The Level1 Show June 5th 2024: Junk In The PCI Slot

[@personaldronerepair6141]

38:34 I find it humorous that Ryan is quick to correct others yet when corrected himself his response is.."it doesn't matter". 😜

[@anthonyguerrero4612]

Thank you level1 for helping me be a more informed individual.

[@FrenziedManbeast]

In 2013 I interviewed for a massive credit processing facility that handled all kinds of PII and sensitive data. They wanted a programmer to come help them keep up with the volume of the work. Going through the interview process revealed that there were over a dozen people all using VBScript inside glorified Excel spreadsheet to transform and perform control logic on all of this data. I was mortified beyond belief and asked why they chose that tech stack. The answer was because no one "liked to program", and they also said doing it that way gave them mandatory overtime because the processing takes so much longer to manually run through the sheets. It keeps me awake at night still today...

[@oppy124]

Vbscript was like a brother to me. One time I got stuck in philly and he drove all the way down to get me. 😢

[@QuickNETTech]

What really sucks about the whole KZbin interfering with ad blockers thing is it doesn't care if you have premium, uBO blocks lots of tracking and crap but screw you for using it and also giving KZbin money for premium

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

Sounds like incentive to simply not pay.

[@bluephreakr]

_Just don't pay!_ Every media is free or _close enough_ if you try hard enough, or wit long enough…

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Do any of you remember when Biden told coal miners to “learn to code” in 2019? Yeah... guess he gets a pass on that one too... Peaceful Skies

[@Bob_Smith19]

Brandon doesn’t remember what he had breakfast let alone saying that. It’s just as tone deaf today as it was when he said it.

[@XTCMatrix]

We LOVE Les Stroud in Canada, especially Ontario. He filmed a lot of training videos for the fire fighters and Conservation Authority workers deep in the Canadian wilderness. I wish the Canadian Government would celebrate these legendary people more, rather than try to erase them.

[@Appl_Jax]

Had lunch the other day for a work function where _every_ restaurant around me has a minimum _20_ dollars for a "complete" meal (food thing and a drink). Went to an Asian restaurant and had noodles, a side and a fountain drink. 45 no tip... going out to eat just sucks.

[@Bareego]

the way these buy now lenders make money is not from interest rates, but penalty fees when you don't make your payment

[@QuickNETTech]

And also taking your poor ass to court after you couldn't pay the predatory loan they gave you

[@AcidSugar1414]

@@QuickNETTechonly predatory if you don’t read the terms of the agreement, because after you read the terms it’s your fault for accepting the deal.

[@Bob_Smith19]

@@QuickNETTechyou agreed to the terms. It’s on you if you didn’t abide by them. The reason they exist is because stupid people keep agreeing to the terms.

[@jeverett0902]

@tlv8555All adults are completely equal - that’s a religious truth, of course. Equality includes intelligence, literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking for sure too. Just like every one can learn not to fall for a phishing email; they just need ”training”.

[@the.scarlet_witch.official]

An $18 big mac should be served on a mahogany cutting board with a rose and a glass of champagne 😅 maybe just maybe fast food becoming super expensive will bring about a food rennaissance with more home cookin' 😊 Wait what, a five slot card that weighs how much?? 😮

[@goglu2]

Demolition Man - Taco Bell :D

[@schtive81]

I swear, the 1993 Stallone movie: Demolition Man is coming true. The movie was set in a faulty futuristic Utopian society where the fast food joints become fine dining establishments.

[@timramich]

With people finding out their degrees are useless, and having been taught zero other skills, fast food is THE market that's left for jobs. So they DEMAND! that they be paid a full-time wage to support an adult, from an occupation that was largely meant for teenagers to have some cash and learn to work, and for retirees to supplement their piss-poor social security on a part-time basis. The fault is also that they have to keep printing money to keep the sham going, as well as huge corporations buying all housing and the prices multiplying in a few years time.

[@altimmons]

I mean it’s literally a situation where I can get smash burger or similar for only a dollar or so more than McDonald’s. So why bother. The only time I spring for fast food( like twice a year) is if it’s like after 9pm

[@Bob_Smith19]

You are at Five Guys price levels if it’s $18. Best fast food burger and I’ve had them all. There is zero reason to pay for trash fast food. Their cost is equivalent to diners at this point.

[@TheySeeMeTrollen]

"Down from 400 employees to 150" I feel sorry for that 1 guy with 149 managers.

[@urmensch12]

I hope everyone got their ticket for the engagement Train.

[@the.scarlet_witch.official]

I ate my ticket, but its their fault for handing out cookies and i always clear my cookies! 😊 #engagement for the 'Rithm

[@Azerkeux]

That 'rithm got my 'tism goin 'choo choo'

[@GoobyFRS]

CHOO CHOO!

[@3isr3g3n]

I failed my first bachelors thesis, i tried to make a prototype keyboard to type with your eyes / gaze. How your senses react to VR is very complicated, but the "vomit comet" generally comes from a few things: Seasickness from percieving movement with your eyes while sitting / standing still, wrong IPD, not having eye correction or your senses being generally overwhelmed.

[@transcendtient]

Look, fast food isn't a luxury. It's just GARBAGE. Poorly prepared, no quality control, add onto that it's 40% more expensive now, and I just feel dumb spending money on fast food. Now I spend money on better quality food less often and am much happier with my choices when eating out.

[@mmuller2402]

Yes agree But since when does McD doesn't have quality control? It's the only saving piece, tastes everywhere the same and is at least "clean" 😂

[@auturgicflosculator2183]

26:40 From experience asking a lot of different people that kind of question, a few factors you didn't mention... 1) Some people only enjoy playing a game if they win. 2) Some people play games purely as an escape from a stressful life, and want the game to be stress-free, with no challenges. 3) Some people seek to dominate others, and they'll take whatever edge they can get. 4) A LOT of people are intoxicated at any given moment, with lowered inhibitions, and habitual purchasing of cheats(or whatever else) becomes part of their cycle of addiction.

[@michaelfairchild]

Just admit that Wendell got a secret family in Taiwan 🤣

[@hunterd2467]

Yea its steve

[@michaelfairchild]

@@hunterd2467 Well, could have been worse.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Wendell having a secret family is one of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever read.

[@T3hderk87]

Kinship. He might not have asked for it, but Steve got it anyways.

[@michaelandrews4783]

That would explain his midnight sweats, terrifed of being found out to be a big Asian Daddy Man

[@Maxjoker98]

22:16 I think I have the same (probably intentionally unfixed) bug as Ryan in Chrome-based browsers. The first tab displayed in the first window after a fresh launch does not seem to have uBlock origin working.

[@hardwire666too]

My doctor really gets P.O.'ed when I get junk in my PCI slot.

[@Terran.Marine.2]

Lol

[@LuisYomba]

..guess I miss the "Junk In The PCI Slot" chapter ?

[@michaeltempsch5282]

9:12 to 10:00 ?

[@LuisYomba]

@@michaeltempsch5282 , thanks :)

[@TheSlowDude]

Loving your way to give me the News. Thanks again

[@RISCGames]

Another awesome show, see you guys Friday!

[@culturedcritters]

The use for AR is navigation. I said what I said.

[@shapesinaframe]

36:39 its gonna come undone when people start getting pinged for logging in for over 100 years

[@kloroformd]

On the Samsung thing, they're using PTO for a strike? Pfft, jobs around here would deny the PTO due to shifts being unable to be covered and give everyone a corrective action, plus 25% bonus penalty as attendance issues per quarter = -25%.

[@The1Elcil]

I could have sworn my ICQ stopped working a decade + ago which is why I stopped using it

[@RiceNoodlestw]

i saw wendel on the show floor today. as was written. lisan al gaib.

[@cracklingice]

Go into the settings and update the filters then refresh the page. You don't need to restart the whole browser.

[@NANA.PANPAN]

17:44 it's Mr Meeseeks, existence is pain

[@xryz]

Darien, Connecticut is where the $18 big mac is.

[@elchicovip01]

My hyundai Ioniq hybrid can go 625 miles on 11 galons. If you put 22 galons, then 1250 miles. Checks out. The reality ia that you will stop at 300 to 600 miles to rest and pump gas every 1.5 months.

[@polyesterbebe]

Another awesome show

[@xaxfixho]

Why doesn't Twitter have a video only app like twitch, apple tv, netflix.streaming the people I follow without ads

[@bluephreakr]

_Ooooh boy_ I can't wit for every "Headless Apple laptop" video to become re-branded as a "Homebrew 'Spacetop'" video.

[@wertacus]

As a star citizen evangelist, I have contributed greatly to their (financial) success. 😂 I just wanna fly space ships and move boxes

[@cbluebeard]

They need to either bring back horizontal computer cases, or make gpu's external.

[@altimmons]

Yea just make it like a power supply or something. Have a large box area it sits in. Or slot onto the outside.

[@mmuller2402]

Why not flex cable 5cm and two pcb 5mm spaced appart with components on the outside, cooler design as Sandwich-fins... Could be screwed with a metall lip and 3 holes to the standard pci-slotcover holder...

[@Stoomhamer]

You are the new saints... being an influence on the way people think are make deductions. Ever wondered that if your vieuwers would read an article themselves how they would be their own reaction. Before seeing your post. Food for thought.😉

[@peacemaker9807]

When 7 days to die finally leaves beta you know it's been a while. Start citizen... Never leave

[@WolfsFriend42]

And it's no fluke-according to one report, the most expensive Big Mac in the world now lies in none other than the United States. It's in Darien, Connecticut, to be exact, where the aforementioned photo was taken.

[@KaosArbitrium]

"Now announcing Saint Facebook!" Woe be unto us all.

[@rmo9808]

Saw a couple cyber trucks on the roads around me. They look as ridiculous as I thought they would.

[@dakoderii4221]

Long live Rumble. Screw Google. It's going down, down, down...Bon Voyage!

[@hunterd2467]

Yea wendell in having a long engagement with steve lol. Steve and wendell look like the perfect gay couple “ its not accurate but its correct “ 😂😂

[@stephenreaves3205]

28:50 deprecation != depreciation

[@Scrub_Ghost]

Star Citizen isn't making a game, their building a game engine.

[@mattfoster]

Hefty is a better word than plump

[@ac.creations]

The bots are as always; wild.

[@schtive81]

@29:07 we're living in a strange time when Apple is one of the most 'pro human' tech companies out their, given that they haven't really jumped on board with AI yet. Of course you 'guys' explained why, due to hardware constraints.

[@wwShadow7]

R.I.P. I Love You... Written in VBScript.

[@AtomicGoober]

Saint of the Algorithms, works for me.

[@SolaAesir]

The thing about Star Citizen is that there's already a game live (playable alpha that's actually playable) and it's the people playing it now and enjoying it who are spending money supporting it. It's not like there's a huge group of people out there twiddling their thumbs just waiting for a release date before they'll get to enjoy what they paid for. The thing is that Cloud Imperium Games hasn't really spent any money on marketing and basically told gaming news sites that they were worthless, refusing to give them any exclusives or additional access, so games media just write constant hit pieces that leave out a lot of context and necessary info or just outright lie. SC has several weeks a year where it goes free to play for in game events where that and word of mouth are their only real marketing to grow the player base. The community is pretty adamant with people that they should only buy the game or otherwise support it if they enjoy what's in the game and like playing it as it is right now. They're still growing the number of players as well as their funding levels hand over fist, which should tell you something. One of the big things game media completely leaves out of context is that Star Citizen isn't one game, it's two. The one people think about is an MMO-ish game that was a stretch goal from the initial kickstarter, the other is Squadron 42 which is a single player narrative-driven game with a shared code base. The multiplayer universe has taken a back seat to getting the single player game out the door since just before the pandemic, and is now feature complete and expected to have a release date announced this October based on some things devs have let slip when doing interviews (e.g. saying they expect a ship to be in game sometime next year when it's being held until SQ42 releases). You guys should just give it a try on stream like you did BG3 during the next free to play week rather than furthering game media's mafia-like protection racket in the industry. "Sure would be a shame if something happened to your reputation with potential customers, might be we could help you out with that if you made it worth our while."

[@Ghennesph]

Saint of lost causes We were lost before she started

[@theIEndYOU]

Based on the title I'm going to assume there's an unhinged story about someone trying to fuck their computer a la American Pie.

[@Fatspurios]

Engaged. Be well.

[@DonMacKenzie1]

Am I the only one that thinks Krista or Ryan coverage from Computex would be World Changing?

[@ethanwetzel7]

Purchasing one ticket for the engagement train 🚂

[@Ben-ce6vv]

The matrix they gonna use your brain when you're sleeping to make AI corn

[@finarfin9939]

BYD: Our new hybrid car can go 1250 miles without refuelling or charging. Me: i bet its actually km rather than miles. Toyota: ummmm...guys, we exist.

[@markm0000]

lol I’ve talked with a guy that works at Lucid. I wonder if he got canned.

[@GainingDespair]

I'm not worried about data center power .. look at their fresh water usage. Than compare that to their power usage, most power plants consume something 7-8 litres of fresh water per kilowatt generated for cooling. Data centers use a large chunk of our available fresh water yearly.

[@Bob_Smith19]

They are moving away from water usage in general. The racks will e water cooled but that’s closed loop. There is new tech that is initial roll out that gets rid of water usage for cooling the air. And you should be worried about the power usage. They are capping out entire areas. I work in the industry. There’s a reason they keep moving locations. They cap out an area and move on. Average is 9 megawatts per building and they build multiple buildings per site.

[@nagi603]

35:18 rather: the other way around. $ has a big say in what gov does, and acquisition is what they wanted.

[@thehiddenplace]

Imagine computer becoming a job title. If you do cloud computing, your computers could just do 8 hour shifts and all they'd have to do is lie down and not think too hard.

[@我的家-j4b]

36:30 Put the steam in your will in a password manager so it's legal _and_ convenient

[@mjmeans7983]

Concerning tablet competitor to iPad... I will never again be interested in a walled garden (or even partially walled garden) tablet. If it's not a completely open product where any customer can make custom software for it without the need to involve the manufacturer of the platform or its components in any way after the initial purchase, I'm out. The platform needs to be essentially usable and repurpose-able for as long as the chips and capacitors last, and not become e-waste, regardless of whether the manufacturer goes out of business or decides to no longer support it.

[@YouTubeDoxedMyRealName]

Twitch Ambassadors are personal leasons to big enough streamers. This actually makes some sense because the ambassadors are responsible for instructing streamers what is acceptable to begin with and understand a streamers content and community better than any council because they spend a lot more time observing a streamers content. Its easy to drop in on many streams and assume they should get banned with no context to whats going on.

[@MaconMedia]

Ha! My Steam password (along with passwords to a loot of other stuff) is part of my estate and will be passed on after I pass on.

[@ConnerBurns]

18:15 lol big bang theory did an episode on this kinda thing

[@johntang9173]

Yes Korean tends to do it that way like all people go take a day leave so they don't violate the company rules

[@stevenhughes1254]

that scene from the Matrix = brain compute

[@dunastrig1889]

Woot!

[@redwingblackbird8306]

58 kg? 127lbs? Do they mean 5.8kg?

[@bolinar6434]

Star Citizen is like candy what wil not be released never because it make better money "on" beeing development and gain very little all the time.

[@wertacus]

I'd probably have an easier time reading this in your native language. What?

[@jonahhekmatyar]

Lol, as an avid star citizen fan I can tell you, it's +2 years away (maybe the single player will come out next year 🥲)

[@2000jago]

A saint that cured other people's blood disease, dies of leukemia? 🤔 Couldn't cure himself first? Think how many more he could have helped if he did. One has to wonder if he's doing Gods work, why is God in such a hurry to recall him?

[@Dantes38]

The figure for electricity usage by data centres is shocking. Especially when the primary driver of AI, like everything else, is maximising profits. If carbon capture and storage is ever actually made to work, you just know it will be by some small team using a plump accelerator.

[@Bob_Smith19]

9 megawatts per building is the industry average. It’s increasing due to AI. They are capping out entire areas. There is no way to charge the electric cars that are being forced on everyone.

[@Whalerguy]

I love bucees

[@auroragoose3414]

"A victim of tree"

[@schtive81]

@ 17:41: So if brains can be grown biologically in a jar and be used as CPU's... does this mean, it would be possible to get brain surgery and attach a e bio CPU to a persons' cerebral cortex to enhance mental processing ability? Like an alternative to neuralink? Maybe it could help people with Alzheimers?

[@GLAJMAN]

Time to get more depressed!

[@MikeBob2023]

29:07 Call me paranoid but I don't trust *anything* that's cloud-based. 🚫 Happy hump day! 🐪 👍🏼

[@T3hderk87]

Yep, can confirm skipping even with ublockorigin

[@brunosardine1]

i am really looking forward to Alpha Motors bringing their electric pickup trucks into production, if they actually follow through with making a cheap EV pickup itll be huge

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

KZbin is pure garbage now. I hadn’t updated the hacked mobile app I was using for years and had to update it. now the suggestions are useless, it’s all shorts and short content. They don’t even give the customer what they want lmao

[@Bob_Smith19]

My favorite is videos for subscribe channels show up hours to days/weeks after released. Routinely have to go back a few days to see videos for the first Ike because they simply can’t have it populate in the feed like it should.

[@Norman_Fleming]

There is a reason I don't ask AI "interesting" questions.

[@scruffy3121]

There are Microsoft gpus?

[@quintit]

the new chrome is so ugly, currently a flag workaround but theyre totally gonna remove it

[@M3PH11]

9:36 a gpu that weighs as much as an 8 year old...... How! why! like really WHY!!!!!!!

[@shambleslongplay3566]

wth is a MicroSoft GPU.

[@sambojones8681]

9% power by 2030, Electric vehicle charges should be over 60% if we are to meet mandates. I wonder how much data center workload could be off loaded to electric cars computation when they are off line and just charging?

[@mmuller2402]

Just think about 10.000 weak apus in some tesla 😂 just not worth it?

[@walterstarr1588]

Ryan is into farm sims? I am into Farming Simu,ator 22.

[@TParekowhai]

The Toyota Hydrogen combustion engine is great (as just about as powerful as petrol engine) but even better is their Ammonia combustion engine EV's are to energy extensive to produce and repair. When Toyota can adapt / reuse old car.

[@Bob_Smith19]

The Achilles heel of Toyota’s hydrogen vehicles is refueling. The stations are routinely down. The transfer from the large storage tank to the one that fuels your car is not fast. This leads to constant issues for the end user. It’s worse than public EV charging.

[@ABUNDANCEandBEYONDATHLETE]

Come back soon Wendell

[@Biskawow]

Naturally, i make an engagement comment

[@NativeFlorida]

Cheats are used by a lot of YT gaming reviewers and players so they can get to end game as quick as possible so they can in turn put out a review (hopefully) before others to get the clicks, views, and whatnot. So money and traffic is one potential use for using cheats, just so you know.

[@Davidsquirl]

Book suggestion: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller. The author converted to Catholicism after his experiences in WWII. The Liebowitz Abby stands for three hundred years after a nuclear holocaust with the mission of saving knowledge until humanity wants it again. They also work to have their founder declared a saint. He becomes known as the patron saint of computer technicians.

[@jonnycoutinho]

#8

[@bellshooter]

What is with the anti EV crap? Nobody that has an EV gets 'anxiety' or sits at chargers for hours, or runs out of power. A modern EV has 250-350 miles of range and you spend maybe 30 seconds plugging then go sleep or shop or eat. And EV sales have been increasing year on year, with a 95% retention for future EV purchase.

[@wertacus]

Yeah, its not really different than an ice vehicle. If you drive the full 200+ mile range and need to refuel for more distance, a supercharger will get you going before you can stretch your legs and take a pee.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Bold of you to assume “no one”.

[@bellshooter]

@@Bob_Smith19 that's 'no-one that HAS an EV'

[@ksln]

\o/

[@robertjaneczek]

Podróba świnki Pepy😂

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

i believe the young catholic person would be the saint of good vibes in this day and age.

[@ProteusWasTaken]

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