB extenders or fiber USB cables.

Other than that, Parsec. Tho that's not going to be fun.

From experience, I can tell you that a 34" ultrawide was fine at a desk depth of 65cm, especially when getting a proper monitor arm that attaches to the desk.

I can't recommend any specific monitor tho. There are just too many!  

18 minutes ago, atxcyclist said:

driver's education

Is there even any education in the US? The driver's licenses in Germany cost somewhere around 3-4000€ right now because each student gets individual lessons from professionals. And that's really where the much lower casualty rate in comparison to the US comes from -> Education!

15 hours ago, wanderingfool2 said:

Honestly though, in a lot of accidents your door is part of the crumple zone so it makes the handle pretty pointless

A proper door handle is never pointless. Even if the door is jammed, it often is the only point to pull from.

4 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

2 reasons mostly:

- Aesthetics

- Aerodynamic drag

Realistically companies are building these door handles into their cars for marketing purposes. It looks futuristic and attracts attention. The aesthetics argument I kind of get, but aerodynamics are not the reason they do it. They claim to do it for that reason, but we all know flush door handles have been a thing for decades, without them being electrically operated.

I have owned a Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 5, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel 7 Pro and now own a Pixel 8 Pro.

Of all of these phones, the only one that had issues with mobile connectivity was the Pixel 6 Pro. However, the issue was relatively minor, as I only experienced long connection times when coming out of a building or garage where I didn't have a connection at all.

37 minutes ago, payoto said:

deny an RMA or resist a refund

Fix your consumer protection laws. That's the hard truth.

Just now, Spotty said:

> Moved to Off Topic. Door handles and motor vehicle safety are not Tech News.

Tech News means news regarding technology or gaming. Please don't post topics in this forum that don't have a strong relation to technology/games.

Sorry, electrically operated door handles seemed like tech to me.

Summary

The German automotive club ADAC (Algemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) warns against retractable door handles, as they can be a safety risk to those trapped in a car due to an accident.

In order to quickly rescue people from an accident vehicle, it is important for first responders to be able to open a vehicle from the outside quickly, easily and intuitively. Even more so if there is a vehicle fire. From the ADAC's point of view, retractable door handles, i.e. those that retract flush into the side of the car when parking and driving, could make this task significantly more difficult, especially for laypeople. But even professional rescue workers would take longer to get to the occupants.

Quotes (Translated by Google Translator)

Quote

 Some handles can be folded out manually by pressing on the front part of the handle, but many solutions rely on electric servomotors that only extend the handle automatically for operation. The automobile club points out that especially if the power supply is disrupted after an accident, the handle can remain retracted and accident helpers cannot reach the car occupants.

My thoughts

I'm completely with ADAC on this one. These things suck! Not only are they a pain to use compared to regular door handles, but they also are a major safety risk that is seemingly ignored by authorities. Not only can they fail and stop working, it's also not very intuitive to know where the emergency release is located and how some of them operate. If I would find a person stuck in a Tesla, BMW, Mercedes or any other car with such door handles, I would not know how to get the door open, if they stopped working or are still retracted.

Sources

https://de.motor1.com/news/714788/sicherheitsrisiko-versenkbare-tuergriffe-adac-warnt/

https://presse.adac.de/meldungen/adac-ev/technik/adac-warnt---versenkbare-tuergriffe-koennen-ein-sicherheitsrisiko-sein.html

19 hours ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Just a quick question, whenever I take an image the screen for some reason goes black for 1-2 seconds (even on like 1/16000 shutter speed) and if I move the photo goes blurry, do you know why this is?

Sorry, unfortunately, I do not. 

18 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

Thanks for the long answer, I will go check out their channel! Any idea what lense I should be trying to get? I don't think I will need a huge zoom lense, because I won't need to zoom in but I am completely lost when it comes to lenses,  I have no clue what the different options are other than zoom!

Not sure which exact lens you have, but I assume it's the 10-30mm kit lens that came with the camera.

I recommend that you first see what you can do with that lens and find the limits of it. Then you know which one to get next. But if you have the 10-30, then that's a pretty good starting point in regards to its focal range, since your camera has a crop factor of 2.7 it seems. 

Crop factor means, that due to the sensor size, your focal range is 2.7 times larger in comparison to a full-frame sensor.

So 10mm on your camera would be equivalent to 27mm on a full-frame camera. 

But overall I'd say you should focus less on your gear and instead focus on improving your skills first.

Nothing wrong with the Nikon and the kit lens for now. It's more important that you learn how to properly use a camera and learn to take good photos.

When I started I used to watch a lot of YT videos, especially Tony & Chelsea Northrup: https://www.youtube.com/@TonyAndChelsea

They offer a huge selection of guides for all sorts of cameras and types of photography.

For example there's an almost 1 hour long overview of your camera:

They also regularly critique photos and just a few weeks ago they did a video on cars:

And they also have tips and tricks specifically for car photography, like in this video:

Of course they are not always right or perfect, but for me their content was really helpful!

Great video!

Best thing is, that there are so many different choices for NAS out there. My first one was a Synology DS212j, which is a cheap, old, little unit that I bought used off of eBay together with two 1TB WD Red hard drives for basically nothing. For basic storage of important data it's a perfect solution and thanks to the excellent software support from Synology it's easy to set up and run for basically ever.

1 hour ago, zombiepunk10 said:

There is times when they cant just "play outside" together. Like, if the parent doesn't allow it, maybe its raining, maybe they wanna talk to someone outside of their town, you have to think about those things too.

Yeah, I wonder how people did that before the internet. I guess there really wasn't any other fucking way.