Daily Chit-Chat: What even is this?

[Raffy98]

I recommend at least a pea-sized dot in the exact center with thermal paste, as when you lie the cooler on top of the CPU, it will spread evenly and not make a mess at all.

Here's an example on how NOT to apply thermal paste:

Spoiler:

That is so uncomfortable to look at. ew

 

[Tsutarja]

Has anybody here crimped their own ethernet cables before? Yeah, it can be a bitch to do such.

 

[Raffy98]

Never did it, but yeah it doesn't sound fun at all. {XD}

 

[colours]

what are ethernet cables

rhetorical question before anyone takes this seriously cause i dONT OWN ANY

 

[Arsenic]

Yes, I have done a few. Of course they look terrible but it worked!

I buy cables for my PC though because Fuck all that work.

 

[Tsutarja]

what are ethernet cables

the thing that connects your router to the modem

(Unless you have a gateway device that is both a modem/router)

 

[colours]

the thing that connects your router to the modem

(Unless you have a gateway device that is both a modem/router)

rhetorical question before anyone takes this seriously

 

[Tsutarja]

rhetorical question with a rhetorical answer :P

 

[Raffy98]

YEAH BOI

 

[TY]

Very noice

2 days ago this was me:

now we have this:

im happy I no longer have to wait 1 year for a download to be done :P

 

[Raffy98]

Very noice

2 days ago this was me:

now we have this:

im happy I no longer have to wait 1 year for a download to be done :P

That's some good stuff, I could have 100 mbps as well but I'd have to pay an extra and also change the modem so probably not gonna do that. {XD}

 

[Tsutarja]

2 days ago this was me:

that upload

 

[TY]

that upload

You don't want to know :P

 

[Raffy98]

This was me almost 3 years ago.

 

[TY]

This was me almost 3 years ago.

Holy hell 2k ping... how does one deal with that

 

[Raffy98]

Holy hell 2k ping... how does one deal with that

The worst part was when I was talking to my friends on TeamSpeak and suddenly... POOF! Gone.

 

[TY]

The worst part was when I was talking to my friends on TeamSpeak and suddenly... POOF! Gone.

I'd be suprised if you did not sound like a robot 90% of the time

 

[Raffy98]

I'd be suprised if you did not sound like a robot 90% of the time

75% packet loss. That's the reason. ;)

 

[Tsutarja]

Huge packet loss is a nice indicator that something is wrong with your ISP's connection somewhere, more-so if it's happening over a wired connection, and if it's happening between you and multiple sites and/or servers.

 

[Tsutarja]

LPT: Turn on your phone's battery saver mode when you are outside all day, or away from home for a very long time. It definitely came in handy when I was at Disney World today.