First of all I want to thank members of our Forum who are making quality posts in the Hobbies Forum.  You know who you are.  When I come across those posts they make me very happy.  

However there are a few members who are abusing the Hobbies Forum, particularly in threads like the ones below:

TV Shows You Watch These Days

What are you listening to right now?

Anime Mega Thread

The Last Movie You Watched

Documentary Recommendations

And more

From now on we are going to be strict with the implementation of the Forum Rules in the Hobbies Section, and particularly the above threads.  Posts that don't conform with the Forum Rules will be immediately deleted.  Even if they are made on the very last day and in the last hours of the month.

Please note posts in the hobby section are credited with points and as such MUST conform with the Forum Posts rules like in any other Forum.  One-liner posts are not allowed.  One-liner posts with lots of copy-paste material in quote tags are considered copy paste spam posts and will also be deleted.

One of the threads that are most abused is the "what you are listening to" thread.  You need to tell us what you're listening to in your own words.  There has to be some discussion that is more than one line.  Otherwise you shouldn't be receiving credit for the post and the post will need to be deleted.

With the last movie you watched thread please don't quote materials from another Website.  Rather use links.  We want to know what the movie is about, whether you liked it, whether you recommend it.  ALL in your own words.  Copy paste will definitely not do, as copy paste is not in your own words. Copy paste posts are treated as spam and will be deleted as such.

Please don't make posts in the same sub-forum on consecutive days in the same thread.  Especially not in the hobbies forum.  Depending on the quality content of those posts, there is a good chance that one of the posts will be deleted.

This should probably be common sense but just in case there are members who do not know this.  If one uses code tags, one gets credit for the content in the code tags.  Code tags are of course meant to be used with code only. NOT with copy paste text. Scoring points with code in code tags is honest. Most of the time anyway.  But if some one should copy and paste lots of content from another Website, and put it in code tags.  That is dishonest.

Up to now I'm giving every one who has made this error the benefit of the doubt.  You're forgiven.  However from this point forwards if I see a post where content that is being quoted has been put in code tags.  The post will be deleted immediately. If any members of the Forum should notice an abuse of the code tags, please let the staff know with the Report button.

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Hello guys,
I don't know why now I am just getting interested to do some farming. Currently I am working atleast two hour in our plot in evening time. Normally it is play time, but I decided to spend the energy for something creative. Especially I am alone in the home and having 0.8 acre land. Since brothers are away I can do anything I want in the land. I decided to make it fruitful. I have plans to make a vegetable garden soon.  I have ordered for some seeds online.
The benefits I see are:
- I can earn knowledge about farming which will help me to share the same with my students.
- It will make me healthy, I may not need to go for Gym.
- May be getting better profit from the crops.
- I can make the land beautiful and atmosphere nice.
- To breathe fresh air inside our own garden will be one of the happiest feeling.
If you are interested in farming, just try YouTube channels, there are lot of methods for even creating garden in a small plot.

So, what are Fidelity FXSR and DLSS?
If you are a gamer you probably already know what they are. But for non-gamer these technologies can be still interesting.

Let's make it short:

• Fidelity FXSR is the solution developed by AMD and it is available for ALL (AMD, Nvidia and Intel... yes Intel is making its own gpus) graphic cards that meet the minimal requirements, the range of supported hardware is very huge, older cards can benefit from it;
  
• DLSS is the solution developed by Nvidia and it is available only for the newer Nvidia models, from RTX 2000 series to be clear.
  

These technologies allow a gamer to play with higher FPS on games. How?  At the base of these technologies there are AI that are being trained on upscaling an image with less and less defects. These AI can be supported by hardware cores, like tensorflow cores on Nvidia cards, or via software with a trained model.

When you play a game with 4K or 1440p resolution the game is actually rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled by your gpu with the help of the AI.

According to a report, using there technologies on lower resolution, like playing at 1080p, doesn't give any advantages. So we can say that these technologies aims to make playable higher resolutions.

DLSS is currently the best of the two because Nvidia worked on it for years and it had enough time to improve it. It also got release first, it was a feature of the RTX 2000 series.

Fidelity is still under development but there are very high hope for this one, it is still in beta but there are some YT videos, like LTT's one, that let us see the current state of this technology.

What do you think about these technologies? Are they enough to convince you to buy a new card? (Fidelity will be available for older cards... but let's be real, you can except from them a real taste of feature capability)

Yesterday I talked about Windows 11 and its new minimal requirements such as Secure Boot and TPM 2.0

A lot of people are complaining about this choice... but what do you except? 
Microsoft is trying to make a revolution on their OS on both graphical and technology way. All of that is essentially hard to make for older hardware.

An older hardware has such limitations:

• No secure boot
  
• No TPM module (it can be added via CPU FW update, but Intel will not upgrade CPU that has been discontinued)
  
• No DirectStorage API: It requires both Windows 11 and a supported GPU card
  

But if you still want to try out Windows 11 on bare hardware instead of a VM... here you go a guide on how to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware:

THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN TESTED ON WINDOWS 11 INSIDER PREVIEW. IT IS UNKOWN IF THESE METHOD WILL STILL WORK ON FINAL RELEASE.

Currently there are 2-3 method to successfully install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

First of all, we need to get on our hands a ISO of Windows 11... I can't share mine due to security reasons (who will install an OS from a random guy's iso?). I can't neither tell you how to download one because MS doesn't publish any iso for Insiders... BUT iso can be "generated" using UUP.

UUPDump is a website that allow you to create scripts that will download UUP and generate an ISO from them. The usage is very basic and doesn't need much to explain. This link points to the [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]22000.51 x64[/color] build. The iso creation process will take a while depending on your pc performance and internet speed.
If you are not confortable with scripts, look for a ISO on the web from a reliable source.

So, now we got a ISO that will not install the OS on our machine due to Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 limitation. What can we do?

@Mashiro anticipated already one of the methods:
1) REGEDIT way

• Create the bootable USB with the generated iso
  
• During installation, when the limitation screen shows up press SHIFT+F10 and a cmd window will pop-up
  
• Now type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup 
  
• Create a new key called "LabConfig" and insert the following entries:
  
  Code:

  BypassTPMCheck=dword:00000001
BypassSecureBootCheck=dword:00000001
• Save the changes and you should be able to continue the installation
  

2) Install.wim swap

• Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
  
• Create the bootable USB with the Windows 10 iso
  
• Extract Windows 11 iso
  
• Replace the install.win from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 11 one
  

3) Appraiserress.dll downgrade

• Get your hands on a Windows 10 ISO
  
• Create the bootable USB with the Windows 11 iso
  
• Extract Windows 10 iso
  
• Replace the Appraiserress.dll from USB "sources" folder with the Windows 10 one
  

Method 1 requires the use of regedit and it must be performed every time we want to install Windows 11. Methods 2 and 3 are "apply-once" workaround that will make your ISO capable of installing Windows 11 on every machine without any manual command input.

For applying method 2 and 3 there is a script developed by a fellow Windows modder that will apply one of them automatically but I will not post it because I still have no permission to post the script on other forums.


Let me know if you knew this methods and if you will use of them!

Did you watch Microsoft Live Event on 24 june? No? 
Don't worry, I am here to sum up the essential stuff!

So, on 24 june 2021 Microsoft announced its new OS: Windows 11.

IT IS A TOTAL UI REFRESH, maybe if you disliked Windows 8 attempt to put a new UI you will hate Windows 11 too... but Windows 11 attempts is surely better than Windows 8 one!

Let's talk about the interesting topics:

• UI refresh: a new UI is planned for Windows 10 too, it is code name Sun Valley and it is the 21H2 update;
  
• Integrated Teams: Windows 11 will shift from Skype to Microsoft Teams, with a proper OS-integration, for it's calling/meeting app;
  
• DirectStorage API: it is a feature similar to ResizableBar, your game will be able to communicate and use GPU's ram directly;
  
• AutoHDR: Windows 11 is trying a proper implementation of HDR!
  
• Android Applicaiton: Windows 11 will be able to run Android application! You can download them via Windows Store that is linked to Amazon App Store... it is still unknow if will be possible to sideload apps;
  
• Virtual Desktop improvements: Windows 11 will improve your docking life, a new tabs organizer and a "monitor memory" for laptop that uses external monitors;
  
• Widget are backs: Windows 11 has it's "relax" window where you can find useful widget. They are not the same as Windows 7 widget!
  
• Xbox Game Pass: Windows 11 has Xbox game pass built-in on Xbox app;
  
• Free upgrade for Windows 10 users who have a COMPATIBLE DEVICE
  
• New minimal requirements: Windows 11 requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, two bios settings that can be found only on POST-2015 hardware.
  
• A LOT MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
  

As today, 28 june, Windows 11 insider program has been started, I am currently downloading the insider build and I am going to switch soon.


So, are you going to upgrade to windows 11? I am going to update at 100%
I am so exicited!

Hello all,
Here is a little site that makes my life easier. It's a snippet code generator that comes in handy if you are switching to a new IDE. I was switching from sublime to vs code and converting the input snippets are really a pain. This site just makes it look so easy. You can thank Pawel on his Twitter.

Website
Github Code

You can follow me on Twitter so I can help you too.

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For a long time, I used these low-price headsets of A4Tech, Logitech, and Genius bands. These cost around 5 USD and the sound quality's very good. These would last a year or 2 before those wires wear out or get broken. Last year I was surprised to found out there is not a single branded headset for less than 20 USD. Those I used to buy for 5 USD have gone up to 15-20 USD. I didn't expect that kind of price hike. Plus I never had much success with those unbranded headsets. Either those were not steady products or sound quality is a lot below avarage.

SO what Headsets do you guys use for Desktop /Laptops and their prices?

Also, I like to hear about which types of Handfree sets are you guys using and prices.