/sqt/ - Stupid Question Thread

i have a few 2.5 hdd i pulled from old laptops.

what can i do with them?

>>52678928
store porn
store a lot of porn

>>52678928

What do you mean? Store things

>>52678928
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/laptophdd
All day every day until they die.

>>52678928
can't you put them in a raid config? then use it as a media storage on your network?

Best calculator for a mech engie undergrad?
Are the Nspire CAS or HP Prime worth it?

>>52678954
>>52678999
>>52679025

i can barely use up the 1tb hdd i delegated for storage now.

is kingsoft wps office legit? i dont want chinese people to spy on me
and im too poor to get microsoft office :(

None of the opensource ones are even near ms office or wps office

>>52679139
I mean the most sane choice would probably be backups.

>>52679295
is there a good way to group them together externally?

>>52679325
Not that I know of. I've never messed with multi-drive setups at all.

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can someone explain wtf is going on here? i use the software dual monitor tools to allow me to have my wallpapers stretch over both monitors. i never encountered this issue before.
reinstalling the software did nothing, so i assume there is a different problem causing this? it's pretty damn frustrating. idk why the fuck it's doing this. when i go back to single monitor the wallpapers do not clip.

send help please

>>52679064
Help, pls
Is the Ti-36 pro all I really need

>>52679139

then there's one thing left to do

R A R E E A R T H M A G N E T S

I know
>Kingston
but 37.99 for SSD sounds decent even if you just want to store something that is faster than an HDD. It's the V300 model that's on sale for that price.

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>>52678758
I've been getting a file to large error when I post, I have no file selected. I have to select a picture to post, not a problem but a huge annoyance.

I've also been getting a prompt that tells me I can't post files to the board(/news/) and I have no files selected.

What do I do? Because google is giving me shit.

Are intel Haswell CPUs still worthwhile for builds under $600?
It seems that everyone is recommending skylake with DDR4 RAM, but will it really make a difference unless you are getting a $200+ CPU?

>>52679823
install gentoo
just kidding try reinstalling your browser

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Google's no help and reinstalling didn't help. One on one chats work just fine. This only acts up within group conversations. I can see them but they can't see me. What the fuck is going on?

Why is it that when I get +1mbps speeds on my torrent downloads everything is normal, but when I do the same with Steam or other DRM services my internet shits the bed?

>>52680050
it would help if you told us which software you're talking about

>>52680128
because torrent clients are smart enough to automatically limit the download bandwidth when needed

>>52679820
go ahead, enjoy your ssd failing in a year.

>>52678758
How do I do if there's no more room to add Hdd's to my mobo?

>>52680238
I think there's a way to connect them to a PCI-E slot

>>52680162
Fuck, much too panicked due to this problem never existing before now. Out of nowhere too!!

Skype.

>>52679064
CAS is definitely nice. I get a far amount of use from my casio one. Depending on what classes you have, some may disallow calculators or graphing calculators or CAS calculators, which can be annoying.
CAS is seriously amazing though. I'd go for it if you can use it.

Got fractal design define r5 case. USB 3.0 is plugged in correctly but it doesn't work. Is this a common problem?

>>52680420
No, the 3.0 and 2.0 ports on my r5 work perfectly. Try looking towards the back of the I/O on the case to see if it's plugged in on that end. It's a bit hard to reach though.
Also check your device manager

>>52679887
Haswell is fine

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>>52680450
Wasnt expecting it to be attached like that.. Nothing to plug in on that end. I'll reattach everything and check my device manager

>>52680188
Apparently I'm just as stupid, since there are settings to limit bandwidth. Thanks, it's much improved now.

Is there any way to download a pornhub pornstar page i.e input the url it downloads all the videos or a pornhub playlist? already tried ripme.jar and youtube-dl

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>>52680530
>>52680450

>>52680725
wget

How do I filter all tripfags with Clover 2.0?

Whenever i download a file, my internet disconnects right after, only lasting 2-3 seconds a time.

I have an MSI B85i

Any idea?

I have to write a paragraph or two on a "technological ethical current event." Any ideas? (aside from self driving cars killing pedestrians... That's way overdone)

>>52680984
windows 10

Is there any way I can download osx el captain with out owning a mac?

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I've got a problem with a programming terminal. I've googled up the manuals for it with no luck at all. As it stands I have some sort of error when I boot that causes it to need to be reconfigured each time. It had an issue with the memory battery, so i replaced both (over 10 year old) batteries with new ones and it stopped throwing that error. Now it has some sort of drive error I can't really troubleshoot further without the manual, and it seems I need software I have been unable to find.
Contacting the company is useless as I need a paid support contract to talk to them, and it's too old. I've got a memory error on my PLC that i am relying on the terminal for going through and checking out so I can get that properly set up, so at least for projects I rather want to get it fixed. Anyone know of a manual or source for a manual or software, or worked with these before and knows the fix?

>>52679181
Libreoffice

>>52681026
Yes. I think you need Yosemite and have to upgrade from there and it won't do a raw install of El Capitan on its own. I can only say that is what my checking around found, my hackintosh broke a while ago and I never bothered to fix it.

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>>52680984
How about the war on piracy that corporations are still waging/scheming about. Privacy concerns are another good one (with Windows 10 at the forefront).

>>52681002
windows 10 botnet maymay isn't a good current event

I want to turn my hdd into speakers

I got to the voice coils, do I just apply electricty?

>>52680984
hilary clinton wanting to band comsumer use of encryption.

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>>52681244
How about Internet censorship then?

>>52681244
Read:
>>52681303
That is a HUGE topic to talk about

>>52681029
Check the battery. Not even joking


I am have a false positive. How do I decompile and confirm? I am concern my idiot company is actually distributing malware in their software

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Is there any way to buy cheekibreeki.ru and host it on a box in my house or do I need to pay a hosting site. (or what is a good hosting site for a shitty email server)

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Since the /watch/ thread is moving very slowly...

Is there anything inherently bad about buying a used watch?
I'm not buying it for collectors purposes, but to wear as something nicer than the Suunto Ambit and the Bulova "hack" watch I have now.

I can get the same ~$200 watch for less than $100 if I buy pre-owned.

>>52681568
if you are willing to get it cleaned by another person (like at a watch shop) then no. If you don't post it here please, I want to taste your tears

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Pretty sure my ISP is throttling me (shiet speeds on youtube and steam downloads). Any easy way to check/confirm? Stuck with AT&T/Uverse and the option to switch to the nazis.

6-7mbps Avg down, but steam downloads rarely break 950 kbps, same goes for kissanime downloads.

>>52681568
Why would there be able wrong?
Its a watch, 99% of people dont the the tools to open it up anyway.

>>52681497
Did that, checked them with my multimeter. Both putting out their rated 3v. I put them into it only a couple months ago. My wild assed guess is the lack of a full proper boot is causing it to not get saved, but without the boot disks I have no clue.

>>52681592
How much of a cleaning is really necessary? I'm under the assumption that the vast majority of people who sell their used watches don't get jizz and/or dragon cum lube on them before selling.

>>52681595
I don't own the tools either, so fair point.

>>52681638
dead skin. If the battery has ever been chanced it is a unholy mess.

Source: I worked the Sears watch shop replacing batteries for seniors

>>52681666
>implying cleaning cost $100
>implying he cant clean it him self for 5 bucks
Stop your fud

>>52681236
" a while"
I'd be less pissed of if the didn't give a unit that's open to interpretation

>>52681693
didn't imply any cost

He can clean it for 0 bucks since he probably already has everything since he is posting on this board

Doesn't mean everyone is comfortable wearing something then had to clean like that. I throw out used keyboards too.

>>52681666
Hail satan.
>dead skin
Something that might bother mea little, I guess. Working in a cancer lab grossing chunks of human organs has kind of dulled my disgust of that.

How hard is it to remove the back to clean it? I'm sure there are special tools I need, or I can probably run to my local Sears/Kohls/wherever to have them remove it for me and then go back when I've cleaned it.

>>52681693
Chillax, anon. He never said it'd be $100. That was all you.

>>52679414
Re-arrange the monitor order.

>>52681594
Check two comparable servers.
Ask for benchmark to a certain internet node from the servers.
Check your speed on these servers in comparison assuming there is no server throttling to preserve bandwidth.

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>>52681774
Any recommendations? I'm moving up there but I'm not quite versed in everything tech and PC related. Just built my first computer this month with YouTube help.

>>52681731
normally not that bad, just had to remember not to breathe immediately when you open it. Don't know why, but you for some reason need to hold the watch nearly directly against your face when you aren't working on them instead of a flat surface not like a normal person would/should do. Then you cut yourself with the screwdriver and scratch the back while trying to hold it with two hands. I was not naturally gifted at this job.

Been a while, but I don't remember anything special about the brand.

http://www.amazon.com/Startech-Com-Precision-Screwdriver-Computer-CTK100P/dp/B0001NYK16 or equivalent will get you in

>>52681885
http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/glasnost.php

Do you really need a firewall?

What's the best program for encrypting hard drives on Windows? TrueCrypt isn't developed anymore, VeraCrypt doesn't support GPT. I'm thinking maybe PGP?

I'm assuming this will work like with any other OS, but here goes anyway.

I may be able to get a piece of shit laptop, and I'm going to be separated from my Desktop for roughly two months. It has Vista and a passworded account.

Can I install Gentoo and, by proxy, use that to format the hard drive?

I can't seem to get notify-send to display images, i've got it working on my laptop but just doesn't work on my desktop, any ideas?

>>52681999
I don't

>>52681999
yes, don't be a retard. Chinese/Russian skiddies everywhere. Just scanning all the IPs. Beating them isn't hard, but if you don't have a firewall that one month you forget to patch and you are fucked.

>>52682044
Load up on a bootable usb and cfdisk it

>>52681999
Are you using a router or directly connecting to your modem?
If you have a router it surely has atleast a stafefull firewall option somewhere

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ychan/

Sorry for the cancer, but is this developer alive? Has anybody contacted them? Does anybody know if the source of the program is available somewhere?

I bought a motherboard for a 4th gen intel i7 when I have a 1st gen i7.

It's not a question, just sharing my stupidity with you all. You may proceed to laugh at me.

Excitement got the better of me and I failed to google to find out that they're not compatible.

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My laptop occasionally shows me this shit and nothing else on startup-solution is to keep restarting until it works. Thefuck?

Also, sometimes on startup a message saying something about connecting to IpV6 flashes across the screen.

Just weird behavior in general from it lately. Random ass macros on backspace and comma, is the mobo fucked or something?

>>52682196
Yes, it is on the page you linked us

>>52682264
But it's not, anon. They only uploaded the *.exe.

>>52682285
It is dont be blind. I was just on there and found it

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>>52682285

>>52682285
Click the SVN tab m8

>>52682340
Oh, shit. Thanks.

Today I learned what SVN is.

>>52682371
Tbqh I think it's good that there are people out there who don't know what SVN is. Long live git

>>52682429
Out there on /g/ or out there on the internet? Why is it good?

Fuck, I wouldn't even look at that tab.

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>>52682429
But then people come here and >>52682285 happens. Do you really want that blood on your hands, anon?

What are signs of a PSU being to weak for a current system? Completely shutting down?

I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem I have with my GPU right now. When it is under really heavy load, the kernel driver stops working (evga 780ti SC) after clocking it down a little bit it stopped doing that until I played a more recent game where it happened again. Can an underpowered PSU be the problem here? Or would it always result in a system shutdown?
I have a bequiet dark power pro 10 550w which does deliver enough amps through the 12V rails, iirc. Though they recommended using a 600W PSU and my CPU is overclocked (i5 3750k running at 4,2 Ghz)

>>52682490
List your parts

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Oh fuck. What do?

What desktop environment should I use for max ricing?

Openbox?

>>52682502

MSI Z77A-G43
EVGA GTX 780ti SC
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
i5 3570k @ 4,2Ghz
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 10 CM 550W

on top of that
2 SSDs
2 HDDs
1 Bluray Player
These shouldn't consume too much, I assume.

>>52682507
turn it off
reapply thermal paste

>>52682507
the cpu fan is most likely dead

>>52682026
What about BitLocker?

>>52682490
I had an undersized PSU. First symptom was cables plugged into the high consumption parts making loud snapping sounds, charring the plugs and melting the plugs so the wires fell out, as well as melted insulation. That later progressed to the power supply completely cutting out.
They'll let you know if they are over capacity, kernel driver issues should have nothing at all to do with your PSU size.

>>52682568
Good so it's most likely a fault GPU? I mean I can still get a replacement so it wouldn't be a big deal.

>>52682560
CPU fan is spinning. Case fan is spinning. GPU and PSU fans are spinning.

>>52682568
Your experience sounds dreadful

>>52682542
Yeah thats only coming to ~500W.
I always like to be 100+ what is rated.
It could be that its running to much power.
Are there any logs suggesting its the gpu over something else?
Is the gpu getting to hot?

>>52679820
You'll regret it. Trust me. There's a reason it's cheap. Maybe as a drive for games or something that you don't mind losing.

Get Intel or Samsung brand SSD drives only. Especially Samsung. Get Western Digital for regular drives.

>>52682625
Well it's idling around 71°C, sure I guess I should clean the fans again but under heavy load (furmark stresstest) it doesn't go over 94°C and iirc GPUs can go quiet higher

Is it possible to SSH into my windows laptop (LAP) to start a program to download shit, then put my computer (COMP) to sleep without stopping the program on LAP, so I can keep COMP off overnight to consume less power, then wake up COMP and SSH back into LAP and stop downloads and transfer files from LAP to COMP?

At what temp should I be worried about my processor being too hot?

Also, my CPU fan blows onto the CPU instead of away from it. Worth changing?

>Buy laptop with 4 gb ram
>get ssd/8 gb ram bundle
>idle at 500 mb with 11500 unused

I guess i'm going to start getting windows on a vm for proprietary software. I have a few questions.

Am I able to share directories or do I have to keep on splitting partitions?
What things are going to have issues, if any? I imagine security updates might be pointless
And on the means of installing it, do I just get a windows iso and run it in virtualbox?

>>52682583
Clean off thermal paste with a satisfactory substance and reapply. Remember-less is more.

Apply about the size of a grain of rice. Some choose to spread it out with an old credit card, but that isn't really needed. Just squish it down firmly and secure the fan. Tight but not extremely tight, do it by hand.

The thermal paste acts as a barrier between imperfections on the surfaces of the chip and the fan, it's supposed to fill in the cracks. The more there is between the surfaces, the less efficient it is.

Recommended CPU coolers? Or trustworthy brands

>>52681055
If you raw install lion from apples webserver (you can do this if you have an Ethernet connection and no backup partitions on your hdd (macs do this without your permission)) and then from there update to elcap from the app store

>>52683203
People reckon noctua but I've found the stock Intel cpu fans worked a treat for my overclocked 2600k

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How do I make my PC look like this? I love the extremly clean look.

>>52683203
be quiet!
noctua

>>52683439
ask the desktop thread or /wg/

>>52678928
Buy cheap caddy and make them portable hdd

>>52682813
>At what temp should I be worried about my processor being too hot?

when your system shuts down. around 100C to 110C

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Would 2 120mm radiators be enough for a Titan X and a full mobo monoblock? If it's possible, I may be able to cram in a 120 and 240.

>>52683733
>>>/wsr/

Dropbox's Camera Upload seems to be working a bit wonky on my phone.
Sometimes it gets stuck on 0%.

are there better alternatives?
Something that copies the photos I've taken directly to my computer

>>52683790
i use syncthing for this purpose

Is it possible to block YouTube ads on my smartphone by editing the host file? If so, which rules am I supposed to block?

>>52678758
What's Internet like in the US? Planning on moving there sometime, do they have unlimited bandwidth options?

FibreOptic in Canada with unlimited 940/150 Mbps down/up speed, TV with basically everything, and unlimited calling nation-wide is 223.99 CAD a month.

What can I do to browse websites safely?

>>52684192
Use your brain, mostly.

I mistakenly stretched out a thermal pad on my video card. Is that likely to cause any major heat issues with the VRM? Should the thermal pad be replaced?

>>52678758
EqualizerAPO

Whenever my screen has been shut down for an hour or on standby for the same time it has a hard time starting. Basically the blue light indicating that it should be on is fluctuating somewhat before it flares up and the screen finally turn on.

Dear /g/,
I want to ask your opinion: I’ve never used a smartphone or a tablet before, and I want to buy my first smartphone. What device should I consider? Android, Stock Android, iOS, WP10, Ubuntu, other? I will be using it as a ‘replacement’ for my PC when I’m not home.
Thank you in advance.

I have 3 monitors I want to use for nvidia surround.
The middle monitor is 27" 1440p, the other 2 are ~23" 1080p.

In the nvidia control panel, I "overclock" the 2 1080p displays so their dpi are similar to the middle 1440p monitor (2240x1260).

This allows me to seemlessly move my cursor across my monitors as if they were all the same resolution.

I can set them all up to run at 3x1080p surround, but I want to be able to use my custom resolution, OR set up the 2 1080p monitors to "overclock" to 1440p.

so
>(1080p)(1440p)(1080p)
would be set up as
>(1260p[oc])(1440p)(1260p[oc])
OR
>(1440p[oc])(1440p)(1440p[oc])

Any idea if I can do this? I'm using a gtx 780.

>>52680203
>>52682629
Yeah I don't plan on holding anything vital on this SSD. Probably Fallout games and it's mods or like you said stuff I don't mind losing, but thanks for the concern, guys! You guys are the best looking out.

I need to make some money before I'm kicked out with 6 packages full of hard drives and anime merch
What qualifications do you need to work on a tech shop, just doing the usual reboot windows for the kids, format and install OS, clean PCs, order compatible pieces for a guy who wants a gaming system...?

Windows 10 doesn't go into sleep or shutdown, and the blue tooth doesn't work. Ubuntu doesn't like me switching between my intel gpu and my dedicated gpu, and steam doesn't download the 32bit libraries it needs. Which do I use?

Would a chromebook be a good buy to use for reading comics and watching movies around the house and on the train?

How do I make Leafpad > Open open in ~/docs?

I need to release a software under no name and I want this software to stay open source (possibly make it like GPL), are there any leagal ways to do this? I know anyone can just claim to be the original author and change the license as they please, I want to prevent this, the software also contains some graphics that probably would be released under cc in normal circumstance, but I've no idea how anonymous works actually work. Any suggestions?

>>52684483
Best "replacement" for a Windows/Linux PC is Android since you can have good file managers (es file explorer), OTG support, mouse and keyboard support, customization, advanced features via root and so on...
But on a big enough tablet you might want to consider Windows 10 (not windows phone) so that you'll have a true computer.

>>52685272
If I understand your question correctly...

cd ~/docs
leafpad

add that to a script or shortcut and launch that in stead of leafpad

What is the best .pdf viewer for Windows? I'm currently just using Adobe Reader XI.

>>52685152
have you tried updating your bios?

>>52684192
firefox addons:
https-everywhere
umatrix
ublock

hosts file:
someonewhocares.org/hosts

Whilst playing some vidya, my display keeps changing to a single colour, then crashes. Is my GPU kill?

>>52686034
try a different monitor or try the monitor on a different pc. it's either your screen or the gpu

Hey guys I just installed first Manjaro then ubuntu on a seperate partition and Manjaro just keeps kernel panicking when I boot it off the bootloader.
Should I just chroot to the manjaro from a livecd and restore its bootloader ?
Been reading around and I think its because of the Ubuntu bootloader being out of date is what causes this.

Fucking Windows 8.1 keeps waking up from hibernation after few minutes, how do I prevent this? I've already disabled automatic maintaince and changed hardware power settings.

I have a 4:3 19 inch monitor running at 1280x960, is there any point to upgrading to a larger 16:9 24 inch monitor. I'm wondering if the font will stay small when trying to play games. Even if I had changed the dpi settings already.

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>>52686034
>>52686044
Just had a thought, could it possibly be a psu issue, where the gpu doesn't get enough power? Could it be a faulty PSU? Got a CS750M PSU, and my setup is pic related. Trying to figure out whats up cause a friend of mine had similar issues, and his card died. I ideally need a graphics card for college work and dont have a replacement/means to get a replacement.

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should i get a 750 TI or a gtx 970?
i need to upgrade my gpu from my gtx 450, but im a poor college student. i would try amd but i dont have the power supply for that, my rig only has 600w

Is there a firefox extension that lets me set a custom new tab page that doesn't make it so that if I start typing in the url bar immediately, the first few characters dont get deleted?

>>52686673
It's called Google Chrome

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Looking to build something cheap for a buddy. . He only Playa Dota 2. Is this a good deal?

>>52686881
>radeon 4200
Nope.
Get atleast a cheap ass R7 to go with that and your gucci F.am

Where/what can I use to learn how to touch type?

>>52686925
Well I wouldn't use on board graphics. I have a 550ti laying around. I meant the mobo and processor

>>52686976
Should be good enough.
I can run it on a mobile CPU just fine a phenom 945 shouldn't have any trouble

>>52686952
Stop looking at your keyboard and start smacking the keys like you where playing a video game son.

>>52687003
Does 150$ seem like a good deal? Includes mobo, proc and 8 gig ram

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>>52678758
How do I press the "any" key

can anyone recommend a good cheap raid controller that will support up to 6 or 8 4tb drives? i want to expand the space on my file server and add a little redundancy. it has a single 4tb drive atm and i wanna add 2 more and make a raid 5 array with room for expansion. would prefer to buy something used on ebay

I'm on Windows 10 and so is every other PC on the LAN. For some time now however Windows have stopped displaying some of the other computers under the "Network" folder. The thing is, I can still open and access the shared files on the computers that is not shown if I manually enter it's name into the explorer adress bar.

Why is that? It's a big fucking annoyance that drives me crazy.

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>update urxvt
>underline cursor is now two pixels tall

Does anyone know how to fix this?

>>52687034
Yes it's a decent enough deal.
You can probably find better ones but since you have a gpu go for it.

>>52687037
Plug the keyboard into your anus and press return.

I want to but a cheap tablet for reading weeb comics and watching movies in bed or ont he couch /train. I can get, for the same price, either of these: A lenovo android tablet with 7inch 1024x600 screen, 1gb ram and 1.3ghz quad core from amazon.

Or an 8inch win10 tablet with 1280x800 screen, cherry trail 1.83ghz quad core and 2gb ram, ordered through banggood from china.

What do?

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>>52687037
place your finger on it and depress it
depress it like you depress your parents

I have a set of 5 speakers I want to hookup to my TV. They are wired and come with the clasic "black / red" cable. What can I can use to connect them to my TV or that I can use a 3.5mm jack cable with?

I'd guess it's a "Home Theater system", but most of what I see do not have the black/red input, come with speakers already, or are too expensive.

>>52687339
you need an amplifier

Should I learn LUA? is there any use other then game related?

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G400s vs G303?

>>52687331
>Chinktab.
Which one of them isn't a chinktab anon?
Also the cherry trail might be slightly better.

What's the deal with relational databases? Why would I use one over an object-based database?

>>52687489
Fuck I feel old.

>>52684191
Depends on what company and where you live.
For example, before I moved a year ago, I had the options of comcast, AT&T or DirectTV. I started with AT&T and a 6Mbps download speed, which never got above .5Mbps in any test. Their customer support was horrible as well when there were issues, such as outages. I switched to comcast and paid about the same amount and got 50Mbps download, and all tests showed it being in practice closer to 65. I stuck with Comcast when I moved as the three options were the same, and now that I am in a city and not a rural area I pay roughly $40 a month (it will be about $80 when the new signup offer ends) and get 100Mbps down and depending on the day tests go from 5-10Mbps upload. Fiber is really rare here. It's pretty much wherever you go you have a DSL, a cable and a satellite option, but they each have their own territories, so you get to deal with monopoly A, B, or C. I've never had an issue of limited data or anything, and I've run fairly large quantities of torrents of fairly high quality content. It depends on your plan and area.

>>52687483
I suppose Lenovo is a chink brand as well, but that tablet seems made for the western market specifically.

>>52686500
Wait. New GPUs from AMD and likely Nvidia should be dropping fairly soon, so you may be able to push up to a 980 depending on how the prices get slashed.

Can someone explain to me why "less moving parts" is better?

For no particular reason, trying to ssh into my server like usual suddenly renders "Connection refused". It works sometimes. Nothing particular in the logs or anything.

What should I look for?

>>52687842
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_parts#Mechanical_efficiency_and_wear

>>52687842
Because the less moving parts, the less likely to break.

>>52687842

Things wear, break down. You've got friction at play, dynamic strain.

>>52687842
mechanical stuff almost always wears out faster than solid-state (non-mechanical) stuff

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I don't know if /g/ is the best place to ask this but I never see FL Studio threads on /mu/ or anything.

If I buy one of the legit versions of FL Studio, will it "clean out" all the demo plugins that come with the free/demo version and only give me the ones that came with the edition I bought?
I'm sick of all this demoshit clogging up the plugin browser.

Gonna de-solder wires from my guitar's control pots and pickup selector. What's the standard practice for labeling wires for this kind of project?

Does a kind of small low power laptop that has good battery life exist? I'd like something I can take downstairs and on the train, but I'm wary about getting a tablet because I don't really like touchscreens. It's mostly going to be used for browsing and watching videos, so it doesn't need to be all that powerful. I was thinking of getting one of those 200euro chromebooks, but I don't like that you need to be connected to get decent use out of it.

>>52688161
Lenovo ThinkPad 100s. Minimal specs. Atom cpu. Shit screen. But does what you want. Also ships with win10 botnet edition. Total of $150

>>52687037
it's the one in the top left that says "esc"
the chinese word for any is spelled "esc"

I'm troubleshooting an employee's personal MacBook. Her kids spilled water on it, and now it acts as if the Shift and Option keys are permanently pressed down, meaning the keyboard only types weird symbols. As far as I can tell, pressing Shift or Option don't do anything.

Any ideas to fix this without telling her to send it out for repairs? Some way to disable the Option and Shift keys?

Now that Slackware has become buggy and crappy, can someone recommend a stable Linux distro?

>>52688402
>Now

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>>52687037

>>52679181
Libreoffice, don't be a ponce

>>52687697
Huh, neat. I find here in Canada, BellAliant has a monopoly on the internet, because Rogers still uses fibre/coax hybrid which isn't too bad, but when living in an area where Rogers is more popular, you definitely notice the speed drop.

Xplornet is also available, but they do out of town rural shit like satellite/LTE.

Do American ISPs do convergence for TV and home phone?

>>52688283
>$150 in the us
>EU can only get it through the uk, which means paying 150£+ retarded amounts of shipping, easily putting it at 225-250$ equivalent

every fucking time.

>>52684191
https://youtu.be/0ilMx7k7mso

>>52688547
at least you arent surrounded by black people with guns

>>52688050
>>/mu/prod/

>>52688568
Nah, just brown people with knives

>>52688598
God dammit I'm an idiot. Thanks.

So I cloned one Windows install to another SSD using GParted Live, cloning both the "system reserved" and the actual partition. I then marked the "reserved" as bootable as the first one is as well, and when I select the drive it managed to load the boot loader but then boots the old system from the old SSD (it's still plugged in). How do I go about repairing it?

>>52688692
What's the boot order in the bios? Why don't you just empty the old drive?

>>52688732
Because I fear that if I empty the old SSD the new won't boot since the bootloader on the new SSD seems to load the OS from the old SSD (as if it was UUID based), so if I empty the old SSD, I'll probably by greeted by a boot failure since the system won't be found. And yes, the new SSD is set as primary boot device in BIOS whereas the old SSD is disabled from the boot devices altogether.

>>52688337
>Some way to disable the Option and Shift keys?

¦:¬ j

If it's still under warranty send it away. You've got to take the whole case apart to get to the keyboard which obviously will void the warranty.

>>52688752
Did you try the new ssd alone with the old one detached?

My monitor's resolution is 1920x1080. So why wouldn't a 1080p video file cover the entire screen instead of being letterboxed (black bars)?

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>>52688946
Yes I just tried that to confirm that it won't work (as expected). Let me illustrate the issue.

Disk 0 is my old SSD, the first partition is the bootloader ("system reserved"), the second is the catual system partition.

Disk 2 is my new SSD, the same partition scheme, the partitions were cloned using GParted.

Now, I set the Disk 2 Part 0 as boot partition and built the MBR. The problem I suspect is that each of these partitions have underlying UUIDs assigned, and the bootable partition on Disk 2 has the UUID of the system partition on Disk 0 set as the system partition (where to load the kernel from). So I guess it's about figuring out how to force the bootloader on the new SSD to look for the system on the second partition on the /new/ SSD rather than /old/. On Linux it's a matter of replacing fstab entries (for UUID based boot settings). I've no idea how to do that on Windows.

>>52688485
Yes, some do. I don't know about satelite for phone service, but I know they offer tv and internet. Comcast I believe has a tv/internet/phone option and AT&T did phone and internet. Of course you could just get one part of those packages if you wanted POTS and sat tv and cable internet for example.

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Hello fa/g/gots

Is there an android app that can download shit over ftp and at the same time save it over wifi to a nas (something like ftp + wifi file transfer) ? I could usb to connect my phone to nas but rather do it wireleslly if possible

This is due to my network canceling my unlimited tethering.

>>52688993
Probably because it comes from a source, e.g. actual film, with a different aspect ratio, would be my guess.

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Two questions
Do I still need silverlight for netflix?
What's the current best way to access USA netflix from outside USA, I used to use hola or something like that.

Windows by the way.

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Dear /g/,
I am planning to assemble this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GhJtjX
I don't know what the fuck I'm doing but I am 98% sure that I need some cables that aren't included with their respective parts. Namely to connect the optical drive to the motherboard-maybe more. If you also know where to buy them that would be fantastic.
I think I might also need additional case fans to compensate for the supa hot vcard so feedback or recommendations there would be greatly appreciated. I'd prefer to avoid having it sound like a jet is taking off nearby every time I turn it on.
If it looks like I might be making an obvious mistake (besides not getting an OS install disk, Ethernet cord, headset, or mouse as I have those already) please point it out; No matter how retarded I'd have to be to do such a thing. Even if you think nobody could possibly be that stupid I assure you that I can.
Thank you for your time.
Love, anon.

P.S. Is this http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004Z5D1 a good antistatic strap? I assume they're all pretty much the same but just thought I'd check.

Left my usb at somebody's house. How can I check if it was used by somebody else?

>>52689340
you don't need an antistatic strap. just touch the metal on the pc case before handing components. you just need a sata cable to connect the optical drive to the motherboard. your motherboard should come with 2-3 of them. the stock fans on that case should do fine

>>52689340
if the motherboard is any decent it comes with all the cables, you don't need more.
why even have an optical drive? it's pointless.
the noctua already comes with thermal paste, no need for that as well.

also you don't need a fucking antistatic strap unless you assembly computers all day.
touch something grounded before touching the insides, that's enough.

>>52689340
Touch the bolt in your wall socket before assembling the computer and you're good to go.

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>read one site's comparison
>380 is better
>read another site's comparison
>960 is better

Help.

>>52689387
Your usb what?

>>52689340
that ram may be too tall for the nh-d14. i'd either get some low profile ram or the nh-d15 just to be sure. the nh-d15 has fins cut out so you can use taller ram

>>52689398
>your motherboard should come with 2-3 of them. the stock fans on that case should do fine
Perfect.
>>52689414
>why even have an optical drive? it's pointless.
I like CDs.
>the noctua already comes with thermal paste
Oh, cool.
>>52689442
I'm just a bit paranoid. I'm willing to waste $6 on it.

Thanks for the instant responses guys. You're the best.

>>52689520
Will do. Thanks.
I'll keep watching this thread in case anybody else catches something like that.

>>52689387
What was on it?

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>>52678758
How can you make sure you don't have a keylogger running in the background? I'm using W7, which I do need to do some work, I'm sure my linux partition is alright but I want to make sure. I ran several MWB scans, ran Kaspersky's security scan and have Nod32 running, but beyond that I don't know what else I could do.

>>52689387
You could check last modified date on all files.

As far as someone just poking around, I'm not sure.

>>52689596
You can never be absolutely certain unless you have fresh hardware, software, and have never connected to any machine/network.

Building PC from scratch soon. Do I buy 970 or wait for Pascal?

My Lenovo Z50 won't switch on now. The 'indication' lights are on but the fan and cpu won't run and windows does not boot.

It's been doing this for 2 weeks now and sometimes it boots fine. And sometimes it's a dick.

Already checked the RAM. Nothing wrong there.

WTF is wrong with it?

>>52678928
Buy a multi mount caddy and raid those bitches

>>52679414
When you bring up your monitor arrangement, drag one to the other side in the text box senpai.

Best vpn for torrents?

>>52679887
Budget Haswell is your best option. Ram is relatively cheap too.

>>52689669
Wait if you can.

>>52687858
Seems its gone, whatever it was.

>>52689607
is there a way to check which devices it has been connected to or the last time a file was accessed?

>>52689837
I mean, I have a bad Asus G73 gaming laptop which I've been using since I was 14. This is the first time in my life where I'm intelligent enough and have the money to buy my own rig and I'm dying to have one.

Maybe I should just buy the entire rig except the GPU and use intel graphics until pascal drops. Feeling pretty impatient.

>>52689809
BUMP

>>52689908
Well you could buy the 970 and then buy a Pascal card if they are a giant leap.

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Right, so my PC is probably fucked but I'm not sure how.

I took it over to a friends house and it wouldn't boot into windows as in it'd freeze suddenly on the loading screen.

I thought my hard-drives might have been the issue so unplugged them one by one and wiped them. However, when I plug in my ubuntu usb I can't get past the first screen. No matter if I pick try without installing or install or whatever.

Any clues on what it might be? (praying it's not my GPU)

>>52689954
I had a similar problem, it turned out to be the outlet, wasn't giving enough power. Try different outlets, especially if using a power strip.

>>52690016
Alright I'll try that now thanks, will report in

Can I break into my neighbours house since they're gone for the weekend but received delivery of my last component for my PC build? I have everything except for the CPU and cannot wait any longer. Can I break in through the window and take my parcel that they so graciously took delivery of while I was in class?

>>52690057
call them first...

PHP triggers exim4 to send a mail to my email server (relay; not open, don't worry):

[email protected]: Unrouteable address
[email protected] U=user P=local S=2247
U=Debian-exim P=local S=3692
Completed
[email protected] R=local_user T=maildir_home defer (13): Permission denied: cannot create /var/www/Maildir
[email protected]: retry timeout exceeded
[email protected]: error ignored
Completed
[email protected] R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost H=email server X=TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128 DN="O=Dovecot mail server,OU=@commonName@,CN=@commonName@,EMAIL=@emailAddress@" A=plain C="250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as DDADF3D7B9"
Completed

It works fine, so what's up with the error messages?

Debian, btw.

is there a way to start a command prompt with words already inputted?

you can do a bat file but itll just run and close.. you could type in pause but then you'd have to redo everything because it would just stop at pause

>>52690016
>>52690048
Nope didn't work, mouse and keyboard turned off and monitor is saying no signal

>>52690057
Enjoy using your Skylake system when Jamal penetrates your asshole when you're locked up for B&E.

>>52690057
No

>>52690057
Don't listen to this faggot. >>52690072

Listen. This is your property they're in possession of. What you need to do is assemble a militia, get your libertarianist flag planted at the roof of your neighbors house, and fucking occupy that shit.

If FBI comes trying to mess with your freedoms, shoot them.

>>52690081
Try checking all cable connections inside the pc, maybe something is loose?

>>52690113
I'll have a look now, if nothings loose, I'll take out my GPU and test it with just the integrated one

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>>52690106
Godspeed.

>>52689950
Yeah probably what I'm gonna do. There's always new shit around the corner anyway.

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I'm trying to get the code tag like on this board to work on a specific board on a site running vichan.
anybody know how to do this?

vichan:
https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan

>>52690080
you can use the set command to input from user in batch:

set /p varName="prompt message"

and then you call the rest of the command:

mycommand %varName%

>>52690180

Hmmm..

I just want to click on shortcut that will run cmd from a certain folder that contains youtube-dl.exe with the words youtube-dl -F.. then i just type in the url to view the DASH variables

start cmd.exe /l "cd C:\Users\Derp\Documents & set /p varName="youtube-dl -F ""

where did i mess up?

Whats the preferred up to date method to not installing the win10 telemetry botnet microsoft pushed to win7 and win8?

Ive been using this voat co/v/technology/comments/459263 but it hasn't been updated in a month and I think I read somewhere that there was a update that reenabled the get windows 10 bullshit

>>52690172
i'd just do it javascript desu. it's probably not the right way but:
a) you'll save yourself the processing, string matching is not cheap on this scale.
b) keep the vichan code untouched so updates wont break it.

>>52689492
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fA_JC_R5s

>>52690284
Don't use W10 like any intelligent person would do.

hey tech support, gibe advice
pcie slot went to hell
need new mb
all the ones i saw had shit reviews
the good ones are like 150+, i have about 90$
wat do
1090T
gonna get a 380 soon

>>52690330
What about muh DX12

>>52690338
What games do you play that use DX12?

>>52690313
Yea i figured that, problem is i have almost no knowledge of javascript.

So if you could give me an example or point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated.

>>52690349
None, but there will be lots soon.

>>52690246

@echo off
set /p videoURL="Enter URL" 
C:\Users\Derp\Documents\youtube-dl.exe -F %videoURL%

save it as a .bat and run it. obviously fix the location.

>>52690330
Im not I want the botnet out of windows 7

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>>52690390

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>>52690412
how fucked am i

>>52690412
You do realize that windows updates actually do patch out vulnerabilities right?

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>>52690373

That's making too hard m8.

I just want to click a shortcut and for cmd to start in this folder with these commands already input.

Right now I have to open the folder, right click open command window here, then type in: youtube-dl -F manually, then I paste my youtube url..

i'd rather just click shortcut then simply paste the url without having to all the other stuff.

Does changing the priority of a process in Windows 7 actually do anything?

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>>52690057
Ask yourself, "What would Carmack do?"

>>52690436
Just by general knowledge, updates are safe until mid way through last year, since they could've implanted the big botnet just before releasing W10.

>>52690449
And all I need is the SP1 update, everything else is fine, as long as you're not retarded you don't need more. I barely use windows if it's not for gaming.

>>52690450
Jesus Christ, first you make the dumbass decision of downloading from youtube instead of getting your movies or music or whatever in good quality from trackers. Second, you complain that it's too hard.

Why

>>52690352
ok first of all you have 2 problems to solve:
first of all you need to detect whenever a code tag is opened and when it's closed. shouldn't be harder than a string matching. since it's running on the host machine you don't have to optimize much.
the second problem is how you highlight the actual code once you've found it.
i found this [https://highlightjs.org/] JS library. it pretty much covers it.
when it comes to the actual code i'm afraid i don't have the time for that. look for some very quick and basic JS tutorials on w3schools.

>>52690454
i dont know what it really does, but it makes a game or two work, if they arent on realtime they dont work. CMR2005 is one of those

Took out my GPU
Tried booting into/installing linux using usb
>EXT4-fs error (device loop0) ext4_lookup:1417 inode #261898: comm cups-browsed: deleted inode referenced: 295393

>>52690482

Not really for music or other stuff.. I already have torrent sites.

Sometimes I need to DL stuff from YT and this is just for convenience. There's gotta be a way to do this. Probably Loonix can but Windows command a shit.

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>>52690495
Nice thanks alot
I'll have a look over it tonight

>>52690450
just save that code as something.bat ONCE and use at as a "shortcut". seriously it can't be easier.

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>>52690284
Embrace the botnet.

Long live the new flesh!

>>52682583
I had a bad Intel stock cooler that made my CPU run around that temp for a few years

it seemed to spin and all but when I got a different stock cooler from my brother the temps shot way down

>>52682519
openbox or i3 or awesomewm

(these are all technically just window managers, not desktop environments, though)

so make sure to grab a panel and such as well (e.g. tint2)

>>52690532

i did.. it runs, then it closes after I paste url.. i kinda need to analyze the dash info first then choose which one i want

>>52690602
why?
run -f "bestvideo+bestaudio" and be done with it.

>>52690602

@echo off
set /p videoURL="Enter URL" 
start C:\Users\Derp\Documents\youtube-dl.exe -F %videoURL%

try this

what is the /g/ recommended python book? i keep going through stuff and it feels like i'm not learning (many books include things like "and if we do that... this happens")
currently in lpthw and i found out that almost everyone is against it. idk man

thanks /g/

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Why /g/ hates Beautiful Soup?

>>52690675
LPTHW is actually good until Zed introduces Classes. From exercise 40 onwards, the book falls apart.

I highly recommend Think Python 2e (updated to Python 3).
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/index.html

>>52690758
>from exercise 40 upwards
o yeah that's what i read
i think i'll move on to think python when i reach that part then

thanks anon

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2tb WD Black or HGST Deskstar? The Black is almost a hundred dollars more, its more a brand/reliability question than performance.
And would a 3-5tb red be alright for backups and archives?

Can anyone with a gigabyte motherboard help me? Getting the A9 code on the LED thing and the bios isn't booting. keyboard and mouse aren't working and nothing is being displayed

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>>52678758
I have a computer, that doesnt have wireless
and a modem, whos ethernet ports are broken.
I just need internet on the computer for a short time for a few updates. Could I run an ethernet cable between the comp and my laptop?
Is there anything else I could do aside from buying a wireless chip/new modem?

>>52690914
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-internet-connection-sharing

>>52690880
I would go for the deskstar if you don't need the extra performance of the black. The Reds should do fine for that.

I'm trying to run a Python script that renames an epub based on the metadata. However, neither of these seem to be working when I drag the file onto CMD to serve as the SysArg. It just runs empty and returns to showing the current directory.

http://play.pixelblaster.ro/blog/archive/2012/01/16/a-simple-epub-file-renaming-utility
https://github.com/akkana/scripts/blob/master/epubtag.py

I currently run it like:

C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\EPUBRename.py "directory to file.epub"

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I have no idea which version of 4chan X I am using. Can anyone take an educated guess based on this screenshot? I figured that the addon description would offer details on who made it, but it doesnt. I have included it in the image.

This version is the only one I find tolerable. Appchan has far too many things going on at once, and the other ones are way too simple. This one is the perfect balance between simplicity and customization.

>>52691092
go into settings and click the version number on the top right.

>>52690899
Did you try re-setting your RAM?
Make sure your RAM is ALL THE WAY in?
Happened to me when I was first building mine.
Fucking gigabyte

>>52691149
my ram is all the way in, I dunno how to reset it if I can't reach BIOS

>>52691160
So both of them latched on both sides?

>tfw realize Cloudflare's SPF record is deprecated and you should use TXT
Why do they even have the option?

>>52691131
Oh, thank you. Turns out it's ccd0's script.

Reminder to keep a SATA-USB in your cable box.

>>52691185
I have 3 but yes, I'll double check anyway as I have nothing better to do

>>52691233
What's your exact model?
Did you check your manual for the code?
Make sure you have the right code?

>>52691267
GA-797X-UD5H-BK
>A9 - Bios Setup is started

can someone help me with this?

Consider two packet switches directly connected by a link of 500 km, propagation speed 2 x

10^8 m/s and transmission rate 2 Mbps. How long does it take to move a packet of length 1,000 bits

from one packet switch to the other packet switch? Generally, how long does it take to move a

packet of length L over a link of distance d, propagation speed s, and transmission rate R bps?

so far i got 0,0025 for propagation time and 0,0005x2 for transmission time but im not sure.

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I really want to get stereo mix working on my computer, so I can record my audio output.
I've tried all the usual (right click show hidden and disabled devices yadda yadda), and google can literally not help past that. It seems like it's a motherboard thing from some others with same "problem". My motherboard is an MSI Z87 MPOWER.

I don't really know anything about sound drivers and stuff, but here's a screenshot of my devices if that tells you anything. I'm not sure what is what though.

Should I try manually installing some new drivers, and if so, for which devices? What controls the stereo mix?

>>52691307
Oh, we have the same exact mobo.
What all do you have installed?
If you have skylake did you make sure you didn't need a bios update?

My second monitor went black today. Let me describe the situation and you can just tell me if it's completely fucked or if I can still do something.

If I turn it on, it just shows the proper image for about half a second(maybe a bit darker than it should be, but I can't really tell) and then goes blank. The power light is still on, it's completely recognized by my pc and I can change it's settings, but it's completely black as if it's turned off. After some googling, I tried lowering the brightness settings and other such shit, but nothing worked. Also for about the last year or so, its bottom right corner has been flickering.

>>52691046
Python doesn't usually work well with Windows file paths. Do you know any python? Can you make the first script print "fpath" string?

>>52691330
Go ask /sci/ to do your homework m8

>>52691354
Try different cables
try vga if you have hdmi or dport
make sure both connections aren't loose.

>>52691351
>>52691307
I just remembered you have dual-bios.
Try flipping it.

>>52689387
please really need help
>>52689591
does it need to be a specific type of file to be able to see if anyone accessed it?

So I need a UPS.
My setup draws around 60 to 80 watts at 240 V idle, and I'm looking at a 1200 VA battery. Just how long would I have to shut it down?

how can I overclock/undervolt/whatever an APU? specifically shitty e-300, trying to get more battery life and more performance out of a shitty laptop.

>>52691399
No, it's definitely not the connection. Even if it's not connected to anything, the "no input detected" screen also goes black.

>>52691368

I tried putting a print statement after the fstring, but it's the same. It also did the same thing when I moved the fstring and print to the beginning of the script, so I think it's not parsing the SysArg file.

>>52691519
>>52691354
get a flashlight and point it at the monitor when it's black, see if it's just the backlight that's fucked up. It might be worth opening up and seeing if an internal cable is loose or fucked up in some way, but unless it's a very expensive monitor it's probably easier to just send it back if under warranty or just buy a new one.

>>52691596
>>52691596
Replace

 fpath = sys.argv[1] 

with the actual file location

 fpath = "C:/file.epub"

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I think I have a $600 paperweight here. I have clean installs of both O.S. systems(Ubuntu 14. and Win10) but still experience problems.

My Ubuntu partition just doesn't work, even on its second install. Ubuntu refuses to work with it and I can't adjust the brightness at all, but when I installed Ubuntu on my sister's laptop everything ran fine. The only reason I need ubuntu is to use gimp and krita, but since it cant run my tablet its pretty useless.

My Win10 partition have driver errors as well. Unfortunately Dell didn't plan on supporting this laptop in Win10, and they didn't update the old drivers on their site at all.

I really just need a laptop for digital design that is at least 15".

So my qustion is, what is a good laptop for digital design?

Most of the laptops at Best Buy had bad screens and I really didn't see anything I wanted besides the thinkpads there, but they run superfish don't they?

>>52691711
>The only reason I need ubuntu is to use gimp and krita
You do realize you can use both of those on Windows right?

>>52691659
Oh, yeah seems like it's the backlight that's busted. Oh well.

>>52691736
I heard krita was buggy on Windows, but my windows partition is running bad anyways because of the bad, outdated drivers.

>>52691783
go get the popular 8.1 installer from kat.
Same one I'm using right now.
Plus I can't imagine 10 being laptop friendly.

>>52691756
if you're up to it you could probably repair/replace the backlight. it's worth keeping the monitor around just to do that project. though it would mean finding the right backlight, opening the monitor, possibly soldering. the cost of the actual backlight should be minimal though.

What's the best way to browse 4chan in Chrome? (extensions, what-have-you)

>>52691970
You download comodo Dragon which is chrome but good.
Then appchan and adblocker of choice

>>52691426
>does it need to be a specific type of file to be able to see if anyone accessed it?
No, I'm just voyeuristic and wanted to know if it was homegrown or lewds or whatever.

>>52691710

I'm getting a "being used by process" error, which is probably because the epub is opened by the script and thus can't be renamed (shutil.move(fpath, os.path.join(base, new_name))). How do I get around that without having to duplicate all the files?

>>52692076
>>52692076
>>52692076
>>52692076
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>>52680238
get an expansion card. just search for "sata card" or "RAID card", most of them are made for RAID and such setups, and the ones that specialize in that can be very expensive, but if you just want more sata ports you can get really cheap ones that will fit in PCI/PCIE. alternatively get some adapters and plug them into your spare USB ports. speed will be shit but it doesn't really matter for a mechanical drive.

>>52691884
Backlight repairs aren't that bad, I replaced the power supply and backlight in an old CCFL one. Even if he just replaces it, it's a pretty good project to learn to work on stuff with.