What are the worst products in the tech market today? Is there anything more disgusting than "premium" HDMI cables?
>inb4 apple products
From the extreme high end rip-offs you can go down to those $50 chinkshit tablets that they sell at wal-mart and die after a week.
>>52010917
Nothing wrong with premium HDMI cables.
Design costs money. I'd rather have a fancy Monster cable than some Chinese shop one. But I can't afford the Monster.
>>52010917
Technology in general.
>>52010962
>rubbing_hands.jpg
![snapshot_00.32_[2015.12.23_02.37.15].png](https://i.imgur.com/LEXBZo9.jpg "snapshot_00.32_[2015.12.23_02.37.15].png")
>>52010987
hello, are you from reddddit?
>>52010962
>Design costs money.
except they don't claim that the design is what makes it that expensive.
>>52011030
Fuck off virgin
>>52010987
Nigga what?
More IOPS and less latency are great to have.
>>52010995
/thread
>>52010962
They promise better image and audio quality, and sometimes cost more than the device you're going to use the cable with.
>>52011060
>falling for the placebo
>>52010962
You're a fucking idiot. No cord for any home device should EVER cost more than $100.
>>52011030
But SSDs are literally reddit tier meme hardware...
>>52010987
This is the worst fucking 4chan meme ever. Mostly because retards will start to believe it. Even things like web browsing is made so much faster with having an SSD.
>>52011149
Found the shill
>>52011171
Found the retard
>>52011149
No but launching programs and rebooting are faster.
>>52011120
Everything is reddit tier according to redditors. I mean how else would you know what reddit likes without going there
I pay a lil' extra for Monoprice's ultraslim HDMI cables because I enjoy how thin they are
>>52011120
Have you ever used an SSD?
>>52011229
Is it because the width reminds you of something?
>>52011233
>he has 90 startup items and 30 toolbars
>"Why is this fresh install on a SSD so much better?"
>>52010917
You enjoying that 3% improvement every year?
>>52011262
It's better than no improvement and repeated disappointment every year desu senpai.
>>52010927
That's the definition, so there's no need to repeat it.
>>52011229
chromebooks
mine died after less than a year
1\ its only got a 7gb hd and the Os takes 6gb
2\ its designed so if you are push space during boot it wipes the hd. also it says on booting "PUSH SPACE ..."
3\ the recovery app/usb stick/cd is like 6 gigs
4\ the recovery app has "recover data" option and no shell, only wipe and re install, literally impossible to access the data
5\ the hard drive is encrypted so even if i got the hd out i cant unencrypt the data
6\ died after 1 year of part time use.
>>52011292
recovery app has NO "recover data" option *
fuck
>>52011262
You enjoying that 0% improvement every year?
>>52011229
I can understand that
>>52011258
I am using a minimalistic i3 and speed difference is still noticeable. Also the rest of the software feels so much faster.
>>52011292
its really really bad
you cant even get a linux shell without being in developer mode
but once u go into dev mode when you boot it says PUSH SPACE to turn on OS verification
(pushing space wipes all your data)
ffs
>>52011262
Monopoly is bad.
>>52011327
Are you suggesting that Intel is sitting on some amazing breakthrough advance in computing but won't release it because AMD isn't competitive enough to make them? The truth is that new processes are increasingly expensive, complex and problematic and we're getting diminishing returns.
>>52011262
Yeah sure. Because I buy a CPU every year. What else am I going to plaster my walls with?
>>52011361
Intel is wasting die space on graphics and concentrating on mobile performance rather than absolute speed.
at least in europe
>>52011498
>at least in europe
That's everything with a microchip in it.
>>52011403
cum
>>52011520
Well, that's what keeps them in place. Duh.
>>52011361
Well, they don't need to innovate much until AMD comes back to life. Competition would force them to spend much money.
>Non-shock absorbing cases for phones
>External cameras for smartphones
>Beats by Dre
>Bose
>Anything with tubes
>Anything with HD in its name
>>52010917
>Is there anything more disgusting than "premium" HDMI cables?
http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina5.htm
>>52010917
Anything with "gaming" in the title
>>52011649
IT NEVER GETS OLD!
You'd think with all the money they milk audiocunts dry with that they'd make a proper website!
I mean just look at the page source!
>>52010917
4chan
>>52011258
MMEMELORD XD HAHAHAAHAHAHAH
>>52010953
Whoa isk about wallmart but don't talk smack about chinkshit my chinkpad has been going for a hear strong now
>>52011315
fuck off
>>52010987
THERE IS NO DIFFRENCE,
I don't turn off my pc, so all that startup time is bullshit. And i got ramdisk for all my apps. (8 gb ram is like 40 usd)
>>52011841
>mad
>probably owns AMD
No surprise here
>>52011880
120gb of flash is also $40. Why wouldn't you buy an SSD?
>>52011899
idk i've always thought about building an amd machine with an easy bake oven case mod. don't even need the lightbulb.
so i guess amd is good for something
>>52010917
Not all cables are the same despite being all "digital".
There's attenuation, shielding and quality/robustness of mechanical construction.
>>52011985
>shielding
This.
Gotta eliminate that EM interference.
>>52012019
Also virus protection
>>52011985
You're right, but there is a limit.
In a home the amount of EM interference your devices will be subject to is relatively small and your distances are relatively short. So attenuation and shielding aren't massive concerns.
A $20 cable will do as well as a $1000 cable in these regards.
Construction is another story, but even then you'd be better off buying four $20 cables than one $1000, the standard will be superseeded before you end up paying more than the cost of the expensive cable.
>>52012019
>em interference
>1 meter cable from pc to monitor
>digital perfect or no signal
gr8 b8 m8
>>52011649
> You can buy dark matter in a bottle
shieeeeet
>>52012019
What the fuck is this.
For what purpose?
>>52012179
It is an undersea cable.
>>52012205
b-but why only couple of wires inside
>>52012162
Well you'd have a hard time proving there's actually no dark matter in the bottle.
>>52012218
Fibre optics have huge amounts of bandwidth.
>>52011262
nigga if you made 3% more money every year you'd be rich as fuck by now
>>52011601
Tube guitar amplifiers sound infinitely better than anything digital or solid state.
Just fucking end yourself if you disagree
Do you enjoy paying for a new license with every new laptop?
>>52012046
Top kek
>>52010917
mechanical keyboards
>>52010987
> this meme again
>>52010987
>I'm too poor to buy an SSD so I'll make everyone believe that they are just a meme so I don't feel so inadequate.
>>52012569
Who actually pays to use Windows?
>>52010987
B8 for bottom feeders
>>52012569
I always buy my Thinkpads without any license :^)
>>52010987
>>52012953
> I have never used these products, but they are popular so they must be meme tech
>>52012046
Why is favorite spelled wrong?
>>52013118
Is that really the largest issue?
>>52013080
Kinda makes me buy a mechanical keyboard, couse SSD is fucking great.
I use keyboard only for playing, will mech benefit me? How/why?
>>52013132
Yes.
>>52013118
>favourite
>spelt incorrectly
Lrn 2 english you faggoted faggot
>>52011880
>>52011922
Cheapest shit-tier DDR3: €4,45/GB
Retardedly expensive SSD: €0,43/GB
HURR DURR RAMDISK IS BESTDISK
Woolworths Rewards if you're an Aussie. Shit is transparent as fuck. and not in a good way
>>52013172
favourite
>>52012351
That's because tubes allow soft clipping.
Tissues. It's basically just toilet paper but way more expensive. You can by nice holders for toilet paper and nobody will notice the difference
>>52013118
It's not US English.
>>52013228
But tissues are softer, My nose turns red if I wipe it with TPs.
Anything targeted at autistic children, such as Gaming peripherals
>>52013226
I refuse to believe anyone is this retarded. So I'll assume you're trolling.
>>52011106
the premium HDMI cables do give you clearer 1s and 0s though. You can't argue with that. It's just science.
>>52011601
Try making controlled solid state X-rays faggot than call me up about a CRT
>>52012351
Idk, I play guitar I own a tube amp, I play a tube amp. But most guitar players these days cant tell the difference.
It's really down to style and the amount of control you want.
Also how much dosh you want to burn on an amp.
Tubes give you that versatility.
But infinitely better, not so much. maybe about 3%
>>52013247
If it wasn't spelled wrong then why did Firefox tell me it was?
>>52013234
Well that explains why everything else on the packaging looks like it was written by a brain-dead child, then.
>>52011667
Yes absolutely. My friend got a razer "gaming" mouse for 200$, i tried it and it was so bad. Im using 15$ logitech simple mouse now lol
>premium hdmi, optical audio, rca cables
>>52011315
actually yes, i don't plan to buy another CPU until, i don't know, 2020?
>>52013276
Because Firefox is FOSS and inherently dangerous, it's lying to you.
>>52011315
>h taller than T
RRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>52012351
eh, modelling amps are more fun
>>52013305
/g/ told me chrome is a botnet and they are lying to me
>>52011229
look like those:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2PCS-LOT-High-Speed-HDMI-1-4-V-3D-Cable-With-Ethernet-Male-to-HDMI-male/1105879912.html
I made a quick diagram for people who can't grasp the concept of spending more money for higher quality products
>>52011361
They are wasting space on integrated graphics even on high end chips. And they keep also stock clocks way lower than what they should be, preventing reaching very high clocks even on unlocked cpu, thanks to the toothpaste.
They are literally stopping x86 technology progress in whatever way they can without upsetting investors
>>52013355
kek'd hard
>>52012351
>omg tubes are so gr8, their weight shows you how quality they are
>I like having my amp be a space heater
Literally the blue LEDs of the music equipment world. Any perceived difference in sound you might come up with can easily be replicated in an advanced enough software amplifier. Audiophiles and musicians are both retarded, the only reason we don't make fun of musicians for their retarded beliefs about what sounds good is they're broke so they can't spend money on stupid shit
>>52013255
>clearer 1s and 0s
Can't stop laughing
>>52013118
favourite is British english
>>52013461
>British english
don't you mean English english, or as I like to call it, English PLUS english?
>>52013276
>spelt incorrectly
>>52013355
Not just that.
HDMI also has error correcting, so small errors in the transmission are fixed.
>>52013228
How do you propose the engineering for a toilet paper tissue holder to work, exactly? Will you rip off each square and fold them over eachother to make them pop up?
>>52013228
Tissues are way better to cum into - they're sturdier and softer.
Toilet paper will rip apart instantly, the sheets are also too small.
>>52013295
optical audio isn't expensive
>>52012569
>he has actually spent money on OS
>he has actually spent money on any software
cuk as fuk
>>52013475
Premium English, yes.
>>52013577
>he is too poor to afford windows like everyone else
>>52013589
>taping rocks to your cables
My sides
>>52013577
I think he's referring to the cost of Windows OEM when you buy a laptop.
>>52011229
so assthleetick
>>52013291
Razors are for mmos. Thats it
>>52013604
what freedom hating shop doesn't let you choose what OS is installed on your new purchase ?
>>52013600
I guess you could say that the owner of these cables won't be getting his rocks off tonight.
>>52013312
as a trans-serif Helveticakin graphic designer this triggers me highly. Guess it's time to sue AMD
>>52013491
Nah just a box with a feeder hole at the top so it looks like a tissue holder and not something designed to wipe you ass with
>>52013312
Cannot unsee
>>52013706
>something designed to wipe you ass with
>>52010962
*throws back head in laughter*
You queers just don't get it, do you? A shitty HDMI cable is not going to give worse video/audio quality. That is just stupid, as it's digital. But a shit HDMI cable will most definitely give you inaccurate transmission of the digital signal. So you might be watching a sports game and the scoreboard is actually wrong. Or you're watching a batman movie and batman is yellow. Only poor people accept this level of detail in their digital content
>>52012179
Audiophile 1/4" cable.
>>52011106
>$10
Fixed
>>52011649
Brilliant pebbles
>>52013740
>he doesn't understand three shell
>>52015222
you just wipe your ass on the shells. Not much to understand :/. Or did i just fuck up the hotel i was staying at?
>>52013226
>Tfw your computer is teaching you to spell incorrectly.
This is how the robot invasion begins, anons.
>buys $1000000 audio cables
>doesn't buy glorious ssd technology
step up niggas
>>52011292
>push space to wipe hdd
That sounds good for anybody doing fishy stuff
>>52015253
Okay, you made me laugh pretty loud in public just now.
>SirTippington
Anything with the word "Gaming" on it
1. IPS, VA, 4K, 75/120/144Hz,
2. Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU
3. Any RAM except Hynix
4. PSU that is not Seasonic
5. SSDs and HDDs that are not Hitachi
6. Mechanical keyboards & Topre
7. Gaming mouses
8. LEDs
9. Sound cards
10. Headphone DACs and AMPs (probably the most hilarious jewery)
11. Premium cables
12. UPS at home
13. Water cooling
14. Noctua air coolers
15. PHP
>>52011282
>source: me
>>52013355
Why aren't you showing any viruses?
>>52016609
i don't follow
>>52016471
But he's right
>>52016622
Some "premium" HDMI cables claim to protect you against viruses.
>>52016663
oh i didn't realise that. not 100% sure but they probably have a tiny computer built into one of the ends that runs norton 360
>>52012019
>that shielding
That cable is near to a fusion reactor, right?
Gold plated optical audio cables, it's too bad I don't have the picture right now but they do exist
>>52012351
Because the treble roll-off of tubes sounds pleasant to a lot of people.
I can perfectly replicate the effect with a graphic equalizer, tough.
I think tubes looks good too, but you are delusional if you think that solid state isn't reliable o can't sound good.
>>52016636
>source: my arse
>>52010962
15 Shekels have been transfered to your shekel account
>>52011219
poor bait man.
>>52011258
>he has over 90 gigs of anime and 30 gigs of hentai
>"boy I sure love my 1tb 5400 rpm hard drive"
256MB hard drive should be enough for anyone, I can't believe simpletons fall for the 1TB hard drive maymay.
Phones with sealed batteries
Computers without upgradable RAM
Signed bootloaders so no Linux or BSD on restricted devices
>>52016890
Do you also run Windows 95?
>>52016899
>he can't stop using meme distros
>>52011081
>Being this poor
>2015
>>52016890
I should know better... But, still.
It's stupid easy to go over 1 TB without noticing. Transitioning out the 128 GB SSD, keeping the newer 500 GB SSD and adding another 3 TB HDD soon.
>>52010953
I just bought 2 RCA 10.1 tablets with keyboard
from there for $79 each. If they die after a week
I'm taking them back. But for that price I think
it was a good buy. They have 32GB of storage, Lollipop, two shitty cameras (2MP), but I really
just need it to read the massive ebook, and PDF
collection I have, and so I think they will work
just fine.
>>52016930
>giving your hard drives faggy names
Time to go outside, bruv.
>>52015296
What the hell is wrong with his PC, both my boot times are like half that.
>>52016930
learn to delete old shitty data you fagtron
You must be sitting in front of your may may computer for entire days. I bet you're alone and has to friends, not mentioning having a gf.
>>52015296
Why are his drives so damn slow? It takes me like 7 seconds to get to that point in boot up. 15 seconds and my desktop is already open with all my startup programs launched.
Any smartphone that costs more than 100 bucks.
>>52011880
of course the guy who can't spell difference can't tell an SSD is better.
why do people keep this meme alive?
butthurt about not having one?
>>52016962
Did it out of boredom, doesn't even show in most places so it barely changes anything. Plus, the SSD called Lazarus actually was a suspected DOA that a couple days later started working for no apparent reason.
>>52017004
Actually just did. Just have a decent library of TV shows and movies that I host through Plex.
>>52017012
Sata II and Windows 7?
>>52017004
having full HDD's doesn't mean he doesn't have a gf.
naming your drives gay-ass names, however, does.
>when your mom goes to bestbuy to get her new laptop without consulting you first and she gits ripped of miserably and falls for gimmicks like touchscreen that only makes it harder for her to use.
>and then you tell her she got ripped off and she tells you to shut up and that you have no idea what you are talking about since you don't work at bestbuy or for geeksquad
>>52017076
>>when your mom
Hows that basement, bruv?
>>52017076
>mom buys some shitty NYKO wii remotes for some reason
>apparently the best buy person told her they had the Motion+ thing built in
>before Nintendo even had an AIO unit
>try to tell her that's bullshit and she was lied to just to make the sale
>"Why would they lie anon, BB employees don't make commission."
>>52017092
I'm home for winter break family
>>52017110
>they don't make commission
Did you mom ever work in sales-related field?
>>52017072
data hoarding is a mental illness
>>52017147
Local gas station when she was like 17. She's retarded, I know.
![G910_DETAIL2_72_dpi[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jefmHxg.jpg "G910_DETAIL2_72_dpi[1].jpg")
gayming peripherals
>>52017164
Sorry for your mom, guy.
>>52017204
>tfw you can't find ram without muh gaymen heat sinks.
>>52017222
She's a fucking cunt too, so I don't really care.
>tfw dad won 50/50 custody last month of my brother
>she lost like $400 a month in child support
>happy days
>>52017233
You can take those off you know.
>>52017233
No one is this autistic.
Tell me no one is really this autistic...
![1866C9%2002[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/15WOznS.jpg "1866C9%2002[1].jpg")
>>52017233
I don't really mind the more subtle heatsinks, to be honest. As long as the sticks are good quality and they're decently priced I'm fine with them.
Pic related is pretty fucking tryhard though.
>>52017258
>can't find
What stores are you looking in, dude?
>>52017279
Grab a small hand saw, shave the spikes down if they're too big.
>>52017238
I hope more salesmen could practice their sales skills. rip-off your mom, and get better jobs with their recently adquired skills.
Karma is sweet.
>>52017279
I have those, they're gay but I can't see them so I don't care.
>>52017284
Chilean stores like PC-Factory, Wei and shit
>>52017258
Really doesn't bother me a lot, I just find ram could be a bit cheaper without these shitty heatsinks. And waste less space sometimes.
[Jewishness intensifies]
DACs. Pure snake oil
>>52017487
so you listen to the voltage directly
>>52017487
Can you hear quantized information directly in your head?
How do you that?
>>52017511
Well, no, he listens to the binary. Not the voltage. That's what a DAC does.
>>52013303
i got a 2x 7950 in 2012, I dont think i'm upgrading till 2017 that would be 5 years total.
>>52017561
Well they're both voltage, aren't they? It's just PCM directly is more like DC voltage vs the AC voltage in a typical audio signal.
>>52017586
Well, in that sense, everything is voltage.
Binary data is represented by low and high voltages (DC) on its way to the DAC, yes. The DAC then turns this into an AC current that represents the complex wave of the sound. Although, there's no neutral that it alternates around.
So yes, technically correct
>>52017546
Jesus Christ I meant fancy high end dacs.
>>52017633
They know, they just want to be cunts
To be honest, I think there are DAC+amp combos that beyond that point, no real difference can be discerned. I have a UCA202 dac+amp that I modified by removing its output resistor, and that works perfectly.
>>52016442
>PHP
I hate that meme language. Why can't it just die off with Flash?
>>52011282
>>52016636
>MUH JIGGAHERTZ
>>52016778
It is underwater actually
>>52017163
Some of my data can't be recreated but yeah you're right I'll just delete it
>>52017238
Fuck your mom. Also, demand to go live with your dad and take your brother with you. It'll help him a lot, and make him happier. If you're over 18, go to college and become a dependent, which will ensure payments from your mom until you graduate.
As a dude, I hate seeing stuff like this. Especially since the dude was in the Navy and very well could have died. What a bitch.
>>52010962
>Design
Yeah, I wanna pay premium for a design of a cable that going behind my TV, okay.
>>52020566
>Also, demand to go live with your dad
I'm almost 22, I moved in years ago.
>and take your brother with you
Not that simple. He can choose to move in permanently in a year or two.
>It'll help him a lot, and make him happier.
He's doing alright, much better than he was a couple years ago.
>If you're over 18, go to college and become a dependent, which will ensure payments from your mom until you graduate.
Nope. She had that thought and made me take out a student loan. Which turns out cancels any form of child support.
>>52017204
Took me back about 15 years there, thought it was this.
Instead of distinct "ones" and "zeros" the voltage of the signal drifts around a wide range of values many of which are closer to one half than to one or zero. The signal generates its own interference, in the form of return loss (signal reflected back down the line due to changes in characteristic impedance); the three data channels in the HDMI cable interfere with each other, in the form of crosstalk; the differential nature of the signaling, with mirror-image signals traveling on two wires, is subject to smearing over time from such things as the capacitance between those wires and small differences in their electrical lengths (bear in mind that a "bit" at 6 Gbps is about an inch and a half long in a PE dielectric cable!), so that transitions from "one" to "zero" and vice versa get blurred; and what started as a relatively clean and straightforward signal switching between two discrete values turns into a signal that can no longer be correctly read
As said above, it matters whether you're sending ones and zeros at a slow speed or at a high speed; this is because, much as we'd like to think of transitions between ones and zeros as being the sort of thing that happen instantaneously, these transitions start to look very gradual when you're chopping each second into six billion pieces and looking at what happens within each piece.
These days all of the buzz is about 4K, and people associate the HDMI 2.0 specification with 4K, so it's important to point something out at the outset: not all 4K video is the same. HDMI has supported 4K resolutions since 1.4, but with limits. To keep the signal below the 3.4 Gbps/channel, 10.2 Gbps total limit, a 4K signal couldn't have a high framerate, or deep color. It is still the case as of this writing (November 2015) that most 4K sources which are being run in home theater systems are HDMI 1.3/1.4 "high speed" applications, not HDMI 2.0 extended-bandwidth applications, and for these flavors of 4K, the HDMI 1.3/1.4 "high speed" testing is adequate to represent the conditions of use.
But when HDMI 2.0-type 4K is being run -- currently mostly from computer video cards -- using an extended color gamut and/or high framerate (50 or 60 fps), the 1.3/1.4 testing does NOT represent the actual conditions of use for the cable. We are, at this writing, in "early days" for HDMI 2.0, but indications so far are that the honeymoon is largely over where cable run lengths are concerned. We've had a variety of customers write to us about their experiences when running full-bandwidth 2.0 video, and what they've been finding is that most "high speed cable" does not, at least when run near its longest certified limit, stand up to the task.
The Premium HDMI Cable program really has two elements, to address two different but related problems. First, there is the testing element: in addition to passing the conventional 1.3/1.4 Category 2 cable tests, which test the cable only out to 3.4 Gbps per channel (10.2 combined), the Premium testing program tests the cable's electrical characteristics all the way out to 6.0 Gbps/channel (18 Gbps combined) so that the certification test DOES represent the actual conditions of use of the cable. If the cable passes certification, it should ALWAYS function correctly when used to connect two HDMI 2.0-compliant devices.
It remains the case that the intent of the spec is that any legitimate "high speed" HDMI cable under 1.3/1.4 should handle 2.0 signals; but only a Premium HDMI Cable has actually been tested at the full 18.0 Gbps bandwidth and proven to actually work; and only a Premium HDMI Cable bears the anti-counterfeiting sticker to ensure that the manufacturer of the cable really does hold a certificate for that particular product.
>from some random site "explaining" premium HDMI. harharhar what shit, right?
>>52023818
I knew this just because i'm a smart guy, but it's nice for a scientist to explain the actual physics of it all. Thanks.
>>52012332
Perfect except for the fact that performance is non stackable so this faggot will keep replacing hardware every year and losing money in the long term you utter fucking retard
>>52013140
How often do you use your keyboard, and are the comfyness of your fingers worth the money that it costs for your preferred switch?
Not every switch is for everyone, but everyone has their own switch. Try them out at a best buy or something similar and make your decision then. I personally own a Pok3r w/ browns and always on the look out for a cheap Model M. I want some of those buckling springs for home where no one cares about the noise. They're pretty hard to find in europoor though.
tl:dr: Try some out with different switches and get the one you like the best.
>>52023857
What you don't know is that it doesn't really matter. Digital may be 0s and 1s but that's just the transport medium, up further layers we have these things called "packets" and these packets have "error control" which means that if any packet arrives containing corrupted data it gets resent.
So as long as you can minimize interference to a point where resends don't hold up playback, anything further provides no actual improvement.
>>52023981
Bandwidth, hello
>>52023981
Thank you.
>>52024003
If you are only using 6Gbps of the potential 18Gbps what does it matter?
Sure, if you're gunning for 10Gbps across your wired network you want a cable rated for it instead of using Cat6, but then we get down to the interference thing again, once you reduce interference to the point where you are minimizing the resends, then you're good. And you don't need a $10,000 cable to do that.
mechanical meme keyboards
>>52013140
If you need to ask then the answer is no.
>>52024046
I agree that mechanical keyboards (particularly the kind you see posted on /g/ and marketed by such companies as Razer) are a meme. However, the mechanical switch itself is for most people preferable to the membrane switches on most keyboards. To that extent it is not a meme.
>>52024125
your fedora is showing
>>52024125
Mechanical keyboards should not cost $100. I don't see why they're so expensive.
>>52024181
>why is something that requires over 100 complex parts to be soldered together expensive?
That said, ever since the patent expired, you can get a basic one for like 70 bucks.
>>52013355
please get unbirthed
>>52024285
>>why is something that requires over 100 complex parts to be soldered together expensive?
Fuck you can get dumb/smart phones for $20 that are way more complex than a mechanical keyboard.
>>52011315
the future isn't fusion because gpu's will advance just as well as apu's.
apu's are great on paper and shit even in practice if they are given the resources (more shaders, more mhz, more tdp, more system ram bandwidth), but they're not pushing the limits they should be pushing. if AMD really thought fusion of gpu and cpu was the future they wouldn't give a damn about heat in laptops and beef up those APU's.
>>52024333
Learn a bit about digital signals and then come back here and say that poorfag.
>>52024390
it's just efficiency of scale. it's why tesla are releasing the luxury models first, and the normie model after when the batteries are made cheaper by the halo models
>>52024396
The problem is that people parroting things like >>52023818 are applying analog principles to digital, which is just wrong.
Yes, interference can affect the digital transmission, but digital protocols have error control which will ensure only correct data is used. Analog transmissions have no such error control, which is why they required such robust shielding to prevent interference.
>>52016442
Is your PC a toaster?
>>52024474
Seeing as how he's probably running all-AMD hardware, it'll be toasty in there.
>>52024454
the error correction can only correct so much, and introduces a delay. So say you are watching an NFL game; the score might be 2 points out of whack and the game goes for an extra 12mintues due to the shitty hdmi cable you thought could do same thing as a real cable
DLC in video games
they used to call them expansion packs, where were a lot more legit back then
nowadays they make a complete game, then piecemeal it out over the course of a year or two, then sell the complete game for full price once the demand starts to dwindle.
This is the worst with shooters because by the time a new map pack comes out, anybody who skipped out on it will suffer from a major decrease in enjoyment, sometimes to the point of having an unplayable game.
>>52024528
>the error correction can only correct so much
Incorrect, the error correction can correct everything, the packet is not released from the host until the receiver acknowledges it.
>introduces a delay
Correct, but the important factor is how many resends you are getting.
The link should NOT be saturated to keep up with real time playback, it simply isn't required for the amount of data in a 1080i60 + audio connection, which means there is plenty of overhead left to serve resends without delaying playback.
You're far more likely to get errors through your cable/satellite link than through the 2 metre cable between your receiver and TV, considering they are both piss poor connections.
>>52024615
>You're far more likely to get errors through your cable/satellite link than through the 2 metre cable between your receiver and TV, considering they are both piss poor connections.
Yeah well that's a whole other issue of how radio waves have poor sense of direction due to them not having Google Maps yet
beats headphones
antivirus software
>>52024693
i downloaded an iTunesgiftcardgenerator.exe one time and ran it though an online virus scanner. None of them found anything in it.
>>52024712
the things they do flag as viruses are even more embarrassing. nobody in the history of trojan viruses has ever included the name "trojan" in their files
i swear to god that norton is responsible for every trojan its ever found
These in like 60g tubes, it's generally a lifetime supply if you re-apply your paste every week
>>52024750
>re-apply your paste every week
>>52024762
yeah man, gotta happen
>>52024585
>>52016848
>I am upset that you are criticizing the company/brand that I have chosen to artificially represent my personality
>>52026629
Not him, but it's not really criticizing when some random person makes a baseless, negative comment on a product you may enjoy.
On that note however, I do not enjoy apple products.
>>52015169
Even $0 rather. I have like 20+ HDMI cables in my closet and I have no idea how I got them in the first place.
>>52010917
nexus 6p
its predecessors are god tier but now its a big steaming pile of shit
>>52011106
I buy $5 cables
the have:
lifetime warranty with free return shipping
same picture quality
better build quality
color options
saved $1,000
mine 10ft: $4
http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024008&p_id=3993&seq=1&format=2
Comparison:
Perfectly reasonable 60ft: $53
(can get even cheaper but I got lazy with google)
http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=9173
fucking stupid (yours) 60ft: $1,700
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/audioquest-carbon-65-6-hdmi-cable-platinum-white/9892876.p?id=1218202520596&skuId=9892876
>>52016907
I run close enough
>>52010917
4chan pass
>Products made to steal money from the fools
anything that's not food or shelter
oh you're saying that you being happy about your faggot gaming machine is more justified than some retard who feels all warm and fuzzy about Premium Monster Cables in his home theater?
get over yourselves, autistic faggots. people only barely tolerate you as it is.
>>52012332
Jokes on you, I make NO money every year! HA!
>>52026960
>641x481
1 pixel too big. clearly screenshotted your VM and cropped
Bare metal or it doesn't count you fucking faker
>>52027022
that's actually quite a few pixels too big!
>>52024391
APUs are cucked by memory bandwidth and on-die memory is too expensive, hopefully DDR4 might change that.
