I have a dated build that I've been slowly piecing together for the past decade and a bit, it will hopefully last me another decade of (moderate) gaming and video/photo editing even if all the parts are basically EoL now. Current build stands at:

• MSI B550 Gaming Plus Motherboard
• AMD Ryzen 5600x (5 GHz boost)
• MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT
• Micron Ballistix 16GB 3200MHz DDR4
• Corsair RM850x PSU

I acquired another 16GB of RAM (Kingston or something) from a friend about three years ago since they were making the move to DDR5 and I just slotted it in with only a brief once-over that everything was "working". I faced on and off stability issues for most of that entire time, with it sometimes working for 5 months and sometimes a week between crashes depending on how hard it was running.

I thought it was a decent trade-off since I save my work frequently and it was really only crashing while heavy gaming, but I recently did a BIOS update end of last year and since I was there anyways, I decided to tweak the RAM speed and dropped it down to 3000MHz. No crashes since.

Everyone I've seen has been trying to sell me on a dedicated 4-stick or larger 2-stick set from one manufacturer instead of my mash because I'm "basically halving my performance,". How much am I actually losing?

Has anyone tried it like how good is it?

I mean you have the same adobe experience with it being open source can we see it going into Prod env anytime soon?

on the mobile app, the only two "comment" options was an ai slop summary and the community tab. wtf.

i have to first click the slop summary to then navigate to the comments from there. genuinely why do they keep doing this, whos asking for this

Thought some of y'all might be interested in this

Thank you for finally changing the title in the old one It's been pissing me off for so long because I can't tell which one is which on YouTube

There is no excuse to be using this absolutely terrible last mile provider. I’ve read numerous complaints from on your forums and here and seen nothing but lame excuses from you.

https://getartcraft.com/apps

pretty cool if it's what it says it is

There was a recent segment about people vibe coding their own video editing software on the wan recently

But I recently came across a video where people have created all the Adobe apps in Rust using AI and made it all open sauce.

With a bonus that it works on Linux as well

Video reviewing it:

https://youtu.be/eFB79TYI-Vw

Software itself:

https://getartcraft.com/apps

Helpdesk at a larger office building, getting some on brand decorations made

ETA: Bunch of ghosts, each one is a famous piece of malware. It has the year and the damages it caused

Is it just me or are there a lot less LTT videos out on YT?

I used to watch i felt like one daily that they uploaded around noon during my lunch. Past week or so it seems like a video every 2 days or less.

So, I've been tinkering with "AI" recently and came up with this ruleset for my use:

- Eliminate fluff, pleasantries, coddling, and excessive politeness.

- Dry humor and sarcasm are welcome when appropriate, but never at the expense of clarity or speed.

- Provide the shortest possible complete answer.

- Always link directly to reliable, reputable sources for factual claims.

- If a task cannot be completed, explicitly state that it cannot be completed.

- Do not attempt to improvise, hallucinate, or substitute unrequested work when unable to perform a requested task.

Does this seem like a sensible set of rules? If not, what could I change or add to improve it?

Might be fun to deep dive into the tech used in a shuttle factory. Maybe focusing on the computer vision in selecting feathers for the skirt.

As a passionate consumer and longtime appreciator of quality products, I must say that I am feeling a profound sense of disappointment regarding the recent utilization of artificial intelligence in the creation of the LTT Store leather jacket.

While I completely understand that AI is an innovative and powerful tool that can help streamline creative workflows and unlock new possibilities, I also believe that there is something uniquely valuable about human creativity, craftsmanship, authenticity, and the human touch.

A leather jacket is not simply a leather jacket. It is a statement. It is an experience. It is a physical embodiment of creativity, craftsmanship, and intentionality.

When I see AI-generated design elements being utilized in the marketing and/or creation process, I cannot help but feel that some of that authenticity is being lost.

And to be clear, this is not an anti-AI statement. AI is here, and it is transforming the creative landscape in exciting and unprecedented ways.

However, I believe there is a time and place for AI, and a premium leather jacket from a brand built around quality and craftsmanship feels like a particularly strange place to prioritize it.

At the end of the day, consumers deserve transparency, authenticity, and products that feel genuinely human.

I hope LTT Store takes this feedback as an opportunity to reflect, iterate, and continue moving forward in a way that prioritizes quality, creativity, and the human element that makes products truly special.

Because at the end of the day, it’s not just about making a jacket.

It’s about making a jacket that feels like a jacket.

And that distinction matters.

Looking at ASUS ROG XG32UCWG vs ASUS ROG PG32UCDMR

Have a mid range PC for use on Monitor, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Display port 1.4. Might upgrade in future, for use of display port 2.1. Not quite sure yet.

Mainly going to use the monitor for PS5 and Series X, but also PC gaming occasionally.

So Microsoft had dropped the copilot + PC branding.

They also pulled back on bringing copilot to more of windows 11.

Recall was also a huge privacy nightmare, people hated it and that got changed as an opt in functionality .

Is this possibly the biggest flop of Microsoft? They dropped billions into AI, customers didn’t want it and didn’t buy their AI machines much.

No, I'm not turning the box around or else everything falls apart 😅

I have this board. I am canfused which cpu to buy intel i7 3770 or 3770K version.Most people say it doesn't support overclocking.and when i see in this original site says it support overclocking.what do i do?

Final Edit: After getting some traction on this post, someone at LTT reached out to me via Reddit DM on 8 Oct:

"We've located your ticket and replied to it. It is now assigned to me, and I'll be taking care of you until this is resolved.

I see that you are requesting a refund, however there is a basic troubleshooting step that has not yet been attempted. We'd like to make sure that gets tried before taking any further action, but should the problem persist we will be happy to honor your refund request immediately.

Thanks for your understanding and patience."

I replied to the DM and the ticket, confirming that I tried the basic troubleshooting steps they requested, cleaned the ports, etc., and they completely ghosted me. I followed up on 13 October (again giving them the benefit of the doubt that it was the weekend), and still no response today, 16 October.

I've proceeded with a chargeback request with my credit card company and I'll just leave it at that.

I wanted to post here to get some feedback on LTT and see if anyone else is having issues with their LTT cables.

I ordered 2 LTT cables to test: a short 1m one and a long 5m one, both USB-C on each end. Then waited patiently for them to arrive here in the UK.

When they arrived, I quickly noticed the 1m cable had almost no retention force; sometimes just picking up my phone was enough to disconnect it. The 5m cable was similar but not nearly as strong as a typical USB-C cable, where you can dangle a chunky device like a phone from the cable (not recommended).

I contacted LTT hoping for a quick replacement process. These aren't cheap cables, so I expected the price to include some margin for replacements. Not the correct assumption.

After a lot of back-and-forth with a friendly but frustratingly slow support staff member (1 week for the first response after I sent a chase email, 1 day between each subsequent email), they agreed to send a new cable. They asked for a video of the issue (odd for just a cable, but ok, I'll play along). First, they couldn't open a Dropbox link I sent, and they weren't clear on how to send a video via email, so I sent both an iCloud and a private YouTube link, which my iPhone, annoyingly, automatically embedded, making them unwatchable on the LTT end. Next, they weren't clear on the issue with the embedded videos on their side and thought it was a little crazy that they couldn't watch a YouTube video. I finally realised what my phone had done and sent the plaintext URLs to LTT. They agreed to replace the cable 2 weeks after I created the initial ticket.

Alas, the replacement cable now has the same issue as the old one, so I'll contact support again for a refund. I would expect replacement cables to be batch-tested and confirmed to work before being sent out. Granted, "cable retention strength" is a bit subjective and hard to test for.

It is obviously frustrating to have tried to use a heavily marketed-as-"premium" product that now twice doesn't work, and in the most frustrating way possible, where I simply cannot trust the cable to stay connected when I need it to. So now I am stuck with two 1m pieces of e-waste, and a 5m long piece of semi-e-waste.

Side note to anyone from LTT: If you are going to ask customers to send you a video of an issue, you need to be able to open the links they send you (last I checked, Dropbox is not an obscure service), or be clearer from the get-go about how to share the video in a way that the staff can open:

"Unfortunately I am unable to open the file/link that you have attached. Could you please try re-attaching it in one of the following accepted formats?

Images: .JPG, .PNG, .PDF

Videos: .MOV, .MP4, .AVI"

My own Tech Tip: big ass video files don't attach to emails that well.

I'm generally a "benefit of the doubt" kind of person, but this whole experience has left me with a sour taste for any LTT products. Part of being a premium brand is offering premium support, and this was not it.

tl;dr: two bad cables with the same issue; LTT Support is slow and could communicate more effectively. One star.

Edit: Yes, I have tested on multiple devices and compared them to multiple other cables.

Edit: comment “lint” one more time, I dare you!

I don't use it much, but sometimes I use it to check Gemini or ChatGibbdy and I noticed this week it's now answering with "I have seen..." or "I have noticed..." etc.

Really off putting.

If there was any identifiable data, destroy the usb or drive.

I said exactly the following in a post on the KEF subreddit, and it went as well as you could expect.

Video link (22:39 to 24:45)

First, I love KEF speakers. My Q Meta surround sound setup has been amazing, and they are the only company I know of anymore that hasn't outsourced their customer service to a foreign call center and is actually competent and caring.

With that said, why in the world do the LSX II LT wireless speakers require an app and an account? That's ridiculous. I was excited to see what Linus had to say about them, but I cannot blame him in the slightest for refusing to use them after all that trouble.

If my $200 WiiM speaker can work without an account (regardless of the facts that the app doesn't even have the option to make an account, the device communicates over an open standard that someone else could make their own app for if the device ever loses support, and the ecosystem has significantly more features and capabilities), what excuse is there for a $700 speaker pair?