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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Cleopatra : The Last Pharaoh!
« Last post by SxM Designs on Sun, 19 October 2025, 15:09:04 »Absolutely gorgeous. I love it. Take my money
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Sun, 19 October 2025, 15:04:20 »They need partnerships to get out of the hole they dug.
They need Chinese people. They don't have enuff Chinese people to catch TSMC.
What they aught to do is, offer all the mid-lvl TSMC guys 5-10Mil a piece to come to Intel.
Then go to Chinese mainland, and do the same, sneak out all their top SMIC guys. According to reports, the SMIC guys are even stronger engineers than the TSMC guys.
This is a joke, because it's impossible to get them out, they'd get asssinatzed.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Coniferous R2.5 - November 28th GB
« Last post by Rassles on Sun, 19 October 2025, 14:45:03 »Updated kitting, now includes international kit and dark 3u bars in accents/bars and stepped control in extensions
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Off Topic / Re: dey'gon'git'Drumph'dis'tine'o'no?
« Last post by tp4tissue on Sun, 19 October 2025, 14:30:46 »So, the blue wave.
People might have some idea where, the blue wave is going to be a "good thing" etc etc.
Let's look back, Drvm instituted some boneheaded idiotic taxes / tariffs. What did BLUE SAVIOR Biden, DO.
He KEPT those tariffs / tax plan.
So, now, the average Demcrit Blue Maga voter will yell at the top of his lungs, Surveillance, decency, public privacy standards, RIGHTS !!.
Guess waht, If the Blue wave happens, they will absorb all the Appratuses OF OPPRESSION, that the current administration put in place, and continue to use it AGAINST, the-PEOPLE. BECAUSE, it is in their interest to do so.
Did we go and kill off all the Nazi Nu(lr and Ro(kt scientists? NOooo? We brought them over, and gave them 'Murican citizenships.
So YOU SEE, Demopits are IDENTICAL to REShtncn'ts.
THE "Average" demo( rt has everything in common with fellow Repooticn RED Maga.
The Up-Top, wages the war, Blue maga vs Red maga.
See it for what it is. You're getting no where with this Mr.Sheep.
People might have some idea where, the blue wave is going to be a "good thing" etc etc.
Let's look back, Drvm instituted some boneheaded idiotic taxes / tariffs. What did BLUE SAVIOR Biden, DO.
He KEPT those tariffs / tax plan.
So, now, the average Demcrit Blue Maga voter will yell at the top of his lungs, Surveillance, decency, public privacy standards, RIGHTS !!.
Guess waht, If the Blue wave happens, they will absorb all the Appratuses OF OPPRESSION, that the current administration put in place, and continue to use it AGAINST, the-PEOPLE. BECAUSE, it is in their interest to do so.
Did we go and kill off all the Nazi Nu(lr and Ro(kt scientists? NOooo? We brought them over, and gave them 'Murican citizenships.
So YOU SEE, Demopits are IDENTICAL to REShtncn'ts.
THE "Average" demo( rt has everything in common with fellow Repooticn RED Maga.
The Up-Top, wages the war, Blue maga vs Red maga.
See it for what it is. You're getting no where with this Mr.Sheep.
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Off Topic / Re: Raptrops shopping Christmas 2025
« Last post by tp4tissue on Sun, 19 October 2025, 13:19:18 »Can't find modern laptops , that are not giant g4m3r laptops that have barrel plugs.
It seems all the smaller portable tops have gone USBC.
This is not good. USBC power delivery relies on very complicated controller ICs for logic because it has to deal with different voltages and current restrictions. These burnout and are not very durable.
It seems all the smaller portable tops have gone USBC.
This is not good. USBC power delivery relies on very complicated controller ICs for logic because it has to deal with different voltages and current restrictions. These burnout and are not very durable.
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Making Stuff Together! / Re: Are Kailh hot-swap sockets still fragile?
« Last post by Findecanor on Sun, 19 October 2025, 12:28:16 »So, then nothing has really changed since they were introduced, n years ago, and there are no "best practices". Just a reminder/disclaimer: "Don't do what it looks like you should do" ...
I've been thinking of sandwiching a silicone mat in-between the bottom of a PCB with its sockets and a metal back-plate. The sandwich would be clamped together with a bunch of bolts with the silicone under tension. That should support the sockets from behind. I'm worrying about feel and sound qualities though.
I've been thinking of sandwiching a silicone mat in-between the bottom of a PCB with its sockets and a metal back-plate. The sandwich would be clamped together with a bunch of bolts with the silicone under tension. That should support the sockets from behind. I'm worrying about feel and sound qualities though.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] MB-44 v2 - A Fun 40% Keyboard Refreshed
« Last post by basilkeys on Sun, 19 October 2025, 12:02:41 »Super cute glws
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Off Topic / Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Last post by Leslieann on Sun, 19 October 2025, 10:37:41 »Today Firefox decided to totally **** the bed when on any Google page. So I cannot watch YouTube or check my Gmail in browser - crashes FF every single time. Very cool.Are you sure it's Firefox's fault?
Google has been known to sabotage competitors and anyone running adblockers.
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by Leslieann on Sun, 19 October 2025, 10:34:15 »5070ti having only 12gb on mobile, and 5070 and below with 8gb.Nvidia is having problems selling 8gb GPUs and has completely scaled back production of those cards.
Upsetting. Completely non-viable gpus.
There shouldn't be any gpu below 16gb.
GOOD!
Intel needs to really make 1 thing work, stop with all this nonsense, Nvidia partnership, Arc, E-cores.[/size][/color]They need partnerships to get out of the hole they dug.
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Making Stuff Together! / Re: Are Kailh hot-swap sockets still fragile?
« Last post by Leslieann on Sun, 19 October 2025, 10:29:50 »Is there some way to support sockets from behind to reduce the risk of breakage?Some KB makers recommend supporting the board/socket from behind while inserting switches, as in disassemble it to swap switches. Also it's not just the sockets that are fragile, the switch legs are as well.
These will NEVER be good*.
These are basically a hacky way of making something hot swap that was never intended to be, it's a compromised design from the start and will never be good without redesigning the switch, socket and PCB and doing so would destroy backwards compatibility.
*I do use them but only because there's really no alternative.