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Techstorm970

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About Techstorm970

  • Birthday Jul 06, 2001

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    F**k EA and their microtransaction bullshit
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    If U on UPlay then UPlayed yourself!
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    "Um...ACKCHYUALLY, it's called X now!" :D
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    Male
  • Location
    A big thing in the middle of nowhere
  • Interests
    Weather, computers, sports, video games, music, percussion, the American dream, girls
  • Biography
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  • Occupation
    University Student & Tropical Cyclone Researcher
  • Member title
    The Dipshitter

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    Ryzen 9 5900HS (8c/16t)
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    ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15 motherboard
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    24GB DDR4-3200MHz (8+16)
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    NVIDIA RTX 3070 Laptop GPU (80W)
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    It's a laptop. Figure it out.
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    2TB SK Hynix NVMe + 2TB Crucial P2 NVMe
  • PSU
    90Wh battery, 200W power brick
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    Laptop display (15.6", 1440p, 165Hz, IPS, Pantone Validated)
  • Cooling
    Two blower-style fans of unknown size
  • Keyboard
    Eclipse Grey Zephyrus G15 built-in keyboard
  • Mouse
    Logitech G603
  • Sound
    Zephyrus G15 speakers + Logitech G733
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
  • Laptop
    Dell G7 7588, i7-8750H, GTX 1060 Max-Q, 16GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2.7TB worth of SSD storage, 15.6" 1080p 60Hz IPS screen, Corsair Harpoon Wireless, Dell G7 speakers + Corsair HS70
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    iPhone 14 Pro Max 256GB in White
  • Other
    Mid 2017 iMac 5K 27" (i7-7700K, AMD Radeon Pro 580 8GB, 16GB DDR4, 2TB SSHD) + Logitech G213 keyboard + Logitech G203 mouse
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  1. Good grief, Dipshit of the Month isn't good enough anymore!!!

    Wendy's can't keep their narratives straight.

    Elon Musk can't keep his narratives straight.

    The U.S. government just recommended JAVA.  For SECURITY.

    Nvidia's software team is the only part of their organization that isn't shit or horrifically disrespectful to consumers.

    My alma mater is balancing its budget in the most inefficient way(s) possible.

    And ChatGPT is actively falling apart.

    image.gif.3567018b090e76a1c97be4a4069f1dd1.gif

     

    "My goodness, how do I address all these at once???"

    "..."

    "Kurzgesagt?"

    "Kurzgesagt."

    Spoiler

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    1.   Show previous replies  6 more
    2. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      1 hour ago, LloydLynx said:

      uh oh

        Hide contents

      Screenshotat2024-03-0214-50-01.thumb.png.49ff472c2966f6562be7676bfb20ae75.png

       

      Welp, you found the thumbnail I sampled lol!

       

      Idk, I find the thought experiments they do interesting.  I see "climate greenwashing" as a gross misinterpretation of how they cover the subject.  They talk a lot about hypothetical technologies, as well as what is technically possible with current technology but may not be reasonable to achieve.  Watching videos that dream of a space-faring humanity and interpreting it as "excusing climate inaction" is just plain stupid.  It's just as I said, thought experiments.

       

      I don't need to agree with someone's philosophies or opinions to respect their work.  Kurzgesagt puts immense effort into what they do; that much I'm convinced of.

    3. da na

      da na

      4 minutes ago, Techstorm970 said:

      Welp, you found the thumbnail I sampled lol!

       

      Idk, I find the thought experiments they do interesting.  I see "climate greenwashing" as a gross misinterpretation of how they cover the subject.  They talk a lot about hypothetical technologies, as well as what is technically possible with current technology but may not be reasonable to achieve.  Watching videos that dream of a space-faring humanity and interpreting it as "excusing climate inaction" is just plain stupid.  It's just as I said, thought experiments.

       

      I don't need to agree with someone's philosophies or opinions to respect their work.  Kurzgesagt puts immense effort into what they do; that much I'm convinced of.

      but what if Kursgensgyatt punched orphans? 

       

      It's a thought experiment

    4. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      5 minutes ago, da na said:

      but what if Kursgensgyatt punched orphans? 

       

      It's a thought experiment

      Sounds more like a Technoblade thing lol

  2. American fast food is throwing us for a loop right now.

     

    Wendy's has announced they aren't not going to maybe-ish try dynamic pricing:

    https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1234412431/wendys-dynamic-surge-pricing
     

    Meanwhile McDonald's is doing based shit out of nowhere:

    Spoiler

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    1. Dillpickle23422

      Dillpickle23422

      18 hours ago, Techstorm970 said:

      American fast food is throwing us for a loop right now.

       

      Wendy's has announced they aren't not going to maybe-ish try dynamic pricing:

      https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1234412431/wendys-dynamic-surge-pricing
       

      Meanwhile McDonald's is doing based shit out of nowhere:

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      yeah fuck wendys now lmao. 

  3. The convenience of having everything in the same place is what I'm excited about. Otherwise, hard agree. Utility apps can look like Windows 95 for all I care as long as it actually works as advertised.
  4. After 7 months of owning it, my Steelseries Aerox 5 Wireless is toast.  Its scroll wheel is borderline unusable.

     

    Tried software solutions.  Tried cleaning.  Tried resets.  Nothing.

     

    Now, I can't say that I'm surprised, or that I'm down on Steelseries (yet).  I am a hurricane researcher and new college graduate.  What does that mean?  Reading papers and writing papers and writing code and rewriting papers and rewriting code, especially last autumn.  And that means lots of scrolling.  I know full well that I TORTURE my scroll wheels.

     

    Disappointed because I've loved the mouse otherwise.  Back to mouse hunting, I suppose!

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    2. Poinkachu

      Poinkachu

      3 hours ago, Techstorm970 said:

      Tried software solutions.  Tried cleaning.  Tried resets.  Nothing.

      Even replacing the encoder ?

    3. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      If you want a Mouse with an amazing Scroll Wheel then the Logitech MX Master 3 it is. It's so amazing that I have two of them, one for my Desktop and one for my Notebook.

    4. sub68

      sub68

      I destroyed the scroll wheel on a corsair M65 pro after I think 3 years. I loved that mouse. but I do alot of reserch reading stuff do it made since that I could break it plus I am known to press down buttons pretty hard.

  5. Today I learned my dad's intricate stereo system has an existential crisis every time my mom plays her music through the Apple TV connected to it.

  6. Unbothered, unbridled "meh" from me. C2D machines are for putting Windows 7 and legacy software on, not latest-greatest stuff. A C2D machine with Windows 11 better be a tinker-toy and nothing more.
  7. Snapchat just sent out a mass message saying "wE'rE nOT sOciAL meDiA."

     

    I am not making this up.

  8. Yes, my laptop is now on Windows 11.

    No, it's not that different from Windows 10.

    Yes, I was basically forced to do it to fix a problem.

    No, I'm not happy about it.

    1. Average Nerd

      Average Nerd

      You'll get used to it.

      I am actually starting to like Win 11 more than Win 10.

    2. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      My condolences.

    3. TVwazhere

      TVwazhere

      I'm now using Win 11 on the new Main PC and TBH? It feels the same once I've left justified the task bar and removed the pinned stuff.

       

      And I've kind of felt this way since Win7. There's definitely been UI changes for things like settings but outside of that...

  9. "Well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions."


    Being good at a game (chess, in this case) means you're good at that game, not that you're smart in general.

     

    This asshat is a prime example.

     

    And for what it's worth, LTE is extremely public, yet is more secure than both public airport WiFi AND Snapchat.  Let that sink in.

     

    This dipshit teen failed spectacularly on every conceivable level.

    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      easyJet ? More like easyJail !

  10. For those who don't know, tech is a major interest & hobby of mine, but it's not my biggest one.  That would be meteorology.  (Which I have a degree in now yay!)

     

    As a side effect of this, I occasionally miss nuances in the tech industry.

     

    As a great example, when I first got into tech (2015-16 timeframe), PowerColor was that cheap AMD GPU brand you only got because it was cheap.  Otherwise, the extra $20 or whatever was worth the jump in manufacturing quality to another brand (Sapphire, XFX, or MSI usually).  I had accepted this as truth for several years.

     

    So imagine my surprise when I check myself in 2024 and realize that PowerColor got their shit together while I wasn't paying attention (probably locked in a cave somewhere to get homework done).

     

    Not only are they still on the cheap side, they now trade blows with Sapphire in product quality.  Whiplash!

    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      Oh so you're the Certified Weather Guy of the LTT Forum now ?

       

       

       

       

      /s aside, Congrats of course. What are you gonna do for a job now ? Weather host on the local TV Channel ?

    2. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      2 minutes ago, soldier_ph said:

      Oh so you're the Certified Weather Guy of the LTT Forum now ?

       

       

       

       

      /s aside, Congrats of course. What are you gonna do for a job now ? Weather host on the local TV Channel ?

      I'm going to grad school for hurricane research in the Fall.  Don't know where yet.

       

      I did apply for the local TV job in the meantime but they haven't answered any of my messages over the past month.  I'll likely just grab some retail job to pay my bills for the next few months, instead.

       

      Meteorology is one of those fields where it is strongly recommended that you begin to specialize early.  I specialized in research, not broadcasting.  I could totally do broadcasting, but would require extra coaching that some places just aren't willing to do.

    3. TVwazhere

      TVwazhere

      On 1/19/2024 at 11:37 PM, Techstorm970 said:

      I could totally do broadcasting, but would require extra coaching-

      Yeah cause you need to stand there just right, turn and point at a map people can already see (/s)

       

      Spoiler

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    1. soldier_ph
    2. Techstorm970

      Techstorm970

      2 hours ago, soldier_ph said:

      Business is booming 😎🔥💣

      Well, when you don't give a shit about Steam trading cards, the 1,2,3,etc. cents is worth more to you.

    3. Senzelian

      Senzelian

      More importantly, DepressedDiego is now a little less depressed 😉 

  11. YouTube answered its own question...

     

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