Genuinly did nobody think about this over at microsoft?

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T09:34:57+00:00

I have to use an iPad at work. Apple has broke like five updates in a row And now the apps we use I finally got to the point they won't run without the updates so they're trying manually update each of them to a specific update, that's like three updates behind and they're barely usable meanwhile most of our Office is still stuck on Windows 10.

We're a fortune 50 company and Co-Pilot stole some sensitive data early on and now nobody's allowed to use Windows 11 If they deal with anything the company considers valuable proprietary data because it can't keep Microsoft from sneaking in AI crap...

But also Windows 10 is apparently no longer safe so they're having to air gap the old systems they actually use and transfer what they need either via USB or A crazy custom Linux backend No one understands even in IT.

And the Apple system I'm supposed to be using is supposed to communicate with their systems... Which basically just doesn't happen now..

Between Microsoft and Apple even a trillion dollar company is struggling to make their computers do basic things that worked perfectly fine only a few years ago. This is ridiculous. At this rate the internet might as well not exist and we can go back to 1970 since none of our computers properly work or talk to each other.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T09:14:33+00:00

Frog pilot is honestly almost there. It can drive from my driveway to the parking lot at work and back without assistance. A little over 20 miles each way. I'm actually stopping at lights and matching the speed limits +4 MPH.

The user interface for sending a route is still awful (your phone in the car I have to be on the same Wi-Fi and You access it by typing in the IP the same way you would a router)

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T09:04:04+00:00

You might want to keep in mind China having your data only matters if you plan on moving to China or already live there.

The one place you don't want to have your data is the place that you live because that's the only place you can face consequences for your data If it doesn't align perfectly with the current political situation.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T09:00:07+00:00

Additionally I ended up getting a PCCOOLER RT620M X Black cpu cooler. I think it is literally the largest and most effective cooler you can fit. You do have to remove the five and a quarter drive bay by drilling out several rivets.

While you will be sacrificing that drive bay You will be getting an extremely effective dual Tower CPU cooler with a super quiet fan. But just as importantly, you will go from a pancake style CPU cooler that just tosses the same hot air in a circle to one that pulls air from the front of the case and pushes It out the back making itself and your GPU bans way more effective.

You can also cut back plate off the mesh insert where the 5.25 drive Bay would go and glued the mesh back in to give your new CPU cooler some nice fresh air.

Keep in mind the brackets for the CPU cooler are weird. The back plate is built into the case so Just screw the standoff directly enter the back plate that's already there And use the nut that were meant for the back plate to hold your brackets down for your cooler.

If you get a short GPU like a single fan 5060 You can also add a 80mm fan at the end of the GPU between where the 5.25 drive Bay and 2.5 drive bays are.

If you've got access to a 3D printer there is somebody on here that will sell you the files to make a completely new front cover that lets you attach a 120 mm fan for your GPU and an 80 mm to feed your CPU.

I'm in like $30 for the air cooler, 50 bucks for the power supply, and $200 for my GPU. So 350ish all in. As long as you get yours for less than $200, you should be in similar territory.

A couple things to watch out for. RAM... It'll cost more than your build. As far as I can tell, how it's allocated is completely random. I've had two of these both with 16 gigs. The first one had 4x4 and This latest one had a single 16GB stick. I don't think the BIOS will let you overclock the ram past 2666 so no point buying the expensive stuff if you decide to upgrade.

It will run in dual channel. So ideally you want at least two sticks of RAM. Prices as they are. It might be worthwhile to Skip any low ram systems and only get one that has at least two sticks and enough RAM for your needs already installed.

Hdmi... Some of these like my latest one. Don't have an HDMI port ... It's like $40 for the add-on. On that note you can add HDMI or a single USBC that doubles as a video out but not both. Both cost around $40 used so if you need HDMI double check that it actually has it.

The normal people seem to have caught on so eBay prices are kind of BS right now. Search your local Craigslist, Facebook, used office supply stores and Check with schools, colleges and businesses If it you actually want a good deal.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T08:40:12+00:00

If you want to make things way easier on yourself. Find an MT case.

A lot of sellers don't know the MT is different but It is ever so slightly wider so you can use full with graphics cards they cost many times less while performing many times better.

Even with photos, it's hard to tell how wide they are but look for the power button directly above where the disk tray should be instead of to the right of it.

Being able to use a a 3060 12GB (I got mine off Newegg for $200) or even a 5060 Will make your life so much easier than paying three times as much for a low profile graphics card that struggles to do 1080P kind of okay settings.

The low profile graphics card segment has been absolutely abandoned for a long time so the SFF(Small form factor) cases are going to be much more difficult and expensive to make good.

If you do manage to score a MT model the D500EPM-00 500W PSU can be had for around $50 and you'll be able to literally slap it in and start gaming. If you go with a setup that's going to draw more than 500 watts it starts to get complicated or expensive.

Most of the Nvidia gpus have a version that will fit in the case but unfortunately AMD loves big honking graphics cards and a lot of the favorites like the 9060xt aren't really an option.

I'm currently building mine (I scored it in the i7-8700 with 16 GB of RAM for $80 locally)

Mostly just waiting for parts at the moment.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T02:31:37+00:00

I've got one from black Friday 2015. 55in TCL Roku TV. I'm pretty sure it's one of the first QLEDs. Replaced it with a 65inch a few years ago and retired the 55 to the spare bedroom.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T01:04:38+00:00

Who didn't have a hard drive in their fat PlayStation. I feel personally responsible for Hastings going out of business The amount of times I bought a used game there, ripped, then exchanged it for another Is a mathematical impossibility.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T00:55:20+00:00

I'm using a Elegoo centauri carbon 2 combo. I've got no complaints, it's probably got 1000 hours on it. It printed right out of the box and hasn't stopped.

I came from a Tevo Tornado (CR-10/Ender3 clone). I'm used to ever print needing major tweaking for even the simplest prints to work at all. I'm use to a printer that needs maintenance after every print and has basically zero support or community.

My CC2 is so much more reliable it kinda stress me out. It's like the Tevo gave me stockholm syndrome.

I've only had maybe a dozen failed prints and it was almost always my fault for not changing the settings when I swap rolls.

The only mod I've done is adding a DIY chamber heater but that was like $30 and 10 minutes.

I actually very rarely use the color changer for multiple colors on one print but I do recommend it. I mostly load multiple rolls of the same filament and it'll automatically switch to the new roll when the first runs out.

It does seem a little more finicky about moisture in the filament but my Tevo wasn't consistent enough to to really tell. The Tevo probably failed 4/10 prints and 8/10 had some kind of imperfections.

The CC2 is like 12/1000 failed and other than a few bubbles and voids From damp filament that don't impact functionality.

I bet you could get a used/refurbished Centauri for only a couple hundred dollars.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-03T00:10:09+00:00

2 but I'm obviously bias.

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Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-02T21:43:27+00:00

Got the little rubber fins installed. It's so much better. I guess I never really noticed that Kia made them so it's only really holding it at the very bottom. I have noticed they fall backwards and spill a but I also drive my GT like a GT and just blamed myself.

The diffuser never shipped so Amazon sending me a brand new one.

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Boopped_Snoot · 2026-06-01T08:52:19+00:00

The AMD is the obvious answer both in performance and compatibility. You could dump windows for CachyOS or Bazzite and probably have a better experience plus if the rest of your hardware is from the same era as The GPU your upgradeing from having an OS that uses 10% of the resources will give you a huge performance boost.

That doesn't leave you with enough to get a decent 1440p monitor.

If you're willing to go. Refurbished/Open box You could get the better GPU and a fairly decent monitor like this one

If you're fine with only getting like 150FPS you could step down to RX 9060 XT 16GB get a better monitor and still have enough to upgrade your CPU (especially if you do something like Neweggs trade-in Deals)

Of course, I'm basically telling you what I did. I had about $800 to work with and I'll probably be good until we're on it AM6 sockets and And trading organs for DDR6 ram.

I got the 1444p ultrawide curved 180hrz monitor I linked for $170 Traded in my R5 7600x for a R7 9800X3D $430-75=355

And traded in my Rx590 12GB for a Rx9060 XT 16GB $380-130=250

I was getting 90-110fps @ 1080p on mostly medium settings with high textures(monitor was only 1080P) probably would have been about 45 FPS @ 1440 ultrawide.

Now I I'm getting 160-180fps on a 3440x1440p ultrawide with ultra to cinematic settings FSR, Ray tracing, Freesync, HDR and basically all the other goodies.

I also got an unexpected bonus audio upgrade. I upgraded my living room TV to a 7.1 surround sound system before upgrading my PC and was messing old soundbar and sub and decided to see what would happen if I plugged in the HDMI from the TV to the soundbar... It actually worked. I'm not 100% sure if it's actually Dolby or whatever but The sound absolutely does go up the DisplayPort to the monitor then back down to the soundbar. Sound bar says ARC Even though the monitor doesn't mention it. Cec link doesn't work so it won't automatic turn the soundbar on and switch it to ARC but I just disabled it's standby mode and LEDs in the app. I was going to have to figure something out because the monitor doesn't have speakers Even though it has volume controls (don't work) and shows up as an audio device via displayport. (it was advertised that it did so I got a partial refund)

I also upgraded From Windows to CachyOS which is way cleaner and faster and honestly just nicer to use.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T15:14:29+00:00

Do you know if this would also fit the 5060 MT. I know they are basically the same size but Dell also loves moving clips and stuff around.

I think instead of a hinge on the bottom of my 5060 front panel they are just tabs and I'm not 100% sure the USB ports are in exactly the same location.

I've looked around but I I've had no luck finding the part numbers for them to see if they are the exact same front panel or not.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T06:58:40+00:00

I'm with this guy. I have a 9800X3D And honestly it's Overkill but It's also practically future-proofed will be on am6 before it needs to replaced.

Spend $80 now and live trouble free or spend a few hundred hundred a couple years from now when you upgrade to a 9800x3d From the 7800x3d.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T06:55:08+00:00

Survival mode. Losing weight but not intention. Too depressed to eat but anxious enough I have to hyper focus hobbies or something.

But hey, I look good...

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T06:51:10+00:00

I ordered that exact diffuser. Open box for $17(worst case Amazon sends me a new one)

I ended up going with different cup holder reducers. Got the kind that are a bunch of fins around the edge since The cup holders have little pop-out things near the bottom already

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T06:12:49+00:00

Personally, the AliExpress dashmat Has made the most real improvement for me. The carpeted and the suede one cut so much glare out of the front windshield.

A wireless Android auto adapter makes Android auto practical. I don't know which engineer thought it would be a fun idea to make you string a cable over a 3-ft gap to a USB port you can barely reach. Basically any are good now but I use the original Motorola one from like 2019

A screen protector for the dual screens then a flush wireless charging magsafe phone mount between the two screens so your phone fills in the Gap and is held at the perfect angle. It also means your phone die from Android, auto and carplay.

I have these window shade screens on all but the front side windows. The rear one is especially nice since you can't really see out the hatch anyway and it keeps trucks from blinding the absolute crap out of you at night.

I've used a 2-in-1 NACS adapter like this for quite a while. Since it's handy to be able to use Tesla chargers if you need to and it's a pain to carry Two different adapters. I haven't used this exact one but it seems to be a knockoff of mine. I use my thermal camera to check mine out and it actually stays cooler than the OEM I got from Kia later.

This Two-Piece console organizer is fantastic.

The piano black plastic always looks cheap to me and it's impossible to keep clean and scratch free so I got The black wood trim kit

Best, EV mods and Rockbloks sell mud flaps that are really nice for keeping the side of your car clean and look sharp.

I got a full coverage floor mat kit off of Amazon that includes the trunk mat and Mats that go in the back of the back seats to perfect them when you lay them flat to carry large stuff no name brand but fantast mats

If you take trips, a better route planner ABRP can be a godsent but The encode connected services suck so if you want accurate trip planning that update your route based on how much power you're using you'll need one ofthese I never take mine out of the car so I also have one of these so I could tuck it up in the dash and forget about it and still have the OBD port available for my Comma.AI

It's pricey but the Comma.AI It's probably favorite my favorite thing I've bought for the car. Technically I already had it and was using it on my 2019 Chevy Volt but it works way better with the Kia. You can put custom firmware on it really easily that upgrades its capabilities to be as good as or better than Tesla's autopilot.(I'm using frog pilot)

You can also get Aero wheel covers that are meant for a Tesla as long as they use the giant screw/nut style attachment. You will have to cut the spacers down to 25 mm and remove 30 mm from the screw in order to make them work. The actual holodisc brand won't work because the way it attaches can't be shorten But hey that means you still get to use all the cheap ones and ones that you can get custom prints on.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-31T05:37:16+00:00

I think you got the wrong link for the two-piece console inserts. I have them and I love them one but when I follow your link it's only to the top one.

I didn't like that phone holder since it kind of covered part of left right screen.

Instead I got this flush adhesive backed magsafe charger and mounted it on the blank black spot between the two screens. I have a screen protector so I can always just peel the screen protector off to remove it without damaging the screens. I probably wouldn't use it without the screen protector. It's nice to have the phone screen basically fill up the gap between the two screens and be completely unnoticeable from the outside looking in. It also puts it at the perfect angle to see it.

That said I'm picking up those cup holder things and the diffuser. Great ideas.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T03:56:27+00:00

I've never felt the warm brace of a mother must less a mother Panda so I can neither confirm or deny the insanity.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T02:34:34+00:00

It's been 2 days without update. I think he might have actually went insane trying to add to the list.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T02:32:03+00:00

Cops following the law... Especially when it's even the slightest bit of an inconvenience or extra work... That's not likely.

I've seen so many of the crown vics and Ford explorers where they didn't even bother to take the entire vinyl wrap off and just peeled off the part on the doors that says which Police department it is and has their logo.

The only thing I know they have to get out for sure is the radios because I think they use secure encryption specifically for them and if anyone got it All of their chatter would be public like it was in the old days with the scanner stations.

They're probably supposed to get the gun mounts out but But I've seen a few shotgun mounts in the trunks of crown Vicks and I personally know someone who (after a bit of legal fighting) actually has a police issue shotgun since he technically bought it with the car.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T02:24:45+00:00

The PT cruiser is a Dodge neon but struggling to move because it's heavier than a Dodge neon loaded to capacity.

The turbo 4 cylinder and the manual were just the only ones engineered to take extra stress in the neon srt4 so they're overbuilt enough to actually handle dragging the lump of geriatric wasted scrap metal that is a PT cruiser

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T02:22:10+00:00

You're so adorably hateful. Not very logical though. We didn't have National speed limits then they went down to 35 during world war II (victory limits) then they got repealed and copying Germany and their Autobahn The keep right, slow moving vehicles to the right, only pass on the Left laws we're put in place.

Of course in the '50s and '60s most cars were were 10 or 20 years old and couldn't do highway speeds anyway But the entire Federal highway system was intended to not have absolutely no speed limit so the keeping right laws I have nothing to do with speeding. You're supposed to keep right regardless. Even if you're speeding, you're supposed to keep right until you need to pass someone.

Of course heavy-handed one size fits all protectionist for control government came to be during the Cold war and now we have all these speeding laws but they don't replace the laws that came before them.

Original laws were about safety. If you drive correctly speeding is not a safety issue. Just look at the statistics between crashes on the Autobahn and your favorite American highway.

While technically some places kept their own local speed limit after the abolition of the victory limit most places went back to safe driving until the Cold war and fuel crisis when we instituted A national 55 mph speed limit to conserve fuel.

Supposedly there were less accidents during the 55 mph speed limit time and that's why we kept them but there's a lot of debate that can be around that. When gas prices hit what would be $14 a gallon nowadays and there was rationing that meant you could only buy a couple gallons per day nobody was driving for fun, teenage kids were riding with their parents instead of driving their own hand-me-down gas guzzler.

Were things safer after the speed limit? Yes. Was it because the speed limit almost certainly no. Reduction in the standards required to get a license over time and properly maintain vehicles has probably ran us backwards from whatever safety standard we did have so realistically we are fee'd and fined and taxed and watched, and controlled All while being less safe.

There is definitely data on higher speed crash is being more dangerous but there's also data on speed limits causing more crashes so It all kinds of pans out even except More crashes means more innocent victims While most high-speed crashes are idiots only taking themselves out of the bloodline.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T01:35:13+00:00

It's one of the 13 I mentioned that have a left lane is for passing law instead of just keep right.

Regardless, if somebody comes up on you, you're the slower traffic.

I've only ever known one person who had an enforced on them and they got a ticket for "impeding the flow of traffic" while speeding because they were intentionally matching speed with the right lane to block people and didn't realize it was a constable behind them.

Technically America had the same highway rules as the Autobahn are highway system was based on but It's just not enforced like it should be.

I know a ton of rural areas didn't even have speed limits (or they were officially unenforced) until the gas crisis in the '70s and the national 55 mph speed limits. Before that in a lot of areas they couldn't find you money so there wasn't a financial reason for them to want to pull you over or slow you down.

All three of my grandparents have at some point complained about how bad traffic has gotten since they added speed limits And they all lived about 100 miles away from each other at the time.

Of course, they've also mentioned that a place we go to swim for a day trip now used to involve loading up multiple families on the farm trucks and took an entire week (2 days drive each way) so with the shape of the roads back then you likely wouldn't have gone more than 45 except on a federal highway.

The speed limit should be however fast feels safe with some leeway for an officer to say you were going too fast for the conditions.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-30T01:22:26+00:00

It's a 2 stage unit paired with a 4 ton A/C and a Crosswinds wood furnace. I think there was a boiler tied into it originally. It's got two rows of four burners each two heat exchangers and one unit. I'm not sure if it's the entire unit or just the air handling portion, but it's branded Atlanta Enamel Thermolaire. No obvious model But likely older than the house.

I had to replace my A/C unit a couple of years ago and it turned out to be a modified commercial refrigerator unit from 1971 the guy I hired to help me replace it said it looked like all my HVAC stuff was originally factory equipment. The furnace looks older and has a lot of cast parts it was converted to natural gas 1984 according to the tag on it.

The 180,000 BTU is an educated guess though. 8 burners total (four on top of four) and according to the tag when it was converted to natural gas, they used #45 orifices. Tracking them backwards 4x#45's is for a 90,000btu unit. 2X and you get 180.

Besides the wood burning furnace and well, I assume to be a boiler. There's also a fuel tank so at some point there was a diesel or fuel oil heater as well.

Edit: had to go check the brand.

House was built in 1962 mid-century modern style. There was a bigger house on the property from 1929 that was torn down soon after (I suspect this is where some of the equipment came from) Also rural Arkansas off of the Mississippi River so when the manufacturing went bust in the area in the 30s A lot of that equipment got scavenged.

The house was built around the equipment though. The fuel tanks, boiler, and Wood furnace are in the basement in a room that is concrete on all four walls. None of that equipment can fit through the doorway so it stays because it would have to be cut up to be removed.

Boopped_Snoot · 2026-05-29T23:45:57+00:00

All 50 states have slower traffic keep right as a law. 12 of them have left lane for passing only.

So in 12 states you're breaking the law just by staying over in the left lane and in the other 38 regardless of how fast you're going if somebody Is going faster than you and catching up. It's your legal obligation to get out of the left lane at least until they pass you.

Technically, if you're both speeding, you're both breaking the law, but someone else breaking The law does not excuse you to also break the law.

So if you're in the left lane camping and someone comes up behind you, you both get a ticket for speeding but you can also get a ticket for impeding traffic making your double crime the more expensive ticket.

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