I'm thinking about going to a hackathon tomorrow.
I'm a junior in CS, have most fundamental programming skills, and that's about it. The hackathon starts at 9 and ends at 5 the next day. Do I actually need to show up at 9 AM, or can I sort of just show up any time early in?
Also general information about hackathons is appreciated. Haven't worked on much outside of school.
>>55699148
Do you enjoy fixing bugs for free?
>>55699148
Did a hackathon in college. Showed up to the opening ceremony and then did the entire thing in my apartment. There is no reason to stay. Just show up for the awards and judging
>>55701543
Would I need to show up for the opening at 9 AM? Just want to make sure I don't miss the whole thing, but do it comfortably too.
What word processor/writing applications does /g/ use?
I have been enjoying writemonkey for creative work
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
>>55699137
LaTeX, of course.
I downgraded from 10 to 8.1.
I just had enough of experience the constant crashes. I did really like Windows 10 features but I want to actually be able to use my Laptop.
So Im happy as it is though I wish there was a way to have the Windows 10 Snap Assist feature in windows 8.1
Does anyone know a workaround for this?
>>55698968
Update to 10, then do a clean install of 10.
Fixed all instabilities for me
>>55699022
Ok. Its annoying but I guess I should. Microsoft need to get their shit together though...
>>55699073
It's not just Microsoft, I updated from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 on my laptop and Wi-Fi stopped working. I've done dirty updates on my Nexus 5 and shit fucks up.
That's why I either never update, or I do a clean update with a fresh install.
But yeah, it would be nice if this shit didn't happen
IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!*
*give away, not the release date :^)
WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING
>>55698950
I honestly might go for the PowerColour card this time.
The Devil13 cooler is thicc af famalam [italian fingers][broken tear-ducts].
That and I prefer jewish demons to regular demons, cause they just steal my money, not my internal organs.
>not posting the link
http://sapphirenation.net/nitroyear/
>1.5 more fps than the reference model
LOL
>19 years since it first came out
>still the best music player around
Why do all music players suck so hard compared to Winamp?
>>55698867
Looks like someone never heard of foobar2000 and MusicBee
>>55698867
because you're too dense to even try foobar
>>55698889
Both over-engineered pieces of shite. Winamp nailed it in the UI department.
Is building a computer one of the hardest things you can do?
Hell no. The only time I ever goofed up was when the processor got stuck to the fucking heatsink. Had to heat up the thing to remove it.
Yes.
If you build it from scratch.
>>55698856
Making the individual parts is hard.
Putting them together is not.
Is there a way to entrlirely stop windows 10 from gathering information from your computer?
No. Switch to a different operating system or succumb to mass information gathering in a way that hasn't even been done by the NSA yet.
>>55698772
No.
>>55698772
https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
Leave AMD to me.
What's his name?
>>55698718
>>55698728
Jensen Wang
When is the last time you've been genuinely excited for an AMD processor?
Back when Netburst arrived.
What a load of wank that was.
phenom 2
X2 4800+ Brisbane
If requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you will be using it with, along with wanted features, budget and size.
Good resources:
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http://www.phonearena.com
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>Frequency checker
http://willmyphonework.net
http://frequencycheck.com
>Chinkphone news
http://www.gizchina.com
http://www.gizmochina.com
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https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Chink_shit_general/Phones
>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much shekels you spent on good/bad phone
>Shill your Xiaomi
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES
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>>55698591
Just got my Oppo R7s a week ago, installed the stock android rom from the Oppo site and it runs pretty well, only let down is the rear camera, feel welcome to ask me any questions about the phone /g/.
Will i be able to read books well on a 5.5" phone
Should I get a note 7 to replace my s7?
wtf is this crap!
>>55698490
>watching le number trivia channel
>>55698536
I just wanted a random channel, any. Also tried to pick one that you will not make fun of me, seems I failed.
Even Chromium has material cancer buttons. When will this end?
>Windows 10 gathers an "excessive" amount of personal data on users, the French data authority has said in a formal notice.
>The authority also criticised the fact that an advertising ID is activated by default, which allows apps to monitor user browsing and then offer targeted ads.In the CNIL's view, this has been done "without consent".
/g/ was right.
>>55698433
>france
>caring about freedom
haha, good one mate
Windows is great
>>55698433
more like they're mad cause they're not the ones getting their hands on all that info
Opinions on Rust, lads?
>>55698334
It's bad for your car
It's bad for your plumbing
I mean it's an OK game. I still prefer the likes of DayZ or H1Z1, but they're all basicly the same.
What resources do you recommend for learning Java?
A shotgun
>>55698326
Because learning Java is suicide??
>>55698271
What do you think you can learn about Java?
Just go full Object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm and do some programs which solve some real task. For absolute beginner all you need is to download Java JDK SE and Eclipse Java edition. Then fire away. If you want to start GUI, don't waste your time on Swing, we have now FX or better yet, web applications.
Then read change logs from java 5 to current java (8?) to see what extra things you can do. Anyway reading books about programming isn't that good, but it can help you understand why is your code spaghetti. All that matters is to have experience in your CV or degree to get some starting position.
It doesn't matter what /g/ thinks about Java. Sure it is slow, bloated and with heavy negative aura because all the bad programmers are in Java. But it is easy as fuck, runs everywhere, debug is easy even on 3rd party libraries without original source and it pays well.
Once you manage to get into Java EE, your payment will make up for all the bad things. Remember, business doesn't care that to run Java they need much more expensive hardware when it has the label EE on it and costs more than 1M for the software alone.
ITT: Entrepreneurs/developers/programmers you look up to
>>55698032
Peter Thiel, wish all homosexuals were like him and Milo
>>55698088
Elon Musk is cooler
>>55698088
The only thing Thiel and that faggot Milo have in common is their love for cock.