Wobbly One Of Myriads @wobblewuffess@awoo.space

@kistaro Yeah that would definitely be helpful.. oof.. I didn't realize the 960m had fallen that far behind.
On the subject of display out.. thankfully USB-C has become pretty standard on anything made in the last year. I wish more manufacturers would use display port or mini display port over HDMI.

@kistaro That is completely fair. I wasn't willing to throw down for a RTX serious card but I have a gaming rig that is still cutting it for the most part for now. (Though I really want to move to 2k @ 144hz eventually.. since I love my aging 2k Dell Ultrasharp.. but 60hz has been.. frustrating in some of the things I play with friends.. but that would require a full rebuild most likely and that is probably not in my budget until next year.)

Looks like the GS75 uses a different keyboard so hopefully you don't have the same issues I had with the G65.

On trackpads.. I've definitely been spoiled.. the razerblade 14" used for 5 years had the best trackpad I've ever used on Windows only machine prior to the razerblade 15". Which is almost as good as the 2017 MBP work issued me and miles better than my bootcamped 2008 MBP that I used for years prior to buying the razerblade 14" in 2014

@kistaro But the razerblade advanced 15" was literally everything I was looking for in a laptop.. at a fairly reasonable price (1400 USD)

The MSI GS65 Stealth Thin was perfect on paper but they skimped on the trackpad and keyboard and that killed it for me.

@kistaro Supposedly some of the older 10 series Max-Q units had some QC issues and coil whine.. mine doesn't.

Other than the fan controller and the finish (mine got scratched up in my bag by the charging plug.. but I'm probably going to skin it anyway to get rid of the glowing logo) I can't find anything I don't like about it after a month. Which is surprising because after how my 14" blade died I had pretty much sworn razer off for ever.

@kistaro And unlike my original razerblade 14" from 2014.. opening the it up does not void the warranty.. and the ram is swapable, fans replaceable and SSD serviceable. In fact none off the components are soldered to the mobo except the stuff that is build into it (GPU, wireless etc)

So it is extremely serviceable.. the battery is easily replaceable* (razer does not sell them but it is a more standard cell arrangement and easy to buy 3rd party compared to their older offerings)

@kistaro Manual fan control lets you set the fans between 4k and 5k (max) rpm.. no lower.

The lighting controller for Synapse loses all of its settings if the laptop goes to sleep. (So things like disabling the glowing logo.. have to turn on.. and off again to get it to stay off)

But.. it has a fantastic keyboard, amazing trackpad.. like just as good as the macbook pro I use for work stuff. I do wish it had a dedicated ethernet port like the GS65 (which is somehow lighter and thinner)

@kistaro Cards right now..

So thoughts after a month of owning my current blade 15"

I love everything about except the fan management. It is fucking terrible. MSI came out of the box with amazing fan management, overclocking, downclocking and hardware control software.

By comparision Synapse is terri-bad. Especially since it does not let you set fan profiles. The automatic fan control lets the laptop get very warm before turning them to max rpm until cool and then shutting them down..

@kistaro

The long term reviews were surprisingly positive that I could dig up aside from some very specific issues with windows trying to install the wrong wireless drivers (Which I experienced after the doing a rollup update)

Two weeks ago I started having random gpu related BSODs and crashes. I was in the process of RMAing the unit when the support tech suggested I roll my drivers back to pre 4.17 with DDU and suddenly the crashing stopped. Apparently this a problem with all of the MAX-Q

@kistaro
I bought the MSI G65 and loved everything about it except the keyboard and trackpad... two weeks in I was still making typos I couldn't explain, the keys would rapidly stop accepting input until I clicked back into a window and the trackpad was... infuriating. After two weeks I accepted I wasn't going to adapt or work around those problems. Otherwise it is a brilliant laptop.

I started the return on it and bought a late 2018 razerblade advanced 15"

tbc..

@kistaro I loved my 2n gen razerblade 14" for the first 3 years I owned it, then the battery died and I couldn't find a replacement.. then one fan died and finally a month and half ago the second died.

I had been doing research and shopping around, settled originally on either a Max-Q 1060 MSI G65 Stealth Thin or reluctantly a Razerblade 15" Advanced with Max-Q 1060 .

Asus's offerings were kinda lacking, expensive or had a numpad on a 15" laptop (ewww for me).

tbc..

@kistaro Ugh.. :(

I had to deal with Max Q razerblade being murdered by latest Nvida drivers.

OMG fucking gods... these lamb seekh kababs are amazing... with a red-brown hot curry gravy like sauce, carmelized onions and bellpeppers with some grilled lime slices.

Just spicy enough that my nose is a little wet.. and mmm.. great blend of spices, cilantro, ocassion chunk of fennel.. I'd take a photo but I kinda of devoured them..

Excellent job..Naan & Curry (The garlic naan and lamb kadai were also really tasty)

I'm becoming less and less enchanted with Safeway's delivery and pickup serivces.

Last delivery order had some really wierd substitutions.. like LET ME SUB 1.5lbs of meat for the 3.5-4.5lb pack you ordered.. on 3 different items (boneless porkchops, "country style" ribs and porkloin) literally ruining my meal plans for the evening and the next two days...

Today the pick up service mixed up half of my order with a person that drove off with their car half loaded so the dude scrambled to get all her stuff in after flagging her down at a stop sign. Somehow he loaded the dry goods totes with all the snack foods for our household on it. They were so busy I didn't really get a chance to check every thing until I got home and found a lot missing.

At least they are refunding us... but ugh... no tasty snack foods... and I really don't want to go in a safeway on friday afternoon... it is always hellicaously busy.

words and typos... missing words welp.. I'm sure that sorta makes sense.. mostly.

Wee.... this weekend is the last weekend I'll work in theory. Had my final review with my current manager which was pretty much what you would expect since I'm one week from my last day on his team and 11 days from my promotion and transfer to an SRE role being official.

Everyone seems to think I'll be able to handle this new role well... both my current team and my new team. But I'm seriously nervous. I've been coasting in my current position for a while because of burnout thanks to my shitty schedule and shear amount of interrupt drive work that our oncall hotseat generates (Most of my current team works 1-2 of these a week.. and 1 weekend a month until a month ago I worked 4 one week and 6 the following week on a two week rotation).

Now my transfer and promotion has been real... instead of like.. a thing maybe at some nebulous day in the future.

Even got an off the record mention of what was submitted to HR for my pay increase.. was about what I was hoping for.. around 15%. Will put me in the bottom rung for a public cloud SRE in the bay area.. which is okay, since I'm an AWS neophite joining a team of 2 with a combined 19 years of experience doing things in AWS.

Just... so much new stuff and I'm like... super worried about fucking it up... or failing to meet the seemingly huge expectations everyone seems to have... Fucking imposter syndroming hardcore.

@Oneironott Fat dragon tails are the best

@Thaminga @kistaro @Oneironott Oh my... yes.. that is good stuff...