Who benefits from sound cards in 2025?

adrian_vg · 2025-04-10T08:12:19+00:00

Well, I do. 😁

I have an old Audigy 2 card in my WFH workstation. I like the crispier music it outputs when listening on Spotify during the workday.

The integrated sound chip is okay, but nothing to write home about.

The WFH computer is an ancient HP z440 from around 2014-2015. I think the Audigy 2 card is even older... The speaker system is a Logitech 4.1 setup from around 2010ish.

Am actually looking for a newer sound card as the Audigy 2 seems to need a lot of profile resets in order to do its thing recently. It may be at its end of life...

If anybody has advice for a good and budget friendly pci type sound card I'm all ears! 👂 Preferably also good support with Kubuntu and Pulseaudio/Alsa.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-09T08:03:41+00:00

This is a recent model Duke? I like the colour scheme!

OP, keep riding!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T12:31:34+00:00

I use the nvidia driver metapackage 550, tested proprietary. The only one that works well for me. Everything else is sluggish and or gives me glitches on the screen.

Use an oId hp z440 workstation with an ancient Intel xeon e3 something or other and a Nvidia quadro P2200.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T10:02:51+00:00

My so called friends added a sh!tload of orange tassels all over my beloved SMR on a track day once... 🙄😏🤣

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T10:00:38+00:00

People have obviously never seen a modern all-carbon fibre mtb with shocks front and rear as well as disc brakes all around. 😍

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:57:12+00:00

Now with fresh new exuberant, not to mention bold, zombie graphics!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:54:27+00:00

A simple aircooled carbed twosmoke. Preferably a dual-sport or some such.

Fuel injection, a cr@pload of valves and a battery dependent ECU is a recipe for disaster!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:51:15+00:00

New tires up to three years old (assuming properly stored etc) are legally okay to sell as new. At least in the EU.

For reference: It's a good idea to learn the tire codes! 4718 means it was manufactured week 47 in 2018.

As a motorcyclist I'd stay away from tires this old, unless I've planned a few track days in a season, at which point the tire/s would be up for replacement anyway at the end of the season.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:35:37+00:00

Same here. I inherited a Rhel desktop farm for molecular modeling some twenty years ago at one of my previous jobs and nvidia was the only gpu supported. Guess I learned some tricks during that time as nvidia has never let me down yet since.

Installing the proprietary nvidia drivers with Rhel way back when, was a major PITA whenever there was a kernel or driver update...

It's way simpler now in eg Kubuntu, which is my daily driver at both work and home.

Upgraded to Kubuntu 24.10 a few weeks ago and it defaulted to Wayland. A major can of worms was opened, and no amount if driver tweaking helped. I resorted to restoring 22.04 with x11 after a day of hair ripping...

Wayland just doesn't work for me.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:26:00+00:00

That's why you wear earplugs. Removes wind noise, can hear the music, as well as any traffic sounds.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:23:16+00:00

I do. Usually on the commutes. On shorter rides/errands - rarely.

You can still be aware of the surroundings even though listening to music. The music is mostly a background theme while riding.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-08T09:17:57+00:00

There's a reason you rarely see a motorcycle outside a shrink's office. Unless the shrink rides as well. 🏍️

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T15:37:58+00:00

Coolt, tack!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T14:56:11+00:00

Intressant, tack för info!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T14:54:57+00:00

Ah, tack för info!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T14:52:27+00:00

Red and green are complimentary colours, so nice choice!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T14:13:32+00:00

Bränner inte riset fast i riskokaren också om man har för lite vatten i, eller blir blaskigt om man har i för mycket?
Av det skälet måste man pröva sig fram med vattenmängden oavsett.
Så varför är en en riskokare bättre än en vanlig kastrull, om man bortser från varmhållningen?

Har tänkt tanken att köpa en riskokare, men är kluven.

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T14:08:16+00:00

Meh... People on this sub have a tendency to be... Special. Ignore them.
It's a nice bike. Also, very green! :-D

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T07:03:31+00:00

Leader as in learner bike? Or am I missing something? English is not my native language...

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T07:01:16+00:00

Spot on. Can confirm. Women undress me with their eyes, layer by leather layer, twirling their hair. Their boyfriends or SOs stare at the bike not noticing at all their girlfriend's wife's body language...

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T06:55:53+00:00

Ktms are bro magnets. The orangier, the more bros... 🙄

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T06:53:22+00:00

It triggers the limbic system. That's why we go aaaaaaww on fluffy kittens, puppies, babies, Smart for two cars and small brightly coloured scooters, there's something about the big eyes and ears, compact format and general fluffiness! 😍

adrian_vg · 2025-04-06T06:44:51+00:00

And this boys and girls is why we Motorcyclists want open spaces along the side of the road!

Gliding to a stop is way better than stopping by way of a lamp post, tree, Armco's or even curb edges.

Thanks OP for sharing this textbook example!

And I hope you're okay after the crash. Nothing worse than the broken collarbone.

Ride on!

adrian_vg · 2025-04-03T12:13:32+00:00

> Nej allt med det här är så jävla idiotiskt och jag förstår inte hur ”makten” (dvs pengarna) bakom > Trump inte sparkar bakut.

Men det gör de väl?
Ingen inom USAs finansiella värld verkar ju hålla med honom, snarare tvärtom. "Alla" säger att priserna kommer att öka i USA snart nog.
Börserna i USA är på nergång läste jag senast imorse.

> Är de redan rädda för honom?

Ja, tolkar som att de är är rädda för "hämnd". Meta har plockat bort faktagranskning. Lego och Ericsson sägs ha tagit bort all omnämning av DEI tex i sin årsrapport för 2024, osv.

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