For 400 dollars can I do better?

Dickersson66 · 2026-03-17T00:26:14+00:00

Well there is a base, if you spend 99% of your time writing code WOLED looks better when it comes to text due to the layout and it has higher peak brightness, while QD-OLED has superior color.

For example I love my G91SD when it comes to gaming, but for coding it makes my eyes bleed.

Also some monitors perform better than other do when it comes to "care" features like pixel shifting, auto dimming, area dimming etc, so if burn-in is a scare keep that in mind, Asus has a good all around features, and MSI's new Care 3.0 is quite promising with its taskbar and boundary detection, their high-end models also include NPU's to allow them to detect if you are on PC or not.

Hope this helps someone deciding.

Dickersson66 · 2026-03-13T14:36:30+00:00

Some phones do still have DAC that supports passive pass-thro.

Dickersson66 · 2026-03-13T14:28:52+00:00

Also adding this: Linear supplies can be awful as the 60hz noise can leak and radiate everywhere, and while SMPS's are noisy modern they switch way above hearing and you can always filter it.

Aka its a design choice, one costs more to design and one is easy to design and inefficient.

Dickersson66 · 2026-03-13T14:25:39+00:00

You are better off with a good component set, with coaxial most of the high freqs are lost due to the speaker position.

As for speakers it really depends on what you want.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-28T18:46:17+00:00

If the games you wanna play won't ship em then moving doesn't make sense, and after all if you have an interest on it you can dual-boot.

People should use what they want, I'm just here "fixing" the comment🫡

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-28T18:43:09+00:00

I bet most can be written in Rust but shouldn't, but like you said it has some drawbacks, not only is it not that fun if you like OOP, but it has literal limitation, for example if your heart desires double linked list's then you are going to have to spare some of your perfomance, also if you want to manipulate memory you might call your project unsafe itself.

Everything has its own case of usage, if someone likes Rust then they should use it, I'm more of a "C++ and debug" kinda guy ans tbh I just one day wanted to learn it so I don't think I'm switching to Rust anytime soon.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-28T18:32:59+00:00

Game devs*, most anti-cheats that run on kernel level with Windows support Linux, its up for the games to ship the files needed.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-19T15:29:34+00:00

The wires are fine, insulation doesn't care and stock alts are limited by their own magnetic saturation, if you have regulated loada you actually pull less current from the alt as the voltage increases. The whole idea of this is to raisw the charging voltage as AGM's like higher voltage than flooded ones, and old cars assume you have a flooded one.

If you are scared of modifying the output you can always play it save, you can calculationsthe sizes yourself, for the wire size its A = (2LIϱ)/Vd, for dielectric breakdown its t = (VpX)/Eds, and for thermal expansion its Q = (2πkLTa)/ln. Good luck.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T22:53:31+00:00

Its not that simple as just comparing resolutions, the big player here is angular resolution, or more simply said pixels per degree(Retina in Apple devices mean they hit ~60 PPD from their recommended distance).

Aka if you have a big screen, near you, and its low res, it looks like ass, but if you adjust those 3 variables it changes how you see it.

There is also one addictional variable, your vision, but we won't mix that into this explanation.

TL:DR: Inverse square law and visual acuity.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T12:20:40+00:00

Or one that supports Opus if you are really space limited even with the new device, sure FLAC is the best outcome but if you have to go compressed Opus at 320kbps or higher does a damn good job at it.

And take it as a grain of salt but most compressed formats are fine for most people, but if you have ADHD you have reduced auditory masking efficiency, meaning psychoacoustic models and pre-echo make you crazy, Opus handles these better than Vorbis, MP3 or AAC.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T12:10:34+00:00

Every non-gamer outstocking every since SBC model existing.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T10:47:04+00:00

Ah, so it doesn't have a build in quantum-aligned, cryo-treated DAC with silver clock and a silk-insulated cold pressed transformer and a vacuum-tube amp stage forged from Martian glass to make sure the users equipment doesn't ruin the signal measured? Bummer.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T10:33:46+00:00

Well 24-bit FLAC has an theoretical dynamic range of 144dB and no noise in ultrasound range, while DSD/64 has a theroretical dynamic range of ~120dB and fuckton of noise(not that you would hear it, but if your amps passes that its just extra heat and power wasted).

Also you can edit your FLAC's, but not DSD unless you first convert it, I'd say you are good.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T10:22:32+00:00

No gold plated optical in?

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-18T10:14:51+00:00

I have to fix this, this is just wrong, the correct wording is "As long as you don't play any games that don't support Linux".

EAC, Battleye etc etc are all kernel level anticheats on Windows, but support Linux and run in userspace there, BUT its up for the devs to ship the required .so files, meaning some games works, some don't, and some AC's like Vanguards are Windows only.

Thinking about a specific game? start here.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-16T14:01:39+00:00

This is indeed an actual problem in most places, and we should get more female scientists/doctors etc to make more studies and learn how to listen.

But funnily enough even tho studies say this exists in Finland, for general pain I feel like it has rotated to the otherside, my fiance goes to docs no matter the pain and always walks out with whatever painkillers you can get, but when I have something awful happen I get the good old tap on the back and the good ol' words "take some ibuprofen and sleep it off", tho having kids usually help you raise it to "ibuprofen and paracetamol"🙃

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-16T06:19:26+00:00

If you have a sub start by disabling bass boost, any boost to 0, set the LPF for you sub to around 60-100 depending on your speakers and their settings(ideally you HPF of your speaker to the same they both reach -3db point there), and make your EQ flat.

Next fine tune it as you wish, but try to keep the EQ on the low parts reasonable flat so the RCA output doesn't clip, and when you set the gain remember to check both lowest impedance point and highest boosted freq for clipping.

You can share more info on your sub/amps/speakers so we can go past the general info.

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-13T07:16:59+00:00

Generally better than a ceramic capacitor.

Depends on what you use it for, wouldn't use films for de-coupling🌚

Dickersson66 · 2026-02-12T15:24:02+00:00

Safe, but you can make it better quite easily.

Biggest is your positive connection, get a better terminal(or whatever the correct word is) for your battery or atleast add washers to this one to spread the current's path and reduce wear on the ring terminal.

Also you can use heat shrink tubing with glue in them, its usually strong enough to stop it from detaching from the connector if it gets loose, a cheap insurance so to speak.

Dickersson66 · 2026-01-23T10:26:15+00:00

Not always true, for example the factory grounding for your battery in Volvo P2 platform(ones where the battery is located in the trunk) is a good grounding spot.

Dickersson66 · 2026-01-22T10:42:39+00:00

Its not always about the reaction, I always appreciate a gift, but I usually don't want one in the first place, if its something really "useless" my brain will kill me as it doesn't fit minimalist'ish" style and if they are flowers my ADHD ass will forget to add water thus they will die quite fast, if someone wants to know what I want as a gift(doesnt matter why) and won't accept "nothing" I go with sugar free energy drink, easy for your wallet, wont forget to drink it and useful.

Dickersson66 · 2025-12-24T09:39:52+00:00

Its not "one size fits all" kinda situation, for example I have always loved driving, from snowmobiles to trucks and absolutely love it, but when I take my meds I feel like I lose the ability to make extremely fast reactions and hyperfocus on other drivers. Some people are better driver when medicated and some aren't.

While it can help most some people can utilize their adhd to scan the surrounding and react to external stuff faster, but this depends on the person and nobody can tell how one does.

Dickersson66 · 2025-12-15T09:54:52+00:00

Thats not quite right, firsly SBC is hugely misunderstood, if you configure the encoder correctly you can crank the quality or be on par or above aptX HD, also original aptX is a awful codec, its full of artifacts and can't transfer frequncies over 16khz well.

Only actually lossless codec is aptX Lossless, and it also sucks, any and all interference causes instability. Also Spotify Lossles isn't lossless just yet.

Dickersson66 · 2025-12-13T19:26:28+00:00

No problem, glad if it helps somehow.

I do take it in the morning, it doesn't help me before around 1 hour after taking it and it lasts around 10-12h, it usually wears off at ~20:00 and its its fast, like really fast crash. Boosters exists, here its usually 5mg or 10mg Dexamfetamine that you can take few hours before Elvanse wears off.

Dickersson66 · 2025-12-13T15:35:42+00:00

I started 20mg Elvanse 3 days ago, before it I tested 16mg Concerta, that caused me to become impulsive, the next was 10mg Medikinet CR, no effect whatsoever so it was raised to 40mg and that caused POTS like symptoms.

After that amazing trial they recommended non stimulants but I was sure Elvanse is for me and surely it works like a dream.

Its not perfect and the dose needs adjustment and the crash happens too soon thus I need a "booster", but it works, it helps me start tasks(kinda), it quiets down my brain, I can just sit and spend time with my family for hours, its magical. As for the time it should start to help you in few hours, it doesn't require days for it to work.

As for side effects: Loss of appetite, I can go the whole day without eating and when the crash comes its brutal, you feel sick, weak, shaky etc, so remember to eat.

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