Cause I’m afraid that they’ll get an infection from rubbing their junk on the same stick the poop in. If they made sex toys for cockatiels I’d buy them

For me it’s not the brightness, but the color temperature of the light that gets me. Why do we strictly regulate the color of turn signals and brake lights, but not headlights? Warm white should be mandated.

Wow, they really don’t teach you kids typing anymore, huh.

Hey that’s fine but I don’t have a problem with killing animals to survive. It’s the enjoyment of doing so that gets me. Hunting for sport, for example. Or even hunting for food. It’s not necessary in the modern era. Nobody has to hunt. They do it for fun, and that’s psychopathic to me.

Does anyone find it a little psychopathic that there are people who enjoy killing animals?

Damn, only eight weeks? I see that the job market is recovering. When I lost my job in November 2024, it took until May 2025 to find employment again!

Bro try harder. You’re not even remotely funny.

Better Call Saul, but I can’t really pinpoint a specific episode. The show starts of so slow and boring but it keeps building and building and before you realize it, you’re hooked. I didn’t survive the first season the first time around, but I’m glad I gave it a second chance just in time for the final* season to unfold in real-time.

Rally car racing. (or any motorsport that isn’t F1 or boats/planes, really) But I’m too broke for that.

No but that vehicle is long gone so unfortunately I can’t test it. Long story short I got tired of driving a giant gas guzzliing truck (Chevy Colorado) and traded it in for a 350Z Roadster (also in manual, of course). I figured if I’m going to get shit fuel economy, it might as well be in a vehicle that’s actually fun to drive.

Depends. I once drove a 2007 Chevy that absolutely refused to be push-started. I think it was an anti-theft feature.

I’ll give it a shot but status code 15 is for memory training, and it gets past it just fine so IDK.

By “USB 3.0” I should probably clarify that I meant more like 3.x, or whatever standard supports the DP standard I need to achieve at least 60Hz minimum refresh rate @ 4K (ideally 120hz but I’ll take what I can get). You see, I’m old so from my perspective this USB 3+ shit still feels new and confusing for me, even having done a little bit of research. But I digress; you’ve pretty much got the gist of what I’m trying to say now.

Anyway I have a Z Fold 7 so I don’t think my phone the limitation, here. But yes from what I understand, an adapter that supports either DP Alt Mode or DSC (Display Stream Compression) is what I need. Or both. I’m still not sure, cause one such adapter I tried claimed to support alt mode but my phone still stubbornly refused to go beyond 30hz above 1440p. I’ll look into that reddit post; thank you.

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I’ll look into it; thanks.

Well like I stated in my initial comment, my PC won’t POST after I replaced my CMOS battery and I simply don’t have the free time to tinker with it right now (Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master and it just gets stuck @ status code 7b or 99).

So I figured that I could just pick up a $50 adapter that I can use my phone as a PC in the meantime, until I get the time (and money if it’s a hardware failure) to address the issue. I just wanted a quick $50 fix that I can plug my existing mouse, keyboard, display, and home theater system into, and carry on business as usual to hold me off. Not invest in Bluetooth fucking everything just for a temporary solution.   Problem is that the temporary solution I thought would be simple is actually a lot more difficult in the era of USB-C, thus proving the original point of this post. You have hundreds of different incompatible standards, all plugging into the same thing.

The fact that my comments are confusing even a tech-savvy social media network such as Lemmy says it all. Things were a lot easier in the old days. If it wasn’t compatible, the cable physically would not fit. That is no longer the case in the era of USB-C.

No. You misunderstand. I need USB-A 2.0 ports on a USB-C 3.0 adapter because USB-A 3.0 ports will steal bandwidth from the HDMI port on the adapter, causing my 30Hz issue. Therefore I need a USB-C 3.0 adapter that has a USB-A 2.0 port on it for my mouse and keyboard to prevent that from happening, allowing the HDMI port to use the full bandwidth it requires to send a 120Hz signal @ 4K. Problem is that I can’t find any such adapters. But all my research says that it should exist.

All I want is a simple USB-C adapter with these ports:

1. A USB 2.0 port (or two) so that I can connect my wired mouse and keyboard
2. A HDMI 2.1 port that supports 4K 120Hz
3. A USB-C pass-through port charge the phone.

Modern Android smartphones will go into a PC-like desktop mode when they detect that an external monitor is connected (complete with a taskbar, and apps running in a window, just like a PC). Therefore I want to do that with my phone so that I can have something that resembles a desktop PC until I find the time to fix my rig.

The problem is that I can find no such adaptor. They all revert to 30Hz at resolutions above 2560x1440. I’ve been told that a workaround is to get a simple USB-C to DP adapter, then a HDMI to DP adapter, then just use a BT mouse and KB. I don’t want to invest in a new mouse and keyboard just for that, plus converting the signal to DP means I’ll lose ARC and then my home theater speakers won’t work, forcing me to use Bluetooth for audio as well. I don’t want to go investing in bunch of Bluetooth crap just for a temporary fix. All I need is a simple adapter that just works with my existing equipment.

I have the opposite problem. In my early 40s and still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. Hell, I’m still not ready to have* kids!

Point I’m making is that there’s not nearly enough time given to us to live our short lives. Especially once you factor in the age of the universe (or even just Earth itself). Humanity as a whole has been a brief flash in the pan; if earth’s entire history was condensed down to one hour, you could literally blink and miss out on all of human evolution. That’s how little time we’re given.