[2025-12-19T01:03:24Z] <midfavila> I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE SINGLE LANE GRAPHICS CARDS WITH QUAD OUTPUTS *WHAT*
[2025-12-19T01:03:35Z] <midfavila> that's awesome. i need to find a PCI card if i can that's like that
[2025-12-19T01:09:23Z] <midfavila> god i wish matrox would release the source code for their drivers and stuff for modern cards
[2025-12-19T01:09:34Z] <midfavila> i would buy a matrox card so fast you have no idea
[2025-12-19T01:16:31Z] <midfavila> another really cool thing would be getting one of those old ramdisk cards
[2025-12-19T01:16:42Z] <midfavila> you could fit multiple full KISS installs on one of those ez
[2025-12-19T01:22:17Z] <midfavila> woops i forgot that i-rams are L00K R@RE V1NT4G3!!!!!111111!!!1!!1!!1
[2025-12-19T01:22:26Z] <midfavila> 4gb ramdisk for 500 fuckin bucks 
[2025-12-19T01:22:28Z] <midfavila> gross
[2025-12-19T01:30:30Z] <midfavila> ooh. looks like there's an nvme pcie 3.0 dram card that's reasonably affordable
[2025-12-19T01:30:36Z] <midfavila> radian rms-200
[2025-12-19T01:41:56Z] <elisoli> is there currently any repo with xwayland out there?
[2025-12-19T01:45:31Z] <midfavila> that reminds me who was working on loap here?
[2025-12-19T01:45:40Z] <midfavila> is loap still going to be A Thing:tm:?
[2025-12-19T01:46:25Z] <midfavila> kiedtl it was. they aren't here. aaaaaaaaaaaaa
[2025-12-19T02:30:29Z] <midfavila> oh wow you can get an RMS-200 for 20CAD
[2025-12-19T02:30:32Z] <midfavila> that's pretty cool actually
[2025-12-19T02:30:42Z] <midfavila> i might experiment with putting KISS on it 
[2025-12-19T02:31:13Z] <midfavila> apparently SeaBIOS can boot from NVMe directly and the RMS-200 was put out around the time of linux 2.26 so it should work flawlessly
[2025-12-19T06:04:50Z] <sewn> happy birthday midfavila 
[2025-12-19T07:11:24Z] <midfavila> yes 
[2025-12-19T07:11:35Z] <midfavila> thank you
[2025-12-19T07:11:43Z] <midfavila> i am going to buy one (1) smol cake to celebrate
[2025-12-19T07:11:48Z] <midfavila> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007744237394.html
[2025-12-19T07:11:52Z] <midfavila> also look at this monitor >:O
[2025-12-19T07:11:55Z] <midfavila> 1920x1920
[2025-12-19T07:12:05Z] <midfavila> aliexpress is crazy
[2025-12-19T12:44:03Z] <dery> elisoli hope you read the logs: it's in kiss-xorg
[2025-12-19T12:44:46Z] <dery> it has an "xwayland" directory, with sway and everything pre-configured
[2025-12-19T13:36:48Z] <sad_plan> happy bday midfavila 
[2025-12-19T13:49:35Z] <dery> IT'S GOATE BDAY?
[2025-12-19T14:06:32Z] <sad_plan> correct
[2025-12-19T15:42:49Z] <midfavila> tyvm sad_plan 
[2025-12-19T15:42:58Z] <midfavila> i bought a smol cheesecake to celebrate
[2025-12-19T15:43:22Z] <midfavila> https://www.crowdsupply.com/diptyx/diptyx-e-reader
[2025-12-19T15:43:27Z] <midfavila> woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 120% funded
[2025-12-19T16:15:53Z] <sad_plan> I hope it tastes delicious midfavila 
[2025-12-19T16:28:53Z] <midfavila> s'okay
[2025-12-19T16:28:55Z] <midfavila> it's cheesecake
[2025-12-19T16:30:06Z] <midfavila> btw does anyone here know of a decent passive AM3 cooler?
[2025-12-19T16:31:00Z] <midfavila> silverstone used to make some like fifteen years ago but i can't find any for sale now
[2025-12-19T16:31:29Z] <midfavila> noctua has a *massive* heatsink but it's also like 170CAD and i need two...
[2025-12-19T16:36:18Z] <midfavila> goal is eventually to have my workstation run completely fanless
[2025-12-19T16:37:51Z] <midfavila> maybe run everything fanless who knows
[2025-12-19T16:37:54Z] <midfavila> that would be cool
[2025-12-19T16:51:51Z] <sad_plan> noctua ones has some pretty small ones, which is decent. there is another brand which is similar aswell, but for a cheaper price, but I dont recall the name
[2025-12-19T16:52:11Z] <sad_plan> fanless could be cool, untill you have to recompile all your shit
[2025-12-19T16:52:58Z] <midfavila> nah
[2025-12-19T16:53:07Z] <midfavila> there are high and extreme efficiency variants of bulldozer processors
[2025-12-19T16:53:14Z] <midfavila> 65/35w tdp respectively for 8 cores
[2025-12-19T16:53:26Z] <midfavila> the HE ones can even get reasonable clocks given the age of the chips
[2025-12-19T16:53:38Z] <midfavila> the EE variant is quite slow though. 1.6 to 1.9ghz if i recall.
[2025-12-19T16:53:47Z] <midfavila> it's also insanely expensive?
[2025-12-19T16:54:08Z] <midfavila> in contrast the nicer HE processors are like 30-50CAD apiece 
[2025-12-19T16:55:05Z] <midfavila> also considering most of the stuff i use is itty-bitty-teeny-tiny and i'll be maintaining binaries of things, i'm not terribly concerned 
[2025-12-19T16:56:07Z] <midfavila> http://0x0.st/PsTb.jpg
[2025-12-19T16:56:18Z] <midfavila> go big or go home i say
[2025-12-19T16:56:29Z] <midfavila> this is what FREEDOM looks like
[2025-12-19T16:56:55Z] <midfavila> yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw
[2025-12-19T17:00:43Z] <midfavila> i did find the 'slightly' smaller variant, the 95c, in stock, but... they've become something of a collector's item, so they're just as expensive as noctua's nh-p1 passive cooler, which has superior performance, smaller dimensions, and wider support 
[2025-12-19T17:03:10Z] <midfavila> maybe i'll just cough up the money for the nh-p1 
[2025-12-19T17:04:49Z] <sad_plan> im atleast happy with my noctua fan. iirc, its the lh-9 or w/e its called. terribly small, but fits my also terrbily small case. I dont find them to be too expensive really, even with the noctua *tax*
[2025-12-19T17:06:20Z] <midfavila> two nh-p1s is like 300cad :sob:
[2025-12-19T17:07:01Z] <midfavila> but it's my hobby so i don't mind putting money in to get what i want, so long as everything else is in order
[2025-12-19T17:07:27Z] <midfavila> the setup that was stolen from me, my old 48t xeon machine, had all noctua fans 
[2025-12-19T17:32:24Z] <sad_plan> one is fine, but 2 sounds awefull in price lol
[2025-12-19T17:32:34Z] <sad_plan> I recall that. the one which never got shipped back to you
[2025-12-19T17:34:02Z] <midfavila> yah
[2025-12-19T17:34:15Z] <midfavila> and yeah the heatsinks are like the most expensive part of this fucking build QwQ
[2025-12-19T17:34:42Z] <midfavila> i don't know if that says more about the heatsinks or the rest of the build
[2025-12-19T17:36:58Z] <sad_plan> sounds like your build is on the economic side of things if anything :p
[2025-12-19T17:37:29Z] <midfavila> i mean overall yeah
[2025-12-19T17:37:49Z] <midfavila> motherboard, CPUs, GPU, and memory together came out to under 200CAD
[2025-12-19T17:38:28Z] <midfavila> that's 16 cores, a SFF quad-head quadro, and 64gb of ecc memory
[2025-12-19T17:38:37Z] <midfavila> plus it'll be running libreboot and seabios
[2025-12-19T17:39:30Z] <midfavila> case is like maybe a hundred bucks. same with the PSU. 
[2025-12-19T17:40:26Z] <midfavila> https://streacom.com/products/db4-gpu-cooling-kit
[2025-12-19T17:40:43Z] <midfavila> i bet i could just buy some of the parts from this and bolt a fat chunk of copper or alu on here
[2025-12-19T17:43:31Z] <midfavila> yeah i can use a tap to punch some holes into a conventional heatsink to match up with this thing's mounting bracket and call it a day i bet
[2025-12-19T17:47:00Z] <sad_plan> I wish mine cost as low as that, mine cost more than 10x of that
[2025-12-19T17:47:16Z] <sad_plan> I too want ecc memory, but my mb doesnt support it. maybe next time I suppose
[2025-12-19T17:47:16Z] <midfavila> fortunately older stuff is pretty cheap lol
[2025-12-19T17:47:26Z] <midfavila> my *LAST* workstation was way pricier 
[2025-12-19T17:47:32Z] <sad_plan> yeah, I bought everything new, because Icouldnt find anything I needed used
[2025-12-19T17:47:38Z] <midfavila> rip
[2025-12-19T17:47:47Z] <sad_plan> it was also the new generation of cpu sockets
[2025-12-19T17:47:48Z] <sad_plan> yep
[2025-12-19T17:47:56Z] <midfavila> yeah i never buy new
[2025-12-19T17:48:05Z] <midfavila> nor do i ever buy current-gen stuff
[2025-12-19T17:48:06Z] <sad_plan> i dont regret it though. Im really happy with my new desktop
[2025-12-19T17:48:23Z] <midfavila> the allwinner d1 riscv processor in my handheld is the newest cpu i've ever owned lmao
[2025-12-19T17:48:32Z] <sad_plan> for me it was more on the I could upgrade later, but if I buy current gen, I could not
[2025-12-19T17:48:38Z] <sad_plan> lol
[2025-12-19T17:48:56Z] <midfavila> https://streacom.com/wp-content/uploads/db4-gpu-kit-05.jpg
[2025-12-19T17:49:12Z] <sad_plan> if I bought last gen, I would HAVE to get a new MB and everything if I wanted to upgrade, now I dont need that 
[2025-12-19T17:49:17Z] <midfavila> thinking i could replace the alu bracket for the heatpipes that sits on top of the copper plate with a copper heatsink 
[2025-12-19T17:49:42Z] <midfavila> sad_plan: just never upgrade
[2025-12-19T17:49:43Z] <midfavila> simple as
[2025-12-19T17:50:10Z] <midfavila> i'm going to be using this kcma-d8 as my primary workstation until risc-v's workstaion ecosystem develops more
[2025-12-19T17:50:22Z] <midfavila> the pioneer board is cool but hasn't got enough expansion 
[2025-12-19T17:51:06Z] <sad_plan> well sure, but I have other needs/wants than you do. obivously my usage would be different if I had other kinds of hardware, but I mostly bought it because I wanted to play games again on my pc
[2025-12-19T17:51:15Z] <midfavila> the *plan* is to build an mitx games machine and run it headless with the moonlight gamestream server and then access that using the corresponding sunshine client 
[2025-12-19T17:51:28Z] <midfavila> over a local 2.5gbe link or something
[2025-12-19T17:51:47Z] <midfavila> then i can hook up some VR stuff to the mitx build and call it a day
[2025-12-19T17:53:19Z] <sad_plan> if that works for you I suppose. im not overly keen on VR stuff really. maybe its because ive never tried it
[2025-12-19T17:53:30Z] <midfavila> i won't say VR isn't gimmicky lol
[2025-12-19T17:53:34Z] <midfavila> it's very gimmicky and tacky 
[2025-12-19T17:53:55Z] <midfavila> but i've wanted to get into vrchat for a little while because i'm *lame* and *boring* and *cringe* and so on
[2025-12-19T17:54:19Z] <midfavila> also there are some fun shooters and melee combat games 
[2025-12-19T17:54:33Z] <midfavila> surprisingly good way to get some cardio in tbqh
[2025-12-19T17:55:05Z] <midfavila> esp once you get to higher difficulties and you're jumping all over the place like a moron slamming into walls and shit
[2025-12-19T18:09:22Z] <midfavila> https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Advanced-Thermal-Solutions/ATS-1109-C1-R0?qs=Vxac6xGyzPnQ1HBMlQ7psQ%3D%3D
[2025-12-19T18:09:25Z] <midfavila> found it
[2025-12-19T18:09:28Z] <midfavila> almost perfect dimensions
[2025-12-19T18:09:33Z] <midfavila> for the k1200's pcb
[2025-12-19T18:09:58Z] <midfavila> just need to tap some holes to mount it to the bracket from the other thingie and see if the k1200 will burn out or not
[2025-12-19T18:42:07Z] <sad_plan> nice
[2025-12-19T18:43:22Z] <sad_plan> oh lol, luakit couldnt access mouse.ca. I just got blocked after finished the capcha
[2025-12-19T18:45:30Z] <midfavila> mouser sucks 
[2025-12-19T18:45:38Z] <midfavila> so does digikey tbqh
[2025-12-19T18:45:43Z] <midfavila> i wish radio shack was still a thing
[2025-12-19T18:46:43Z] <midfavila> not that i ever was able to go to one but a radio shack would be cool
[2025-12-19T18:48:33Z] <sad_plan> we dont have that here. neither really
[2025-12-19T18:49:32Z] <sad_plan> our local electronics shop only have basic stuff really
[2025-12-19T18:49:49Z] <sad_plan> you know, like fridges, freezers, washing machines etc
[2025-12-19T18:55:06Z] <sad_plan> kris_: I went and put dayz in my wishlist on steam, and would you look at that. it was already on sale lol
[2025-12-19T19:35:52Z] <midfavila> yeah there aren't many hobby shops any more
[2025-12-19T19:36:08Z] <midfavila> unfortunately that's the end result of declining working-class purchasing power
[2025-12-19T19:37:38Z] <midfavila> lots of places laying people off or cutting wages means less money for retailers, which means less money for industry, which means more layoffs, less consumer spending, less industrial spending, and around and round we go until either the government steps in or the economy spins out
[2025-12-19T19:43:01Z] <sad_plan> sounds about right. i was going to say its also because bigger shops do better than smaller hobby mom/pops shops, which eventually need to shut down due not enough sales
[2025-12-19T19:46:58Z] <midfavila> well, that's just one instance of the same thing
[2025-12-19T19:47:38Z] <midfavila> smaller shops get worse deals because they can't take advantage of economies of scale, leading people who are experiencing wage suppression to shop at larger retailers, which further consolidates markets and exacerbates the problem 
[2025-12-19T19:48:00Z] <midfavila> until eventually you end up with a few major companies in each sector controlling almost the whole sector and basically dictating huge portions of public life
[2025-12-19T19:48:05Z] <midfavila> something something capitalism
[2025-12-19T19:48:08Z] <midfavila> something something
[2025-12-19T19:53:36Z] <sad_plan> yep
[2025-12-19T19:53:58Z] <sad_plan> I find that its always capitilism's fault
[2025-12-19T19:54:02Z] <sad_plan> most of the time anyway
[2025-12-19T19:54:16Z] <midfavila> i mean yeah it's only our current socioeconomic system
[2025-12-19T19:54:40Z] <midfavila> that determines who receives what, when, and why, and the conditions under which people live
[2025-12-19T19:54:53Z] <sad_plan> yeh
[2025-12-19T19:54:57Z] <midfavila> shit's fucked man
[2025-12-19T19:55:01Z] <midfavila> you know what's not fucked though
[2025-12-19T19:55:07Z] <midfavila> getting a 1700$ vacation payout 
[2025-12-19T19:59:25Z] <sad_plan> nice