“NaCl” pronounced like “Tackle” or “Salt” or just “Knight”
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I build PCs, Arcade Sticks, and Xbox Controllers.

I’m a lot of things. FGC member. Fantasy & Martial Arts Fiction Writer. Martial Artist. Mechanical Engineer. Friendly MF. Socialist. Christian. Designated extrovert and friendly jackass. Stubborn MF. Gamer, especially fighting games.

Rap, post hardore, anime, cartoons, comics.

Let’s get it.

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  • Because swearing was strictly forbidden in my household and i picked it up in late high school and early college partially as an act of defiance.

    I made friends also more interested in content and quality of thought than on politeness and that was dope AF.

    Now it’s part of my lexicon, just a casual turn of phrase.

    “Ay yo, that shit is fire” conveys the same sentiment as “Wow! That’s really cool.”

    I’m a mechanical engineer and a writer. Words are words. They have meanings and those meanings change over time and with context/audience.

    People who don’t ever swear feel repressed to me. It’s a weird vibe. Not a fan.


  • Depends on your use case. If you like the content or communities that exist here, then obviously stay. Lemmy/Kbin/Mbin feel fairly stable about what communities exist and which get actual traffic, so make your decision based on your interests and interactions, as well your beliefs.

    I’m on Reddit way more often than I’m on here cause my favorite subreddits don’t exist here in any capacity oe have minimal activity



  • Damn, that’s fucking awful. What female-centric communities existed? I know what ones my wife follows on Reddit but not their analogues here

    Edit: Nevermind. The Reddit communities i found with analogues here are dead AF. Even the big pooular stereotypical topics like Fashion, cooking, weight loss, wedding planning, cozy games, skincare, hair styles, TV shows, romance books, dating, are all dead here.

    Goddam, Lemmy users literally scared all the women away.

    A real life example of “Stop scaring the hoes”

    I am increasingly unable to take this place seriously.



  • The RDNA 2 vs Ampere generation featured the 6900 XT vs the 3090 in a really competitive showdown.

    The RDNA 3 vs Ada generation sees AMD compete really strongly everywhere except the very very top. The 7900 XTX is cheaper and faster at raster than the 4080 and 4080 Ti in most cases (with worse efficiency and RT), for instance. You can make a competitive argument for either company at each pricing segment except Nvidia below $200 and AMD at the very very top.

    That’s a farrrr cry from “the 8700 XT competes with the 5070, but past that there’s no AMD card”

    It’s reminiscent of the RDNA 1 vs Turing, where the 6700 XT and 2070 were competitive but AMD had no answer for the 2080, let alone the 2080 Ti, except this time it’ll be more obvious since they’ll be a 5090 as well.






  • Hell yeah. Finally some gaming news i care about.

    If you listen closely you can hear every Ryu main preparing to drop him like a hit rock. We’ll see if Ken and Luke mains persevere

    He looks scary enough but I’m curious how he’ll end up feeling to fight against as a Marisa main.

    They appear to have nailed the vibe/aesthetic though. That new Raging Demon looks excellent.









  • Do you have an upgrade budget?
    With a 4790k You’re looking at PCIe 3.0,

    a Radeon RX 6600, 6650 XT, or 7600 are all good 8GB VRAM cards for under $250 that will last for a long time at 1080p.

    VRAM concerns really only occur at higher resolutions, so for you any modern card (2022 or newer) will be a massive upgrade. The 6600 can be had for $180 these days

    But even you’re not planning to upgrade CPU right now, i would just buy the best GPU you can fit in your budget, and do worry about bottlenecks. One day you’ll upgrade CPU/MB/RAM and the GPU will fit right in.


  • For a case? I’ve had a fantastic time with my Hyte Revolt 3 It’s ITX, fits 240 AIOs and water cooling easily and even custom loops if you’re careful about part choice.

    It comes with a sturdy carrying handle, is easy to build in, and has been rugged enough to through into a (hard shell) carry-on bag and take with me on work trips.

    For CPU choice, why Intel over AMD? The AMD chips usually have lower TDPs. In your case, because you’re looking for max single core instead of max multi core, you can look at second tier chips like Ryzen 7800 or Intel 14700 which usually pair 95% of the core speed with 70% of the heat and 70% of the cores. Undervolting is also an option, and AMD makes that easier.

    As far as CPU wattage and heat, there’s always some kind of tradeoff. It’ll be audible but with the right cooler and CPU you can keep it manageable