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/tpg/ - ThinkPad General 2016-07-17 21:02:41 Post No.55621547
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IRC: #/tpg/ on irc.rizon.net
Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).
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If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
Recommended models:
T420 - 14", normal size
X220 - 12.5", ultraportable
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Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops)
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap.
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet.
>Great durability: chassis uses a magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels.
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models.
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop.
>Easy to repair, upgrade and maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model. Spare parts are easy and cheap to obtain.
>The best trackpoint (that red thing in the middle of the keyboard). Great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad.
>Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support.
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Used ThinkPad Buyers Guide:
http://ktgee.net/tpg
New guides by xsauc:
http://www.dankpads.com
EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
http://pastebin.com/DujvzEzU
ThinkWiki - Info on ThinkPads and running GNU/Linux on them:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki
ThinkPad service guides w/ tutorial videos:
https://www.lenovoservicetraining.com/
ThinkPad wallpaper collection:
https://imgur.com/a/NlepZ
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First for x61
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Just posted this in the last thread:
I saw a 390X today for 3500 rubles (~$53.) It was in mediocre overall condition and the trackpoint was missing. Was this something worth getting or not?
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Recommend am upgradeable Thinkpad with a numpad, I don't care about how a keyboard feels
EDC Thread.
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Fuck mosquitoes
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>>55621485
greentexting for minimalism
>iphone 4s
>keys
>wallet
>swiss army knife
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every repost is a repost
left=work kit
right=coffee shop kit
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Lazy prick edition, using the same image and OP from last thread.
New to /ptg/? Have an inquiry? Consult the wiki or the PDF before asking redundant questions
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Private_trackers
http://a.pomf.cat/ameuju.pdf
If you have a question check Google and if you can't find an adequate answer, ask here.
What.CD interview info: https://www.whatinterviewprep.com/ and the wiki
Various tracker IRCs and sites open for signup:
http://pastebin.com/dD3cqWKc
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
>sneaky bastards will try to convince you into believing that cheating can be evaded, it can't and you will be banned with those bastards laughing at you
>people may report emails and other personal info posted here to staff to get you banned
>most of the invite offers here are people trolling you with false hope - begging for invites is a waste of time and you should just interview at What.cd
>don't respond to anime posters, they will drag you down to their level and you will be a waifufag in no time
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>paying to leech
You nerds are pathetic.
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New bitspyder freeleech picks. Get them at bitspyder.net/log.php
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Are there any *decent Movie/TV trackers on the WCD PU forum? I'm on iPT to give you some perspective of where I'm at.
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3Dmark developer responds to accusations of cheating in Time Spy.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/223850/discussions/0/366298942110944664/
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>>55606149
>vulkan on doom = Async
Okay OP
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>>55606149
If nvidia drivers are telling 3dmark not to use async why is there a jump in performance? Shouldn't it just use the original paths for dx/ogl? To say nvidia says, no don't use async, and then turns on some sort of proprietary driver implementation when async is signaled, but not used, that boosts performance seems sillly. Why not just always use that driver implementation and give dx11/ogl games a constant boost?
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The developer is just beating around the bush. They're using synchronous compute instead of asynchronous.
No one would throw a shit fit about this if they just named the option in the benchmark to synchronous compute instead of asynchronous.
Anonymous
Stream/Screen Capture thread 2016-07-19 06:20:19 Post No.55645215
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Stream/Screen Capture thread
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2016-07-19 06:20:19
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What does /g/ use for Stream/Screen Capturing videos?
I use pic related which works for most streams I want.
Is there a tool that can capture both streams and also does screen recording in case it cant detect the stream or screen recording neeeded for any other reason
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scrot for screenshots
ffmpeg for capture
anything else is pleb-tier
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>what is obs
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>>55645226
>ffmpeg
Does that capture Skype video calls?
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Stupid "First Programming Langauge" Infographic 2016-07-19 04:51:16 Post No.55644373
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Stupid "First Programming Langauge" Infographic 2016-07-19 04:51:16 Post No.55644373
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Stupid "First Programming Langauge" Infographic
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How true is this?
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>>55644373
it's a pointer, not good, not horribly bad, if you lead yourself by an infographic like this because you're too lazy to read up on languages programming is not for you anyways
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I don't see D anywhere
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>tfw do a 4 years Bachelor of Science with Honours, then move onto doing a Masters in Science Communication
>the job I have now is making infographics like these
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Did you win the cpu lottery? 2016-07-19 04:11:06 Post No.55643961
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Did you win the cpu lottery?
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2016-07-19 04:11:06
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(cpu from middle of wafer)
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>>55643961
How would I know?
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Why do they even bother doing lithography, wasting both copper and photoresistant solvents on the edges of the wafer that don't even form a complete CPU?
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>>55643993
Literally this?
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join DOT me (/) 130-426-283
Thoughts?
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>>55643688
wirus!
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>>55643703
Actually it's a link sharing my screen you shill.
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>>55643712
Do tell what he is shilling you mongoloid.
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There is some way i can grab instagram user name and download all photos with a program?
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>>55643670
nope
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>>55643670
yup
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>>55643804
So for my 18th birthday, my mother booked us a trip in Singapore. Although I had somewhere else in mind, I was very grateful anyway and was very excited nevertheless. Singapore, as far as I knew was also a really nice country; we'd be going to Universal Studios, traveling around the city, etc. It was all cool -- until I found out that she booked us at a hotel in the red-light district.
And when I asked her about it, apparently, she didn't know what a red-light district was, and when I explained to her what it was (slightly distressed), she fucking blew up on me?
Anyway, the point is, is it natural to feel distress after discovering that your mother unwittingly booked you @ a red-light district hotel in a foreign country or am I just being too paranoid?
Context of paranoia by the way:
The night before I found out where she got us booked, I had a dream. In my dream, there was this some sort of Hunger Games and I participated to save my s.o. who had been held captive as a prize.
Anyway, during the game, I met these professional sex workers in training and we became well-acquainted only to see them get slaughtered in front of me? The dream ends with me finding the bloody corpse of one of the sex workers in the bathroom.
(Then I wake up, do some research about the place where we're going as my mother requested me to do -- then I find out what I found out. To add insult to injury, I search for images of the place (the district) and many images of bloodied bodies/corpses appeared and a hotel room with bloodstained bedsheets.
And I just fucking broke down inside from there. And my mother blowing up on me didn't help the situation one bit. I felt so helpless, like I was going to walk straight into a trap which I knew was a trap, but everyone else didn't.
I was kinda mad at the world for a moment there.)
Anyway, just wondering if that's normal.
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I'm part of the iCloud botnet. All of my pictures seamlessly upload to iCloud. iMessage makes communication on my computer amazing. Picking up a book is easy on multiple devices because of iCloud as well.
Anyway, I don't want to be a slave to it, I want the flexibility to use an Android device. Is there any workarounds to using an Android in this ecosystem?
Mostly, is there something like iMessage for android where I can send text messages from my computer easily? All the other apps I use are platform agnostic.
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>>55643631
No but with Android you can fool yourself into believing that you own the device
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>Mostly, is there something like iMessage for android where I can send text messages from my computer easily?
Yes, they're called email and SMS.
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>>55643656
I already delude myself into thinking that I have control by jailbreaking my iPhone though.
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Hard Drive Recommendation 2016-07-19 03:40:53 Post No.55643582
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Hard Drive Recommendation
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2016-07-19 03:40:53
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I'm putting a 3-disk home server together, and I need a recommendation on drives. I currently have a 2TB WD Black, so I need two more.
Looking for 2TB 7200RPM SATA disks. Also not looking to spend a fuckton on them. Any thoughts?
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HGST NASDrive
Now leave dave alone.
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>>55643645
The Deskstar NAS? Is there anything else that I won't have to wear earplugs around?
P.S. The WD Black is still in the box, so I'm not sure how loud it is. If it's nearly as loud as Hitachis, I guess I'm fucked.
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>>55643582
Looks like my best bet is WD Red for price or HGST 7K3000 for MBTF.
Is there any way to muffle the sound of a Deskstar? The server is going to be a media server, so it'll probably be relatively close to my TV.
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>Make a 64 character password for a website account
The confirmation email the website sent me has the password in fucking clear text
>The password is displayed in clear text on my account control panel
Fucking hell, why do websites keep doing this? Hashing isn't some new concept.
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>64 character
Whats the point
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>>55643531
Well, it's supposed to make the hashes more difficult to crack.
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>>55643546
>10 mins instead of 2
O no
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>/apple doesn't have built in support for a wiled keyboard or mouse
>I wrote this with my mechanical keyboard and a mouse
How does getting fucked by apple feel?
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>>55643383
Wired*
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Also two devices runnung from one micrk usb port isnt good for my phone
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>>55643427
All that shit running in your notification bar isn't good for your phone either.
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Could a faulty motherboard mess up my hardrive? 2016-07-19 03:23:17 Post No.55643364
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Could a faulty motherboard mess up my hardrive? 2016-07-19 03:23:17 Post No.55643364
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Could a faulty motherboard mess up my hardrive?
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2016-07-19 03:23:17
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I had a laptop fixed by a local computer repair store (they replaced my motherboard). A couple weeks later, my computer froze and the screen turned to a solid white screen with horizontal gray bars. I had to turn it off. A couple weeks after that my computer kept crashing after only an hour or so of use. I took it back to the repairman and he said it was my hardrive, but the screen with white bars was my video card. He already said he would fix the motherboard if it was faulty. Could the defective motherboard have messed with my hardrive? He's making pay him $79 for a new hardrive.
Pic related is my laptop
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>$79 for a new hardrive
tell him to eat shit.
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Get him to repair the screen
Buy a new hard drive for yourself if it really is kill
The white bars are not caused by the hard drive
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>>55643421
He already downloaded windows on it. I'd have to buy windows again for $85 anyways if I bought a new hardrive, so it comes out cheaper this way.
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ITT: /g/ designs his dream laptop 2016-07-19 03:11:09 Post No.55643220
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ITT: /g/ designs his dream laptop
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2016-07-19 03:11:09
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/g/entoomen
If you could have the money and the resources to design your perfect laptop, how that laptop will be?
Mine:
>3:2 OLED or IPS at 4095x2730 15.4"
>Magnesium Alloy body
>a traditional 7-Row keyboard, but with the switches of the Lenovo Y900, spill proof of course
>A design so modular that you only need to undo six screws to get to the motherboard out of the shell, without the need to take apart the keyboard
Literally, I want a sort of Chromebook Pixel with Thinkpad fusion.
What do you want /g/?
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>Chrome OS
Please hang yourself
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>>55643231
>Chromebooks can only run ChromeOS
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>>55643231
:^)