Kumabear

Ah well.

At least task manager still puts a bullet to its head if I want it to 🔫

I just want windows to go away.

I hope steam OS can somehow take Linux gaming mainstream to the point that we get proper native game releases.

I just want my operating system:

1. To have a logical settings layout, perform well, be stable

2. Be fully and easily compatible with most mainstream programs and games without having to screw around too much.

Give me back windows 7, add dx12 support, update the back end with any kernel and scheduler updates, call it windows gamer edition. Then fuck off out of my life Microsoft.

Nobody wants to “use an operating system” we want to run programs and do it efficiently, i feel the vast majority of changes Microsoft has made since windows 7 ended has been to the detriment of that.

I can only hope that now with Vulcan becoming more popular and the rise of steam os on the steam deck that we will start to see native Linux aaa games being a thing.

Almost 40% of most democratic country’s populations would probably agree with most dumb and provocative ideas presented in a poll… especially now days with how partisan everything has become.

That said the Australia/ USA alliance is more important than any particular administration or head of government either our Australian government or the US government.

It’s an alliance of enormous mutual benefit that frankly is not going anywhere.

Australia is an enormous unsinkable aircraft carrier rich in resources, far enough from potential adversaries in the region to provide extremely strong defence in depth in the region. We use common platforms and tactics in battle, and have extensive integrated combat experience.

Perhaps even more important than any of that, it would be politically unacceptable I believe to our populations to turn our back on each other at this point, so many of us have personal friends and family in each other’s country.

We might occasionally have disagreements like any family does, and we might not like everything about each other but that’s how it goes with family. Any other country trying some shit I feel will find out fast that our alliance is stronger than it has ever been.

The US, UK and Australia have a bond forged in the fire of conflict and quenched in blood, anyone who wants to try and fuck with one should probably be ready for a fight with all… not to be overly dramatic.

If games apply it in context as an immersive effect I’m ok with it if it’s not over done.

Like when I’m looking down a scope or something, or through binoculars.

Games that apply it as a full screen effect I turn it off immediately.

The game I have found that pushes power use the hardest for testing real world cooling and power on video cards, is Metro exodus enhanced. (Awesome game also which is worth the bug anyway)

It consistently uses nearly 80-100w more than anything else I have seen.

Pushed my modded and watercooled 3090 to 600w at which point the power limit I set there held it. Even at 600w it’s power limiting down nearly 80mhz below normal full load clocks.

If the card pulls more than 300w I personally wouldn’t be using a daisy chain.

You will probably still be fine on a card with three plugs across two cables.

It’s worse on cards with two plugs, like some of the 3090 and 3080 cards. That use 400+ w of power.

Wait… a pixel with screen issues

Where have I seen this before.

Please as much as your power supply allows you to do so, do NOT daisy chain them on a high end modern GPU.

Use dedicated cables from the power supply for each of the 8 pins where ever possible even if it means a little more cable clutter.

Also not to scare you or whatever but I would personally avoid using a gigabyte power supply if you can at all avoid it.

https://youtu.be/7JmPUr-BeEM?si=Nu2NP-k5LpGcHXWc

Power supplies are the heart of your computer, while I understand it can be a sad thing to have to spend good money on, potentially limiting the amount you have to spend on more fun parts like cpus and gpus. It really is worth it in the long run. A good power supply will usually get me through 3 seperate builds and still be under warranty for the start of the third one.

I’d recommend something from be-quiet or from superflower as good options that are fairly affordable at least in my market tho mileage might vary.

Other good choices are Seasonic, and the upper mid range and higher Corsair (HX and up)

Remember when CPU’s / GPU’s had clockspeeds that didn’t include “up to”

I understand why it’s better net performance doing it this way and better uses the whole potential performance of the chip.

That still doesn’t make me like it, not because of the technical reasons, but because of the way they twist the marketing, it could hit 6ghz for 1 microsecond and they could still claim #nowupto6ghz!

I am much, much more likely to be willing to pay for Ublock than I am YouTube.

I don’t think so…

This might apply if they were not going to just level the place.

This will probably be more “shock and awe” combined arms level the place and anyone in it with the orders being that in 24h time anyone left there is to be considered an enemy combatant.

I don’t agree with killing civilians like that but that’s what’s going to happen. Because right now they feel they have the geopolitical cover to just go in like a steamroller and flatten everything.

Oh man, look I don’t want to get into picking sides or whatever and it’s extremely cold hearted to look at is so frankly… but.

Israel is going to completely annex all of Palestine by force and fully occupy them even more than before…

They are already fully mobilising everything and looking steamroll anything that can’t get out of the way or that stands and fights.

The general vibe I’m seeing is they will do their best to straight up crush everything once and for all, while they feel they have the geo political cover to probably get away with it.

So many people are going to die.