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dr|z3d
thanks for taking it for a spin, not_bob_afk
dr|z3d
2g of ram for a perl mod?
Anomaly
i got a 32inch 4k monitor, and i must say, i like it alot
Anomaly
besides its hard on my computer playing at a 4k resolution, i still like it
dr|z3d
fractional scaling for games.
dr|z3d
or just lower the res for the games that you're playing to HD.
dr|z3d
(or whatever you can get away with, if it's a perf issue)
Anomaly
ok
dr|z3d
if you're not on the latest highend card, 4K will be painful for gaming.
Anomaly
im on an alienware laptop that was 2k i purchased used for $700 that has an rtx 2070
Anomaly
so its not bad
Anomaly
its highend, but not the most highend
dr|z3d
yeah, probably optimal at around 1400p.
Anomaly
what do you mean by fractional scaling?
Anomaly
is it different than changing the res in game ?
Anomaly
like in game settings
dr|z3d
fractional scaling is a DE thing.
dr|z3d
you know, 1.5 zoom or whatever. aka fractional scaling.
Anomaly
i think i know what you mean
Anomaly
like when the scaling is small on 4k the taskbar looks small and all the fonts and icons, and when you increase it, it "zooms" all of it in ?
Anomaly
like that
dr|z3d
instead of setting the res of the monitor to less than its fixed res, you let the DE handle that which results in better scaling. led screens don't much like being set to non-native res, though they can handle it well enough.
dr|z3d
yeah, like that.
dr|z3d
you're still at native res, but the DE does the zoom for you.
Anomaly
ah ok
Anomaly
you know whats funny
Anomaly
for interest i tried using mac os in a vm, and last night i got it to work, except i was unable to change the resolution
Anomaly
that and it felt noticibly slow
Anomaly
i dunno
Anomaly
its kinda weird, i met a guy whos studied cyber security for 9yrs, and i see alot of them like to use macbooks, and apple computers
Anomaly
to me thats kinda weird, because from my understanding apple has bad security
dr|z3d
check that you've got whatever VM extensions are on offer in the bios enabled.
Anomaly
like hes korean his company is in seoul
Anomaly
lemme see
dr|z3d
Apple is a brand, you know. A bit like Nike. People don't by Nike because they're the best shoe out there :)
Anomaly
i have "enable efi" checked, is it that ?
Anomaly
i was also considering maybe using qemu for mac os
Anomaly
yea i agree
dr|z3d
no, not efi. something about VT extensions or whatever.
dr|z3d
amd or intel?
Anomaly
Nested VT-x?
Anomaly
im on an intel cpu
dr|z3d
yeah, anything VT related.
Anomaly
and unfortunately nested vt-x is gray, like i cant select it
Anomaly
mmm
Anomaly
i dunno
Anomaly
im gonna try qemu
dr|z3d
anything else in the bios referencing virtualization or vt?
Anomaly
i remember a long time ago i did a gpu passthrough vm, like a vm that has a dedicated gpu, and id play games on it, it was cool
Anomaly
but it sucked because i couldnt use a kvm switch with it so i had to use a seperate keybard and mouse, it was annoying
Anomaly
bios, as in my computer bios, or vm bios ?
dr|z3d
computer bios. where were you looking?
Anomaly
i dunno, i had trouble finding relevant stuff, im using vbox
dr|z3d
it sounds like you were looking at the vm config.
Anomaly
i know in my computer bios it works, because i looked in it last night, and plus im able to run vms already, its just, mac os is a funny iso
dr|z3d
so.. if nested VM extensions is grayed out, either it's not supported in your hardware, -or- it's disabled in your computer's bios.
dr|z3d
you don't _need_ VT extensions to run VMs, but if you have that option available, they'll run faster (hardware accelerated).
Anomaly
oh i see
dr|z3d
if you got that option and it's disabled, that's why macos is slower than it could otherwise be.
Anomaly
oo
Anomaly
yea i think your right
Anomaly
well regarding either my computer supports it, or its disabled in my bios
dr|z3d
if your computer's high end, it'll have support.
Anomaly
yea it should have support shouldnt it
Anomaly
i really dont want to restart my laptop into bios rn
dr|z3d
yeah you do. because you're curious how much better macos will run with it enabled :)
Anomaly
lol
Anomaly
haha
Anomaly
ok
Anomaly
ok i guess ill be back soon, to restart my laptop
Anomaly
ill be back
dr|z3d
good luck!
wellicht
dangerous business, that
dr|z3d
what's that, wellicht?
wellicht
dr|z3d: restarting laptops
dr|z3d
haha, probably, if you're Anomaly.
Anomaly
it did not work
Anomaly
i dont believe my laptop has those virt features
Anomaly
i need to buy a new computer though anyways
dr|z3d
oh, no workee? what's the cpu?
dr|z3d
and/or model of laptop?
Anomaly
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
dr|z3d
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡
dr|z3d
Yes
dr|z3d
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡
dr|z3d
Yes
dr|z3d
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡
dr|z3d
Yes
dr|z3d
intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/191045/intel-core-i79750h-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-50-ghz/specifications.html
Anomaly
huh
Anomaly
i see it too on the site
Anomaly
i dont know i didnt see it in the bios
dr|z3d
what's your laptop model?
Anomaly
one second
Anomaly
alienware m17 r2 7mds5y2
dr|z3d
looks like you haven't updated your bios. if you're on linux, you can do that easily.
Anomaly
nah im on windows lol
dr|z3d
well you can grab the latest dell bios and you should be able to enable VT extensions.
Anomaly
ok
dr|z3d
read that article.
Anomaly
yea im downlaoding it rn
Anomaly
ok
Anomaly
thank you dr|z3d
dr|z3d
np
dr|z3d
yes you can go to the ball, Anomaly!
dr|z3d
I'm just waiting for the "oh wow, this is shitloads faster" moment.
Anomaly
lol
Anomaly
yea ill let you know
Anomaly
well yea im confident it would be alot faster now
Anomaly
its just, still downloading rn
dr|z3d
how big is the bios update?
dr|z3d
shouldn't be that big.
Anomaly
well when i went on the website in the artcile that led me to dells website, it was checking for updates, and found my laptop needed 6 updates
Anomaly
ok im gonna restart now
Anomaly
brb
dr|z3d
ok, good luck
Anomaly
so i still cant find vt features within the bios its still not working, i did further research and it said i need cctk, command and control toolkit
dr|z3d
fucking dell.
Anomaly
one thing that kindof pisses me off about korea, is it doesnt really have computer stores, or atleast there hard to find, and if found they have a small selection
Anomaly
like i went to the city, and found "computer stores" but they werent, like they had ALOT of boxes of cpus and gpus, and i walked in and the guy said all these boxes are empty and that he builds computers in seoul
Anomaly
and i think i look retarded for walking in there
Anomaly
like what am i supposed to think when i see what looks to be a store, with many boxes of cpus and gpus in it
Anomaly
and then i saw another store that looked like they had gpus on the shelf and i walked in and this guy came up to me and asked what can i help you with and he seemed kindof pissed off that i walked in
Anomaly
and seeing he was pissed off i walked in i just walked out
Anomaly
well he was but wasnt pissed off, he was frustrated
Anomaly
i dunno
dr|z3d_
funny, Anomaly
dr|z3d_
you probably walked into places where they expect you to want them to do the build.
Anomaly
possibly
Anomaly
what i think it is, is korea has alot of pc cafes, and the pc cafes offer high end gaming computers and you pay by the hour to play on them, so i think there target audience is building computers in bulk for pc cafes
Anomaly
so i guess there looking for buisness people who run pc cafes
Anomaly
yea
Anomaly
so i think they try to show off many boxes of gpus and cpus to show that there selected by pc cafes that they have built for
Anomaly
i really want to learn korean
Anomaly
like i walked into a manga store, and saw all the books, and they look cool to me, and i want to read them but there in korean
Anomaly
so im thinking about getting back into learning korean
Anomaly
right now im trying to learn some words
Anomaly
like i remember when i walked into the manga store, im like damn i really want this book but its in korean, and i got it anyways, and the cashier looked at me sideways questioning himself if i even know korean
dr|z3d
right now you're enabling VT extensions on your laptop, no?
Anomaly
no i feel like taking a break from i t
Anomaly
i guess i can try againn
Anomaly
im trying to find the download to cctk, i click on the link of the installer and its not working
Anomaly
is where i am right now in installing cctk
T3s|4
dr|z3d: from your earlier testing request; nitter.skank.i2p is plenty quick enough for me :D
dr|z3d
thanks for testing, T3s|4
Anomaly
there we go
Anomaly
i found the fucker
dr|z3d
VT extensions?
Anomaly
yea
Anomaly
i got cctk installed, and enabled it, but i need to do further things im trying to figure it out
dr|z3d
great. performance here you come, for your VMs at least.
dr|z3d
T3s|4: given all the twitter requests are pulled for each request, I had to cache them locally, otherwise it would have been a lot slower.
T3s|4
dr|z3d: understood, and np. This instance is inside an Arch VM - with plenty of available storage
dr|z3d
when I say locally, I mean on the server, T3s|4.. obviously you're caching them locally as well :)
Anomaly
so i have the thing enabled?
Anomaly
i question mark it, because its not prompting me to reboot or anything
dr|z3d
the unmodified code would make a request to twitter for images etc every time a new user required them, which wouldn't have been so hot.
Anomaly
and i view it in the command line and i see C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86_64>cctk.exe --Virtualization
Anomaly
Virtualization=Enabled
T3s|4
yep
dr|z3d
try loading vbox and seeing if you can enable VT extensions on a vm.
Anomaly
so it says enabled, but nothing asking me to restart
Anomaly
ok
itsjustme
good afternoon