/sqt/ stupid questions thread

>>56313884

Use a dictionary file to generate objects for every possible word. Make the dictionary an object too.

why the fug doesn't firefox display unicode characters?

It's not a system problem because I can copy and paste them into my terminal and they display fine

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So I have a laptop with a battery that last around 3 hours.

I asked a while ago if Installing some light weight linux distro like lubuntu would increase the batterys time.

One person said: ''You should probably install the OS this laptop came with, it is optimized for that''. Since this one is used I never tried it with its original OS (windows 7).

So how true is this?

I have KDE on it and I just feel like it drains the battery in no time.

>>56313923
Because the page uses (or the browser defaults to) a font that does not have those characters.

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>>56313915
Seems like a lot of wasted energy. I was thinking when the game starts I'd generate a "pouch" object that generates a certain amount of fixed letters that are randomly put together and which are taken out at random by the player. It seems unneeded to generate for every possible word, as opposed to generating points/lengths based on, say, player attempts that are checked by a simple dictionary. i.e. the player attempts to play "moot", it's found in wordDictionary, it is passed to points() and length(), etc. Would this be considered more "functional" than "object-oriented"?

>>56313976
I've tried changing the default Firefox font and it hasn't fixed it, what else should I try?

>>56313972
The guy is full of shit.

KDE is a pretty heavy distro for a laptop, anything else will (most likely) improve battery life.

>>56313984

No no. Every word needs to be an object, as well as the dictionary. Just think about the dozens of times in the next year when you will need and object for the word "Chthonic", thanks to object oriented programing you will have it sitting right there in a modular fashion, so you will be able to reuse it instead of wasting time redoing it. This is just one of the many wonders of object oriented programming.

>>56314339

>KDE is a distro
>his answer claims that something (most likely) will happen

You're full of shit too.

How do I check the hash of a torrent files contents without downloading them?

>>56314374
Yeah just noticed, I meant DE, a heavy DE.

>>56314339

So whats the... '''''optimal'''''' distro for a Laptop?

>>56314417
Something without xorg I suppose, would be battery efficient. Anyway i3 and openbox are nice and light.

>>56313884
What do linux users use for

Audio Player (not foobar)
and
Alternative to speccy

>>56314417
Distro doesn't matter that much as long as it's not full of bloat

What you want to do is avoid installing a DE and just use a window manager (I recommend i3, it's nice for a laptop since you rarely if ever have to use the touchpad)

>>56314475
mpd + ncmpcpp for music

>>56314475
clementine or gmusicbrowser

i tried a bunch of music players and those are the closest i could find to foobar

SB6141 Or SB183 if I already have a router? Is there any difference?

I have no fucking clue where to ask this
Is there a place i can sell gift cards? I have a $400 gift card to Best Buy(TM) but they don't have the monitor I am looking to buy
Its going to expire soon

>>56314541
wtf, gift cards expire?

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i want to buy a cheap 4k tv to use as a monitor
i dont know if it has hdmi 2.0 , but i do know it has HDCP 2.2 .
is HDCP only compatible with 2.0?

>>56314541
Have you tried those coin machines?

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>>56313884
Alright guys.

Go with the 3TB Toshiba HDD or the 2GB WD Blue HDD

>>56314675
>2TB bue
You mean green

>>56314707
Sadly theres no WD Green in 2TB variant here.

>>56314728
A 2TB blue is a green

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>>56314737
Ohm nope, its blue.

I found a green version but nobody sells it in my town.

Also I found a purple WD. Is that good. So many colors

>>56314777
>5400 RPM
That's a green

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>>56314787
MAN, JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURE

>>56314801
That says 5400 RPM too

>>56314812
It also says blue. And its fucking blue

Im planning on ym first build for a pc. I am wanting 16gb ram. Does it matter what size sticks you get? I am wanting 4x4gb sticks for nicer on the eyes having all the motherboards slots filled. Is 8gb sticks better? Is there any difference what so ever? Thanks in advance for this derpy question.

>>56314827
Congrats, you fell for WD's rebranding meme.

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>>56314842
Okay

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>>56314777
>>56314801
>>56314827

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>>56314840
>I am wanting 4x4gb sticks for nicer on the eyes having all the motherboards slots filled

disgusting

>>56314575
usually after a year they are invalid, and the company essentially make a profit for it

>>56314901
Depends on where you live, its illegal for them to expire in some places.

>>56314670
i dont follow
if you mean a coinstar machine, those just sort and total loose change

>>56314917
some of them do gift cards now too

>>56314901
that's seriously fucked. i've never heard of that before so i googled it, it's illegal to do that where i live so i've never seen anything like it

>>56314890

How about some advice instead of being edgy.

>>56314958
oh fuck thats sick

>>56314959
>>56314914
as far as i know, its legal in virginia
i'll have to reread the fine print

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Stupid question, but the right place to ask

If I get a Ruizu mp3 player, what's the easiest way to plug it into my car to play music? Do I just use an aux cord and plug it in or a usb cable? Do I need to download the songs in a particular format in order for the songs to play through my car speakers?

Overclocking my g3258 right now. It's at 4.3 GHz with 1.4v vcore. Should I bother trying to get any higher? How far can you safely push the voltage on these things?

>>56315048
1.4 is pretty high, I wouldn't push it any more.

I bought a Dell Optiplex 990 from a guy at a recycling center yesterday. It has decent specs for a prebuilt: i7 2600, 16gb ram; all it needed was a new hard drive and cpu fan (both of which I had spares of lying around).

My question is, what is the best gpu I can get away with while using its 250w power supply? I need it to be low profile as well. I'm assuming something in the gtx *50 series.

>>56315048
hello housefire my old friend...

>>56315073
Probably a 950 bus power only version

>>56315073
if i were you i'd take whatever money you were going to spend on a video card and get an inexpensive psu and spend the remainder on vid card

>>56314997
they dont take best buy gift cards. and its an e-card too which they also dont take, fuuuuuck

What is the best widget for Windows 10 that will allow me to monitor my computer's performance (e.g. temps/loads for CPU and GPU, RAM usage, etc.)? Been considering Rainmeter but theres too many skins to sort through, and I hate having to keep open Speccy to check this shit.

>>56314440

Wait so I am new to linux.

Basically I can get the i3 package from my current distro right? I first installed Ubuntu, then installed Kubuntu, which is what I have atm

So if I get the i3 package will that be it?

How come /g/ doesn't have some type of bootcamp? One that would take people with ZERO technical skills and make them harden cyber warriors.

>>56315219
they're too busy installing gentoo to do that

>>56315064
Yeah, that's what I figured. I almost stopped when I had 4.2 at 1.34v, but I wanted to see how far I could push it.

>>56315091
Yeah, it got up to 85C in testing, but I'm still on the stock cooler and paste. I have some better thermal paste somewhere around here, so I may swap it out and if I can get the temps to drop a bit.

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>>56315097
Would the 950 even work without plugging in the additional 6 pin power?

>>56315125
I am working with 0 extra space. Do they even make 500+ watt psu's this small?

>>56315243
Doesn't matter now anyways, it BSOD'd when stress testing, so I'm jumping back down to 4.2.

>>56315246
hard to tell from that pic but how small is that psu compared to a regular psu?

>>56315246
>bus power only version

>>56315320
About 7.5 cm by 8.5cm by 17cm

There is some extra room for a longer psu as you can see in the photo but not a lot. The other measurements have zero wiggle room.

>>56314840

Advise please.

>>56314475
>>56314475
Try Audacious, it simply works without all the album/artist indexing fuss, and its plugins are great.

>>56315428
4 sticks of 4gb of ram is fine

Laptop fan went into overdrive mode, and a day before that heard a few clicks. Turned it off, won't turn back on. The battery was bad so I always had it plugged in. Took the battery out, nothing happened. Power LED is on when plugged in, can also occasionally get flash drive to light up when plugged in.

Thinking its a bad motherboard. Yes or no?

>>56315451

Thanks.

Im trying to install Debian 8.5 from a USB but i get caught up during the network config. During the network hardware detection process, Debian says im missing firmware and I cant continue the installation.

Problem is the Debian says the missing firmware is rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw but i have a tp link wn722n. Correct me if im wrong, but doesnt the wn722n use atheros firmware and not realtek? How can I fix this?

>>56315218
>>56314440

pls respond

What the flying fuck is a runtime error 216 at 00403d66?

I just wanna play real lives 07 and all google gives are links ot a crapload of bloatware that obviously won't do jack squat to help solve the problem

Why don't GPUs have integrated CPUs?

AMD could slap Zen on an RX480 and clean up.

>>56314292
Browser tries to fall back to similar looking fonts first before falling back to defaul one so this will not help.
By installing fonts with unicode support maybe?

>>56315720
Use the non free iso

>>56315807
Not OP but if youre new to linux I would recommend learning and tinkering more before using i3. Id recommend lubuntu or xubuntu

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Is this normal battery levels for a phone that I check like twice a day for Snapchat updates and leave it idle with no WiFi (and in airplane mode) literally 23 hours and 50 minutes a day? How could I go about fixing it?

>>56315885
Didnt even know that existed. Will try that. Thanks!

>>56315807
get xubuntu. xfce is a light DE. go watch some videos on youtube of what i3 is, you probably aren't going to want it

>>56315881
That's all backwards though. The last thing you want to do is separate a CPU from the mobo/ram and lock it up behind a pci connection. Not to mention you'd have to rethink cooling, power and form factors entirely. Plus there's no real reason to.

>>56315919
I don't see a problem there.

Question: is port forwarding the same as static routing?

>>56315919
If its on airplane mode the majority of the time and youre only checking snapchat once a blue moon, then those stats seem okay. How much would you say your battery drains per day?

>>56315991
Maybe 3-5% in between checks twice a day, then when I go to actually turn on wifi and check Snapchat I drop like 2-3% in the process. I'm going to let it die completely then charge it up back to full and see if the results are same on the next charge? If not, I'll do a factory reset and see if it's something on in the deep background that's running in idle.

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>>56315868
anyone? it's fucking dumb I know but I don't know what else to do

>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125871
>
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1070 DirectX 12 GV-N1070G1 GAMING-8GD 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card


is this one of the best graphics cards?

I'm having problems getting VLC to play music files.

I am on the latest version in arch linux (not the aur version), and I keep getting the error
>alsa audio output error: cannot set buffer duration: Invalid argument

Weird part is, I can play the same file through mplayer without a problem. Infact, audio works perfectly on mpd. I can also play videos with sound on VLC, and I can also play a .aif file.

Anyone got any ideas?

>>56313884
I didn't see a scripting general so I guess I'll ask here.

So what I want to do is create a little batch script, might even be a one liner, that is persistent. By persistent I mean that it's monitoring constantly in real time.

I want to write a batch script that is monitoring to see if a file appears and if it does to delete it immediately. How do I go about doing that?

A way I thought of was to simply create the 'script' to delete the file and have it do it periodically via a scheduled task, but that seems inefficient and no fun at all.

Can anybody help me with this?

>>56316250
use mpv
There is no reason to be using vlc

>>56315885
Why are so many mainstream distros ridden of the "keep free and non-free stuff" separate mind virus?

It's fine if they want to play that stupid game with RHEL-based distros, but Debian should just give it up. I choose Debian specifically because it supports non-free software. I shouldn't have to install my drivers from a separate DVD or edit the configuration files to enable hidden repos.

>>56316249
3rd best card currently behind the 1080 and pascal titan x

>>56316298
When asking for help, present the problem you're trying to resolve instead of just asking how to implement the solution you thought up.

All it does is make it harder to help you if you obfuscate the real reason you need help.

>>56316298

import os.path
import time

while true do:
    if os.path.isfile(filename):
        os.system("del /q " + filename)
    time.sleep(1)

or something like that

Is it possible to have Google Calendar notify me of an event on the day of the event, rather than the day before? For example I use it to remind me to clean the filter in my hot tub periodically, there's no real benefit to having it tell me this a day early. I've tried setting it to "0 days" but as far as I can remember it's never worked right when I did this.

>>56316361
Not him. Don't be like that. You know how frustrating it is when you ask "How do I do X" and you get told "You should do Y instead! X is dumb!"

>>56316361
I want a script that is running persistently to monitor a file, any file that may be automatically generated or modified, and to delete it as soon as it detects it exists or was modified in any way.

Doesn't matter what the file is.

>>56316408
in a specific folder or anywhere on the computer?

>>56316385
This is batch? Sorry I'm not super familiar with it, only used it a few times in my life.

>>56316419
It would be pointing to a specific file (or folder).

>>56316408
I don't know about doing it persistently, but you could do it periodically through the task scheduler easily enough without even needing to write a script.

To actually have it monitoring the file actively at all times I don't think you'd be able to do this in batch, and a scripting language is probably not the best bet in general for this kind of thing. Probably better to create a proper binary in a compiled language. In general though I would suggest that this approach is pretty wasteful, and unless you absolutely need the file to be deleted IMMEDIATELY it would be better to just have something check it every X minutes.

>>56316385
>>56316420
This is not batch.

What language is this anyway?

>>56316402
I get where you're coming from, but there's also the problem of people assuming they have a good solution to a problem but in reality there's a much simpler way to fix it that would be obvious if they gave the whole picture.

Either way there are potentially problems.

>>56316408
What I meant was to explain why you (think) you need to do this. There are often alternative avenues to solve a problem that can be easier, simpler, etc.

But whatever, maybe you have a good reason to not provide that info. Maybe this is the only or best solution.

It seems like this stackoverflow post is closely related to your problem, and you should be able to modify the powershell script easily to suit your needs (just google some syntax and replace the action to be done on an event).

http://superuser.com/questions/226828/how-to-monitor-a-folder-and-trigger-a-command-line-action-when-a-file-is-created

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What sort of jobs are easier to get/more secure in the IT field? I work in a manager in retail and hate it, I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing this but don't know where to start. I'm not sure what certs to go for because I have no clue what sort of IT job I would even go for. Is there something I should go for first and branch out from there? And any recommendations on what to look at for a entry level IT job? Any help is appreciated.

>>56316402
But X usually is dumb, and barreling down the horizontal axis usually just leads to hours of pointless misery.

>>56316461
Forgot to mention, there's also this application one of the old writers at Lifehacker wrote before everyone that worked there quit.

lifehacker.com/341950/belvedere-automates-your-self-cleaning-pc

It's a bit overkill but probably also solves your problem and is specifically built for the purpose.

>>56316453
>>56316461

I know I could do through the task scheduler, but like I said, It wouldn't be as fun for me. It's mostly for a learning experience for me as well as a part of need(ish).

I want to basically see "can I do this"?

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Repost from last thread since it was over bump limit:

Do I need the Chinese developer rom in order to unlock bootloader for the RN3P? Currently Mi Unlock is saying that it can't verify device.

Is this really a 470 or is it a 460?
PowerColor says nothing about making a 470 Red Dragon.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131696&cm_re=rx_470-_-14-131-696-_-Product

>>56316453
>>56316461
Ah, I see. From reading that superuser post it seems that batch itself would be incapable of doing what I want. Looks like I'll just have to settle with the task scheduler. Thanks anyways. though.

>>56316533
Yeah, batch is VERY limited. If you want to do real scripting in Windows you're better off using something like Python. You can barely manage loops or simple conditionals in batch but not a hell of a lot more complicated than that.

>>56316041
http://www.ehow.com/how_5073583_fix-runtime-error.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259279

>>56316543
Well I was planning on learning Perl (seriously this time) sometime soon, so I suppose that will be my best bet. If my knowledge isn't outdated, it should be the most robust and practical scripting solution.

>>56316578
It should work acceptably well. Haven't really touched it much at all myself though, beyond making a few OpenKore plugins years ago back when I used to play RO.

>>56316533
Well as said in the poweruser thread, you can use PowerShell or VBScript. Both are scripting interfaces natively available in Windows, so, there's nothing stopping you from using these solutions.

>>56316595
Not particularly fond of powershell, so I'll stick with learning Perl instead and find solutions to other problems with that when they come. Thanks again though.

>>56316631
Nobody likes Powershell. It's objectively terrible by design.

VBscript is easy as hell though. If you used Visual Basic in the past, it will feel like home.

>>56316420
it's python

I have a Python script that downloads purchased ebooks from a list. If the account doesn't have an ebook, it just moves onto the next one.

How can I write the failed download attempts to a log? I don't know how to have the script recognize that an account doesn't have a book on it.

Do I use the if True:#content part?

Here's the relevant part.

http://pastebin.com/EB0tjceK

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>Move into new house
>Modem is on the far other side of the house
>Buy netgear powerliner kit (one of the powerline adapters has a wifi extender) so I can play vidya over ethernet without stringing cable throughout the house.
>Works well, except sometimes my browser redirects me to mywifiext dot net, even though I'm connected using the ethernet output. This happens even if my desktop's wifi dongle is disabled or removed

Any tips? It only seems to redirect pages maybe 1/20 of the time, and it doesn't occur when I run ethernet(non-powerline) directly to the router, so I figure the powerline adapters must be to blame.I've already deleted system32, and I'm all out of ideas.

Why doesn't AMD slap a real midrange GPU onto their CPUs along with fans and so on?

Is it an admission that anyone sensible with an RX470 or better would pair it with an Intel CPU?

>>56316777
Why have your CPU run hot when you can have it literally on fire?

>>56316572
>it's a virus!

why do I have the feeling this won't solve anything at all? I'll run a scan regardless, but I think this is going nowhere

thanks anyway anon

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what are some good places to find SFW and NSFW chick pics and webms

tired of sifting through the garbage piles like /gif/ and google to find good stuff

>>56316346
They want RMS dick

How long until I can buy a new GPU without paying over the advertised market prices and/or having to monitor all the stores just hoping to snag one before it sells out?

>>56316454
Python

>>56316677
After line 57, check if "matches" is empty or not.

>>56316816
There's a lot of subreddits for exactly that.

What's hp equivalent of the x220?

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>>56316967
THERE IS NO HP EQUIVALENT TO THE GREAT AND ALL POWERFUL THINKPAD

>>56315899
>>56315934

So can I just install it from the KDE terminal and thats it? I dont have to remove Kubuntu or anything?

>>56317001
I know but the company I work for only deals with hp

Posted this earlier but would like more suggestions.
I recently did a clean win7 install with an iso from the digital river mirror. I checked the checksums to make sure they were legit. After installing with no problems, and using Daz loader (from mdl forums), Windows update is not working - gets stuck on checking for updates, the standalone installer for single updates also get stuck. I tried another image of a different build and still get the same issue. I've tried everything, windows troubleshooter, file checker tool, readiness tool, nothing works.
I'm getting frustrated here, to the point that I'm thinking of using a preactivated iso. I'm trying to set up a clean install for gf, if it was for myself, I'd probably go some debian distro.

How many volts can I pump into my GPU before it explodes in a shower of sparks?

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>>56317021
Just install it and select via desktop manager the desktop environment you want. But it's not really worth it if you already have a windows license

I been using Linux for 10 years for both personal and professional stuff. and let me tell you, it's only good server wide

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A question about fans. Do molex power fans automatically change speed depending on the heat of the CPU and internals, or are they static? Basically, I want to make a custom heatsink, since I cannot find an appropriate bracket for it, with two fans on the front and back of the radiator. Basically, I'm gonna make a "ghetto" Evo 212, and I want to know if I need to use the CPU fan power or if molex will work.

Alternatively, will any 120m fan work the same, or should I look for a certain kind?

>>56317108
Static

Is gigabit internet worth it? Like, will I realistically see those speeds ever in real applications, or will I pretty much always be bottlenecked by whoever I'm downloading from?

>>56317084
Let it go through some cycles it will unstuck by itself.
Just leave updates activated and move on with your life

>>56317021
Nope. Should be able to install xubuntu right over. You can then switch between DEs when you login (if you ever feel the need to)

>>56317108
For them to change speed it's another pin that connects the fan to the motherboard that controls the speed. If it only connects to the PSU and not to the motherboard then obviously it's not being controlled by the mobo at all, it simply gets powered on when the system is and will run constantly at full power.

>>56317115
Alright, so I'll need to use two fans with a CPU fan power plug, yeah? Would it work fine if I hooked two of them to the same plug, or would it work only with one fan?

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I want the gtx 1060 3gb.

>Just get the 6gb for future proof!

I don't think getting 3-5 extra fps is worth an extra $60. At $200, I really think this is a card I can use for 5 years. Am I wrong?

>>56317120
You could probably max out on well-seeded torrents, since the load is distributed.

Stuff like Steam might max out as well depending on if Valve actually allows customers to download from them at such speed.

As far as general downloading from arbitrary sites, I doubt you'll max out, but at least you'll get as much speed as theoretically possible from that source.

As far as "worth it" is concerned that's entirely a matter of how much it costs compared to other speed tiers.

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What hex editor should I use?
>Ghex
>Bless
>Hexinator
>Okteta
>Heraia

>>56317140
Depends on the amperage of the fans, if it's higher that the output it will not spin at all, a safer bet would be given your basic electronic understanding (no offense) would be to buy a Chinese knock off and replace the fans if it's too noisy

>>56317140
So basically, I'll use the CPU power if I want adjustable speed, and PSU power if I want full speed, right? Which would be better, adjustable fan speed?

>>56317153
I've been using a 6950 for 5 years now and that was at the same price point, so maybe.

>>56317168
I have a bunch of generic fans, including a cheap LED one from China, but they connect directly to the PSU. So I'll give that a shot, thanks.

>>56317171
mean to quote
>>56317139

>>56316816
anon-ib

>>56317163
Also I'd keep in mind the amount of content you realistically plan to download at once. Unless you're frequently downloading terabytes of stuff at a time I don't really see how a gigabit connection would be that much more useful than, say, a 100 megabit one for everyday use.

>>56316948
I don't use reddit so i wouldn't know

>>56317084
It's not your fault, the ISO, or Daz. It's microsoft. They've been fuckers about getting outdated windows 7 up to date. You need 3 things:

microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51212
microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47351
microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53581

To get the individual installers to run, either restart your computer or run an administrative command prompt and enter net stop wuauserv

>>56315219
probably because 'technology' is too broad a topic
I mostly just have a fetish for old making small projects with ICs and/ or old circuit boards which would fall under 'technology' the same as someone who tinkers around with as many programming languages as they can even though they're far above me
There's no such thing as a brief introduction to ALL technology because there's so much to cover no one would ever make it through the whole thing

>>56317171
Well it's powered by the PSU either way. The only difference is whether it connects directly to the PSU, or the connection gets routed through the motherboard first. Also even fans connected to the motherboard don't necessarily adjust their speeds, unless they have the pin in place to do so. The only time I see a PSU fan being a benefit is if the fan requires so much power that the motherboard pins aren't capable of delivering it, but such a fan would almost surely be overkill since fans really don't require that much power at all.

Also by connecting to the motherboard you allow the system to be aware of whether the fan is running, which can be useful. Some systems will automatically shut off or sound an alarm immediately if the fan stops running for example.

Is Microsoft going to eventually phase out W7 updates like they did for XP?

Was going to ask this in /sci/, but this board is more active and I know a lot of you have taken linear algebra before.

At what point / what are the indicators during the row reduction process ( Gauss - Jordan Elimination ) can one stop and make the conclusion that the system is inconsistent?

>>56317250
Alrighty, thanks for the heads up.

>>56317260
Of course.

>>56317260
Yup. Supposedly in early 2020. But starting this October they're going down to only 1 update per month, and you won't be able to choose individual ones any more. They said they want to make it more like windows 10.

What HP laptop model can I buy similar in size and specs in comparison with thinkpad x220?

1. What's the difference between an application and a program?

2. I'm switching from iOS to Android tomorrow. What's a good starter pack of stuff to download?

>>56317301
1. Nothing really. A "program" implies any piece of code that can be executed on a computer, while an "application" tends to imply that it serves a useful purpose in some way, but otherwise they're pretty much used interchangeably.

What's a good linux distro to install on a really old weak laptop?
It's pretty much only being used for downloading and playing videos while being plugged into my tv, so it doesn't need many features either.
Preferably something minimal and not too difficult to use, since my sister will probably also be using it.

>>56317354
I don't know if geexbox is still a thing or any media center oriented distro

T. Linux oldfag

Someone please tell me what hp model is equivalent of the x220?

Streamci module not found. The causes for this according to google seem to be vast and innumerable. But what I can't find is a solution that doesn't involve a fresh install.

This only happens when I fuck with things like updating my gpu drivers so for obvious reasons I'd like to avoid a reformat. Any other ideas?

what's the best gnu/linux distribution for a windows user to use to understand linux, i would like to learn how to rice and take cool screenshots for people to envy me, if possible, though not required, i would like to be free of systemd and use mostly free and open source software

>>56317354
Lubuntu is the goto. Xubuntu is a little less minimalistic, but they're both good.

>>56317437
Free of systemd is not worth it. You're just latching onto things other people say. Go mint or manjaro, and if you're not overwhelmed you can try debian

>>56317164
They're all hex editors, dude. What do you want?

>>56317438
Thanks for the suggestion, I've heard about this fork of ubuntu before.
Which de should I opt for? Don't really care about customizability or aesthetics. More so just whichever one is the lightest.

>>56317462
i just want to be like the cool kids and be free even if i cant do anything of any value but you're probably right :^(

>>56317479
Go with antergos if you feel like mint is too easy.
Antergos is also pretty easy to use, but it isn't really known for being noob friendly.
It's basically the distro that people who want to use arch, but are too lazy to learn how to install/maintain it use.

>>56317467
LDXE/Lubuntu is about as lite as they come, excluding WMs and microdistros like puppy.

>>56317479
SysteMD is not "un-free", it's just a single big package that does multiple things, and that's not how freetards like to do things. It was also a pretty big transition for debian, a distro known for making very few big transitions.

>>56317491
Thanks for the help anon. I'll try to do this tomorrow and hopefully it works out.

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What should I listen to when I skate?

>>56317546
Village People and Death Cab for Cutie.

Gentoo or Arch linux?

>>56317578
arch

>>56317578
Gentoo of course

>scroll up
>page fights to go down

What the FUCK is my mouse doing

So many photo vault apps on play store, what does /g/ recommend for a photo vault app?

>>56317578
Ubuntu or Debian Sid, and then do stuff other than configuring your OS. If you have nothing to do, sell your PC and get a tablet and OTG cable.

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Where can I find smartphone models popularity stats?

>>56317611
I remember seeing this a few days ago.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/25/the-most-and-least-popular-devices-used-to-browse-android-police-aug-2016/
Kind of stupid since it doesn't show the entire list, and the demographics are probably skewed towards relatively tech savvy users, but I don't think there are any other popularity/sales indicators.

const char * const *pointer;

Why are there two asterisks instead of one, and what are each of them doing?

>>56316797
>2 viruses found

well, time to eat my own hat

>>56317546
FUCK OFF TO /soc/. THIS IS NOT HOW CIVILIZED PEOPLE PRESENT THEMSELVES YOU DEGENERATE.

Is there a point to owning a tablet? My birthday is coming up and my wife keeps mentioning getting me a tablet. I already have an android phone so I thought a windows tablet might be good but I have a windows laptop already, is there a point to getting an additional device?

Also does anyone know where I could get a t420 charger in the uk that isnt going to fuck up my thinkpad.

>>56317783
Its something with a bigger screen than a phone but smaller than a laptop. Mostly good for watching videos.

we can build PCs with multiple storage drives
but why can't we have phones with multiple microSD cards?
it would only add maybe 4mm thickness to add a layer of slots on the back of a android phone.
i'm imagining 8 slots on each side of my S4 = 16x64GB = 1TB in my pocket.

>>56317802
Quick lookups when you need to know. Making notes on the couch. Light movie and photo editing (I have Avid Studio on mine).
Just about anything that doesn't require bulk gigahertz and gigabytes. All the other things you use a PC for.

>>56317820
Because you're an extreme outlier
It adds cost and weight that for something that 99% of users don't want
Just get an external SSD if you want portable bulk storage.

>>56317820
8 slots would definitely not work and that's kind of ridiculous to even think.
At most, we'll get 2 slots, but that's unlikely because there isn't much reason for it.
As of right now I can find a 128gb micro sd card for $40 on amazon.
If you look at hard drives, you'll see that the price increases drastically after the 1tb mark. However, with micro sd cards that isn't the case and the price increases in a linear manner. So why would anyone want two 16gb sd cards over a single 32gb one, when they're the same price?

>>56317783
My father never really got the point of it either, but I bought him a nexus 10 for his birthday a few years ago and he uses it all the time. It's very convenient for looking things up when you aren't at your computer and consuming media while in your bed. Things like reading news, books, movies, tv shows, etc.

>>56317702
pointer is a pointer pointing to a pointer which points to object of type char.
The second const means that you cannot modify the variable pointer.
The first const means that you cannot modify the object what pointer points to

>>56317802
>>56317834
>>56317871
Would you guys recommend a windows tablet or an android one? Like I said before I'm leaning towards windows as my phone is android bit I have no idea if windows tablets are any good. Are the dual boot tablets with both os's any good?

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How can I enable a video preview for the seekbar in MPV?

>>56317925
I've only ever used a nexus 10 running Android, and it was quite a nice experience.
That being said, I would not recommend going with Android. I think the purpose of a tablet is to be a convenient and even more portable of thana a laptop, so you should probably go with the windows tablet.
Just don't skimp out and buy a really cheap one, because the cheap ones are very shitty and annoying to use.

>>56317935
Can you post how to get the seek bar to even look like that?

>>56317908
>The first const means that you cannot modify the object what pointer points to
*The first const means that you cannot modify **pointer

>>56317956
In mpv config folder create a folder called lua-settings and inside that folder create the following osc.conf:

hidetimeout=200
minmousemove=0
vidscale=no
layout=bottombar
seekbarstyle=bar

>>56317971
Thanks anon.

>>56317908
>>56317908
>pointer is a pointer pointing to a pointer which points to object of type char.

Wait, so there are two pointers?

Changing the variable name for convenience:

const char * const *frodo;

You're saying that in this example, frodo is a pointer which points to an unnamed pointer which points to a const char?

>>56313884
JS question. I want to have a function that checks if the element exists before adding an event listener, however I want the syntax to be like addEventListener itself. So like object.myFunction(params) instead of myFunction(el, params).

>>56318053
To be more specific, frodo is a constant pointer which points to an unnamed pointer which points to a const char.

char x[] = "hello, world";
char *y = x;
char **z = &y;
*z[0] = 'H';
*(*z + 1) = 'E';
y[2] = 'L';

>>56318224

char foo[] = "hello, world";
char (*bar)[13] = &foo;
**bar = 'H';

const char *b, *c;
const char * const *a = &b;
a = &c; //illegal
**a = 'A'; //illegal

>>56317301
2.
Airdroid for PC file transfer

A free flashlight app with no ads

Google Docs/Sheets

Teamviewer

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Why are most cases designed to be stood vertically ?
Is it just an industry standard kinda thing or is there a good reason?

Recommended way to edit quake's .pak files? I just want to unpack, switch some files and repack.

>>56318224
>>56318278

arigato, sensei.
I am enlightened

Can someone explain me the difference between an i7 4790k to a i7 6700k?

>>56318371
Because it takes up less desk space
Flat is actually better for heavy heat sinks and PCI cards but it's not that big of a deal.

>>56318389
5% increase in IPC
Much better igpu

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What's the difference between sniffing and spoofing?
And which should be used to see what's going on and what site are being requested?

>>56318469
Sniffing: Collecting data
Spoofing: Sending false data

>>56318469
Sniffing is gaining information about someone else's transmissions over the network. Snooping.

Spoofing is changing some parts of data you yourself are sending, like changing IP address in an outcoming IP packet to some other IP address.

>>56318499
>>56318495
>>56318469
>2016 asking this Q

Windows movie maker blows. What are some (preferably FOSS) easy to use alternatives?

>>56318551
Shotcut is okay when it works but it tends to crash a lot

>>56318551
i like WMM for basic stuff.
for advance like chromakey and effects: wax 2.0

Best router I can get for 50-100 us dollars!?

>>56318659
b/g/n/ac?
match it to your devices
spend about $80
the cheapest ones are cheap cuz they suck, over 100 = rip off
check bestbuy reviews in the $65-100 range, find one you like, check if amazon is cheaper

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>>56318495
>>56318499
>>56318515
I see, so if I'm suspecting that certain app on my phone is sending data.
Sniffing is what I need.
Will wireshark do?
Will it show IP address that is sending data to?

>>56318678
Yes, wireshark does sniffing and inspection

On linux, every time I open an audio file, it opens up mpv.
How do I setup default applications to specific extensions?

>>56318659
Anything with AC that appears on this page:

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_standard_all

>>56318678
>>56318469
>sniffing
pics related
lmao

>>56318677
I don't understand the different types of wireless, I'll be using it in a pretty standard home, few cell phones, a smart TV with Xbox and a PC. So I know at the leave I want dual band

>>56313884
So when I read about NAS having better 'performance' what does this actually boil down to? Will it make any difference for regular use? Mainly going to be used to store videos and emulators/roms.

>>56318696
*BRAAAAAAAP*

>>56318758
Performance is relative, what are you comparing it to?

Everytime I try to download from extratorrent, I click download and rather than open UTORRENT like on other websites, it just gives me this large page of text

What do?

What game should I emulate on my second monitor while waiting for stuff?

>>56318722
Linksys AC1600 Wi-Fi Wireless Dual-Band+ Router with Gigabit & USB Ports, Smart Wi-Fi App Enabled to Control Your Network from Anywhere (EA6400)

I haven't been paying much attention to the latest in hardware lately. It's time to get another SSD. I use an SSD for programs and OS, and a 1TB WD Blue for storage. I can tell the HDD is slowing my system down. It's the only component that isn't very fast. I'd like to replace it with two 512GB SSDs. Is Samsung still king? And have prices been cut down lately as many have been predicting for years?

So my internet is bretty slow. I have ATT internet and it came with its own router. Can I get my own? If I can, will it make my internet faster?

>>56318794
add the samsung ssd (850 models)
keep the HDD as backup, set to auto backup during your sleep time.
SSDs are nice, but they will eventually fail. not and IF, but a WHEN
and samsung is one of the best

>>56318794
Samsung/Intel high end are the best, you'll need M.2/PCIe for best performance, SATA is a big bottleneck. Samsung 950/Intel 750 are the top end. Samsung 850 if you want something cheaper and SATA compatible.

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Will overwriting all the free space of an SSD twice make the data that was deleted before unrecoverable? Or does the whole drive need to be overwritten?

>>56318847
Thanks, I'll probably grab a couple of those.

>keep the HDD as backup, set to auto backup during your sleep time.
Not sure why the fuck I didn't think of that. I was just going to put it to the side. I must be retarded or something what the fuck

>and samsung is one of the best
who else is at the top of their game right now? Is Intel good yet

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>>56318869
>M.2
Thanks, forgot about that . My mobo only has one unfortunately.

>>56318722
If something says A/b/g/n or A/b/g/n/AC, then it's got the 5GHz band thrown in there. 5ghz isn't affected by microwaves or traditional wifi networks which is really good in wifi congested areas. But it doesn't reach as far as the 2.4 band does, and it doesn't go through walls as well. Also not all devices have 5Ghz, but it's becoming more common. An AC 5Ghz has a little more range than an N 5Ghz, and a much faster top speed, although it doesn't matter too much if all you use your wifi for is internet.

>>56318870
You might get lucky and erase the information, but SSDs don't work like HDDs, and filling one up even completely, isn't guaranteed to do it. Try to find a secure erase utility by your manufacturer.

>>56318922
I was googling around and found this article: http://techgage.com/article/too_trim_when_ssd_data_recovery_is_impossible/

Is the article wrong?

Also here (http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/12503/can-wiped-ssd-data-be-recovered) some of the people are talking about how the data can't be recovered when overwritten.

No one seems to have a concrete answer.

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what if i wanted to break the law and i have onstar service? would they comply in finding me or is there anything i can do? what if i don't hold a subscription? could they still phone home and find me? if so, why do people choose cars that are acting as active homing beacons for the state?

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does a roku + plex setup have a lower quality than if i were to download it in its entirety and play it locally? blu ray quality ~20gb lets say

>>56318959
Most people don't need to worry about warrants being issued for them.

>>56318971
When you're transcoding you'll lose some quality of course. Whether or not you'd notice the difference is another matter.

>>56318959
they will comply with the pigs
but how often are the pigs smart enough to ask them??????????
if it's registered to you or spouse, they prolly will ask onstar, cuz they look up your DMV records when searching for you and they'll see the vehicle and know it has the tech.
if you are in your friend's car, prolly not an issue.

Is a 6700k still a decent buy now, for the next few years?

Mainly for gaming

>>56318987
more than sufficient
would expect it to do you well for at least a few cycles. (up to 5 years)

>>56318987
Yes
Kaby lake should be coming in december but you're probably only looking at another 5% gain, not really worth waiting

>>56318987
shit, i'm still on i7 3630qm from '11 built laptop
handles my games well enough with 660m and 6gb ram.
but i only play WoW/minecraft

>>56318972
“they who can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

>>56318980
okay thanks

>>56318985
damn, okay thanks. i figured as much

>>56318770
Exactly, just when looking at the different types of NAS options I see 'provides good performance and reliability'. Will something like the Acer Altos EasyStore do everything I need it to?

>>56318980
can you tell roughly if my router can handle streaming 4k using the ethernet cable to connect?

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WNR3500L-Open-Source-WNR3500Lv2-Processor/dp/B002RYYZZS

i understand my isp is a different question entirely

>>56319067
10/100/1000
no/maybe/yes

>>56319064
I'm sure it will store videos and roms just fine

>>56318955
Your first article is 6 years old, which is forever in SSD tech, and also it's talking about how you can often be unable to recover your data, not whether you can reliably delete it. The second one actually does an excellent job covering at length why you can't trust SSDs to consistently erase all information simply by filling them up.

>>56319095
If I have a computer with a lot of bays is it even worth me getting an NAS, what are the advantages? How would I go about make one of my drives accessible by the network?

>>56319153
Advantage is mainly they will generally use less power which is nice for something that will run 24/7
You can set up an FTP/Samba server to share your drives over the network.

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Need a cheap Windows tablet, all it needs to do is have a decent battery life, turn on quickly and run MS word and maybe a browser.

Recommendations?

I'm installing windows 7 is there a list of updates I shouldn't install? I wan't to minimize the botnet

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Anyone know a good torrent for a recent version (1.8+) of Playmaker for unity?

The only one on TPB is an older version that doesn't work well with unity 5

>>56319265
cg peers you can get the latest version

I made the mistake to jump on the windows 10 train, should I go back to XP, 7 or 8.1? Or use a linux distro which is user friendly (mostly for gaming and browsing) PC is of high quality

Will Dropbox give me extra space for linking my twitter? It gives me the option but doesn't mention anything about extra space.

>>56319278
registration is closed at the moment. I can't wait 48 hours. Are there any public torrenting sites that have it? I can't seem to find it anywhere on public sites

Building an NAS (ubuntu server with RAID5),
Going to get some NAS drives.
Should I just have raid for the files (/home/) or should I include all the system directories there as well?

>>56319352
Not really any need to include all the system files in the network share, probably better not to.

>>56319329
I guess this isn't what you're looking for?

http://www.demonoid.pw/files/details/3406920/00689799519/

>>56319362
Thanks for the response

I'm currently only using a normal consumer grade drive. Won't having it on 24/7 degrade the drive? Or is it mostly just writing? If so I should probably move /temp/ over there as well right?

>>56319385
You can have it spin down after a time, but excessive spinups/spindowns and head loading/unloading wear a drive more than just leaving it on.

>>56319375
he wants playmaker a plugin for unity

>>56319425
Alright, I was thinking maybe such part was included in the pro edition or something.

>>56319264
http://techne.alaya.net/?p=12499
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/goto/post?id=2545330#post-2545330


>>56319289
7 or 8.1, it's a personal preference. I vote 7. Mint is probably the distro you would choose.

>>56319449
thank you <33333 :3

org-mode:

How do I comment out a whole tree?

>>56319477
Never mind, stuck 'COMMENT' right after the asterisks

Is there a term for guys who are total losers despite not playing video games or watching anime?

>>56319289
do not use XP on any system connected to the internet, if you have to use it at all the computer should be isolated from any publicly facing networks.

>>56319591
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/loser

1060 3gb or 6gb? 6gb is ~50 euros more.

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>>56319591

>>56319632
reusing my upload. nice. now i know i belong here.

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>>56319375
unfortunately no

I need the most recent version of the playmaker plugin for unity 5

Supposedly it's on CG peers but I don't have an account there and registration is closed. If anyone with an account could grab that for me it would be nice.

what's the best martial arts for /g/tards?

>>56319706
chair-fu

>>56319721
>>56319706
lol
but for real, we basement dwellers need to get in shape and be active, but considering how out of shape we are, what's the best MA to get into that won't kill us day one?

Just tried to create a partition of 4TB on my 4TB hard drive with gparted.
However, it didn't work; it said the partition is only ~400 GB and already filled with ~8 GB. So defninitely some unintended behaivour.

I am using a GPT partition, so it should be able to handle 4TB partitions.

The drive is mapped and encrypted with dm-crypt/LUKS in case this matters.

What is the most lightweight way of keeping my porn separate from the rest of my PC?

I have heard of people using VMs or archived USB sticks.
I feel like a veracrypt archive would be a pretty no-fuss way of doing it. Only hassle I can think of would be needing to expand it if it starts to fill up.

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Is my SSD defective or something?

>>56319770
Sandboxie is probably the lightest way to confine pron in your browser and to a certain degree in other programs. If you encrypted your main stash and sandboxed the rest you'd probably be good. If your system can handle it VMs are real nice simple solutions.

>>56314475
>Audio Player (not foobar)

Clementine, cmus

>>56319770
Encrypt an entire hard drive.
Alternatively move out of your parent's house

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please! could someone help me get started with this, i have no experience in networking
I'm a fresh noob, so i have a c++ program with a button
i want to:
1. install it on my computer and on my friend's computer
2. when he presses the button on his program, my computer pops out a message box

do i need a server for this? any tutorials or key words i should be looking for?
i am so shit at googling

>>56319961
Did the second ages ago. Live with my gf though and my PC doubles as the guest PC.

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do you think it's a bad decision to take up a masters in physics after many years of getting a cs/ce degree?

>>56320016
this is not a question to ask a 4chan thread, but it depends on a huge number of factors like your financial position and satisfaction w/ your current life.

you should talk to a career counselor and family/friends who know your situation.

but as a general rule: if you can support yourself and have a stable life in the interim of a career change and the change is important/valuable to you/will make you significantly happier then you should seriously consider it.

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Is there any fix for this apart from sending my laptop back for a replacement/paying for a repair?

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>>56320216
Second pic

>>56320216
Yeah

Buy a new lcd scree from amazon and replace it yourself.

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Ouh, some years ago I ordered an IP cam. Today I decided to take it apart and see how far I can get into it. I already managed to get the serial communication running with the microcontroller on it and got into debug mode, but now I'm stuck at what I can do with the bootloader.

Pic related.

>>56320245
To me that looks more like a dying GPU then an lcd panel

>>56320171
yeah but i meant job prospects wise
sometimes i feel like cs is not nerdy enough lel

>>56320271
well if he plugs in an external monitor and that shit shows up on that monitor too then I would believe you.

rasp pi + kodi + chink sd card + chink braided hdmi cable + some kind of housing + selling it to normies = profit?

yay or nay?

>>56320016
you should ignore everything else and consider, do you WANT to do physics? do you love physics? if you love it, then go for it
>>56320302
>sometimes i feel like cs is not nerdy enough lel
though if you are considering physics only because of \nerdiness\ that's a different story
are you one of those people who haven't really found "the one"? as in, the thing that you love doing in life?

>>56320350
>>56320271
OP here. It doesn't. I'm pretty sure it's dead pixels

>>56317940
You can find great quality tablets like the LG Gpad and Nexus 7 for less than $100

>>56313923
on GNU I generally fix this by just installing a font for whatever language it is that I can't see, and it fixes itself automatically

>>56314612
Just get a monitor. You'll be wanting DisplayPort anyway.

Look up a 40" Wasabi Mango on eBay

What does a smartphone need to be daydream compatible? Will the Moto X Force be?

>>56320393
No shit. That guy is retarded. Just look up "laptop model lcd" on amazon or ebay and I'm sure you will find one for $30 or so

Then just look up how to replace the lcd on google. Most of the time it's really simple to replace and there will be either a video or step by step images with instructions.

>>56320474
Was hoping to avoid it but that's probably what I'll do. Thanks for the help

>>56320371
>the thing that you love doing in life?
sure i like experimenting with scientific facts, verifying them and maybe even discovering
i like building stuff too when it leads to learning something new, or like a proof of concept

>>56320454
Nah. As a general rule nothing that's out yet will support it although a couple of companies have said they want to try and work around that with one or two models

>>56313972
try any distro using LXDE, Xfce or MATE. Linux Lite reccommended because memes

>>56320353
yay, what tha hay

My car raido supposedly supports only usb1.1 and 2.0.
If I buy an USB stick with 256gb of space that is usb3.0, will it be able to run it, or won't it detect any device/files?

>>56320596
k but you do it first and report back

>>56313884
New thread?

>>56315219
My GNU/Linux knowledge is pretty good just from using it regularly and posting here, although I still can't understand programming at all. I guess I would like some sort of /g/ bootcamp.

>>56316967
>>56317064
well an 8540w is a w510 equivalent I think

not sure if they actually have x series equivalents, I haven't looked into HP that much

So in the model number 8540, the 5 is for 15", just like the first 2 in x220 is for 12". I guess check if there's an x2xx

I have a shitty tp link wr841n, and i'm trying to block the domains on this website http://techne.alaya.net/?p=12499, the problem is most dns's are too big too fit in the target entry. can I use opendns to block some of them? what should I do?

>>56319614
Why, I would think microsoft abandoned it and that the newer windows versions are the most spied on?

>>56322322
It's about malware that will never be patched on XP

Recommended 24" 1440p monitor? I'm getting a GTX1070, not a huge budget for 144hz though