/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

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9 dollar mini PC with Debian.
Can I use it for emulation?

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My mouse is acting up, wheel scroll will stutter in an opposite direction and clicking sometimes opens multiple tabs. I'm guessing it needs a cleaning, but how do I do that without destroying it?

apparently my laptop's GPU only supports 32 bit color, which is a pain since I'm trying to run a game that only supports 16 bit.
How do I get it to work?

>>56270717
You can emulate a $0.99 calculator

>>56270747
It's a mouse.
Invest $5 in a new one.

>>56270755
What GPU and OS?

>>56270761
NVS 4200M
Windows 8.1

>>56270717
>not Dwight
You had one job.

>>56270737
It'd probably help if we knew what it was.

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>>56270747
just open it up carefully
my mx518 has been cleaned a few times since I bought it, and my trackball mouse is super easy to clean
>>56270759
>buying a new thing when you can just fix the current thing you have

>>56270790
>$800
Assuming it's a laptop
not even worth it New In Box

>>56270777

Open it and do what though? Can of air, cotton swab? I don't know what to expcet.

>>56270799
and why exactly?

>>56270803
I use cotton swabs and a small amount of iso alcohol

>>56270808
because it's AMD and you could get a better new laptop for $800
you could get a T420 and a 512GB ssd for $400-500 or so

is there REALLY no difference between the i5 and i7 for gaming? is that thread memeing me?

>>56270763
Well you can try messing around with the programs compatibility settings in it's properties, or you can go into the nvidia control panel and try changing it under "change resolution", maybe make a profile for whenever you want to play that game.

>>56270822
not unless you want a extra 5-10 frames on the newest games at super high resolutions
only thing that really matters is clock speed for gaymen

if you want to be a degenerate and stream the i7 is better just because it's got 8 threads

Best Place to download apk files.
fuck paying for shit.

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Where place router?

>>56270822
There used to be little difference. We're kind of at the transition point now where it's more arguable. It still depends on the game but with more optimized coding and the advent of DX12/Vulcan higher thread count is starting to matter more. If you've got the budget an i7 is starting to be more justified, especially if you're considering VR.

>>56270820
A used t420 with 120 ssd is up for sale for 400$, so the price is a lot different here.

>>56270852
Behind camera.

>>56270861
where the fuck do you live

>>56270871
Fuark, my bad, looked the wrong place. Found a new one on another site for the price range you mentioned. Hmm, never thought of a Thinkpad. Just thought of buying one from one of two stores around here, and it was the best one in our price range.

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>>56270894
local computer shops always outrageously overprice things
these niggers are selling a fucking T400 for what you could get a top tier T420 or T430

>>56270852
On top of microwave to extend the range pixels.

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I'm trying to install the VLC plugin on Nightly x64, but I can't for the love of god figure out how to do it.

>>56270931
I'd guess it's not compatible with e10 yet. Mozilla's going through weird times addon wise right now.

>>56270903
True, true. They're not even that local, they're like electronic retailer chains. They had a wide range of HPs, Acers and what not but we chose this one instead (Asus) Oh, well. Should've come to /g/ in the first place.

Also turned out that the prices vary a LOT around here (Denmark)

A T420 new goes for 1300$ one place and 600$ another place..

>>56270717
Is water really as wet as people say it is? ..asking for a friend

If I only run Windows in a VM for offline games, with no personal data on it, is it safe to disable updates?

>>56270967
I don't know anything about the used computer markets outside the US
the only thing I know is that you should be able to get a decent condition T420 in the US for $200 or less

>>56270983
some updates are actually important since they fix bugs
I normally just disable updates until things start crashing

>>56270980
depends. if your "friend" is very hot, or very cool, it might not be wet at all.

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Anybody want to read some big words that don't mean anything?

http://www.feadreader.com/read/2014/what-is-microsoft-toolkit/

>>56270958
welp, shit sucks. I'm trying to get kodi streaming through Chorus2 working, but the HTML5 thing doesn't work. VLC plugin was working when I was using the 32bit version but it doesn't like me having a billion tabs open.

whats a good, cheap vps?

want to use one for a terraria game server for some friends and myself

>>56271064
Ramnode

what good reliable program to read iso files

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>>56270717
is this a good headset for the money?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826106694

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Is pic related a good build?

(Also got a 1070 on the way)

>>56271074
7zip or winCDEmu

>>56271106
I'm not seeing a hard drive

>>56271138
I only use like 5GB of space, it'll fit on the SSD

>>56271138
Already got one. I'm more worried about if the motherboard is overkill honestly.

>>56271138
Nobody uses hard drives at home now grandpa.

>>56271184
0/10

>>56271146
Oh yeah. I don't think the average person ever needs to go over $150 for a mobo, $120 if you're even remotely shopping for a deal.

>>56271208
What would you suggest?

>>56271224
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130892&cm_re=LGA_1151-_-13-130-892-_-Product

Trying to install pygame on ubuntu. I have python2.7 and 3.5; using the

sudo apt install python-pygame

However, that only installs pygame for 2.7. Using the import pygame function for 3.5 returns the no pygame module error.

How can I get pygame to install for 3.5?

>>56271308
you should probably install it via pip and not apt-get

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How much does L3 cache size matter when it comes to gaming? Thinking either buying i3 6100 or 6300 with 3mb/4mb respectively.

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please help me to understand what i need to do? do i scrap the GPUs or get a new MB or power supply?
got these errors on my build:
>1 additional PCI-Express 6-pin power connector is needed.
>1 additional PCI-Express 8-pin power connector is needed.

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/4c2VwV

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What the hell is a "System Admin" anyway? A few of my friends seem are saying they're employed as one but I've never really wanted to ask them what they mean.

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not a question:
in the end i'm sticking to Qt. turns out i couldn't run the .exe files because i was creating them "debug" and not for "release". also for the ".dll missing error" turns out i needed them in the same older as the .exe. using "dependency walker" for that now.

still can't run from different directions than created but will look into that later.

I have bonded ADSL.
Both lines are connected to Internet, green lights on the router, but only one will transmit data, blinking green lights.
How do I fix this? I've tried googling it but I can't find anything.

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>Build new computer
>Install and update everything including drivers
>Start playing games
>FPS is 60+ with everything on ultra
>Everything running smooth as hell
>After 3 hours shit begins to hit the fan
>Stuttering begins
>Blue screens from failing drivers
>Random reboots
>Artifacts like crazy
>Have latest drivers but still have problems
>Decide to try a different driver
>Downgrade video driver by one version
>Every single problem goes away

I don't get it, could a driver really cause all these problems? This was about a week ago, haven't hand a single problem since downgrading my video driver, why is the latest driver CAUSING issues for my card, shouldn't it be fixing them??

>>56271475
modem/router combo.

>>56271482
>software cannot get worse
see windows

>>56271080
just updating since newegg just updated their price on it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sennheiser-g4me-zero-closed-pc-gaming-headset-white/2961163.p?id=1219084784879&skuId=2961163

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>>56271482
>Updates drivers
>Video card blows up

Spot the Nvidia user.

No thermal paste at hand - what's the best alternative for a couple of days until I have some?

>>56271080
Get a game one instead. Vastly superior in all cases, unless you really do need to be quiet.

>>56271518
>drivers
You sure did spot the Nvidia user.

>>56271528
sadly i do need to be quite. thanks of responding though. so the game one has a better sound stage?

>>56271518
Yeah, because if it was AMD an explosion wouldn't even register as a temperature difference.

>>56271524
Women and beer.

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>>56271524
Mayonnaise

>>56271440
Ummm... there's a lot there that's just wrong.

Should I finally make the move to Win10? Got it for free, I'm on Win7 now and I'm gonna format soon anyways. Is there a guide for Win10 settings like there is for Win7?

>>56271536
It's just a simple open vs closed headset. What is more important, less sound leakage or a better soundstage (and cooler ears)?

Also they are easily the best headphones in their price range, seriously. You will have no regrets. Shit is mid-tier audiophile gear with a very good microphone slapped on for pretty much free.

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>>56271538
>>56271532
>>56271518

>>56271568
I don't get it. Is AMD missing because zen is never gonna show?

>>56271566
sound stage is very important to me. but i dont want sound leakage. i dont mind my ears getting a little warm either.

>>56271552
B- But anon, those do not fit in between the CPU and cooler.

>>56271556
I do not trust this.

>>56271579
Driver's missing because AMD has no drivers

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>>56271568
this is more like nvidia.

>>56271440
Here.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/xZkXyf

No clue if your speakers or keyboard are any good. I'm still using the same keyboard and stereo I bought in 1999.

Should I upgrade from a gtx 960 2gb to a rx 480 4gb.

I've never used amd before. 1080p monitor.

>>56271653
Not much of an upgrade.

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I have a number of youtube videos.
I download it with ytdl and used the thumbnail as album cover.
What would happen if I use Ffmpeg to concatenate those files?

>>56271671
>>56271653
Its still a pretty significant upgrade
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1744?vs=1749

>>56271683
They would be concatenated

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/ic/ reporting in.

Will GTX 950 + i3 6100 be able to handle photoshop/sai in 2560x1440p ?

>>56271706
You mean the resulting MP3 file will have 3 different album cover?

>>56271671

It isn't? Not being completely and utterly cucked by 2gb of vram and terrible bandwidth would be quite nice, desu.

the 480 seems to bench substantially higher as >>56271698 rightly points out.

I guess I'm just after advice about the general AMD experience. Plays.tv should hopefully be a decent substitute for shadowplay (I rarely record footage anyway).

Game support is the big meme I guess I've always been afraid of, but I don't really play games when they're new. I pretty much always wait until they're at least a few months old.

>>56271698
Not really, since all he's doing is moving from "very high" to "ultra" in the latest games. Everything else the 960 can max already.

>>56271724
>Not being completely and utterly cucked by 2gb of vram and terrible bandwidth would be quite nice, desu.

You were cucked the instant you went into /pol/ with a below average IQ.

>>56271710
I doubt it

>>56271709
Any modern GPU can handle 1440p
Photoshop performance will be less than ideal with an i3 but it will work

>>56271739
If you want to run 144hz the extra frames are nice
Also future games

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>>56271739

>something totally unrelated about /pol/, a board I don't browse

w-what?

>>56271739

I can't play the latest games at Very High at 60fps with the 960, especially when it comes to texture quality which is one of the most important aspects to make things look decent for me.

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>>56271747
>I doubt it
I see, so maybe only the first file's album cover will be inserted.
Then how to concatenate files using ffmpeg and youtube-dl in single command?

youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-thumbnail --exec 'ffmpeg -f concat -i {} concated.mp3 && rm {}' 'URL 1' 'URL 2'

Would this work?

What is a good frontend to KODI (XBMC) that works like netflix? Browse and then just click to stream on the browser.

>>56271809
>MP3
what are you doing?

>>56271882
He's trying to download songs from youtube and concatenate them together

>>56271809
Couldn't tell you if that would work, but with the process you're using you're doing a double lossy encode. If you tell youtube-dl to download mp3 that just means it downloads the best quality then converts it to mp3. You want to download the native aac or opus file then concatenate then convert to mp3 if you really want an mp3 file for whatever reason.

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Skylake Pentuim g4400 or Haswell Pentuim g3258?

Pairing with rx 460

>>56271930
Why?

>>56270717
Is there anyway to sync and edit tasks you've set on Google Calendar via Android?

>>56271930
3258 if you overclock, otherwise 4400

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Because i want a budget gami- i mean responsible work machine with upgrade paths in the future but for now which pentuim can benefit me longer

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>>56271882
>>56271902
There are a bunch of ASMR videos on youtube as parts.
I'd like to have the audio only and concatenate those files into one file.
The reason I'm using MP3 is because I intend to play it on mp3 player which doesn't support m4a/aac/ogg/opus/flac while lying comfy in my bed.
So how should the command be then?And why is it going to be double lossy?
Won't just merge the files together?

>>56271959
Neither. You don't waste your time with trash.
Get a 2400/2500/k and 7870/270X off ebay. Pentium is just throwing your money away.

>>56271959
i7 6950X + GTX 1080

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>>56271902
How does this look?

youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --embed-thumbnail --exec 'cat {} > concated.mp3 && rm {}' 'URL 1' 'URL 2'

>>56271974
Its double lossy because you're converting AAC -> MP3, then when you concatenate it has to reencode the MP3 -> MP3

>>56271992
I don't know enough about youtube-dl + ffmpeg to tell you, just try stuff until it works

is XFCE outdated and should not be used anymore?

>>56271996
Then -c copy should solve the second re-encode.
Also regarding this >>56271992
If you use > cat will overwrite the file.
It should be >>

Is bacon good for you?

>>56272013
I was under the impression that mp3 did not support that, but I may be wrong.

>>56272014
Up to the point where it provides the necessary calories for you to stay alive, yes its better than starving.

>>56272059
But what about the saturated fat and cholesterol?

ok so i tried uploading a video but it doesnt allow audio so my problem is my hard drive makes very loud noises when im using it. so i found another one to clone it to, and during the process it is silent.
why does this happen?

how do i do move files from one directory to another in python except this one file i want to stay?

shutil.move(place1, place2) EXCEPT 'x.txt'?

>>56272077
Nobody actually knows if its unhealthy or not

Everyone talks about maxing the voltage on their GTX 1080s. I have a single 8 pin connector for 180 watts and am already doing 120% power target.

Should I fuck with voltages?

Is there a tablet that I can connect to a TV wirelessly and show my screen?

>>56272085
The arm swinging around is what creates that noise, when you're cloning the drive its all one sequential read so the arm isn't swinging all over the place.

>>56272054
Why ?
Cat just take a file and append it to the end of the file.

>>56272114
To a.... maybe... like...

Easier like connect to a computer maybe

Streaming direct video over wifi seems like most TV don't support but maybe if it's a smart tv or somethign

>>56272116
well the other drive just started fucking making noises too so im fucked

>>56272114
chromecast + any android device

>>56272117
It depends on the format, mp4 can be cut and joined with no quality loss at keyframes, otherwise it has to be reencoded
I don't know of any similar function for mp3

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I'm confused as to why i lose so much quality when reducing the dimensions of a gif?

when i do
ffmpeg -i /home/sugna/Desktop/an.gif -vf scale=320:240 /home/sugna/Desktop/anime.gif

to pic related it turns into

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>>56272139
to this

>>56272139
>>56272142
Well, where did you think that 90% of the file size goes?

>>56272139
Why are you using ffmpeg?
Use imagmagick

>>56272151
well, i thought if i increase it, it would lose quality, but if i lowered it, the quality would stay the same, just getting smaller. Using less data

Why does my 4G internet go to shit whenever there's wind blowing?

What HDD screws do I need for a r4 fractal design? I just ordered a bunch and when they arrived they were too short. So now I need to order new ones.

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is this good usb 3 speed?

>>56272162
Cheers faggot, guess /g/ isnt always right

Is the reference RX 480 acceptable? I heard it can barely hold its own boost clock

Are there any good wireless mechanical keyboards out there? I use a wireless keyboard and mouse for my home theater gaming setup but would like a mechanical keyboard without being tethered to USB.

What's the best way to protect a router and the phone wire against lightning storms?

>>56272311
Try Razer or Corsair

I'm having trouble finding unmodified win7 ISO seeders. Are there any other sources besides these?

http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/
http://windowsiso.net/

>>56272192
The wind blows the internet away

I'm having some problems with ntoskrnl crashes at night when I'm not using my computer.

Trying to test the RAM with memtest86 but whenever I boot it up from USB it just seems to check the CPU not the RAM, how to get it to test the RAM?

I just downloaded 400musics from youtube.

Is there a tool that could do any of this :

- add music info (album, title, album pic?)
- rename files

So yeah, something that could make using a player easier

>>56272855
Easytag (tagging, adding cover art etc) - linux, windows
Music Brainz Picard (auto adding cover images) - Linux, Windows

>>56272563
The best way is to unplug them. But failing that good powerbackups/surge protectors cover phonelines and ethernet cords.

>>56272895
Thanks. I have a SAE box, but I'm afraid it doesn't protect the phone wires exactly...

>>56272953
You can get phone surge suppressors, but if your house is hit everything will get fried no matter what precautions you take. A friend of mine lost everything plugged in, down to the blender and garage door opener.

How do I mitigate Powershell exploit attacks that bypass UAC?

If I secure my router and use AdBlock and antivirus, would that be enough?

I have started to collect old laptops, I'm trying to make a collection.
Any laptops that are musthaves? I don't collect from a specific time, but the ones I have are from 1990-2010

>>56272883
Thanks, music brainz did add some info to 1/4 of the files, better than nothing!

That's what I get for downloading from youtube.. a bunch of unsorted files in a folder.

are AMD processors cool on linux? or do them still have driver issues?

>>56272994
>phone surge suppressor
Will try, thanks!

>>56273199
Amd processors or gpus? Processors are fine since both intel and amd use the same standard (called amd x86_64)

I want to learn a programming language but i don't know what books to read and i don't know what program to use to write it in,should i use an ide or vim

>>56273417
learn c
then c++

Read the /sci/ sticky for some good books

>>56273423
what about the program i use to write it

>>56273441
i was sure you left out that detail.

If i have a lot of folders and .zip versions of those folders, whats the best way to check whether a zipped folder has an unzipped version?

In think what i want is to create a table of all zipped folders then check each unzipped folder against the list and then remove the zip folder from the list, and move the original zipped folder to an unzipped folder called (zip folders)

or something like that, but i have no idea how to write scripts

>>56273468
never mind thanks for the info i got what i wanted

Currently using CM on my phone without any GApps installed. What's the best way to download APKs without an account?

>>56273539
why? anything worthwhile is floss

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How do i fix this? So far it's only happened on the opera addon website.

>>56271959
Z170 board with high cpu current capabilities, pre-microcode update bios, any skylake cpu like pentium, i3 6100 or chink engineering sample.
Boom woah, you just got 4 Ghz dual/quad-core rig.

>>56270717
Would it be worthwhile for me to upgrade my old sandy bridge i3 to a amd fx8320 or fx6300?

>>56271332

bump

>>56270777
>my mx518 has been cleaned a few times since I bought it

Out of curiosity, how do you open your MX518 anyway? In mine the screw is under the glide pads and cant get to it without ruining the pads. Previously I had 510 and it had all its screws accessible IIRC.

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What psu should i get for high end gaming

We got a new PC that I need to put on the domain. We use the letter Y for one of our network drives. Dell has placed the recovery drive on Y and I can't figure out how to change or remove it.

I feel really dumb for not knowing this.

>bought imac gen3 v8.5 1998 version in the year of 2016
cannot do shit with it
>has an ethernet plugged into it but family is gunna get rid of the 3 routers from TWC to get 1 router from direct TV
>internet pages laod like shit and images do not load
i fell for the fucking vaporwave meme and wasted 212usd on ebay.

you can laugh at me.

My computer won't shut down, it only restarts. I've tried many things, I even formatted, didn't install anything and tried shutting down, but it restarted. What could it be? Could it be the lithium battery?

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One some motherbards I have experienced USB keyboards to be laggy in bios when not using an adapter like this.

I pressed a key and got a respons seconds later, meanwhile the same keyboard had instant response when using an USB to PS2 adapter.

What fucked up?

I have my SD card formatted to internal storage on my android phone, how do I move my music, pictures and stuff to it? There only seems to be a way to move the apps, you can put media on it in this state, right?

How do I install Steam on Gnome 3.14.1??

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I have some questions regarding vim after consistent but generally amateur use.

YouCompleteMe is a nice plugin in theory but often throws errors during editing for me. Are there better alternatives or should I stick to solving the errors I get on YCM?

After performing a search in a file using "/", I have to type ":noh" to clear the highlighting. Do you have a shortcut that you prefer to set clear highlighting that doesn't step on any other useful ones?

>>56274658
(Debian)

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>>56274685
YCM doesn't throw errors for me, although it did at one time when I had it improperly configured. I think I tried to compile it without having all the proper dependencies or something.

I use it with Go and Javascript though.

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Why do moving surfaces in Quake 1 "jitter" and "wave"?

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>>56274364
No, but here's something you can do to hold you over in the meantime. This is assuming you know how to use a web browser, I won't really try to help you past this point.

>open the instagram website in a desktop web browser of your choice
>select "inspect element" or something similar when right clicking the image
>this should have selected an empty div tag (highlighted in blue in my screenshot)
>directly above it is another div tag (highlighted in light blue in my screenshot)
>if you expand the div tag, you should see an inner image tag
>copy the value of the "src" attribute, it's the direct URL to the image
>download the image using that URL

What's a good book for beginners to networks?

>>56274766
I recall this being something that happens in PS1 rendering and looked up something similar, Quake gets a mention for using a similar rendering technique although its name eludes me

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/bkedc/heres_a_question_why_do_3d_models_on_the_ps1_tend/

>>56274685
>vious
>rrent

It looks as though the keyboard is bottlenecking the programming creation process.
Perhaps upgrade the typing processor to one that isn't retarded.

>>56274836
It's a gif from the webpage for YouCompleteMe, rest assured I actually write my keywords starting with their first letters

Lets say i buy a $15 tracfone Moto E from amazon mexico.
What i have to do to use a SIM from my local carrier?

This one:
https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/aw/d/B00PWEN2ZE

Should I update to kernel 4.7?

why do some games with really good graphics run well, but others with shitty graphics run like shit?

games like Deus Ex MD run like ass but don't even look good, meanwhile BF looks as good but runs pretty well

>>56275130
Because there are shitty devs and dedicated devs that actually try to optimize shit.

>>56275130
Because there are shitty devs and dedicated devs that actually try to optimize shit.

in the android ricing section, why is there nothing about lock screens?
how do i edit the lock screen? what should i get for it?

I'm planning on upgrading my computer from an FX-8350 to an i5/i7 6600k/6700k, two 270x's in CrossFire to a single GTX 1070, and my shitty 23" TV to a Gsync monitor. I'm not doing it all at once though, because that's a hefty price tag.

What order should I buy the components in? I was thinking:

GTX 1070 > Gsync monitor > Skylake (maybe a newer generation if enough time has passed?), but one of my friends says that the FX-8350 would bottleneck a 1070 too hard for that to be worth it. Is he right? Should I do CPU first, then the 1070, then the Gsync monitor last? Or would the bottleneck not be big enough to notice/non-existent?

>>56275245
you need to download a seperate lockscreen app from play or something.
>>56275064
what are you using the machine for
>>56274983
get a sim from the carrier, possibly cut it to fit in the sim slot, and then you're gucci. they should sell you a correct size sim card though.
>>56275256
your friend is barely right, but it will throttle in some games. not enough to be noticeable- games are largely cpu dependent. more than anything, make sure you have an SSD, and remember you're going to need a new motherboard for the i7, new ddr4 ram, and possibly a new power supply to support the 1070. i would make the cpu/mobo/upgrade last.

>>56275279
I mean, can you just switch from an American carrier(tracfone) to a Mexican carrier(Telcel) with no problems?

>>56275279
>and possibly a new power supply to support the 1070
From what I've read, the 1070 draws less power than my 270x's, so I don't think the power supply is an issue. Even if it is, I've got a 700 watt one so I can't imagine it'd need one bigger than that. I've got an SSD, and yeah, the reason I wanted to upgrade the CPU last was because of all the other shit I'd need to go with it.

Thanks for the clarification!

>>56275296
ooops, didnt see it was carrier locked. you would be shit out of luck. tracfone isnt a postpaid carrier, so they have no obligation by the FCC to unlock their devices. just grab a oneplus one from swappa or something. theyre under 100 bucks and will be very fast.
>>56275305
no problem. have fun!

>>56275279
is there a recommended lock screen app?

>>56275313
Well shit, thanks.

>>56275322
microsoft next lockscreen is pretty nice.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.next&hl=en

How important is grounding sockets?

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I currently have a GTX960 and considering upgrading it.

If I get somehting very powerful like a 1080, will my current CPU be a bottleneck to playing new games on high settings?

>>56275352
Outside or in your kitchen or bathroom: Important

Indoors and outside wetrooms, not important at all.

Also, most appliances these days are usually doubly-isolated, so many of them don't even have ground.

>>56275279
>what are you using the machine for
It's my main desktop - used for everything.
i5-3570k, AMD R9 380x

A local business just went out of business and I just bought a lot of Raspberry Pi 2 with SD cards for 25$.

Now I have 20 of them and I'm only using 1 for emulation.

What can I do with the rest?

>>56275390
Make a low-power computing cluster for fun, use GPIO for communication.

>>56275390
I'm amazed you can even use them for emulation with how low their specs are

>>56275352
extremely important.
>>56275359
a little bit of a bottleneck, but most games are gpu driven, so as long as your single thread performance doesnt suck too bad, you wont have a problem.
>>56275373
wait a month.
>>56275390
home server, media server for tv, car entertainment system, or as plates for your bread when you eat dinner.

>>56274822
affine texture mapping

>>56275405
NES works fine, snes is mostly garbage.

I was looking at setting up PiHole on one of them for network wide adblocking

Since anything but dual 1080s can play new games at 4k on high settings, what resolution monitor should I get to be able to compromise?

As in, if I get a 4k monitor, will my games look best at 1920x1080?

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I have an ssd with my os and some programs on it. I also have an hdd that stores thousands of pictures, videos, etc.
When I delete something from my hdd it saves it in the recycling bin on the ssd right? Meaning it writes the data to some part of the ssd?
I've read an ssd can only take so many writes before it fails. Is deleting things from my hdd shortening the lifespan of my ssd? If so how do I fix?

>>56275499
1440p

and no. downscaling always looks like garbage. go to the apple store and force one of the retina macbooks to go to 1080p. it just looks wrong.
>>56275504
no. there is a hidden folder on the hdd called .NT_Recycle or some shit like that. don't worry about it, it's not writing to the SSD.

If i upgrade a modular power supply with another modular one, can i just keep all the same cables and plug them into the new one? Really don't wan't to have to do wire management all over again

slim keeps throwing an error; "Failed to execute login command"

I made a .xinitrc file, put it inside my home directory, edited the slim.conf file, uncommented
the login.cmd that had the .xinitrc file, commented the other one, and rebooted. Also tried to login as both root and an user

Everywhere I've searched, people say to make a .xinitrc file and all is well, but that doesn't work at all.

>>56275405
Well, the emulators it can run are really optimized.

Will a P8600 be enough for MSoffice and coding and 720p@60FPS videos?
Going to get a T400 because im on ultrapoorfag mode right now and third world country.

>>56274307
THICC

Are led bulbs safe to use in exteriors? Will anything happen if they get wet?

>>56275405
I used to use a 700MHz ARMv7 Gingerbread tablet with 256MiB RAM (thing even had an HDD) for PlayStation and N64 emulation

>>56275581
60fps maybe not, but 30fps defo

How I spoof MAC address's and system name on win 7?

Need to bypass access restriction set by cunt flatmate. (Phone WiFi works fine so evidentially can just fake new devices)

>>56275650
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/win7_mac_changer.html

Anyone progress ABL?
Fresh cs grad here.
I got a job with a erp software company but it seems like the only resources are through the shitty proprietary man pages.
It seems less popular than haskell.

Anyone know anything about it?
>in b4 its shit

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would an i5-4460 bottleneck a gtx 1070 at 1080p?

when i plug my laptop on the AC the audio becomes super crackly and when I use the touchpad it slooows down almost as if the pad was a fucking turntable

wtf is this g this laptop is brand new

>>56270717
Is there a way to strip gcc as much as possible (c compiler only)? I could only get it down to 308MB so far, but I noticed there are two massive files: lto1 (126,1MB) and cc1 (131,5MB). Some other files looks bigger than they should. Here is the resulting folder structure:

https://pastebin.com/g13RCvWS

>>56275791
RMA.

>>56275789
no
>>56275791
RMA

>>56275540
isn't 1440p so 3 years ago? or am I just falling for marketing hype?

Is Nvidia 3D Vision worth it? I bought this monitor because it was 144hz, but apparently it supports it despite the Amazon page not mentioning it anywhere.

At what graphical preset would I need to run BF1 and Titanfall 2 to achieve 60fps at a resolution of 5760*1080p?

>>56275868
marketing hype.
>>56275869
3d is gay
>>56275900
your question doesnt make fucking sense.

I got my SSD and HDD but I dont want everything to install on SSD when I use it. What can I do to remedy this? This is a brand new rig. Only thing I want my SSd for is OS

>>56275985
some installers require you to install to the ssd, or for applications that you use most, you'll want on the ssd. the rest, when you install, you should be able to create a program files directory on the hdd for everything else.

>>56276015
Ah, I see, but that leads to another problem:
The HDD wont show up on my list of drives, though my Mobo shows it connected and everything

>>56276040
use easeus partition master and change the disk type to mbr and wipe it, create a NTFS partition for the full size of the volume.

$sqladmin=DB_QUERY("SELECT * FROM app_adminusers WHERE id='1'");

>WHERE id='1'");

How do I change this to have it select from '1' or '2'?

>>56270717
anyone got a link to the last sqt thread?

What's something useful I can order for under 30 on amazon?

Was thinking of getting Xiaomi Piston 3s, anyone got a better idea?

>>56276274
you can buy fucking socks, fleshlights and usb's for $30
what do you need you idiot?

>>56276060
Cheers, man. Thank you guys.
Was kinda skeptical since people kept calling EaseUs a meme botnet or whatever, but this was what I needed.

>>56275806
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34262665/native-gcc-5-binaries-too-big-libexec
build with $ make install-strip

hey guys, suddenly my dl speed is 700 kbps, but when I download a torrent dl speed speed is only 50 kbps. i didn't checked the download speed cap. I don't use a random port, and uses a vpn

>>56274227
you just have to be real careful

How do car gps work?
Do they charge you or something?

how do people show their specs in that black format with the green letters in specs/guts threads?

>>56276425
You pay a one time fee for the unit and pay for map updates should you want them.

>>56276448
You're an Arch user, aren't you?

I updated my bios and now I can only use 2GB of my 8GB of ram how the fuck do I fix this

M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A89GTD_PROUSB3/

>>56270861
>400

I bought one with nvidia graphics and a 1600x900 screen for 150 a month ago

>>56276462
i wish

trying to make webms with https://gist.github.com/Zehkul/25ea7ae77b30af959be0 on mpv.
when i select all options and press ok to convert i get this in the terminal.
>Error parsing option ovc (option not found)
>Setting command line option '--ovc=libvpx' failed.

$  mpv -version
mpv 0.17.0 (C) 2000-2016 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects

when i check the manpage it does have that option there

  --ovc=<codec>
              Specifies the output video codec. This can be a comma separated list of possible codecs to try. See --ovc=help for a full list of supported codecs.

$ mpv --ovc=help
Error parsing option ovc (option not found)
Setting command line option '--ovc=help' failed.

whats going on lads

What happened with hbm?

>>56276588
It's a bug.
File a bug report.

I've had a smartphone for the first time in my life. Not even kidding.

It's a Samsung Galaxy S5. What app do you recommend to download music? Don't care if it's legal.

>>56276474
I booted from a linux live cd and it shows 2gb also

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Is this any good? It's my first build, although I had a friend of mine help me out.
I've already ordered the cpu and case.

>>56276698
Get a NH-U12S.
Get a GA-Z170XP-UD5 or SLI.
Drop the seagate HDD and get a 850 EVO and a WD Blue.
Get a EVGA 650 G2 or GS.
Get some noctua fans.

>>56276346
yea, in terms of free solutions, its one of the best. paid, i would go for acronis disk director, but then again, who pays for shit anymore?
>>56276365
hi pajeet
>>56276636
soulseek, or get spotify free

I don't like the behaviour of Firefox's new address bar.

How do I get the old behaviour back?

Gonna upgrade my 680
If I stay at 1080p, would the 1060 enough or go with a 1070?
Gonna be used for Titanfall 2 and Gears 4, paired with a 6500

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>>56274766
affine texture mapping, it's cheap (as in processing resources) to do, so many early 3D games used this, it was deemed better to have warping textures over no textures

What apps can I use to access cockmail on my phone?

>>56271959
pentium is shit

I really don't want to buy a new Xbox just because I want to play Gears 4

>Will this
https://www.amazon.ca/F555LA-Full-HD-Laptop-500GB-Windows/dp/B011KFQASE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1472232411&sr=1-1

>play this
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/08/16/gears-of-war-4-recommended-pc-specs-are-absolutely-beastly/#151c6bde7444

Considering an Xbox One WITH Gears 4 bundle is ~$549.99 and my last laptop was in 2010 so i'd prefer to get a better laptop in general

>>56271959
Stop browsing tumblr for starters.

Read logicalincrements.

>>56275581
don't see why not, i can play 720p30 video on my Pentium M 1.6GHz (single core) laptop

>>56276588
build flags?

I feel retarded for not being able to figure this out but whatever

How would you find the height and width of a screen given it's diagonal size and aspect ratio?

>>56277006
720p@60FPS is more recourse intensive than 30FPS.

>>56276864
1060 is fine for 1080p 60hz

What happens if I microwave my videocard?

>>56277105
a pretty light show

I reinstalled windows 7 on my old laptop. Which updates should/shouldn't install?

>>56276663
>>56276474
I rolled back to an older bios I think its still newer than what I was on I didn't write down the old version so I cant be sure. However this bios still fixed the issue I was having not being able to boot newer versions of linux which caused me to update in the first place.

>>56277145
should: none
shouldn't: all of them

>>56277059
and the P8600 is a much better cpu, it's dual core and has a significantly higher clockspeed, plus it's a newer microarchitecture

>>56277145
About to do this too.
got an easy tut?

Which gaming laptop is good ? i have a 2k budget btw. And yes i understand gaming laptops are memes but i already have a my own pc that i built. I just want one when i have to travel for buisness since i do that alot.

>>56277262
NP8153

Fluence Sx6 or JBL 305 ??

I vaguely recall one of my old HTC phones having a feature where if you hit clear all on the recent apps thing on Android, you could select an app to "pin" so it wouldn't swipe away.

I want a certain app to never swipe away by accident.

Googling this is hard because most results are showing info about the feature in Lollipop where you can "pin" a screen when you hand your phone to someone or whatever so they can't exit that app.

Anyone know how to enable this feature, built-in or third party?

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I just installed Fedora 24, how do i make this not look like shit?

>>56277580
Forgot to mention I'm on Nougat now on a Nexus 5X

How do I change mousewheel configurations in i3wm? Sometime scrolling up causes it to scroll down instead.

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I reverted my Windows 10 to Windows 7. Was this a mistake? If it was, what do I do to get Windows 10 back for free?

How should I procede to make suggestions on Github?

I don't think it qualifies as an Issue, it's more a "everyone life would be easier if it was writen this way", but I know that the creator would do it better than myself, so I don't think a Pull request is a good idea either

>>56277054
you can't possibly NOT get it after you write those mathematical relationships on paper

do youself a favor and just write the fucking definition down, and solve it

>>56277735

your hardware is already on MS's servers you can reinstall it and it will already be activated

Is there an app that allows you to store the whole continental US map offline for GPS?

I'm too lazy and stupid to make myself a new build, and I also don't trust pre built PCs
Is there some kind of app that you can input how much money you're willing to spend and the thing assembles a list with the best objective performance over price? Like TFLOPs/US$?

>>56277900
yeah, logical increments or PCpartpicker

>>56277916
thanks

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>>56270717
If a gradient potential reaches a neuron that is in the hyperpolarization phase after firing an action potential, will an astrocyte at one of the synapses that already contributed then absorb as much of the excess neurotransmitters as it did during the repolarization phase?

...and should I use C++14 to simulate it?

Recommended UI/UX learning resources?

>>56277054
height^2 + width^2 = diagonal^2
[aspect ratio] * height = width

Now solve it yourself, this is 8th grade math.

>>56272192
>why do i have the superstition of a pigeon?

>>56277838
literally first google result.

>On your phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
>Make sure you're connected to the Internet and signed in to Google Maps.
>Search for a place, like San Francisco .
>At the bottom, tap the name or address of the place. ...
>Select Download .

>>56278068
Literally can't use Google Maps. Besides, you need to download for a specific area, I'm looking for having the whole US.

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how do i find out the wifi password without admin privileges on windows 7 without changing the password (i need to check my email and its like pic related.)

They say you shouldn't let an SSD get over 85% full, what happens when it does? I accidentally fucked up this large torrent and sent it to my 60% full boot SSD, instead of my hard drive, and the download had to stop overnight when it got completely full. Did I just take off some life of my SSD, or is it just that you don't want it to stay over 85% full?

>>56278177
presumably whoever said that is referring to fragmentation
fragmentation has a negative effect on both hdd's and ssd's, only the effect is different
on hdd's it amplifies head movement, which slows access
on ssd's it amplifies writes, to explain, lets say a 1M file is fragmented into 8 128K chunks, and the ssd has a 512K internal block size, ssd's can only write to a block by erasing the whole block first, so writing only 128K to a block will cause the whole 512K block to be erased/rewritten. so in all that 1M file causes 4M worth of writes on the ssd internally

>>56278177
>>56278277
ps, for torrenting on an ssd, i highly recommend setting your client to fully pre-allocate the files, most have an option for this
this will help reduce fragmentation, by attempting to grab contiguous space beforehand

>>56278177
going over 85% doesn't affect the life of the hard drive, just the performance.

Basically, the drive is broken up into blocks. Writing to a block marked as empty is easy - you just write the data straight to it. Writing to a partially occupied block requires the OS to read the data back, modify it then rewrite it which is much slower. The driver and OS will try to spread data around the drive to keep as many blocks free as possible, but if you fill all of them up partially then your drive will have to start filling them up fully.

>>56278303
-- oh yea, also use a large write cache if possible (you want to increase the chance of overwriting full blocks over continuously updating the same blocks with smaller writes)

Here's a stupid question. Is there a "standard" size, in characters, for a terminal? The number 80 is in my head but I don't know why.

>>56278414
>80

that's the standard line length in a text editor

Using Libre Office Writer, I am using the numbering feature, I do not know how to explain this without physically drawing it so I will do so.
I.
a.
i.
1.
2.
3.
how do I add a second i, as in
i
1.
2.
3.
ii.
as when I hit enter, I am only able to make a 4, but when I hit enter while clicking on the i, it makes another i, but turns the first i into an ii, i do not know what to do. Please help, thank you.

I have a function written in python that returns a string such as:

>b'107.00\n'

How can I extract just the number from that string to store it as a floating point number?

>>56270717
McFly, what are the measurements of an average ATX case?
I'm concerned mostly for the depth.

I have an Acer laptop since 2010 and I want to refresh this system as cheap as possible (buying a SSD if necessary but I'd rather reboot it and see fi that 'fixes any problems')

Q:
>have Win 7 x64 Home Prem
>what's the easiest way to do a re-install of Win 7?

I don't need to save any personal files, already back up everything.

How long do usb flash drives last? They should last longer than an external hdd right?

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I don't live close to any big electronic stores where I can try different keyboards and want to buy a mech keyboard.

Are the brown switches the go to for most?
I like to feel the click not have smooth keys all the way.
The sound is satisfying but I don't mind.

Apparently /g/ hates them.

Heya /g/.
I wanted to take my first steps into the Linux world and so tried to install Linux Mint on an old Windows Me Laptop from a USB-Stick. Thorugh I'm already having a problem: The BIOS has 4 bootpriority options, Floppy, HDD, CD-ROM and none. Is there any posibility for me to run the installation from my USB?

>>56278608
you probably need to go in the harddrive sub option in bios and set the usb to boot first over the hd

>>56278631
That's the problem, I couldn't even find the option to boot from a USB device.

>>56278608
That sounds like an old laptop. Mint proabably won't run on that

>>56278603
you might as well just buy a switch kit and try them all out to see what you like and then buy one specifically

>>56278665
is there anything in bios labelled as "hard drive group" or something like that?

if it's old enough it may not even be able to boot from a usb, might be easier to just install it using a cd instead

>>56278589
Depends.

All USBs will get their connector fucked before the USB itself stops working.

Unless you bought a shitty brand one like PNY.

>>56278677
Yeah, we have that thing as long as i can think. Well, too bad, thanks though.

>>56278696
try lubuntu or xubuntu, those might be better options for older stuff. if you can't boot form usb, you can't boot from usb, it's not the end of the world, just burn an iso to a cd and boot from that. when you get in the live cd environment make sure the internet works at least

>>56278689
At least I couldn't find anything similar. Guess I'll have to buy a CD-R then.

How do I XOR toggle the keyboard light so it's on when numlock is off?

I got a modded psp 3000 and it has a iso loader. The games load fine from the magic bullshit card but one particular game doesn't see my savedata. Why?

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>>56278685
What if I don't have a keyboard to try them on?
My situation is weird, I only have a netbook at the moment with chiclet keys.

>>56278837
oh, i thought you just pressed the switches by themselves

>>56276349
That reduced it to 109MB with binutils (linkers and shit are necessary yo, thought it came with the distribution)

>>56278903
No, I want to order a keyboard with the switches on. But since I don't seem to find any keyboards to try by myself I might have to buy something blindly.
It seems from what I have read that the Browns are the go to for most, but not sure.

I fell to the Windows 10 bot net meme and it's already been two months, how do I go back to Windows 7 without losing all my files?

Is it possible to add a background picture to Rofi?

I've had a dual monitor setup for a few years now and one of the monitors seems to be failing.

It's a BenQ GW2450, whenever i power on my computer, my main display turns on no problem but then this second display just stays black and starts making this weird repetitive noise. I've just been going into the screen resolution options menu and disabling the second monitor and re-enabling it, but that stopped working and now it takes anywhere from 3-10 minutes for the monitor to power on.

Is there any kind of fix or is it just destined to slowly die? I've tried different DVI cords as well.

Is Norton's DNS decent?

how come there is no discussion about android programming on this site? is it too normie?

>>56279345
Android """programming""" isn't really discussable. The API usually only lets you do things one way and if it sucks you just deal with it, so there's nothing to argue over.

hey /g/ i'm getting ready to build my first pc. What do they mean on the g wiki when they say "non-magnetic screwdriver"
is it fine to use a metal screwdriver as long as its not specifically stipulated to be a magnetic screwdriver? or do I need some carbon fiber shit or something

>>56279391
Some screwdrivers are slightly magnetic to help pick up screws. Don't use those as the magnet may mess up the electronics.

Grab your screwdriver and touch some light screws with it to see if it sticks. If it does, it's magnetic and shouldn't be used.

>>56270717
I have a bunch of event listeners that are specific to one page and DOM elements. Do I still run the function globally or do I make sure it is run in that page?

Anyone elses uBlock Origin start blocking absolutely everything?

Only thing I can do at the moment is set a whitelist for the sites I go on, but it allows some Ads.
On 1.8.4 for Waterfox

>>56270717
What is the easiest way to migrate windows 10 from an HDD into the new computer I'm buildings SSD?

>>56280105
you didn't accidentally mess up a custom rule, did you?

So I tried changing my gpu, found out I was missing a pci-e connector so while I wait for that to come in I put my old GPU back in. Problem is, there is no power going into my PC. Everything is plugged in fine, and usually a light will be on inside my pc while on standby, but I've got nothing. Any idea what might be happening?

>>56280151
Don't think so, did some more digging in the logger and they all seem to be blocking

Static filter "*" found in:
Spam404

Does this mean that this filter may of just been accidentally updated to include something that it shouldn't have?

>>56274472
Your BIOS might be set to boot when powered on.

Is the expression meant to be "eat shit and die" or "eat, shit, and die"?

new thread pls, I have a dumb question

NEW THREAD
>>>/vg/152784904

Does the ProtonMail android app require Google Play Services?

why the fuck wont my windows updates download

>>56280502
>"eat, shit, and die"
I have that stenciled on my wall.
Okay, more like smeared.

Should I wait for a new /sqt/ thread to ask for input on buying a new laptop?

>>56280708
Naah, go ahead.

>>56280738
Ok

Looking for
i5 or comparable CPU
1TB HDD
Dedicated graphics

price limit is 600$

I've been looking at newegg and found this but the reviews have made me wary.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315422