Which tech company has forever lost your business?
NEC.
My first PC was a NEC.
Decided to get a monitor from them for my current build and saw their line of shit is expensive as fuck.
>>56506232
Samsung
>Every product I own somehow fucks up on its anniversary.
Apple.
Seagate.
Yes, we know everything already is from China but in here we discuss the no/low-name cheap shit you see on Gearbest, AliExpress, eBay and similar sites.
>IRC channel #/csg/ on rizon
>Discord channel
https://discord.gg/6WehyUv
>Chink Shit Randomiser
http://chinkshit.xyz/random/
>Chink Shit Wiki:
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Chink_shit_general
>News
• Anon's chink light lights up back of his desk >>56496586 →
• Anon's one dollar gaming mouse arrived >>56498210 →
• Anon got a wonky looking controller >>56499927
• Blackview BV6000s confirmed working 3G in the US with carrier AT&T >>56500456
• Ali seller hands out discount if you give them your twitter handle >>56500584
• Banggood has a anniversary sale going on, has great deal on quadcopter JJRC H31 $22.99 and the well memed Motospeed Inflictor CK104 $43.99 (cheapest price to date) >>56500757
• Gearbest counters with the fall sale with the recently released Xiaomi VR already going for $16.99, some Christmas lights going on clearance and the potential to exploit points(?) >>56501112
• Anon regrets buying the full set of Sailor Moon legos after finding out how much of a pain in the ass it was to put just one together >>56503143 still orders more.
• Anon thoroughly reviews the Firefly 6S Action camera >>56503853
QuadcopterAnon gives good advice as usual >>56503314 >>56504010
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>>56499830
Remember to order Halloween chinkshit to receive it on time!
>news
>>56496586
I'm a fucking idiot and have a fucking idiot question:
how do you power these? I don't recognize the plug ....
pedophilia is bad
When will major broadcast networks transition to 4k?
Never. Television is dead and internet is too datacapped for 4k
>>56506292
>television is dead
literally what
i haven't watched TV in like a decade, but i thought i was the only one
is TV in that bad of shape? all networks on decline? all providers?
i know that internet streaming is basically a household thing now but do networks not still make a buck by contracting out all their content to the legal streaming services? i would think that would be an overall profit, since pirates have more cheap options to gravitate to
i mean fuck, netflix is serious value
i don't use netflix myself but it's a lot of content for <10$
>>56506292
No way, there will always be a need to shove free content into everyone's faces. ATSC 3.0 I hear will take until well into 2017 until it's ready for showtime, however it's currently being tested in select city markets.
>2016
>still using Chrome
>2016
>namefagging
>>56506181
is Mozilla really better ?
>install firefox on GMA4500MHD laptop
>hardware acceleration only works in chrome
>install firefox on ATI FireGL laptop
>hardware acceleration only works in chrome
>install firefox on windows tablet
>only chrome can zoom correctly, display the onscreen keyborad without issues and copy/paste without pain
>install firefox in linux with window manager
>cannot maximize window properly, firefox bug that has not been fixed since years
Why is Google the best tech company to ever exist? They made use of Linux, made tons of huge open source projects,made the best performing browser in the market, has the world's most popular OS Android, is making an OS that is universal and runs on everything (will probably become an IoT OS and use on official Desktops meaning Google could easily replace Windows and everyone would be using an all Google OS) almost every website uses Google APIs to interact with it's boatloads of products, they own a quantum computer, own your emails, your texts, your search queries and almost owns the fucking internet at this point yet they made tons of insanely good products and material design, is Google the future? Should we all just submit to Google and accept the botnet? They make better software than Apple and Microsoft and a ton of Google's products are FOSS
Why haven't you submitted to Google as your master and become their anal slaves yet?
>best design
>fast software
>best OS's made out there
>open source
>dominates the web
why isn't /g/ a huge fan of Google's work?
>>56506171
the engineer a lot in house and buy ip they cant
i like them for that, they actually engineer and make stuff aside from software. they are not unique in it but they are good at it
they also have enough rep and money to try things and kill them like wave. or even reader
>>56506171
I'll dab to that
>>56506171
Google are the most evil tech company to exist.
Like an autist, they set engineers free on engineering problems without considering social or political implications.
You want to abolish privacy because it'll make your searches more useful? Sure. Go ahead. Don't consult the userbase, don't consider how this affects the concept of democracy. Just do it, from an engineering perspective it makes sense. Within your narrow sphere of expertise, privacy is just a problem to be routed around.
The worst thing is that this has an awful logic to it: you can't guilt trip these people because they've got blinders on. They're only thinking from the perspective of their small area of operation, without consideration for anything else. They aren't the evil plotter who can be convinced to recant, they are the bored manager of the zealous technologist who'll never give up so long as there's a "problem" they can "solve"
Which colour are you pre-ordering /g/?
>not getting 128Gb matte black
>>56506148
>Not getting 256gb
Are you poor?
>>56506158
>>56506148
The one with a head phone ja.... oh wait
Hey /g/,
I'm working on a system that pulls and ranks certain YouTube videos in order to find content with a high approval from the people watching but that isn't very popular.
I use the querySELECT * FROM `videos` ORDER BY LIKECOUNT / VIEWS * (VIEWS / SUBSCRIBERS) * LIKERATIO DESC, which does the job fairly well in terms of finding relatively underappreciated videos.
What I'd like to do is add some sort of small multiplier that gives larger channels preference over smaller ones.
I'd like a channel with, for example, 20k subs and 98% approval to be on the same scale as a channel with 1M with 96% and a channel with 30 subscribers with 100% overwhelming approval.
Is there some sort of math or something MySQL that would allow me to weight these results properly?
Also, I had no idea how impractical using the code tag is for one line
>>56506015
What about just dividing everything by some number?
>>56506015
you need to use column aliasesesSELECT name, LIKECOUNT / VIEWS * (VIEWS / SUBSCRIBERS) * LIKERATIO AS secretsauce FROM `videos` ORDER BY secretsauce DESC
or something similar to this
Its 2016. Is it feasible to own and operate a dot matrix printer for personal use?
>>56505896
Yes
>>56506027
I cant even find an online community of enthusiasts.
That Panasonic is pretty based. Not quite Oki-tier, but those goddamn things will print on unrolled Coke cans.
Don't blink, /g/.
fuck i blinked
Poo in the Loo.
Tbh it was edited pretty nicely
can anyone recommend me a cheap(around $200) non shit laptop
>>56505703
Asus VivoBook E200.
13 hours battery life
Fast enough to play Skyrim at native res, low-med settings
Handles web browsing fine with 5-15 tabs in Chrome.
It has 32GB internal memory but you can easily expand it with microSD
Decent keyboard for the price
$179
Just do a full reinstall of Windows 10 once you get it because there's a fuckton of bloatware on it.
>>56505752
>atom tablet
>"laptop"
Daily Reminder:
If you don't use GNU/+Linux you don't belong on /g/ and should off yourself with bleach.
I'll use GNU/+Linux when it gets proper software and video games, so basically never.
>>56505790
>muh videogaymes
Go back to >>>/v/ faggot manchild
>>56505790
Back to /v/ with you then.
hardware fags get in here
whats best xeon cpu and motherboard i can buy for 100$? motherboard must support 4 sata plugs and ddr3 1600mhz ram
>>56505690
You can't buy shit, you poor piece of garbage.
>>56505690
>xeon motherboard for 100$
>wants a CPU on top of it
wat
>>56505700
i doesn't need to be a high end server system, i need it for my unprofessional video editings, phenom x6 way too old now
This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine watch.
Required viewing for newbies:
https://youtu.be/508-rmdY4jQ
Strap guide:
http://pastebin.com/SwRysprE
Previous thread:
>>56465361
>>56504364
>>56504886
paid 110 shipped. i saw a listing for that exact model in good condition, but i'm not a fan of the two-tone gold/silver case.
>>56505658
Question about watch winders: do all watch winders have the turn-and-stop function where it turns for a while then stops, then starts again?
Considering selling the YM but it's been with me 15 years.
Has anyone seen the 1997 movie of The Saint? Simon Templar uses an Apple Powerbook and Nokia 9000 Communicator mobile phone to communicate clandestinely. The tech seems very dated now, but remains quaint.
During one scene when Simon Templar is being traced over the internet, it appears on the bad guy's computer that the 3rd node has been tracked and is now looking for the source client (Templar himself). This is actually very much like how Tor works now.
Anyway, favorite tech in movies thread.
>>56505595
the best
>ywnb zero cool
kill me
i vaguely remember watching that movie
val kilmer sure has aged like shit
>>56505660
At least he seems to have lost all the weight. Plus I heard he's on the mend after having an operation for an undisclosed procedure.
I've been meaning to learn a programming language for a while now and i finally decided i want to start doing so.
What would you recommend to a total beginner like me?
>>56505547
Scratch
>>56505547
make your own language. its really easy. here are some tutorials:
http://createyourproglang.com/
http://blog.ppelgren.se/2015-01-03/DIY-Make-Your-Own-Programming-language/
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Programming-Language
C++, idiots will tell you to do something like Python but like I said: idiots.