What's your latest tech purchase?

[ThaiTaffy]

Well I cancelled that scooter order because days had gone by and no shipping update. I’m walking to work right now so that will not do. I ordered this death machine instead:

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Edit:

Should be here tomorrow

Hope you have a Will written

 

[theFOoL]

Soon my black V20 will be complete. It's silver for now

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[freeagent]

Hope you have a Will written

My route to work is very easy. At 5 am there is not much for traffic. I just need to ride a couple of blocks to a paved trail and ride that for a couple of klicks. 3km there and 3 back in almost a straight line.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

My route to work is very easy. At 5 am there is not much for traffic. I just need to ride a couple of blocks to a paved trail and ride that for a couple of klicks. 3km there and 3 back in almost a straight line.

Just be careful, from personal experience I can tell you even the most mundane things can be life threatening I was walking one of our dogs last year as I do twice a day every day and got attacked by a swarm of asian giant hornets(murder hornets)

That's one sting on my calve and I have 3 more on my head and 10 or so on my back.

Here's the nest

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Just be careful, from personal experience I can tell you even the most mundane things can be life threatening I was walking one of our dogs last year as I do twice a day every day and got attacked by a swarm of asian giant hornets(murder hornets) View attachment 245872
That's one sting on my calve and I have 3 more on my head and 10 or so on my back.

Here's the nest
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No wonder they stung you if you stole their nest

 

[ThaiTaffy]

No wonder they stung you if you stole their nest

Not till after they left, I'm a idiot but not brain dead.

 

[plastiscɧ]

Not till after they left, I'm a idiot but not brain dead.

ouch... in germany, these animals are strictly protected. rather, you may leave your own house before they leave their nest....

are these chopsticks ????

 

[lexluthermiester]

As interesting as all that is, we're a bit off topic.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Someone buy something!!!

Just bought one of these to get us back on topic had some vouchers left over so they only cost me 30pence.

I've been borrowing my brother in law's for about 4 months time to give them him back.

 

[[crs]]

I bought a Massdrop CTRL keyboard, shortly afterwards Outmeau phoenix switches and kinda low profile DSA keycaps. Thought I was finished there. Over the last week I purchased a Keychron Q1 ISO UK Barebones, box navy switches (lets go loud lol), a load of durock stabilisers for both keyboards (the Q1 has not arrived yet) & lube for them. Finally another 2 sets of keycaps: SA & ASA profile. Might have gained a new obsession. Excuse the dust, I took apart an old steelseries keyboard and a load of dust came out of it.

 

[Pictus]

I need a keyboard with lighter linear switches to minimize finger pain.
So I got a Ajazz AK35i(hot-swap version)

I like the keyboard and use the volume wheel all the time, but the LEDs at right side of
AJAZZ name are too bright, fixed with a piece of whitepaper over the LEDs in the PCB.
For switches AKKO CS Rose Red https://switches.mx/akko-cs-rose-red?search=rose&
Lubed with Krytox GPL205 G0, but for lighter switches the GPL105 oil can be better. YMWV

 

[lexluthermiester]

I need a keyboard with lighter linear switches to minimize finger pain.
So I got a Ajazz AK35i(hot-swap version)

I like the keyboard and use the volume wheel all the time, but the LEDs at right side of
AJAZZ name are too bright, fixed with a piece of whitepaper over the LEDs in the PCB.
For switches AKKO CS Rose Red https://switches.mx/akko-cs-rose-red?search=rose&
Lubed with Krytox GPL205 G0, but for lighter switches the GPL105 oil can be better. YMWV

That's a good looking keyboard. I'd do all white keys though.

 

[Pictus]

That's a good looking keyboard. I'd do all white keys though.

Thanks, waiting for this to arrive.

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[oobymach]

A heatsink for my laptop ssd and an enclosure for my old ps4 hdd.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Those E Scooters - well, life in your own hands with those. See a fair few of them gunning about but I could have sworn they are illegal in the UK unless on private roads and such but they are on pavements and all sorts.

At the moment, only rent-by-the-minute¹ e-scooters are road legal in the UK, but I heard at the weekend that the restriction will likely be removed in next week's Queen's Speech².
There's also going to be an official racing series for 60mph+ hopped-up scooters, thankfully including full crash helmets & racing leathers.

1 - Bird/Lime/Ginger etc have been running trials in certain UK cities since 2019
2 - For non-UK readers, the Queen's Speech is how the year's new laws are announced here.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

For non-UK readers, the Queen's Speech is how the year's new laws are announced here.

Even some British readers did not know that "whistles and walks away"

 

[Deleted member 24505]

At the moment, only rent-by-the-minute¹ e-scooters are road legal in the UK, but I heard at the weekend that the restriction will likely be removed in next week's Queen's Speech².
There's also going to be an official racing series for 60mph+ hopped-up scooters, thankfully including full crash helmets & racing leathers.

1 - Bird/Lime/Ginger etc have been running trials in certain UK cities since 2019
2 - For non-UK readers, the Queen's Speech is how the year's new laws are announced here.

Them scooters are lethal, no suspension and solid tyres mean they bounce around all over the place, they need bigger wheels and suspension even if it's rudimentary. they need lights on for day and night. They need wider bars, the really short ones are awful and make them twitchy as a deer in a lion pen. The really long stem for the bars makes it nigh impossible to lean into corners specially as you are stood on it too, they are a shit design and made as a disposable device. The one i had a AOVO pro didn't even last me a day, fucking hated it.

I would have another if it was a sitting one with decent air filled tyres with suspension, good lights and better bars.

 

[freeagent]

The one I am getting has no handle bars lol. But it does have inflatable tires. It’s here in my town now should be here within a few hours, too bad I am at work. It only does 20kph at the top end so it’s not a speed machine

 

[kapone32]

I have not bought it but this is a pretty good deal.

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[Deleted member 24505]

Sweet, just got the new CPU block

 

[KainXS]

Picked up an ender 5 pro for about 200 on a lightning sale. So good so far but is a little slow and PETG filament is really beating me down and also made the cardinal mistake of printing on a coated glass with PETG which has the result below.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It only does 20kph at the top end so it’s not a speed machine

You could do better on a bicycle. Why didn't you buy one of those instead?

 

[kapone32]

Just bought one of these today for $229 ($90 off and $40 MIR. Got home put it with my 5600G and OC. The clock in AMD software OC to 2908 MHZ. In Game performance 180 FPS in Victor Vran 1080P. Though it is paltry compared to my 6800XT it is also about 6 times cheaper though. The thing is I have a Rx570 and a (dead) 5700. Those cards do not support HDMI 2.1 which my TV supports. It is just as fast as a 5700 at 1080P and uses less power than the 570 for about 60% more Frames. My 5600G is Pcie 3.0 so it is not running at full bandwith. I totally get why AMD did this as this card sucks at Mining. It is too bad that Youtube has made this card seem useless but I am sure at these prices (Canadian) they will not last long. The funniest thing is that my 5600G supports Relive.

 

[X71200]

You could do better on a bicycle. Why didn't you buy one of those instead?

Yeah honestly, e-scooters are garbage. For the money, you might as well get an e-bike. Even with base 250W, you're still gonna go more reliable and faster. Heck, a regular bike will do 25 easily when one gets up to the ante.

 

[oobymach]

Sweet, just got the new CPU block
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Idk why every manufacturer uses air fins in a waterblock, those tight fins are for air, not water, water needs a proper channel to flow (unless you're forcing gallons per minute through it with a high pressure pump which you're probably not in a pc).

You're actually better off with like 3 or 4 fins or even a flat plate than those little tight air fins. A flat plate won't clog after time but those fins will. Not meaning to pick on your purchase it actually looks sweet but my mind says those fins are wrong.