/sqt/ Stupid Question Thread

Where can i find Xperia Z3+/Z4 official rom?

>>55138467
what is System32?

I'm making an arb program for fun.

Whats the best way of grabbing price data from a page without having to download the entire page first?

Currently I grab the page, then do some xpath shit.

Using python btw.

CPU idle temps at 40-45 C, should I be worried?

best laptop under 400$€, must be 17"

what powers a mirror

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>>55138467
Hey guys.
This will be a longer post so please bear with me.
What i need is someone that encountered this problem and advise me what to do next.

I got this Evga480GTX few years back as a present but with no box or driver or anything.
I haven't really used it because i had other things to do besides playing games but when I need it this thing happened.
Out of nowhere red dots like in the picture related started showing up and my computer would BSOD if I start up chrome for example.
Right after I got no signal on the monitor but i got a picture if i plugged the monitor in the second DVI port.
After a while windows would hang on boot and just show black screen.

Now if I boot in save mode while monitor plugged in the second DVI port windows will boot but the artifacts/red dots and lines are still present.
After long searching I found only once case of 470GTX from evga showing the same symptoms and the problem was solved with gpu bios update.
So I found the newest bios for my card and flashed it.
Now the computer boots to windows only on the second dvi port,red dots are still present and widows detects it as a new device and searches drivers for.
Windows finds the drivers and asks for a restart.If i press restart windows goes back to hanging on boot and black screen.
So I took out the card and I put it in the second PCI-E slot,and again windows will boot,detects new hardware,install the drives without any problems and when asks for a restart it hangs again with black screen.
I managed to get cap of GPUz right after booting on the second PCI-E slot,as you can see it cant detect few things(possible sign of something failing?).
So i enter in safe mode and update nvidia drivers to most recent ones.
reboot and drivers crash with BSOD every time on boot.
Boot in safe mode again and wiped it clean with DDU put my old 8800GT card back in and installed old drivers.

I lost 2 whole days on this and I am ready to lose more so please help

>>55138467
Dis Asus X550JX-XX130D worth 700$?
Should I buy it?

is it out of the norm for a memory stick to die 9 months after you bought it? G.Skill RAM no less

>>55138476
>http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/pc-xperifirm-xperia-firmware-downloader-t2834142
Use tool called XperiFirm to download original rom from sony servers.

>>55138881
Did you run it through memtest to confirm that the RAM is dead and not RAM slot?

>>55138847
Do you really need such powerhorse?
You do realize that battery will not last for more than 1h.

>>55138517
Depends on the CPU.
Run CPUZ and report back with a screenshot.

>>55138505
>what is System32
Windows system directory containing OS essential files.

>>55138908
out of the two 4GB g skill sticks one works wih one slot, the other doesn't
now I'm testing the one thar works in the other slots

How many watts of a PSU do I need for a RX 480 and a i5 6600?

>>55138914
I like muh gaymes :/

Also, how do you clean RAM contacts? I heard using a soft eraser will do, is that recommended or not?

>>55139098
Well If you dont have isopropyl alcohol lying around you could try it.
Soft rubber shouldn't damage the pads,I dont see how it will.

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what keyboard is this

>>55138948
Not him but if you delete S32 can you just reinstall an OS or is the computer just completely fucked?

>>55138914
&@/sqt/
Is it worth it, I mean the i7 4720 is at 47W and i7 6700hq is at 45W and the i7 4720 has better bench mark+6700hq is expensive as shit.
The gpu is @2015 and decent.
So wtf do you guys think?
700$ for some casual gaming for the next 2 years?!

If I've got a middle portion of a video file (Say, bytes from 10MB - 20MB, and I've got the video header (from 0-100KB), is there a way to get the middle portion to play?

My R9 290x is overheating causing my system to crash on load after about 10 minutes. Paste looks good, dust is cleaned and still no improvement.

>>55139195
If you have windows disk you can run system repair and usually will replace missing sys32 files and you wont have to reinstall.

>>55139196
I think for casual gaming you are making big mistake and wasting money.
ive played Crysis 3 on $200 acer laptop with HD3000 and I got ~20 fps on 720p.
but that only me so good luck.

>>55139249
>$200 acer laptop
You can't get an i3 laptop with 200$ and HD3000 only comes with i3 or above.
I was talking about games in 2017/2018

Is this a good laptop for $420?

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Edge-1366x768-Laptop/dp/B00SXVVTMQ?ie=UTF8&keywords=E555%2020DH002TUS&qid=1464734464&ref_=sr_1_1&s=electronics&sr=1-1

>>55139285
for the price yea

So I'm trying to root an old phone I have to understand more about flashing ROMs and such, the problem is that Win 7 64 is not recognizing the galaxy y duos. I installed different versions of Samsung Kies and no dice. I want to root the Y duos by transferring that file and rebooting with that special mode where you press the volume+ home and power buttons and just select the rooting file then it's done. I tried to download the rooting zip file from the phone but I can't do it on the smarphone.

What to do now? Should I use some Windows or Android software that allows me to reach into the phone's microsd storage? Does such a thing exist?

>>55139405
Download KingRoot apk file and put it in your phone.
Install total commander on your phone,find where you placed the apk file and install it.
It will root the phone itself.
Just follow the instructions you don't have to do nothing else

>>55139461
okay, thank you.

Dropped my laptop last week while the charger was in. Plastic around the charger was a little damaged, but its still been functioning normally the past few days (although charger had to be in at a weird angle.
And then BOOM, today wont turn on, charge light wont appear, nothing.
Its a Toshiba satellite L-50 if that matters.

>>55139520
you done fucked it,either something is burned or no connected

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>>55139520
Pic related
Small cube in the bottom left is where the charging cable slots in, it seems fine

>>55139533
yeah it seemed like that for a while, wouldnt charge unless the small part the charger goes into was making contact with whatever is underneath it, how ever now even with that its not working.
What could have fried exactly?

This may be very stupid, but lets go

Im using python, and whenever projects grow big enough, form some reason my autism wants me to abuse 'exec' and just read my functions from txtfiles as strings instead of importing .py files into the main project

Is this useful in any way or am i just being retarded? I don't even know why i do it, i guess that just because i can, but does it help anyway?

>>55139558
Phone useless as always, bottom right now is where its at.

>>55139581
If you smell burn then it's burned if you don't then it's just broken.
Who the fuck knows what your broke but if it's electrical it can be easily fixed.

>>55139520
Few things.
Charger is fucked
Charger input cable is fucked
Charging port on the laptop is fucked.
Either way you will have to go to local laptop service to check it out unless you have multimeter and free time on your hands to check yourself.

1440p ultrawide or 4k?

>>55139611
YOU CAN FIX IT WITH SUPERGLUE!!

>>55139634
h-how?

>>55139611
>>55139604
if you guys are right im going to be out at least $200 just to put it in to be checked

>>55139581
plz

cmon guys its nearly bed time and i need my laptop to masturbate in bed
I dont want to have to do it at the computer its freaking cold tonight
Also if i take it in to be repaired, do they power it up to check that it works or is it purely technical? They dont see my files at any point right?

>>55139646
200$ you get a brand new pentium quad laptop
>h-how?
First the plastic/rubber broke then the electrical connection(if burned it'll look black and it'll smell and it's completely fucked) just open it and take a look at what looks disconnected/ruptured then you might need to solder the electrical part and superglue for the plastic.

>>55139711
>he doesn't have a tablet or a 5' phone to jack off
it's 2016 btw

>>55139005
the formula is :
wattage that your build use / 0.8 = PSU Wattage.
for a i5 6600 and a RX 480 300W is the minimum.

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should i use a hard drive or ssd for gayming?

I have a bunch of mp3s that were ripped from Youtube, but they are labled as 256/320 kbps. How can I differentiate them from actual rips?

>>55139808
SSD - loads data faster

>>55139811
> ripped from Youtube
eat shit

>>55139843
I got them years ago, i'm trying to replace them

>>55139865
rutracker, and get flacs

>>55139717
Everything looks (and smells) completely fine.
Everythings seems connected, nothing loose or damaged aside from some plastic broken from around the chargers access point (which ive removed) . The small chargers access point box feels a little loose though, perhaps that must be soldered down to the metal plate behind it? Although even holding it down to make contact with the charger in no longer yields a result.

>>55139882
the connection of the wires to the board is it loose?

>>55139905
>the connection of the wires to the board is it loose?
nope, in quite firmly actually (I cant loosen them even with a fair amount of force)

>>55139918
Look at the board to see if anything on it is not firmly attached, if loose solder if not idk what the fuck you could do.

>>55139711
They'll probably ask for the admin account's password, and they'll turn it on and log in. Most of them don't bother looking at anything, but some will. You should learn to do that stuff yourself if you want privacy. There's service manuals available for most laptops that aren't Toshiba or Apple.

>>55139808
You miss out on some interesting load screens when you have games on SSD. Maybe just use it for OS and games that don't have that kind of thing.

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New HDD
>ticking sound (literally sounds like a clock with very consistent ticks)
>pic related
Red box, looks like it was toasted?

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>>55139939
I see, how unfortunate
>>55139953
If they dont ask, they wont be bothering to go to any length to get in anyway right? I dont have anything illegal, just not socially respectable.

>>55140043
If the drive isn't encrypted, they could mount it with GNU/Linux and see its contents. They're not going to log into Windows without the password. I think all that can be done easily anymore is blank the password and they wouldn't do that without your permission. They'll probably ask for a password so they can test that it's working. You could make a new admin account for that if it's currently functional enough.

What needs fixing?

>>55139808
You will be wasting money.
-3 seconds on loading times doesnt change a thing.
Memes are one thing real world is another.

Can I put a 2.5" HDD on a 3.5" bracket without mounting? Meaning, I will just plop it onto the cage without securing it by any means.

>>55140116
You can, but should you?
Use tape to secure it.

>>55139581
anybody?

>>55140116
Depends on the bracket.
Is it on a laptop or desktop?
If desktop post case and bracket.

>>55140098
3 seconds is a huge difference in some games, like Source Engine.

>>55140133
For what purpose?

Internet play?
You are delusional if so.

>>55140150
Source Engine games with larger levels completely pause to load in the middle of gameplay.

>>55140132

Well I'm out now but the case is a Sharkoon T28.

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>>55140084
Something stopping it from charging/powering on, though I'm reasonably sure it's the box that the charger plugs into.
It doesn't smell but there is a small white mark on it, see pic related
This may mean it's burnt out I assume?

>>55140181
>not streaming levels
>not making players immune while loading

stop playing shitty games.

What graphical preset would I need to apply to run gamyz at 4K with a 1070 while maintaining 60fps?
Titles like Overwatch and upcoming titles as BF1 and Titanfall

>>55140181
Usually problems like that are solved with loading spaces where you shouldn mind like in portal 2 in elevators and such.
That is still not a reason to dump $200 on a 200GB SSD for few games that you may or may not find fun or play.

>>55140214
Dell?

installing a php program onto my ubuntu 14.04 server.

once the program is on the server, how would i then access a file in its directory and run it?

>overclock GTX 770 by a little
>now it's getting less fps than before

what how why fuck

>>55140084
Toshibad

>>55140084
>>55140248
was meant for
>>55140231
mb

>>55140246
Bottleneck.
CPU may be too slow

>>55140279
you're right it's an i3

What do you think:

LGA1151 Intel® Core™ i7-6700K, 4.0GHz BOX 14nm
LGA1151 Z170 Asus Z170-K, PCIe/DDR4/SATA3/GLAN/7.1/USB 3.1
DIMM DDR4 2x8GB 2666MHz Patriot Viper 4 CL15, XMP/1.2V/PV416G266C5K
Asus SX GTX980 DC2OC 4GD5
PSU 630W Thermaltake Smart SE SPS-630M Modular 87%ef, 14cm/SPS-630MPCBEU
Fractal Design R5, Modular/tool-free/dust-free/FD-CA-DEF-R5-BK
Samsung V-NAND 950 Pro M.2 MZ-V5P256BW
SATA3 7200 1TB WD Blue WD10EZEX, 64MB
24" Dell E2416H LED, 1920x1080 5ms VGA DisplayPorts

Monitor is only for support work, i have already one

>>55140245
you need a webserver that can serve php files.
you can use phps integrated one temporarily though
go into your the directory where your files are and run

php -S localhost:8080

then use any browser and go to http://localhost:8080

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>>55140297
Can you post stress test like furmak with caps of the gpu usage (afterburner does the job for monitorig) and task meganer for cpu load.
If cpu is hitting 100% under load and GPU is under 100% load constantly you know its the cpu slowing you down.

>>55140185
If this is the case in the picture than the onces i circled should be places for mounting,screws come with the case so find those.

I have a windows 10 tablet and am trying to play visual novels on it, but the one I'm playing doesn't register the touching(danganronpa). What's a good program to create small icons for keyboard shortcuts to play it

Need a cheap, low power server to host a quickbooks file for multiple clients. Any recommendations?

What is a botnet

>>55140334
Stop playing visual novels.

>>55140305
Not to be asshole but.
>i7 when Zen is around the corner
>wasting i7 for games when i5 is more than enough
>16GB ram meme that nobody EVER uses
>980GTX when AMD had RX480 that are faster for less money
>SSD for games
You are leaking money on stuff you wont need.
Dont fall for teenagers wanting the best on the internet.

>>55140361
People who do more than play with childrens' toys can regularly use more than sixteen jee bees.

>>55140361
It's not for gayming, it's for game development/ 3dmodeling/animation

I can't wait for new cpu/gpu, it's pretty urgent

>>55140361
not him, but a lot of games support more than 4 threads already. I don't know how good hyperthreading works on them, but I'm hitting 100% on all cores quite often on my i5.
also SSDs are extremely worthwhile, especially when you are playing games with a lot of level loading.
I personally don't have HDDs anymore at all.

>>55140399
Its up to you than how fast you want shit to get done and depends on the budget.
I would still go with AMD cpu on this matter because they are cheaper and for work they perform the same if not better.

>>55140420
If it was up to me, i would wait for rx480 but the guy who i'm making this rig for literally called me yesterday and said he needs it for Monday, i can't even choose the store or order parts online

My main concern is how i will make this 950pro work with z170k, it seems people are having problems with it, it works but it needs some tweaking....and i REALLY wanted to just give 50$ to some local kid to build and install Wins on all 10 rigs by himself. I'd really hate if i had to tweak fucknig SSDs on all 10 pcs

Can I control two motors (both should have encoders) with a raspberry pi 1 model B ?

On mpc hc is it possible to automatically select japs as the language and enable subs by default?

>>55140530
>raspberry pi
GTFO reddit

I want to watch an online hosted video through mpc-hc. how do I do this?

I already have the video from the page.

http://107.155.78.122/~saiyanwatch2/Dragon%20Ball%20Z/001.m4v

I am on windows btw

>>55140530
>>>/diy/ would know more about that.

>>55140581
What low power sbc would you recommend?

Is there a way to make Ctrl+F case sensitive?

Using Pale Moon currently.

>>55140696
on firefox there's a checkbox next to the input field "match case"

>>55140696
If nothing else, AutoHotKey? What would you want lowercase to do?

>>55140581
>not raspberry pi
this is fucking /g/ what the fuck do you expect?
are you one of those fucking retard that makes 10000 the same gpu/cpu/bst to jerk about those? get real fucktard. learn to accept/live you belong on reddit if you cant accept those parts of tech

>>55140669
any old laptop with bluetooth will do

>>55139461
So >>55139405 here, KingRoot can't be installed via total commander or without due to lack of space. Imternal storage has 105MB of space, 65MB used, and I just did a factory reset to try and solve the PC not recognizing the galaxy y duos, so I don't think there's any more room to get.

>>55140660
just paste the url in the open file dialog.

Anyone know if the friendly linux threads still happen? I have a bunch of very linux related questions to ask.

>>55140786
You can search the catalog for them.

>>55133611

How do I get Youtube videos to work in Midori? I checked the website and I already have all of the "dependencies" (gstreamer).

>>55138467
Anyone knows the regex for a 4chanX filter to hide all comments with more than 10 characters that are written in uppercase only and may contain punctuation, spaces or numbers?

>>55140804
y troll?

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>>55140862
Why would I make this up?

>>55140903
any addons that block any requests?
does it work on a new profile?
what does https://youtube.com/html5 say?
can you check the network tab in the developer tools to see which requests fail?

>>55140903
I thought you meant notebook .

>>55140853
/([A-Z]|\.|\,|\s|[0-9]){10,} /
is what I am guessing my regex is not the greatest test it

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Alright. So I just bought an Intel S2600CP motherboard with two Xeon E5-2670 processors.

I got it installed in my 4u case, and connected all the power cables. But it won't boot. All I get is a really quick "click-click" from the onboard speaker and all the fans spin for a second each time I press the power button.

I had to get a 4-pin molex to 8-pin EPS adapter because the power supply I have only has one 8-pin EPS connector. The only things connected to the power supply are the main 24-pin connector, the two EPS connectors, and one SATA connector (for the SSD).

Why isn't it booting? I cleared the BIOS with the jumper, I checked that the CPUs were in correctly, and I reseated all the power connectors. When it tries to start it only pulls 36 watts according to a kill-a-watt, so I don't really think the power supply is under-powered.

What am I missing?

>>55140853
>punctuation
oh \.|\, can be [.,\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()] I guess

>>55140975
he's gona fuck them all

>>55140983
Yeah maybe it would be easier to block everything that is longer than 10 characters and doesn't contain a single lowercase. But I'm not sure how

>>55140802
thanks, I was searching for flt. Didn't realise they added the g.

>>55140930
>any addons that block any requests?
I had a cookie persmissions add on but I tried disabling that and nothing happened. I don't have any other add ons.

>does it work on a new profile?
No it doesn't work on a new profile.

>what does https://youtube.com/html5 say?
I checked already checked the html5 player and half of the features are unsupported (Media Source Extensions, MSE & H.264, and MSE & WebM VP9).

>can you check the network tab in the developer tools to see which requests fail?
>invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GtkWidget'
>IA__gtk_widget_queue_draw: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

Is it possible to use a PC monitor as an input to a android tablet?

I want to browse on a big screen while I dont fix my computer. google is gay and only tells me how to use s tablet as monitor, not how to use the monitor to see what I see on the tablet

>sort files by type (folder contains images)
>open one image using default windows viewer
>navigate using the viewer
>opens files based on file name instead of how they are arranged in the folder
????
Wangblows?

I use the Nexus 5X and want to get a Nexus 6P so I can stay on Google Fi. Should I?

>>55141025
regex isnt hard {10,} takes what you put before it and ^ is like a not [a-z] takes anything lowercase
thus /[^a-z]{10,}/ takes anything that isnt lowercase for atleast 10 char long.

>>55141118
>{10,} takes what you put before
for atleast 10 char long*

>>55141110
explorer and image viewer and two different programs.
it doesn't know how you sorted it in explorer.

>>55141131
Except in win 7 image viewer navigated based on how the files are sorted. How do I make it like so?

What's a decent free android video editor that doesn't require information about my dick size and access to everything on my phone?

Just need to flip a video I filmed upside down.

>>55141162
I can't recall it ever doing that. But in windows 10 the image viewer is a shitty app and not an actual real program.
You might want to use a different image viewer like xnview.
the /g/ wiki has a few alternatives.

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>>55140705
Oh fuck, I'm retarded. And blind, apparently.

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Best audio output option here except Vorbis?
Copy doesn't really seem to work well

>>55138719
I will post this guys video for reference.
Pretty much the same defect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMhemcXPYU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwckJY0PQes

Everyone saying to heat/re-flow and that it seems to be GPU VRAM issue but thanks to Rossman we know that heating the card doest fix it and that it will die for sure a week later and I dont want that to happen.
Please help I have only played and finished one game on it and that was Metro 2033 a year ago and I hate to throw something that was barely used.

Can someone please explain what's the point of using a non-root account on a GNU/Linux personal computer.

>>55141310
depends, what container/devices you want to play it on?

>>55141425
the same as on any OS.
Your applications don't need complete system access.
Imagine a multi user system where you can read/change anyone elses files.

And if you accidentally run something you shouldn't you can't kill the system with it, only your own files.

Are SLI Bridges hot pluggable?

What's the definitive file manager for linux?

>>55138467
how do i compile chromium with inox patchset on OS X? like so i could symlink chromium.app or something

>>55141434
Anything that can play .mp4's

>>55141462
I meant for a computer that is not multi-user, like a personal laptop for example.

>>55141487
joudan joudan
My problem is I have GTS 250 and 9800 GTX+ and when the bridge is not on it detects them nice and cozy but add the bridge it removes all drivers and on reinstalling the GTS 250 automagically becomes a 9800 GT - no more SLI option in Nvidia Control Panel. It's wangblows 7. What do?

>>55141516
it's still a multi user OS.
any normal program you run doesn't need access to the entire system.
they could just check if they have rights and then delete everything, you don't want that, do you.

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is there a way to stream audio content to a laptop from Apple and Android phones?

Basically, I'm going to a cottage with 10 people which is completely off-the-grid. No internet, only electricity. I'm bringing my laptop and my studio monitors and I want the laptop to act as a receiver for content casting like MP3 or audio so that people can play stuff from their phones. I have a DDWRT router and a laptop which (doesn't have a AP ability.) Is there there some sort of server application that I can have people connect via WIFI and stream their stuff? DLNA or... Cheers guys!

>>55140305
I'd like some opinion on this

>>55141549
You are trying to sli 2 different cards?
or am i missing something here?

>>55141587
It's an exception, the GTS 250 is a rebranded 9800 GTX+.

And yes it's indeed a + on the GTX

>>55141462
that's not really a valid argument when you can kill the system just by updating. you simply keep /home on a seperate partition because it's easier and faster to just reinstall than track down what went wrong and fix it. after all a fresh install takes 15minutes tops. it's not like I'm running a commercial server where uptime is critical

>>55141512
aac then, I don't know how good libavs aac encoder is compared to faac, but it seems libav replaced faacs in handbrake, so go with that one.

>>55141557
But even if I run everything as not root, the program can still delete all my everything anyway.

>>55141608
updating already requires elevated permissions. you are on the other side of the hatch by then.

>>55141609
AAC (lav), right? Thanks lad

>>55141569
you can stream audio over bluetooth

This is dumb as fuck but I had to re flash my phone recently so I'm not rooted. Android fixed the whole SD write access thing with 5.0 with a setting that let's you give an app write access, I can't fucking find it.
>tl;dr: how do I give an app write access to my SD card

Let's say there's an audio file which is 320k MP3. There is no lossless version available anywhere because the artist decided to only distribute a lossy version because he hates everyone.

There's absolutely no way to somehow edit the file and improve the quality without recreating the entire song yourself, correct?

>>55141606
Then flash the 250GTS bios on the 9800 one and that is it.

>>55140331

Okay managed to mount the HDD, but bios is detecting it, but windows not. Forgot to mention this HDD is from a previous laptop, so how do I reformat it to be able to be useable as a HDD?

>>55141650
>There's absolutely no way to somehow edit the file and improve the quality without recreating the entire song yourself, correct?
Yes you are correct.

What DNS servers should I use, /g/?

Alternate DNS? OpenDNS? Google?

Getting rid of ads would be a major plus.

>>55141633
yeah and installing virtually anything requires elevated permissions where it can then do whatever wonky shit it likes, you either trust a package/maintainer or you audit the code yourself and compile from source.

>>55141672
OpenNic

>>55141647
Laptop doesn't have bluetooth, forgot to mention.

>>55141650
Depends on what you're trying to do
Trying to recover the lost quality because of the lossy encoding would be practically impossible but you can do things like fixing clipping to some extent.

everything is mute with oss except ossmix. how tf do i get it working with firefox/chromium/anything

>>55141655
You should format via diskpart or Disk Management (both come with windows you can google the rest)

>>55141696
i meant except osstest. everything is mute except for osstest

>>55141675
You are right anon, we should run everything as root. It makes sense now.

>>55140748
I tried but it fails to render

>>55141729
sarcasm isn't very ladylike anon

>>55141734
do you have the correct codecs installed?

>>55141712

Can I do this with the PC instead of its original laptop? I can't even detect it in windows in the first place.

>>55141508
help me you faggots

>>55141729
All I'm saying is that not running as root does not offer any security advantage at all.

>>55141670
Well shit, I had a feeling it would be something like that. That's too bad then. Thank you.

>>55141694
I've noticed a lot of my favorite artists are starting to fall for this 320k or lower MP3-only trend, and while I'm not an audiophile I would love to have high quality versions of the tracks.

For example: a small album an artist released before disappearing off the face of this planet a few years ago is only available in 160k MP3. It's a gorgeous album but that bitrate is so disappointingly low. I feel like it would probably benefit from being in a higher bitrate, but unfortunately there's no way to contact the artist and his style is pretty unique so I wouldn't know how to emulate it. The vocalist was never credited either.

Best sms client for android?

>>55141825
To be honest just listening to it you're not going to be missing much using 320kbps mp3
Where exactly are you looking?

>>55141845
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en

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>have toaster
>have KCP-BE
>running on high
>anime/films runs perfectly at 1080p, need to clean cache sometimes
>watch to rewatch eva, watch the remastered version
>constant lag and fuckups, have to pause, minimize program between 5-40 times an episodes
I don't understand it, every single 1080p anime and movie I've watched runs perfectly fine but the remaster of eva

>>55141648
get a third party program that cleans your SD card of free space and where you can format it if you're on windows, if you have an apple disk cleaner will do it.

Windows 7 users: What are you doing to prevent Windows 10 upgrades?

I'm using GWX Control Panel, which has been working great until now. Now, whenever I reboot my PC it keeps trying to install an update. I don't know what that update is, but it always fails.

So whenever I want to boot into Windows, I have to sit through two reboots: First boot, it tries to install the update , it fails, and it needs to revert all changes. So I have to sit through another reboot. It's really annoying because now it does this cycle every single time I go to boot into Windows.

I don't want to go back to Windows 10 because I got sick of dealing with the problems (I can elaborate if you want).

How do I just use Windows 7 without dealing with this shit?

>>55141746
Yes I updated my codecs and worked after welp
Also went from 1.7.6 to1.7.8xx

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Is buying a consumer grade stereo system an acceptable replacement to studio monitors?
I'd be hooking it up to my laptop and my TV pretty much

>>55141914
i use windows 8, i just didn't install the getwindows10 update and disabled them altogether

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Probably easy question but here goes.
>Get the scraps of a HP Pavilion 500-a60
>Motherboard intact along with the Ram it came with and other shit
>Really only need a new case and a hard drive
>Looking it over
>Notice something off
>It plugs in like a laptop with a charger and shit
What the fuck is this and can I hook a standard PSU into it?

>>55141926
An acceptable replacement for studio monitors? No
An acceptable thing to listen to music and watch movies on? Sure

>>55141926
Studio monitors are accurate, not good.

>>55141846
That's true, and to be honest I don't mind MP3 v0/1, but I get a little skeptical with files which are v2 or lower.

Some of the MP3-only albums I'm talking about can only be obtained through download cards, which are sold at events and link you to either the artist's website or a site made specifically for distributing albums. Most of the time they're in 320k but one of the ones I got is only in 190k. That 160k album I brought up before is http://get.miskyworks.net/post/68700167705

>>55141677
>OpenNic
Nice.

>>55141926
you'd get away with a better product for cheaper if you hit up the thrift shops/good will for a reciever and speakers

>>55141952
Okay, now would it be an acceptable replacement to the built in speakers on my TV?
What brands or models should I look for?

>>55141954
Fucks sake
NO
You cannot get higher quality from a low quality source. You're just transcoding and lowering the quality even more.
NO.

>>55139405
>>55140743
anyone?

>>55138467
I'm certain I've seen a memeboard that mirrors Monitor 1, anyone know the make/model?

>>55141966
Something with woofers and tweeters. You probably want a receiver instead of a plain amp if this is for home theater. Then you get whatever passive speakers you can find.

Building a PC and having trouble with power. Got everything plugged in but it only powers on for a second and then dies. It will repeat this process until I pull the cord.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117447

Parts I'm using. Anyone have a clue whats going on?

>>55141954
Complain to the source
Tell them if they're not going to release lossless copies then you feel no reason not to pirate their content
If you're paying for it you should be getting a high quality product.

>>55141764
Are you sure youve plugged all the right cables and in the right slots?

>>55141966
>would it be an acceptable replacement to the built in speakers on my TV?

Of course, most built in TV speakers sound no better than an old portable radio.

If you're set on buying a bookshelf system, you do actually have one big advantage: you can go to a local electronics store and listen to the units.

What is your price range and country? We might be able to make suggestions.

>>55142018
>implying I'm going to click through all that

>>55139558
Had that same laptop, same shit happened. Throw the piece of shit away.

Is it worth RMAing my monitor that just came in Tuesday and switching it for another monitor that just went on sale for the same price but better build quality?

>>55142033
Mexico, about 400 USD. I guess the hardest part will be finding specific models, but I can try.

Chrome has started randomly whitescreening for a few seconds before displaying the page again (sometimes scrolled to the top)

Sometimes it flickers rather than just completely disappearing.

Tried disabling extensions and hardware acceleration, neither did anything. Only having issues with Chrome.

>>55141983
Hey now, there's no need to be like that. I already know about transcoding. My question was already answered, I was just providing that anon with more information.

>>55142022
I might just contact the artists about it. I haven't spent too much on these download cards so far (it doesn't help that they're incredibly cheap) but if they started providing higher quality versions of the tracks, even if it was for a higher price, I'd have no issue buying them more often. Thanks man.

>>55138467
every time i log out of my computer it reverts to the default background. I'm running Ubuntu with i3 and made it the background with feh --bg-scale. Anyone know how to make the background stick?

>>55142075
The cost of delivering a FLAC file over a 320kbps file would be like 1 cent per track maybe.

I have a base directory, in this directory are files.How can i recurse all subfolders,mv a certain file with a certain string in the filename, and send it to the base dir the command was started from

>>55142018
use pcpartpicker.
Alot eaiser format then all this.

Does anyone know how can I set the options on the pentadactyl tab options plugin for Fx?

http://5digits.org/pentadactyl/plugins

I have no fucking idea how to use these commands.

What stores carry thermal grease or some close equivilant. I don't need it for a cpu but for some high power leds that can hit over 120 Degree C.

Lots of stores carry it online (walmart, office depot), but not in store. Best buy is out of stock on thermal paste and frys is very out of the way.


Anyone have any in store experience with finding thermal paste? Home depot perhaps?

>>55142151
does
mv -r /path/to/directory/*string* /destination
work?

Probably safer to test with cp first

>>55142220
look for independent electronics or repair stores.

>>55142257
Didnt work.Maybe im not explaining it right

/directory
-/subfolders 1-1000(named non numeric)
--*cover*.jpg

Go in to subfilders,find any file with cover in its name, move it back to the main directory

Is there a way to see how many times you have been banned on 4chan?

Dunno if it qualifies as a dumb question, but here goes nothing:
Me being a kind of beginner programmer, could anybody give some info on how I can push myself further to the next level?

Taking on (bigger) projects is an obvious answer, but what projects can I find and where?
Github seems like the place for this kind of stuff, but doesn't it require some research, especially on long going projects, before getting started to collaborating?

>>55142361
Find something that you would want as a program that dosent exist currently, and make it

>>55142205
Nevermind, got it, I was looking at the :help page which didn't have any examples on the plugins I have installed, but at the plugins page for pentadactyl there's the examples for the other plugins.

>>55142361

Depends on the language .

Ultimately the best way of building up your knowledge it to do something specific that you have a drive to do.

Picking up things on github project is a mixed back as people can be a bit dickish on coding practices and standards, even to experienced coders.

APIs, libraries and plugins/modules can be good learning exercises. Find a very specific thing you need done that doesn't have a solution already (or the solution is shitty).

>>55138514
Daily programing thread?

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When I turn on my computer all the case fans work fine, but when I get to the Windows screen two of the fans suddenly stop.
If I go to BIOS all of them work fine and the BIOS page reads them, but when I launch software like Corsair Link in Windows it doesn't read those fans as being connected.
Does anyone know what the issue could be?

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How fucked would this be? Should I just up to the R5?

>>55142314
I think

find directory/* -name "*cover*.jpg exec mv -v  {}  directory ';'

Should I grab a QNIX QX2710 or wait for a decent sale on the Acer XG270HU? I only have a 280x now, but I'm probably going to pick up the RX 480 soon if benchmarks are good enough at 1440p.

>>55142677
>>>55142314
>I think
>find directory/* -name "*cover*.jpg" -exec mv -v {} directory ';'

Fixed

What would you guys say is the best IM program available on the market right now? Excluding IRC clients. I'm always seeing people recommend Discord, but I've heard that that program doesn't keep chatlogs. Then it's like Discord is a carbon copy of Slack, and while Slack allows you to search through a channel's old messages, it caps at 10k messages and wants you to pay in order to access older ones.

My computer does not turn off all the way until I unplug the displayport cable. The LEDs on the case fans stay dimly lit until I unplug the displayport cable as well. Is this a problem with my graphics card? I've never had this problem when using HDMI on my motherboard. I can't boot it back up from this state either, I have to unplug the displayport cable and the power to the PSU and then plug them back in to be able to boot it back up.

>>55139972

Ticking sound? Could be something internal. Hard drive is probably failing. Run a test to be sure, back up everything. Better of getting a new drive before its too late

would mandating plain text e-mail lessen the instances of fraud, etc?

>>55142018
Happened to me too the first time I built my computer, the most likely reason is simply that you forgot to plug something.
As stupid as it sounds, look again.

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Would it help my airflow to mount my rad on too exhaust with fan mounted outside of case? (Not enough clearance for both inside the case)

Pic related is current airflow

>>55142027
Yes, BIOS detected it.

I have an Amazon Fire 7 (2015). Bluetooth controllers don't seem to connect to it, but if I install a different android OS, will that work?

>>55142737
I have an AIM chatlog stored by Trillian dating back to 2007.

>>55142939
Nice, I've kept all of my old 2006 - 2010 IRC logs. I never look through them but it feels nice having them. Are newer IM programs scared of storing logs locally or something? If I'm remembering this correctly, that Steam chat client doesn't store them either.

>>55142865
You would have less heat inside your case so it might help with the GPU temps.

>>55138467
on this page
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/Obtaining_grsecurity#Downloading_the_Linux_Kernel

in the middle
NOTE: The versions of the grsecurity patch and the kernel must match exactly.

my versions:
kernel is 4.6.2-1
grsec is 4.5.7.201606142010-1

2 stupid questions:
am i ok since they both version 4?
if not do i downgrade or upgrade one of them?

>>55139405
Is using the cloud not an option

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What is the best way to check the health of your psu?

Over the past month an HDD and SSD have fried on my newly built pc. I replaced them both and they seem to be working fine right now, but I want to make sure that my psu isnt acting up.

My psu is a Seasonic. Also, I tried viewing voltages with Speedfan but they dont come up for me, pic related.

>>55138719
Just looks like a shit gpu to me.

Take it out and plug your monitor into the mobo for integrated graphics. If you want a new gpu for games, nvidia is about to drop the prices of the 900 series.

What's the difference between technique and technology? If you're not a native English speaker, please notice, that in your language the definition of both are probably switched.
Some examples, preferably on CS terminology, would be appreciated.

>>55143140
This is not the answer to the question I asked.
Anyone is free to post more suggestions.

>>55143195
I didnt even know you asked a question.

Im not going to read a dense wall of text without even knowing what you are talking about. State your question up front or provide a tl dr at the bottom. Details come afterwards.

http://www.banggood.com/Waterproof-Flexible-Neon-Adhesive-LED-Strip-Light-for-PC-Computer-Case-12V-4-Pin-p-1055490.html

do these stay on when the computer is turned off (but PSU still on)???

Any thoughts on macrium reflect as a backup tool? Looking mostly for a if windows shit the bed I can reimage and be back in business kind of backup.

>>55143067
Test output voltage variances at load

My ISP sent me a letter for torrenting porn thats almost 3 years old. I've decided I can't discretly torrent any US porn any more because there's no clear pattern in what studios they monitor for or how long.
My only real option to carry on with my degenerate ways is through a proxy I take it? or am I forgetting another way?

>>55143327
Alright.

So my mobo's bios displays the voltage numbers. Will these be enough to know if it's good or not?

>>55143340
seedbox you mong

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Why is XP so darn comfy,i triple boot XP 7 and 10 and nothing beats windows XP on a dark summer night,the theme is too damn comfy.

>>55143340
a VPN yeah. get something russian

>>55143432
why do you triple boot xp, 7 AND 10?
i can't possibly see a point to this..

>>55141587
Goddamnit Frank I'm stuck with WDDM 1.1 drivers and can't install normal Nvidia ones anymore... It always fails. thanks anyway

>>55143453
Legacy software XP,7 for general use,and for 10 i had a spare drive and didn't know what else to put on it,so i put 10.
Not really sure which linux distro is good for learning and would it even work with my mobo.

>>55143432
is this post bait?

>>55143479
>Not really sure which linux distro is good for learning and would it even work with my mobo
it would

>>55143502
But which distro,arch is a meme.
And debian too apparently.

>>55143235
Dont respond if you don't know how to read.
And dont try to push this shit on me,Im visiting this place for the past 7 years and I know shithead when I see one.
So thanks a lot for your input.

>>55143432
It has a style that actually looks pretty decent and not minimalistic shit.

>>55143562
alright, enjoy your broken gpu. Shithead.

>>55143584
thanks oh epic trolle

>>55143520
>>>/fglt/

>>55143059
I don't have any cloud service or device, just wifi and cables

With soldering, how do you determine where you connect the part you want to solder on? I haven't started working on any projects yet but I can't remember how it works.

Okay my Samsung Galaxy S6 got this Gear VR issue where a white x goes in the corner and the screen turns black when I try to charge it. I uninstalled and force stopped what I could, and I wiped the cache and it seems to be gone but it still won't charge, and I think it's because it's recognizing the charger as a VR device. Has anyone had this issue before, or have any suggestions on how I could fix this? I need my phone today and I need it to be charged. It seems to connect to my laptop and charge but it doesn't let me transfer files.

What's a good program to split cue files on Windows? I've previously use medieval cue splitter, but apparently it's shit and alters the files slightly.

I need some cheap speakers for my computer. Which should I buy?

>>55143721
how cheap are we talking?

>>55143733
20 to 40 USD

>>55143763
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-LOG980000382-Speaker-System-Z313/dp/B002HWRZ2K/

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>>55138467
how do i make my pngs not look jagged? the numbers look like shit. any way to smooth them?

using paint.net, font is sofia pro

>>55143639
what

>>55143657
Cuetools is my go-to program. I think I've only run into a single instance where I couldn't split a cue using it and had to use medieval cue splitter, but I think it might have been because of weird chink encoding or something. It's always worked for my other chink rips though.

>>55143776
Thanks

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Friend just built his first PC and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7, after the install though his USB stopped being recognized. He tried formatting it as NTFS on his old PC, and was planning to use it to install his motherboard drivers because he doesn't have an optical drive so it's an issue that has stumped him. He's tried all of his ports and results don't change, any ideas?

>>55143779
antialiasing

>>55143798
I don't see what's so confusing, you wouldn't just solder on the components onto the PCB all willy-nilly correct?

>>55143890
does paint.net have that? im looking through the settings and i dont see anything

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What's a good pair of budget (~$600) shelf speakers?

>>55143876
if you don't need a subwoofer, you can get cheaper ones. anything by logitech is fine in that segment.

>>55143910
i recommend edifier.

>>55139195
I know this is sqt, but cmon

>>55139811
are they mp3? yes? they're probably not actual rips, and if they are, they're probably very low quality
on youtube only very old/early formats use mp3, aac is more common, and vorbis/opus are also available nowadays

Can someone tell me what the screen looks like when you charge your Samsung Galaxy S6 with the power off?

I get this sometimes when playing HTML5 video on Firefox 47. It goes away after a while but it's still pretty annoying. Apparently it's the whole page flashing inside the video for some fucking reason. The flashing is more frequent and faster, but it doesn't really show accurately because GIF. What would be the cause of this? Had to upload the GIF somewhere else because it came out too big.

https://my.mixtape.moe/ljfqgs.gif

>>55143901
So you mean like how to determine the polarities of the elements?

Since keepass is shit now which is the best password manager?

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Correct me if I am wrong. But if I change my address type on my router from "static" to "DHCP", it would change it to Dynamic and allow me to easily change my IP address. Right?

>>55144200
And could it cause any problems with my internet or ISP?

>>55144161
how is it shit? what did i miss?

>>55144200
no that's the internal address not the external one. you can't make your ip address dynamic from your router settings, you have to contact your isp to do so.

I have the opportunity to get windows 10 education for free from my school. It has the same features as enterprise but I can't find any information on whether or not it's locked down in any way. Should I go for it?

>>55144200
Changing that won't change the fact that you either have static or dynamic IP address, assigned from your ISP

That option of yours is probably for assigning private addresses to your pc

ISP assignes WAN address to your router

>>55144226
https://bogner.sh/2016/03/mitm-attack-against-keepass-2s-update-check/

>>55144253
damn..
at least i use the mono version.

>>55143901
I'm puzzled, because I don't know If I misunderstood something, or are you just a beginner who grabbed an iron and doesn't know what's next.

You either have a circuit diagram, which shows you how the circuit is connected on an abstract level, or a layout diagram, which shows how the circuit is connected on a physical level. Technically, they both should be equivalent, but the first one is much better for analyzing the circuit, and the second for assembling it. However, for simple circuits, you will probably have only a circuit diagram, which is totally fine because you can easily assemble it by yourself on some e.g. perfboard.
Assembling simple circuits doesn't require any knowledge, other than knowing how to solder and how to determine the polarities (which side to put them) of the elements. Unless of course something goes wrong, because the elements are eg. misparameterized.

>>55138467
what's the best serial reader thingy for arch linux?
I tried screen but whenever I enter conf t mode on my switch it goes full retarded.
I'll try out minicom again, but it was being weird last night, and im working on installing dterm

>>55144200
>being this retarded

I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15-7559 super cheap ($200) off a friend of mine only problem is I don't like windows 10. I was looking online and quite a few people said they had problems where they installed Win7 but it installed with no drivers. My question is, how do I remove Windows 10 and properly install Window 7 on this thing?

>>55144490
He just doesn't know networking, those options could really confuse people who don't know

What is the /g/ approved way of one to one instant messaging where you have a profile, and you have a friendlist and you can click on people and have a IM chat?
I think IRC is just for groups, if so that wouldn't work for such a use.

>>55143995
Oh, is that it? I really wish I could remember what I learnt about soldering in high school.

>>55144431
I'm sorry, I'm a retarded beginner who is really bad at wording shit. Basically what I want to eventually do is rewrite my old ass MP3 player's BIOS to allow microSD cards, but then there's the issue of placing the microSD card slot onto the PCB (if that would even work). But if shit breaks then that's okay, I should probably replace this shit anyway.

But I see, thank you very much. I'll have to really look into this and see how possible it all is.

>>55144490
>Namefagging with Emily's tripcode while calling somebody else retarded.

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I was setting up my motherboard again after cleaning it with a dry toothbrush and after installing a new cpu fan I noticed that one of the 2 3 pin headers is not working I tried being a smartass so I connected the second 3 pin cable of my cooler into 3 of the pins near the power/ground connector (the one who goes in the power on button) now the power on button doesn't work and I can't turn on my pc unless I use a paperclip on my PSU to turn on the fans and stuff.
Is my motherboard dead? Is a technician capable of restoring it (since there's no more warranty) or should I get a new one?

>>55144506
a) that's a fairly recent $1000+ laptop how did you get it for $200 ?
b) win 10 isn't that different from win7 and maybe you should stick with it. if you have privacy concerns you shouldn't be using windows in the first place.
c) windows 7 should work with nor problems. to install it download the ISO image from MS website, flash it on a flashdrive (using ISOtoUSB or similar software). and then boot into instead of the windows 10. you might have to disable secure boot in win10 before you can do so.
d) after you boot into the installer format the partition that has win10 (backup files before this step obviously) and install win7 on it instead. get a CD key or install DAZLoader after.
e) i wouldn't worry about drivers on windows7, everything should work fine.

can you trust any registry cleaner besides CCleaner's?

i patched a vidya gaem wrong, and now even clean installs have that part of the game broken. System restore is not an option for me anymore..

I'm looking at the EVGA SC >gayming models of both of the 1080 and 1070 and I'm noticing a lot of the details are the same, save for shit like clock speed and texture fill speed. Does it all make a difference in the end or does it not really matter?

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A little game for you guys of /sqt/

>>55144561
Come back in 10 years after I develop the perfect IM client. I think a lot of people are moving from IRC/Skype over to Discord though.

Which brings me to this question: what is something you all are looking for in an IM program? What sort of things have left you all feeling disappointed over? The main thing I'm looking for is a lightweight client while also being customizable. From what I've seen only the exact opposite is around right now, and everything tends to sit somewhere in the shit to mediocre range because of other reasons.

I want to buy a new laptop, but no new ones have ethernet ports and I want wired internet.

I know they make an adapter, RJ-45 phone plug to USB, but what do I do?
Do I just plug it into my USB port and I have internet? No software or changing settings?

>>55144756
>Do I just plug it into my USB port and I have internet?
pretty much

>>55144742
I think I translated it correctly
It says "Kill yourself faggot"

>>55144747
>what is something you all are looking for in an IM program?
security
privacy
decentralized or with servers outside of the US
voip
video chat
file transfers
text chat
customization
low memory footprint

in that order.

Is there any Android app that lets me use my tablet as a second monitor for my PC, and control the mouse on that screen with touch commands and whatnot? Feel like this would be super convenient.

>>55144773
Thanks, wanted to make sure, it sounded too easy.

When I connect my laptop to my TV with HDMI, do I need to change any setting on the laptop or does it always having video and sound going out that port?

>>55144783
For security and privacy, what could I do to make my program shine compared to others? Of course I would make it open source, but what else could I do? I'm sure there's more I could do than just that.

>>55144671
Rich friend sometimes just gives or sells me stuff. Laptop is literally new too but he's never used it. I have no idea why he even bothered to buy it but the why doesn't matter to me.

>>55144867
click windows button+p a few times if you don't.

>>55144895
>but what else could I do?
optional support for encrypted messages (look into pgp)
decentralization
maybe run the messenger in a sandbox by default

that's all i can think of, but i'm no security expert. look at tox, maybe it will give you some ideas, if you're serious about this.

>>55138467
I'm trying to write a card-shuffling routine in C, with an array from 0 to 51, but when I run the Fisher-Yates algorithm in C, the array ends up with more than 1 of some numbers (e.g., it'll have 4 0's and 7 5's, then skip some 40's and 50's), but it works fine in Python. Is there anything wrong with my code?

int i, deck[52];
for (i = 0; i < 52; ++i) {
    deck[i] = i;
}
srand(time(NULL));
for (i = 0; i < 52; ++i) {
    int j = rand() % i;
    /* it isn't an issue with xor-swap, even using a temp variable still creates the same issue */
    deck[i] ^= deck[j];
    deck[j] ^= deck[i];
    deck[i] ^= deck[j];
}

>>55144901
What if it's a Chromebook?
I just need it for browsing and stuff.

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Does it matter how many people are watching an iptv stream simultaneously? Will it start to buffer more/stop for a few seconds if a large number of people are watching it?

>>55145016
Depends on how shitty the server is.

>>55144931
Thank you so much anon. I hope I'll be able to make a good, solid client that everyone will enjoy using.

>>55145043
godspeed

Someone please answer >>55144561


And as I understand it IRC is only for group chats, but what do you use when you have to talk to people one-on-one?

Skype?

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>>55144712
The 1070 is around 20% slower than the 1080. The cards are very similar, except the 1070 was cut down in a few areas.

>>55145058
skype is good, discord is the new kid on the block.

i don't know if icq is still around, that used to be good.

you can have private chats in irc as well.

>>55145058
>what do you use when you have to talk to people one-on-one?
private messages on IRC

>>55145058
But it seems there are privacy issues with skype.

So what to use?

>>55144637
pls help ;-;

So I was recompiling arch kernel and got this error

LD [M]  sound/usb/usx2y/snd-usb-us122l.o
  MK_FW   firmware/radeon/bonaire_ce.bin.gen.S
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'firmware/radeon/bonaire_ce.bin', needed by 'firmware/radeon/bonaire_ce.bin.gen.o'.  Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:963: firmware] Error 2

seems to be related to the part where I included the cards firmware into the kernel. I read that from here https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu#Feature_support

anyone knows how to fix this?

>>55138467
How am I supposed to safely torrent, what client + VPN combo is regarded as the most reliable. Also, not interested in private trackers, I don't have that type of time.

>>55138467
I'm looking for a portable laptop for college work. Would you guys recommend Chromebooks for that?

>>55144637
>>55145153
have you tried removing the cpu fan connector

>>55144867
>TV with HDMI
It will act as any other monitor.
You will have to set up resolution and refresh rate first time and it always will be that next time when you will plug in your laptop.

Heat rises up.

So is it a bad idea to put my cpu cooling on the top of my case.
I'll be using a corsair H100i V2.
The case I'll be using is a Corsair 760T.

>>55145179
thats pretty vague

>>55138467
Is there something in which I can put a few TB of movies/TV shows on that can remain connected to my TV? (Don't want to connect my laptop every time)

>>55145179
Only if you have non stop internet connection and you find it under $150.
If not you are better off buying any other laptop for $200 will serve you well unless muh gaymen.

>>55145086
Discord isn't open source, so your best bet is probably using an IRC client and sending personal messages to the person in question.

>>55145221
NAS

or an external hard drive connected to your router

but it depends on the tv, maybe build a cheap htpc?

>>55145190
Alright, thanks.
Acting only as a monitor, what about sound?

sorry if this is the dumbest question in this thread

>>55145221
>ainol mini pc ii
>connect it to few external HDDs
>connect to TV via HDMI
>watch everything you want

Or you can just buy one of those Android stick they are around $50 and do it that way via wifi streaming or directly connecting HDDs to it.

>>55145221
HTPC from a banana pi hooked up to a NAS

For gaming, my budget is 800 for a gpu. I want a gpu that is ideal for 4k gaming but also uses the least amount of watts.

Should I get a R9 390, Rx 480, or a 1070.

>>55145240
Sorry for being a noob, but what's a NAS lol?

>>55145240
>>55145263
What price range would the computer be for it to run without hiccups?

>>55145263
Recommendations on a stick?

>>55145281
1080 Founders' Edition

>>55145290
https://www.google.com/search?q=computer+NAS

>>55145262
Sound and picture is going through the HDMI cable.You dont have to do anything,you will get sound over your TV speakers unless you specify differently from somewhere in windows.

>>55145281
Wait for RX480 or RX490.

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>>55145290
>what's a NAS

>>55145314

Thanks a lot, you guys are much more helpful than /k/ is on weapons questions.
This thread should be a sticky, just saying.

>>55145302
>>55145335
thanks

>>55145290
Dunno haven't used one but as far as i know most of them are capable for playing x264 via onboard decoder or some shit which in all honesty is all you need.

>>55145290
>What price range would the computer be for it to run without hiccups?
100 to 200 dollars would be my guess. maybe even cheaper.

Eventually when I build a new computer, I'll want to upgrade my GPU (a GTX 460) but don't know where to start. I don't know one thing about GPUs, my friend ordered the parts for me years ago and didn't tell me anything about his reasoning behind ordering the things he got.

I remember seeing that generally the higher the number, the better the card is. So I'm gonna pull this out of my ass as an example, but let's say a GTX 980 would be better than a GTX 970. But then I also read that sometimes older cards are just as good, if not better in some cases. Which one of these is true? How the hell do you go about choosing one? Is it best going with one with more cores/MHz/GDDR SDRAM? Sorry for being a retard

>>55145486
What do you want to do with it? 1080p 60fps? 1080p 144fps? 1440p 60fps? Etc etc. Basically what is the resolution and refresh rate of your monitor. We can just reccomend what GPU is best for your use case scenario and tell you why it's good for that.

>>55145193
Two in front one in back
Thats all you need

>>55145486
As of few days ago AMD RX480 is all you need.
Its only $200 and will allow you to play everything for years to come.
You want more power?
Buy another one and put them both in Crossfire mode.
Its will cost you $400 which is less than a single 980GTX and the are both much faster.
And remember unless you have 4K monitor you only need single RX480

>>55145526
I guess 1440p 60fps would be the way to go, right? Sounds like that would last me a while. I can't really see myself getting a 4k monitor anytime soon so I guess that'll make choosing one a little easier.

>>55145537
Oh, seriously? That sounds pretty damn good then. Thanks anon.