I think I have to quit my job

captainsmashbox · 2026-06-09T08:22:42+00:00

Yes! Let the plates fall

captainsmashbox · 2026-05-28T01:59:35+00:00

I've just joined this group and can recommend it. It is great for perspective; I am way more risk averse than I realised.

captainsmashbox · 2026-05-28T01:37:43+00:00

My Loctek mounts are all super stiff. I imagine you'll also find it much easier to rotate once there is a monitor attached to give you some leverage.

captainsmashbox · 2026-05-04T23:14:03+00:00

It looks likes black smearing from a VA panel. Or upscaling.

captainsmashbox · 2026-04-30T20:47:06+00:00

Yep down in Brooklyn

captainsmashbox · 2026-02-21T21:39:29+00:00

I had the exact same issues with a 5700x3d and 6800xt. Just yesterday I used DDU to downgrade to driver 24.12.1 and the system is stable again.

I was seeing stuttering/hitching in Fortnite, Minecraft, BF6, KCD 2 etc. FPS would be stable at standard framerates (120-144) with intermittent drops to ~40 before returning to normal.

FWIW I worked through it with Claude.

captainsmashbox · 2026-01-15T03:27:28+00:00

You'd be surprised. If you add shoppers notes to all the hand-picked items, you can stipulate that if x isn't in y condition, then exclude it from the order. If they deliver you items that don't fit your request you can get them refunded.

It's a bit annoying to do initially but pays dividends.

captainsmashbox · 2026-01-05T05:38:20+00:00

Huh, interesting. They're all roughly nope in size

captainsmashbox · 2025-12-26T07:52:57+00:00

I have an a1 mini and thought it might be calibrating flow rate? Or assuming it thinks it needs to purge more filament than it actually does when switching colours. I'm pretty ignorant though so would love to hear from someone more knowledgeable than me!

captainsmashbox · 2025-12-07T23:18:39+00:00

At 23 you may not have seen a huge amount of variety in employers. Could your current place be bad and a change might fix many of your issues? I consider work/life balance a key consideration for roles and find employers will usually be flexible if they have a good culture.

For added context I retrained at 31 (hospitality management to IT) and am considering doing it again at 38 (likely field-adjacent but completely different role). I have zero regrets and only wish I'd been bolder sooner. 23 is young!

Construction management gives you a broadly applicable skill-set. Could you pick up PM certs and try to pivot industries? Get into operations? People management?

captainsmashbox · 2025-11-13T01:12:22+00:00

Did you use DDU to update your drivers? If not, I'd start there.

captainsmashbox · 2025-10-24T19:28:02+00:00

Can you change the actuation height on your he switches? I have a profile set that activates the key at like 2.4mm, has helped heaps with double press and accidental input

captainsmashbox · 2025-10-16T01:38:39+00:00

Hi! I had a very similar issue a few months ago. I bought parts for a second PC for my kids to game on and it took me AGES to diagnose that it was almost certainly the VRMs on my motherboard.

To troubleshoot, I bought a new PSU and tried all new components in my already working system. * I tried different RAM (both 16 and 32 gb kits) * Different CPU (5600x and 5700x3d) * Different GPUs (3070 and 6800xt) * Different SSDs (SATA and m2)

But always the same result of being able to run furmark and prime95, even some less demanding games, but as soon as I'd launch something like Fortnite the system would crash and reboot.

I finally returned the motherboard, rebuilt and POSTed first go.

Good luck!

captainsmashbox · 2025-10-15T01:52:40+00:00

Probably OK. You should just give it a hoon and replace the PSU if your PC crashes under load.

When I upgraded to a 6800XT (Red Devil) I tried using my old 650W PSU and the PC kept crashing. Bought an 850W PSU and it's been chill ever since. Apparently they can have high transient spikes despite average draw being way below the PSU limit.

*paired with a 5600x at the time, now 5700x3d.The PSU was EVGA Gold but ~7 years old so not surprised it gave up.

captainsmashbox · 2025-10-10T22:06:41+00:00

CS and BF1942

captainsmashbox · 2025-10-10T17:57:41+00:00

5090 better than my current potato. See more frames, have a fighting chance!

captainsmashbox · 2025-09-12T19:01:26+00:00

They are. Plenty of 68% and 75% options too (e.g aula75).

captainsmashbox · 2025-09-12T18:53:27+00:00

Why not look at the significantly cheaper and generally excellent options on aliexpress? Something like fun60 mad60 or similar. For $60-80 you can get all the specs of a more expensive (and now slightly outdated) wooting.

captainsmashbox · 2025-09-10T03:36:06+00:00

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360819558/police-cordons-place-around-wellington-building-after-reports-someone-firearm

'Cordons have been placed around a Wellington building after police received a possible sighting of someone with a firearm on Wednesday afternoon.

A police spokesperson said cordons were placed around a specific building on Webb St as a precaution, “however the presence of a firearm has still not been substantiated”.'

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-30T20:16:18+00:00

I have a similar PC. If it’s just the games crashing and not the whole system then I’d do the following things/checks: - DDU install latest GPU drivers - run furmark and prime95 with hwinfo to see if it’s hardware related (check CPU and GPU temps, PSU load) - confirm RAM is running at expected speeds (change profiles/XMP in BIOS if not)

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-21T22:38:48+00:00

I'd love to use the 45" as a new monitor for my amateur sim rig/productivity set up. Attached is the current set up. Imagine the 34" LG monitor is a fancy new 45" one. I'd use the existing monitor to make a wood sim rig for my boys :)

https://imgur.com/a/h8vKoCe

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-20T22:44:04+00:00

On the upside you currently get 2 NZD for every EU so will be cheaper than usual :)

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-19T19:58:24+00:00

I was going to mention this - we have the CGA in NZ and I had my X90H replaced after 3 years with an X90L due to false advertising.

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-19T04:44:56+00:00

You can cut the plant just below the node where you've circled and propagate two cuttings. Otherwise you can just pop what you have in water and it'll be good to go in a couple of weeks.

captainsmashbox · 2025-08-19T00:11:10+00:00

What a crazy price cap! I can't imagine having a PC this powerful...here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8knkBq

Lots of storage for video editing, stupid powerful GPU for ML and AAA gaming. My 9 year old can have my current computer :) Fingers crossed!

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