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[flibberdipper]

On 5/27/2023 at 1:29 PM, Donut417 said:

Is it worth the price? Been considering a ridge myself, but seems like a lot to pay for a wallet. Also how does it work with cards with raised numbers? 

I've blown $100 in far stupider ways. I don't really want to say if it's worth it yet where I haven't had it long enough to test durability, but it's not a bad wallet so far. Price and my AirTag clip gripe aside, if you do the cash strap and not the clip it is SUPER fuckin annoying to get said cash out unless you only fold the bills in half instead of quarters, buuuuuut if they're folded in half they're larger than the wallet. THANKFULLY I don't use cash too incredibly often so it's not a huge deal for me.

 

Not really sure how raised cards would hold up though, all of mine are printed. I have to imagine they'd be fine if you flip flop 'em around.

[Donut417]

1 minute ago, flibberdipper said:

If you do the cash strap and not the clip it is SUPER fuckin annoying to get said cash out unless you only fold the bills in half instead of quarters,

My problem with the clip is I keep my wallet and phone in the same pocket and dont want to scratch my device. Id be afraid the clip my gouge my screen or something. 

[dogwitch]

a light bulb for my freezer.

[flibberdipper]

6 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

My problem with the clip is I keep my wallet and phone in the same pocket and dont want to scratch my device. Id be afraid the clip my gouge my screen or something. 

I'm normal and keep my phone and wallet in separate pockets so thankfully I'd never have to worry about that. Jokes aside, I have noticed that the damn thing is also oddly good at pressing the panic button on an older GM keyfob. Yesterday we were trying to figure out why a car alarm went off two different times. Turns out it was my car because the smaller edge of the wallet is the perfect size to hit the panic button on my fob.

[Bitter]

21 minutes ago, dogwitch said:

a light bulb for my freezer.

LED? I put a neutral white high CRI bulb in my fridge and WOW it looks amazing in there and everything is well lit and easy to see and looks more delicious than it is. It's a 60W or 75 equivalent I think, 600-900 lumen, I'd have to go look. Sadly my freezer is not lit and there's not provision for a switch so I can't even add my own lighting.

[sub68]

42 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

you do the cash strap and not the clip it is SUPER fuckin annoying to get said cash out unless you only fold the bills in half instead of quarters,

Yeah I have a wallet were you have to do half its not too bad if you organize your bills.

This is a magpul everyday wallet. I like it but its way less durable.

Its streched due to being in a car for a summer. My dad has a ridge wallet nockoff and its going strong...

[dogwitch]

10 hours ago, Bitter said:

LED? I put a neutral white high CRI bulb in my fridge and WOW it looks amazing in there and everything is well lit and easy to see and looks more delicious than it is. It's a 60W or 75 equivalent I think, 600-900 lumen, I'd have to go look. Sadly my freezer is not lit and there's not provision for a switch so I can't even add my own lighting.

idk.  am going to have to check its a older fridge.

its a led one

[Skyesgaming]

Just bought this thing to keep my cats safe when I take them outside. 

My one cat doesn't like to wander at all and my other cat all she does it wander and when I try to get her closer to her sister, she wiggles out of her harness and escapes.

They seem a bit unsure of it right now but I've taken them both outside with it and they seemed to like the idea. 

Hopefully we can continuously use it through the warm months when I can actually take them outside and enjoy it. 

Wish Us Luck. 

Spoiler

 

 

[Kilrah]

10 minutes ago, Skyesgaming said:

Just bought this thing to keep my cats safe when I take them outside. 

My one cat doesn't like to wander at all and my other cat all she does it wander and when I try to get her closer to her sister, she wiggles out of her harness and escapes.

They seem a bit unsure of it right now but I've taken them both outside with it and they seemed to like the idea. 

Hopefully we can continuously use it through the warm months when I can actually take them outside and enjoy it. 

Wish Us Luck. 

 

Kitty doesn't approve...

 

[Skyesgaming]

8 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Kitty doesn't approve...

 

Nooo... shes the little wanderer/escape artist. 

[DrkLrdChckls]

I picked up a Dell Latitude 5400 off-lease to use as a portable replacement for my gaming laptop. I'm running ChromeOS Flex on it, and have been able to get upwards of 10 hours of battery life. I am super pleased with it so far.

[CerealExperimentsLain]

What? You're not buying YPbPr cables in 2023?

 

[Bitter]

Uuuggghhhhhh I love Trinitron displays.

30 minutes ago, CerealExperimentsLain said:

What? You're not buying YPbPr cables in 2023?

They look so good!

[8tg]

Asrock Z97m OC Formula

I don’t think r9 280x toxic crossfire will be a good fit

however msi gtx 970 golden edition SLI will be a good fit 

[Arika]

Meet my new daily driver PC.

Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro that i got for a whole $300aud

 

I already have some modifications planned to make it a little less...boring.

 

My current desktop is basically going to be relegated to a headless(ish) server.

[sub68]

2 hours ago, Arika S said:

Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro

Ayy same era as my optiplex.

[Kilrah]

A pack of fans since my 3 case fans are all different from stuff I had laying around and one is the loudest piece of garbage ever made. And a 2242 SSD to put in my USB enclosure to replace the one that died...

 

[8tg]

it’s real, it’s really a 560ti kudan

thank you random aliexpress seller now I am going to buy many more

reminder, this is a 560ti, a card who’s reference model looked like this:

 

and this is a triple slot, triple fan card with a vrm expansion card 

 

the most batshit midrange gpu ever made, this is like if someone made an RTX 3060ti with the cooler of an RTX3090 and clocked it so hard it could match the performance of a 3070

 

[flibberdipper]

Picked this little doofus up today and got it all set up. A Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3, with the ever fearsome i3 1315U, 8GB of soldered on single channel RAM, a 256GB Samsung PM991, and a shockingly nice 1080p MATTE touchscreen. I'm honestly super happy with this little guy. It's going to be replacing my Acer Aspire 7 A715-A72 which is obviously more powerful and built a bit better, however it was a bit large and the battery life on it sucked absolute chunks. Granted, this i3 isn't exactly a slouch as far as performance goes, for being a little 15w chip with 2P/4E and HT on the PC, it gets pretty close to the Acer's 8750H which was able to suck down 54w.

[AndreiArgeanu]

On 5/31/2023 at 5:59 AM, Arika S said:

Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro that i got for a whole $300aud

These USFF systems seem interesting. Especially as a PC you can carry around. Especially since some like the HP 405 G4 with ryzen and decent integrated graphics can be had for like 80£. Anything interesting about these? Do they run particularly hot or do the T-series chips these typically come with run cool enough?

[sub68]

10 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

These USFF systems seem interesting. Especially as a PC you can carry around. Especially since some like the HP 405 G4 with ryzen and decent integrated graphics can be had for like 80£. Anything interesting about these? Do they run particularly hot or do the T-series chips these typically come with run cool enough?

the 7060 is a non t model, so its a full 65 watt, But knowing dell they run a blower CPU cooler that gets air from front and just blasts it out the back.

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

20k mAh power bank. It feels pretty hefty. It has a weird smooth coating, I think maybe rubberized. Saw a video of someone taking apart a bunch of batteries to see if they were legit. And the batteries of this brand were all as advertised, plus they have a lot of amazon reviews, and they are mostly positive. I bought this from their website so I paid 22£ instead of the 30£ they charge on amazon. The delivery was really quick since they send it from the Amazon warehouse. Their support is also really nice and they respond quickly since the first package I got was empty and they sent one straight away. The battery comes with a short USB C cable and an egg bagg to put the battery in.

 

I was interested in buying an Anker battery but their cheapest 20k battery costs 33£, only supports 12W charging at 2.4A max with no support for USB PD or quick charge plus the USB C can only be used for charging only and there's a micro USB next to it as well which is kinda annoying even if I don't have to use it. Their closest offering, the PowerCore 20K costs 37£ and that's with a discount.#

 

So far it's worked great but in about 10 days it's about to get dragged through an airport and a 3-4 hour flight so I'll see how it performs then.

 

The battery itself is a little shorter and and narrower than an iphone 12 and about twice as thick (including a case on the iphone)

[Kilrah]

Doesn't do 15/20V PD but if you don't need to power a laptop or such it'll be fine.

[AndreiArgeanu]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

Doesn't do 15/20V PD but if you don't need to power a laptop or such it'll be fine.

Yeah, I'm aware, I mainly wanted PD for the iPhone, they advertise a separate 25K mAh battery for laptops that can do 65W for 44£.

[Arika]

3 hours ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

Do they run particularly hot or do the T-series chips these typically come with run cool enough?

It sits about 38c at idle and maybe 55c under real world load. I'll probably repaste at some point when I next open it up.