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This rig will be solely for trading stocks, reading financial reports, streaming live charts and news.
I will be doing this on my dad's old work computer (=~4 years old), an Elite Book as shown in pic related.
Considerations for which I am looking for some advice:
1) It is currently running Windows 7 Pro. But this is the version that the company has installed. I.e. they have access to everything and anything on the computer. It still requires a working company ID to log in etc.
What is my best bet for an operating system?
-Is there some way for me salvage the current windows key for a fresh install which will leave no traces of the company? I have the computer login details and such.
If not, then a new OS is required. Which is the best bet:
Win 7
>concerned about approaching end of life
Win 8.1
Win 10 botnet (which I can currently purchase a key for $10)
Ubuntu
>I don't know if my broker account desktop application is Linux compatible?
2) Would the hardware be sufficient to power two additional monitors concurrently hooked up? It has a DisplayPort and a VGA out so I will hook them up that way. It does not have a dedicated graphics card. The external displays' are 22" 1080p (I already have them). I have never hooked up more than one additional display to a laptop and couldn't find a concise recommendation online.
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You can even make a hackintosh out of it. Win7 or Ubuntu should run fine and you can still upgrade to 10 for free
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>>58769421
Honestly? on a elitebook the sky is the limit.
DESU i'd hackintosh it it's pretty stable and considering most stock programs run on OSX you'd be gucci without too many worries.
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I would try booting xUbuntu. Ubuntu, Ubuntu mate, Ubuntu etc. are mostly botnets and use lots of ram. Just use xUbuntu. Libreoffice is also free.
Which one should I get?
They all seem the same to me
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XB271HU is IPS. The other two are TN.
You probably want IPS.
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>>58769397
None you dumb cunt
Dell S2716DG
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>>58769437
but why?
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Where is the best place to start if you want to learn to code?
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Just read C Primer Plus.
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>>58769305
codecademy is good for the very basics of programming. Some lessons are better than others on that site. They don't have a complete list of languages either so you're limited to what they currently have available.
Linda.com is something I'm using now (it's membership based so unless you go to school that is partnered with linda, you have to pay a fee to use their tutorials). Linda's really useful in the sense that the courses are lecture based.
Read up on different languages, decide what you're interested in (software, internet, database, etc). Buy some books. Do some research. Make some projects (probably the most important thing you can do if you want a career as a programmer).
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>>58769390
is there any list of projects that can be done based of various levels of proficiency? everything i can think of myself is beyond what i could do without spending months on it.
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Serious question, /g/.
I'm a Software Engineering student, and I've only recently started digging deep into Infosec.
From an "academic" perspective, Infosec's tough, man; there's decades of attacks and vulnerabilities that you have to read up on to understand today's context.
From a "personal" perspective, however, I've found the subject to be even more complicated.
I mean, I used Windows exclusively until I was about 17 or 18. Since then, I regularly use both Ubuntu and Windows (not to mention the occasional Fedora or Arch/Manjaro), and... well, I've come to question their pros and cons.
I'm NOT against using, say, Google and Microsoft products. I'm not against providing some personal information in exchange of services such as Google Maps, or Calendar. I mean, shit, who doesn't enjoy using Windows for gaming?
To keep this short: I am fine with sacrificing some of my "autonomy" in exchange for some "comfort." Apparently, this is not a popular opinion.
To me, it's just that going for "100% autonomy" on Linux is like writing software in Brainfuck. Yeah, sure it's possible, but what a pain in the fucking ass, jesus fucking christ.
I remember having a Toshiba laptop with an i8042 chip for the keyboard+touchpad. Took me fucking DAYS to find a solution to that.
Right now, I have an Asus laptop where the brightness keys don't fucking work. xevent doesn't show the keycodes/keysyms, and [whatever the other command was] doesn't show the fucking scancode either. Furthermore, I'm trying to set up Intel VM passthrough, and it doesn't fucking work; my NVIdia card isn't claimed by pci_stub. God knows how fucking long it'll take me to figure THIS shit out.
I don't rememeber the last time I had a comparable issue on Windows, or with Google services.
To me, it's about having SOME SORT of balance between the 2. Both autonomy and comfort are valuable, and too much of either is unhealthy.
What do you say, /g/?
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>>58769263
the problem is that if you give Google, Microsoft, etc an inch, they'll take a mile. Leave them any loopholes and they'll pry them open and drive trucks through them. So essentially autonomy (and privacy, for that matter) is a binary yes/no choice. If you want it, any of it, you have to put up with the inconveniences of using Linux and avoiding Google services. Its not really a spectrum where you can trade off one for the other a bit at a time. Companies these days make very convenient products but also work very hard to violate your privacy and bind you tightly into their "ecosystem", because that's the revenue-maximizing strategy.
If you have choices, you have more work to do picking among them, inherently. The way that companies make things convenient is by removing choices. You can't have it both ways.
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>>58769263
there is a reason that business laptops are endlessly praised here on /g/, especially thinkpads
what other laptop can you install linux on and have it instantly work, including the function keys?
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>>58769263
For the GPU passthrough thing, first off that's not something to do on your laptop if that's where you're trying.
Second, you can't pass through certain PCI-e slots. I can't remember what defines that, but usually the top one on a motherboard, the one most likely colored differently, can't be passed through.
Also, you really should be using vfio-pci rather than pci-stub by now. Soon it should enable things like binding the GPU to host and quest systems and using them on either without a reboot or even X restart in between.
The backlight issue is most probably caused by missing ACPI drivers. See if simplytee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness <<< 2000dims the screen.
>>58769417
I've installed linux on exactly one thinkpad. The wireless killswitch didn't work, so the laptop was useless with linux.
That was some time ago already, though. Maybe you could've turned it on in the BIOS or something...
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Huawei hires former "I’m a Mac" actor for Mate 9 commercial
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How do you feel about this?
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RICED
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>>58769243
It's almost like actors have independent careers of their own.
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Come again once someone hires Siris VA for some Rapeplay game.
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I want to be a white hat. Where should I start? Getting a new PC with income tax; anything in particular? Any accessories? Tips and advice, please and thanks.
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>>58768951
I'm not sure we have the technology to transform people into hats yet.
You might want to contact VALVe and ask them about it, though.
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You can just visit your local hat store if you want a white hat, op.
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>>58769106
The problem I see there is that he want be one, not just to buy one. I'm sure he already has a lot of them already.
btw, coudln't you get a cell from your body (I think semen works too) to a scientist to clone it into a hat. It may not be you, but par of you. Good luck, OP!
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How can I brick my laptop's GPU through software without any collateral damage?
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install gentoo
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>>58768941
Why would you?
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>>58768941
delete system32
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Hello
Why are computers working in binary? Why not in decimal or hexadecimal ? Wouldn't they be gazillions of times faster and store more data?
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>>58768873
Well, current can be only in two states: on or off.
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>>58768873
WEW
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>>58768924
But you can signal data in other ways: amplitude, frequency, voltage or some shit.
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Thoughts on puppy linux?
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>>58768536
it's ok
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>>58769196
Simple this.
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Outdated.
Maintained by one guy.
Pointless.
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>Another day wasted on 4chan instead of learning Programming like I had intended to in 2017
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>>58767567
>go on /g/
>not understand 3/4 of the terms people use
>shitpost anyways with random buzzwords
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>>58767583
definitive proof that this site is nothing more than neural nets shitposting against each other
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>>58767583
>>58767607
Can confirm. Took one semester of computer science. I know nothing of programming. Mostly come here for /spg/ and pc building advice for the gaming rig I'll never actually build. I don't shitpost much though; just lurk.
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What does /g/ think of Redox OS? 2017-02-02 07:50:15 Post No.58767508
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What does /g/ think of Redox OS?
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OS written in rust to be an alternative to linux.
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>>58767508
absolutely haram
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>>58767508
>written in rust.
Well if it's that oxidized we might as well toss it in the bin.
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>>58767508
it use B2G kernel?
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>Putting the finger print scanner on the back all the way up by the camera
Samshit is finished.
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Way to high up, should've been like how the lg v10 and v20 been, more natural.
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>>58767213
They finally got rid of that 1 inch samsung logo on top of the screen.
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>>58767213
Who even uses the finger print scanner
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lossless masters edition
Previous thread >>58761336
>Not sure what private trackers are all about?
The mission of /ptg/ is to promote the highest possible standards of tracker service by providing members with opportunities for professional development, by recognizing technical competence through examinations and by advancing the interests of its members.
>Have a question?
FAQ http://pastebin.com/LQxkS1mU
WIKI https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Private_trackers
MORE REFERENCE https://gitla.in/ptgGuide/ptgGuide/tree/master
IRC #ptg irc.rizon.net 6697/9999 SSL only
>News
When autism reaches critical levels, news will get posted in this thread.
Want it sooner? Do it yourself or read the old thread.
Use >>>/g/ptg as a link to find the /ptg/ thread.
Remember the following:
>Staff occasionally read these generals and have posted here before.
>Staff may pretend to be normal users asking for invites and when you invite them, they ban you for inviting strangers
>This is a thread for educational purposes only don't offer or ask for invites.
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>>58767140
First of House of Turbans
Also: HOT on Trump
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REMINDER
>on my second POO account and there's nothing that POO staff can do about it
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>>58767140
still mourning loss of what.cd
I really don't think I'll ever get over it
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>search for porn on bing images
>half the results are gay porn
>search for porn on google images
>there's no gay porn
If you're anti google you're literally gay
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>>58767066
>tfw bi
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>>58767066
install gentoo
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>Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price.
What does he mean by this? Why doesn't he just call it something else instead of having to explain this every time?
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Because "free" is actually a word that means just that. But yeah, that's why "libre" is used too u know.
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>people immediately associate "price" instead of "freedom" with the word "free"
I hate this world.
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>be a militant gommie
>pretend you're a freedom fighter
That's it really, just a PR stunt.