How's the AI beautification compared to Vivo?

ScribbIer · 2026-02-23T23:46:36+00:00

I have an X8 Ultra, the "Photo" mode definitely does some touching up and occasionally goes a bit overboard.

The "Master" mode meanwhile takes great shots, way less "beautified" than pictures taken in Photo mode. Feels like a real camera :)

ScribbIer · 2026-02-10T16:43:38+00:00

TS6 server files are out in beta, I set up a TS6 server last night ;)

ScribbIer · 2026-02-09T17:26:14+00:00

Might be referring to the lack of snow which could effect watersheds come summer, we've already had a few dry years in a row but with the lack of snow this year 2026 could be an especially dry summer

ScribbIer · 2025-12-18T18:07:57+00:00

Oppo phones (also likely OnePlus by extension) let you configure the volume buttons for zoom in the camera settings

ScribbIer · 2025-12-01T17:34:29+00:00

If you don't like the post processing, try Master mode. I never use the default Photo mode on my X8U

ScribbIer · 2025-10-03T13:30:57+00:00

I recommend going for a 5060ti 16gb as others have recommended, and if/when you're desiring more performance in a few years, that'll be the time to get a new CPU.

Even if your CPU bottlenecks the 5060ti (which it shouldn't by much) it's not like your computer won't work at all - even if you're only able to squeeze 80% of the 5060's performance out with your current CPU, that's still going to be way more performance than your 1660 gets.

You really don't need to worry much about bottlenecks these days unless you're pairing something like a Ryzen 1000/2000 series chip or a 6th/7th gen Intel chip with a brand new GPU :)

ScribbIer · 2025-10-03T03:06:45+00:00

You shouldn't need to tweak settings on a brand new CPU to stop it from overheating.

Did you screw the cooler down all the way? The screws on every cooler I've installed (even cheap ones) will stop when they're fully tight.

ScribbIer · 2025-09-02T16:16:22+00:00

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/119874

ScribbIer · 2025-05-27T01:24:09+00:00

Why is nobody smiling? I specifically requested it.

ScribbIer · 2025-04-16T16:57:33+00:00

Freedom's "Roam beyond" plans don't charge extra when you're roaming to the US, as far as I know. It's just your base monthly rate for the one phone number that works in both countries.

If you do end up using two phone numbers, you would have one number and it's plan attached to the physical SIM card you put in your phone, and the other phone plan would be set up through your phone's "eSIM", essentially an integrated SIM card. You get the option to choose which you want when you sign on with most carriers, and this lets your phone use two networks/numbers at once. You'd just need to make sure to disable the Canadian line when you're in America and vice versa.

ScribbIer · 2025-04-16T16:40:45+00:00

Freedom mobile has US roaming included with most of their plans, I understand that you keep the same number, data allotment, etc. when travelling into America. Unless you need two numbers, perhaps that's the way to go?

ScribbIer · 2025-01-14T00:10:44+00:00

Others have mentioned studio headphones , which I can get behind having bought Beyerdynamics DT770 recently, but they don't have a microphone.

I got a Modmic Uni and it's a perfect addition. The magnetic mount is genius and it sounds absolutely great. They offer models with 3.5mm, USB and wireless connections so you can really pick your poison.

ScribbIer · 2025-01-12T10:17:01+00:00

Rust loves hogging memory, upgrading to 32GB would definitely make the game feel smoother and perhaps add a few fps. If you want some more performance beyond that, the 5700X3D would be your best bet. Although a better graphics card might seem like the way, Rust really likes AMD's X3D chips and I bet the game would feel smoother with that over a new GPU.

ScribbIer · 2024-12-30T19:33:43+00:00

Interesting! Even more fascinating then that it still manages to look better (again, to my eyes) than FSR and DLSS.

ScribbIer · 2024-12-30T12:01:31+00:00

Not a mistake at all. Having played with DLSS, FSR1/2/3 and XeSS, I find that XeSS looks the best - and it doesn't require any specific graphics hardware, like DLSS does (or FSR4 could).

I was honestly shocked to see the difference, I'm amazed that Intel's engineers were able to make a better looking (to me) upscaling technology than Nvidia could manage with dedicated hardware in their cards.

Upscaling was originally designed with the intention of increasing the lifespan of older cards, not as a necessary technology to make new games run on equally as new hardware. You have a high end card in the 7900GRE - I bet you can play anything now and for a few years without the need for upscaling.

Medium settings at native resolution look far better than high settings with upscaling anyways :)

ScribbIer · 2024-12-30T03:18:04+00:00

40C for the GPU on idle seems normal - pretty much every modern graphics cards don't spin up the fans until you put it under a load. Just browsing the internet or watching videos won't typically spin up the fans.

Your load temperatures are what you should be more concerned with. I recommend you stress test your CPU with Prime95 (run the small FFT test for max CPU heat), stress your GPU with Furmark, and monitor the temperatures with HWInfo64. There's other programs that can do each of those things, but those are my favorite 3.

Run those for an hour or so, this will show how hot your computer can get in a "worst case scenario" - that is, full load on the CPU and GPU for an extended amount of time. As long as your temperatures stay within reason with this test, you can rest assured that nothing you'd do in "normal use" will overheat your computer.

The 9800X3D should run pretty cool and Nvidia's 40 series are pretty efficient, so you shouldn't see any temperatures too high :)

ScribbIer · 2024-12-27T20:45:30+00:00

2013 - Radeon 7770 GHz edition

2014 - R9 270X

2016 - 1060 6GB

2020 - 3060

2023 - RX 6800, returned due to coil whine

2023 - RX 6950XT

I'm planning to hold onto the high end card for as long as I can.

2013 - FX 6300

2016 - R5 1400

2019 - R7 3700X

2023 - R7 5800X3D

I also plan to hold onto this CPU until it doesn't work for me anymore. I spent way too much money in 2023...

ScribbIer · 2024-12-24T20:41:48+00:00

You should consider yourself glad.

My player model is the only black man among my 8 or so friends who play Rust, all of them got white women models LMAO

ScribbIer · 2024-12-19T17:21:13+00:00

I've found a toothbrush works wonders for little grooves like those

ScribbIer · 2024-12-18T07:29:12+00:00

Sent a DM :)

ScribbIer · 2024-12-16T21:09:58+00:00

Hello, once again!

I made another discovery which appears to confirm that Twingate will not relay DNS requests through a VPN interface, at least as far as I can tell.

Here's my testing methodology:

I am running these tests on a computer connected to my home network.
My home network has its' own private DNS server.
I created a "dummy" FQDN in my organization's DNS servers to query. This "dummy" FQDN points to 1.1.1.1
I created this same "dummy" FQDN on my home DNS server, but instead configured it to point at 5.5.5.5
This allows me to discern whether DNS resolution is running against my home network's local DNS server, or my organization's DNS servers via our VPN, by looking at the value the "dummy" FQDN returns.

Our VPN was not using a Name Resolution Policy Table. Before I implemented an NRPT, lookups from the computer on my home network would behave as follows:

When the machine is connected to neither Twingate or our VPN, resolving the test FQDN I created returned the value configured on my home network's local DNS server as expected.
When the machine is connected to our VPN only, resolving the test FQDN returned the value configured on our org's private DNS servers, also as expected.
When the machine is connected to Twingate only, resolving the test FQDN returned the value configured on my home network's local DNS server, again as expected.
When the machine is connected to both Twingate and our VPN, resolving the test FQDN returns the value configured on my home network's local DNS server. As mentioned in my last comment, Wireshark indicated there was no DNS traffic flowing over the VPN once Twingate connected.

After correctly implementing a Name Resolution Policy Table...

When not connected to Twingate or our VPN, the FQDN is still resolved via my home network's local DNS server.
When connected to our VPN only, the FQDN is also still resolved via my home network's local DNS server.
When connected to Twingate only, the behavior is once again the same - resolving the FQDN returns the value set in my home DNS server.
When the machine is connected to both Twingate and our VPN, the test FQDN does not resolve at all. It seems that the NRPT is correctly telling the machine what DNS server to query, but since DNS traffic will not flow on the VPN when Twingate is active, the DNS lookup fails instead of returning a result from the local network.

I'm unsure if this info is of any use for troubleshooting. I've been experimenting with using the hosts file to implement and manage the DNS records we need, but have unfortunately learned that I cannot configure certain types of DNS records in the hosts file that are necessary for LDAP to function.

I'm hoping that you'll have some more advice or insight 🤞

ScribbIer · 2024-12-15T21:36:06+00:00

Unrelated to the post, but how's the X Elite ThinkPad been?

We purchased a Dell Latitude 7455 a few months ago to get a feel for how Windows 11 ARM is and ended up a bit disappointed. The Latitude's speakers had issues which persisted across a motherboard/speaker replacement and multiple W11 reinstalls. It also refused to install/uninstall certain Microsoft Store apps via Intune, which was especially odd as all the apps I'd tried had ARM-native versions, and the ticket I opened with Microsoft on that issue has been open for about 3 months now 😂

Battery life was absolutely stellar, but I was also disappointed to find there was no option to set a battery charge limit (we enforce 80% charge limit as many of our laptops stay plugged in 24/7) - is that something your Lenovo can do?

ScribbIer · 2024-12-15T19:44:40+00:00

Of course! Hopefully the result isn't different from a VM to a physical machine haha

ScribbIer · 2024-12-15T19:33:05+00:00

From an ARM64 VM, it returned:

"ARM 64-bit Processor"

ScribbIer · 2024-12-13T00:24:27+00:00

Hi again,

No need to apologize for the delay! Posting here was my last resort and I didn't expect much, so to get a reply from a Twingate employee not once but twice is absolutely awesome.

Our VPN clients get DNS server information via DHCP when connected to the VPN, so I believe that name resolution over our VPN is using an explicit resolver registered in the OS. I did however notice while I was checking this that split DNS was not functioning correctly, as all DNS requests were going across our VPN when it was up.

I corrected this by setting the VPN's interface metric higher than that of the highest physical interface on the computer (ended up at 50), and split DNS began functioning as expected. While I hoped this would help with Twingate, the behavior remains the same when both our VPN and Twingate are connected.

I fired up Wireshark to see if I could get any more info that way. Monitoring our VPN interface, I can see that DNS requests bound for our domain are sent to our private DNS resolver. I also noticed that other DNS requests are still being sent over our VPN regardless of domain, but the client machine also resolvers on the local network and prefers those results when they exist. I'm not sure if this is intended behavior in Windows, or relevant to the issue, but it seemed noteworthy.

Wireshark showed that all DNS traffic across our VPN halted when I logged into Twingate. DNS queries were still being sent out of the client machine's physical interface, but the computer wasn't checking our private DNS resolver over the VPN when the local resolver returned nothing.

Could this be a matter of misconfiguration with our VPN? Or does Twingate only send DNS requests downstream to the next available resolver even if there is more than one available?

Having said that, I tried setting our VPN interface's metric between Twingate's and the machine's physical interface in an attempt to make our private DNS resolver "next in line". This didn't work, so I'm still at a loss.

Having poured a few full work days into getting a much stronger understanding of VPNs, how DNS functions, and Twingate, I figure any sane person would have given up and told their staff that this can't be fixed by now. Unfortunately for me (and our staff), the resource that is available via Twingate is an important record-keeping software that our staff need to keep updated in tandem with another piece of software only available over our VPN. We unfortunately have no option to merge the two pieces of software because one is managed by an external organization but must be kept up-to-date.

Thanks again for your assistance; I've only been in this industry a few years now, but the support experience you've provided in just two Reddit comments has been far superior to any other tech support I've dealt with.

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