manikyath

the Corsair K95 experience right here...

i noticed that one of the keys on my keyboard that *should* be white has gone an off white color.. so i opened up corsair iCue to see if it was configured wrong, or the RGB was fading...

i dont know what i did, but i misclicked on something, and my entire lighting profile is now cocked up, with no undo button.

so.. all in all, here's where we're at with this 200 dollar keyboard:

- the keycaps have been wearing off since i've had it for a few months, and it's only getting worse.

- the lighting strip across the top has two dim spots in it, that are slowly worsening over time

- the num lock LED is dying a slow death.. I HAVE 30 YEAR OLD KEYBOARDS THAT HAVE PERFECT LEDs ON THEM, HOW IS THIS A THING?

- the interface for setting up lighting is so terribly made that i'd rather chuck 200 bucks out the window than go trough this again.

- some keys are actually GLUED DOWN to the cherry stem, because they keep popping off otherwise. some keys are not glued down, and thats why i had to catch my up arrow key mid-flight today.

- i have quit using the G keys, because i honestly cant be arsed anymore

- the braided cable, on a stationary keyboard, IS FRAYING, WHAT THE FUCK.

- the brushed aluminium base plate is IMPOSSIBLE to clean. it actually *holds* dirt while you're brushing with isopropyl alcohol and a firm brush.

- the rubber wrist rest is DISGUSTING. no matter how much cleaning solution, brush, sponge, and soak i throw at it.. the texture is FULL of gunk. VISIBLY full of gunk.

- before mentioned wrist rest is held magnetically, and somehow, the steel bars in the rubber have managed to bend so one cornner of it sits all crooket.

- i understand you need a thick cable for power delivery and the two usb ports that go trough it.. but this thing is actually worse to cable manage than my two 'extra long' dual link DVI cables, and the respective power cables for my dual monitors. it honestly feels like they used solid copper inside.

- at some point i ordered corsair's "premium keycap set".. and every.single.keycap. was broken out of the box. refunded that shit so hard...

- before mentioned key that was an off color.. is actually fading.

it's come to a point where i can only say i have no idea how they managed to screw up such an expensive keyboard THAT badly...

this heap of junk has come to the point i have *no* budget limits, JUST.TO.GET.RID.OF.THIS.GARBAGE...

oh, and if a corsair representative steps in, this keyboard is garbage and you know it. Please stick to memory modules and power supplies.

while researching what oil to use for the model engine i bought.. i ran into what must be the most ridiculous product i've ever found..

lubricant for.. card edge connectors. ever found there was too much friction pushing your (nonexistent;.) new graphics card into your system? there's lube for that.

so.. i've been shopping for a new UPS, because one day the UPS next to my server is gonna burn a hole trough the control board...

i've always had 'stepped approximation' sinewave UPSes, but i decided to look into pure sinewave UPSes... HOLY HELL that's a price difference.

1400VA stepped approximation, 11 minutes of runtime on half load, €180

1500VA pure sine, 23 minutes of runtime on half load (double the batteries i suppose?) €770

so.. while on the throne i had a thought..

(we all know the throne is the best place to have a thought..)

with the whole fuss of NFT's being all the hype now, i got to wonder.

under the 'traditional' copyright system, what would happen if someone were to copyright something, and someone else has proof to show that the copyright holder is not the rightful owner.

(for example, you take a picture, you show it to someone, and they go on and copyright it.)

i tried to look into this, but it appears that this is a hole in the 'traditional' copyright system as well.

i enjoy the cringe factor of drunk people trying to fabricate a story to police..

"have you been drinking sir?" noo... <pause> a little bit

"what does that mean sir?" some beers.

"how come your arm is hurt?" i fell... twice

-officer starts doing the usual administrative BS, starts with name, date of birth, etc. then asks exactly how it happened, since a car reported someone ran into them with a scooter-

"were you on the curb when you fell?" no.

"were you in the road when you fell? what lane were you in?" no.

"so.. you were on the curb then?" no.

-suddenly the guy is in considerable pain-

"you were not on the curb or in the road?" A CAR RAN OVER ME, HE THEN WAS ON ME, HE WENT OVER MY LEGS

"you just said you fell, and now you say you were ran over? can you explain how you got ran over?" he ran me over and then hurt my arm and my legs.

"were you on the road when you got hit?" no.

"were you on the curb?" no.. i was crossing the road.

"so you were on the road when you got hit?" no.

-on the way, he changes the story a few times, changes home address a few times, and generally has no idea where he came from or where he was going (cotton eye joe?)-

"have you been drinking sir?" no sir.

"i can smell the alcohol sir" two cans of bud light.

"when was that?" two hours ago.

-fails all the 'drunk check' tests horribly, suddenly has horrendous pain a few times, then blows more than 3x the legal alcohol limit.-

the scary thing about alcohol is that you're so wasted you think you're actually making total sense, and everyone else is out of it.

also, with each police video i watch i get more respect for officers who try their hardest to keep a neutral stance in the face of complete drunkness, stupidity, insults, and assault.