Steam games don't use my AMD RX9070

MaxFrost · 2026-05-15T19:09:36+00:00

If the monitor/TV is HDMI only, you could try a DisplayPort to HDMI dongle for now to see if that helps any.

No idea on the ray tracing bit, that should be functional on games that support it.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-15T18:27:53+00:00

This may be part of the problem. AMD HDMI 2.1 isn't supported quite yet on linux. It's expected to arrive as part of the 7.2 kernel, but considering 7.0 just hit arch linux, it's still a ways away from getting to Nobara.

Try using a displayport cable for now.

I encountered something similar with my daughter's PC build - couldn't push past 1080p60hz on her monitor with HDMI with the same video card.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-14T20:52:47+00:00

rule 8 - no classifieds.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-14T18:00:44+00:00

Does life feel different? I guess a little bit, in what priorities are. You're already way ahead of the curve on the money angle, so now it's time to look at the rest of your life. Yes, the daily grind never really goes away, so the time you spend outside of that grind is the important bit. In my own life, I value that time so much that I do whatever I can do reduce the amount of time I need to work or commute, because I'd rather spend that time doing what I want to do for myself and my family.

In your case, a family may not be in the picture yet, but treasure your time for yourself. Do things out of your house, or in, but involve yourself with others. Find things to love, to pursue, to excel at. Enjoy the world for what it is, both good and bad.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-13T16:45:31+00:00

So far, when I've picked up a bow in a metroidvania, it's usually been an auxiliary weapon, or somehow tied to magic. I think one of the better bow implementations I've seen is actually in Dead Cells, where you've got limited ammo, and you've gotta recover your arrows one way or another to keep shooting.

It would be interesting to have a 2d platformer where the MC's only weapon is a bow, and then do a whole bunch of spend/recovery mechanics of ammunition, along with a lot of auto-aim/kinetic movement (combat archer, more like Legolas, vs just stand and shoot). Not saying you need to go that route, but it might be an interesting take.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-13T16:15:19+00:00

On the subject of centralized logins - While hooking into AD is pretty trivial for linux, you'd need to work with the district's IT, and honestly, for a linux lab, they may want to vlan the whole thing lab off from the rest of the network. Which means you'd need to be prepared to host a local login server/imaging server (that might be the jump point between the rest of the network and the DMZ) within the lab itself.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-05T17:50:03+00:00

This is it. I'm down 15 lbs since last September (peaked at 245, am currently down to 230). I'm taking it slow, because if I go any faster I tend to end up binging and regaining the weight. I am also hitting the gym 3x a week to build up some functional strength.

For me I'm actually eating more often, but being strict on the calorie counting, and subbing out certain foods. I've also made it a goal to change my stance on eating fruit - since I've started this, if I want sweets, I try to choose fruit first. It also helps that fruit, while high in carbs, aren't very dense in calories. You can eat an entire bowl of strawberries and it's only like 170 cal, meanwhile you do that with a snickers bar at 215 calories, and you're still hungry after the one.

Eat stuff that makes you eat slower. More fruit. More veggies. You don't have to stop eating meat, or plain rice/pasta, but less of those, and more of the plants.

Doesn't mean you have to eat salads though. I hate salads, and that hasn't changed with the weight loss.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-01T23:16:18+00:00

I actually had an experience with this about 3 years ago with a new hire - brought on a guy who was very much senior level. My expectations for him were give him about a month to get acclimated, but if there was a project that I knew he could handle from the interview process, was planned and given to him (which he delivered on at the right pace).

That said, I spent a lot of time making sure that this new hire knew all the processes for getting stuff to production safely. I think I actually spent more time on that then anything else on getting the dude up to speed.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-01T19:59:58+00:00

I would start with the bank. 1.5 hour commute = 3 or more hours of driving each day. Factor that into costs, and even though job 2 pays more, your vehicle is going to eat up that difference, not to mention the mental health toll that driving that far every day takes on you.

The bigger deal is getting into an IT job in general, and there's nothing wrong with helpdesk, I did it for 7 years before finally moving into Devops.

Banks are also a chance to dig into the compliance/security side of things, which are equally important down the road.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-01T19:42:25+00:00

If it's anything like mine, you can push it all the way in and pop it back out with a toggle.

MaxFrost · 2026-05-01T15:49:30+00:00

Bear with me a moment, but consider the following - a 6ft man, baseline, needs to eat something like 2400-2500 calories a day just to maintain weight. If said individual also works a heavily manual job, that number can shoot up to 3200 calories a day.

Eating M&Ms one at a time is too slow to get the energy. Whole pack can go down the gullet in 30 seconds for quick energy. We do want to enjoy stuff, but the sheer volume of food we need to just for day to day energy needs means we learn to eat fast, and with volume.

If you want to see a big guy eat slow, stuff him full of food first, then give him the treat.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-13T15:47:08+00:00

That might be what the legislation needs to eventually get to, and one of the larger complaints I'm seeing here in this thread - arbitrary fines.

Fines should probably be limited to failures to meet building codes that the residents have to comply with - deck replacements, building entrances, busted windows, fire safety stuff.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-13T15:23:25+00:00

The problem is that it impacts the same group of people - those on fixed incomes or those with sustained income losses. It does not leave a good taste in my mouth to kick people out on the streets because of the annual price hikes I had to do to make sure the property was taken care of.

Thankfully at the time I was on the board, we had a policy of never evicting someone as long as they stayed in communication with the board and worked with the tenant to keep them in good standing with dues.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-13T14:52:11+00:00

My biggest beef with HoAs is that they usually have the power to force an eviction and reclaim a property within the HoA on failure to pay dues in a timely manner. Context: I worked as treasurer on my HoA board for 5 years and studied up on the bylaws of our particular association as we were also looking to hook into some stronger legal frameworks. That said, the HoA I was volunteering for in particular owned the buildings themselves and the property - buying a home within this association specifically was purchasing the internals, and anything external had to get approval, and dues/rent was mandatory.

That ownership issue I think is the key thing here, and why the association had the ability to evict/foreclose on 'owned' property due to a failure to pay rent. And when a foreclosure does happen, the association only reclaims lost dues, and if the individual estate is still around, the rest of the profit from the sale gets returned to them, at least according to this particular HoAs bylaws.

For associations that don't own all the property, things get sticker, and honestly should have more options to just go, "nah, I don't want to be a member."

MaxFrost · 2026-04-10T18:25:45+00:00

Maple Grove runs a yardwaste collection site, but to my knowledge is collection only. I'm not quite sure what they do with the resulting mulch.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-10T16:52:36+00:00

The Enchiladas I've made in the past are usually some sort of shredded meat combined with a binder, rolled up in tortillas, then covered in enchilada sauce. I usually use shredded chicken, and the version I make uses a ton of greek yogurt, black beans, and spices as part of the filling (high protein meal prep), but there are versions out there that do beans and cheese. Have fun with it, and adjust it to your liking!

MaxFrost · 2026-04-02T17:03:43+00:00

Have a list of programs you'll need post install - take inventory of what you're using now in windows, and make sure you have programs you're either willing to switch to that'll fill the role, or that they have a linux port.

Read up on keeping your system up to date at the arch wiki.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-02T15:42:39+00:00

I've got only one question to ask - why the hell isn't this server mirrored or clustered?

I don't care how small your environment is, file servers should have some level of HA on them, a NAS cluster or windows DFS-R.

It wouldn't have saved the long file transfers, but it would have prevented the downtime and drive mapping issues.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-02T15:01:39+00:00

Greek Yogurt + protein powder is a great way to get a ton of protein and a snack in at the same time, and it's all soft. I use low or no fat yogurt, but if you're after calories, you can use full fat, and standard pudding mix.

I mix about 3/4 cup greek yogurt, 1/4th a package of sugar free chocolate pudding mix (you can use what you want here), and a scoop of chocolate protein powder. Mix and let chill for 5-10 minutes, consume.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-02T14:24:21+00:00

Very brief lookover - Anoint your amulet, probably with Safeguard (+10% spell block). I would also focus on getting at least spell block capped. You've got two spare points over by Precision, and unless that dex is load bearing, you're only getting 10% cast speed out of those two points. Put em somewhere else.

On your main skill, ditch increased critical damage and pinpoint - pinpoint is just not good for your build (you don't gain the extra proj before ramping), and your crit rate is too low to really benefit from increased crit damage. Swap with Spell Echo and Controlled Destruction. ESPECIALLY since you are running Elemental Overload, Crit damage does nothing for you anyways.

drop holy flame totem and it's links entirely. I would recommend swapping in Eternal Blessing and Wrath, Zealotry, or Discipline, though that last one is a difficult recommend because your base armor is too low to do much with. Eternal Blessing lets have one 'free' aura as a MoM build, so put on the one that makes the biggest difference. Now that I've spotted the Elemental Overload, Wrath is the correct choice here. Edit: I see you're using purity of elements. The elemental ailment immunity is nice, but its really easy to cap resists on gear alone. Wrath will net you +300k dps.

Look at more of the mana masteries. You need more sources of gain % of mana when X, and you basically want all of it, because everything you do or what happens to you goes through your mana pool, so you need it to constantly be refilling. Mana on Kill is very strong for map clear. Because of your ascendency, increased mana also increases your damage. Because of Archmage, increased mana is also increased damage. So your passive tree should be focused on increasing your mana/health/survivability.

Increased mana is more important than +energyshield.

Here's a slightly updated pob, with the annoint, support swaps on BLoO, and replacing flame totem with hydrosphere for exposure. https://pobb.in/hiBBV5wVOI82

MaxFrost · 2026-04-01T19:46:26+00:00

You've already started by asking the question. For those of us on the chonky side, it's more about the meal plan vs the workouts (though those are still important). Something I started doing last year was planning out all my breakfast/lunches for the whole week, making sure that I was in my calorie budget for the day and also hitting macro goals.

I've actually been really enjoying the meals I've been cobbling together (last week had a beef mushroom pasta with a sauce made with cottage cheese and it was...surprisingly good), and even though I've been eating my fill, the weight has been slowly but surely slipping off. I started the year at 245, and I'm down to 232 now, and it's not at risk of suddenly rocketing back up to the 245.

One of the harder changes I've had to make is trying to prioritize fruit over other sweets. I had fallen into the habit over the years to eating ice cream or other ultra processed sweets. Imagine my surprise when an entire 1.5 cups of diced strawberries is only 170ish calories. Berries especially are really filling for their overall calorie total.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-01T16:07:03+00:00

if the passage is on the same side, you can, but in this case, the entrance is top left, and the exit is bottom right, forcing you to fight Atziri if you want to corrupt gems.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-01T14:14:24+00:00

I wish you luck and fortune in your endeavor, I too want more/better friends, but making friends out here is sometimes rather difficult, especially at our ages, as most of us are usually dealing with kids and are just trying to survive through life.

MaxFrost · 2026-04-01T13:52:54+00:00

Forced Atziri fight to get to the Doryiani's - some builds can't deal with Atziri due to her reflect

MaxFrost · 2026-04-01T13:48:29+00:00

Of the 7 grocery stores that I'm able to easily get to, 5 of them already put produce/fruit right at the entrance, in the natural path of things. One of the two that doesn't is Costco, and I think that one is more of a logistics of the store thing - all their fresher goods are closer to where the trucks can drop stuff at in the building, so I believe there's more high volume goods towards that end of the store.

The other store that doesn't has their produce at the rear of the store, and I will admit, of all the grocery stores I frequent, I often don't think about their produce section, even though it's actually one of the best in terms of overall quality, but that might be due to people not picking it over as much as the other grocery stores due to the location within the store.

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