/sqt/ - Stupid Question Thread

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Over the ~18 months that I've been learning and practicing writing code, I've continuously run into an issue regarding the seeming lack of information on actually creating a program. It seems like there are plenty of resources on how to write code, but I've never seen anything that shows me how to get the code I've made and create an application which can be clicked on and executed. Where do I learn said thing?

>>58194868
You mean compiling?

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I currently have 1 plug that goes into an 8 way, but I need more plug space, but don't have any wall sockets to spare.
It's just for my home entertainment (TV, Bluray, Consoles) and Internet (Ethernet Switch, Router) . Nothing that requires a ton of power

Which of these two would work 'better'?

>Method 1
Wall Socket > Double Plug > 2 Surge Protectors

>Method 2
Wall Socket > Surge Protector 1 > Surge Protector 2

Or should I just pick up a massive 12+ Surge Protector strip?

>>58194734
Anyone?

>>58194949
>Any worthy hobbies to replace Steam?
I don't understand this question

>>58194961
Steam as an umbrella term for "gaming"; pardon the ambiguity.

so I maintain a windows 10 telementry (I dont use win10) host list, one for spotify and one for garrys mod - and I was thinking of making a repo on github to contain and host these lists I was also thinking of adding all the lists I use i.e fanboys and shit - if I gave the original links and credit in the readme is it a scummy thing to do?

>>58194949
Programming and malware analysis - pretty easy incredibly useful skills and IMO a lot of fun

I bought a refurbished thinkpad x201 with windows 7 on it from a distributor with good feedback on ebay. What are the chances there is malware on it? If I do reinstall windows, will using the image of windows on the pc keep any malware on the computer?

>>58195019
Thanks, will check them out!

Hey any one know if there is a Snapchat API that actually works ? thanks
i'm trying to build somthing around it

How do I get more respect on /g/, like 愛してるさわこ !BE/4wes0mE, arguably the smartest poster to date?

>>58194734
Why quit? If it's one of those cases of "hurr I am adult vidya is for kids," kys.

Could always try audio engineering, programming, music, or TV and movies. Gaming does actually have health benefits though, so I wouldn't give it up

what's the effective way to browse for laptops? it depends so much where you're buying.

last two i bought refurbished thinkpads off eBay but that's all i know. i don't use laptops much.

now i'm supposed to buy a computer for my father. 13-15 inch screen, doesn't have to be ultra small. should have decent cpu for media playback but other than that nothing spectacular required. How can i find that for as cheap as possible? can be refurbished

>>58195020
>chances are 0% to 100%.
I'd reinstall it anyway.

Find the MD5 sum of the original ISO on the MSDN Page of microsoft.

Then download (pirate) the ORIGINAL ISO. No shit!
It's easier to pirate the original ISO than to obtain it from Microsoft itself, even if you have an original Serial key.

>>58195020
you might as well. you never know who has monkeyed with thta shit before you got it. use a live distro, and do that 15X overwrite on the HDD overnight, and fresh install.

even if its nothing but piece of mind, its worth doing.

>>58195080
so if I don't have a serial key, what should I use to crack the iso? Or is there a serial key with the refurbished thinkpad I am getting, and if so, where? Also, should I just look for trusted torrent on piratebay for the windows iso?

>>58195031
for programming you can learn for free (codecademy) I'd recommend learning python first and for malware analysis I'd recommend this book https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1593272901/

if you have any questions in the future feel free to email me : [email protected]

>>58195101
>15X overwrite
Not like any professional forensics team is going to analyze your files you deleted years ago.

>>58195137
You don't crack the ISO, cheapskate. Then simply don't use Windows.

>>58194913
Best would be massive one, but currently method 1 is better dude, like seriously, your putting massive strain on first protector in method 2

>>58195154
I have to admit that is overkill. but for some reason the overwrite programs only show the deep wipe once i set the wiper programs to at least 10-15X overwrite. the kind that get even the old sony rootkit out.

>>58195209
>overwrite programs
You what m8?

Just overwrite is with random data. For example open it with dm-crypt and fill the mounted device with zeroes.

>>58191424
Doesn't work with Ubuntu 16.04 anymore.
And I tried it with 14.04 before and i couldn't login anymore after installing it.

>>58195235
i was taking like crystaldisk. i would put the 2.5 hdd in one of the external usb drive holders, and run crystal disk and clear everything. fuck rootkits.

>>58195274
Someone once explained to me how overwritten data can be restored.
It's a very complicated and expensive procedure where the magnetic field or whatever it's called is analyzed for recent changes.

So unless you're a childporn-collecting terrorist, you shouldn't really care about overwriting the Drive several times.

Although I still recommend you to always encrypt your drive. In the normal way, not the retarded "NSA IS WATCHING ME THROUGH THE CAMERA ON MY SMARTPHONE" way.

>>58195154
OK let's say I need to use Windows and don't have a serial key or money, what would I do?

>>58195336
>retarded "NSA IS WATCHING ME THROUGH THE CAMERA ON MY SMARTPHONE"
They are

>>58195422
I'd say it's a lie.

In case you REALLY REALLY WANT to use Windows:
>ReactOS

>>58195424
I know right?

>>58194868
Well, there's several ways, for different OS's and different languages. E.g. for C & C++ (and more) theres compilers for linux and windows, the windows compilers can compile to .exe/executables. Linux compilers generally compile to bytecode without a certain extension or filetype. To make these files runnable you need to make them 'executable' with commands like 'chmod +x filename'.

For languages like python or bash, the first line generally shows which program should execute/interpret this file. E.g. for Python this is '#!/usr/bin/env python'. This works for linux and other unix systems like macOS. The shell checks wether or not the program is installed and based on thst information it runs the program.

For windows there are more 'executable' files. For example java .jar files can be executable like .exe files.

If you want to know how to make a simple program executable, just google 'make X an executable for (OS)'.

I hope I'm clear enough, I might be a bit drunk and tired.

>>58195442
It is hypothetical. I just want to use Windows so I can play shitty source games, and want to know the easiest way to crack the ISO. Would downloading one of those pre cracked isos on pirate bay from a trusted user be asking for spyware? If so, what is the /g/ approved way to get free windows?

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>>>/wsr/241969
This isn't my request but I'm interested all the same

http://watch.opb.org/video/2306839650/

Anon is asking how to download a video from the above URL. Am I correct in saying that on most pages, you can view the source code and just get the video file directly? I recall someone saying as such, how would I do it?

>>58195544
I hate all of you pirating Windows fags. Because I have to clean up your shit afterwards.

You're on your own. Download a ISO with spyware and enjoy.

I'm out.

Still looking for a recommended seed box. Textbooks are expensive.

>>58195656
youtube-dl seems to be able to download it.

You are partially correct.
Most modern sites don't have one video file but multiple chunks of audio and video files for several seconds which get put together by the browser (see HLS/HDS/DASH streams).
Small videos that people put up with their own player might be just one file where you can just grab the video file directly.
Some older ones might stream it from an RTMP server, which you can use something like rtmpdump to get the stream and save it.

In this case it seems to be a HLS stream, you can see the playlist here (for the best quality video stream).
http://d6uz0or6bt1ws.cloudfront.net/videos/oregon-experience/c2b6e1ec-1a5b-49c5-8534-b045e44a2286/10138/hd-mezzanine-16x9/oex_rajneesh_mezz-16x9-hls-2500k.m3u8

>>58195783
Thanks for the response man. How did you grab the .m3u8 file though? If I'm looking through the source code, what should I be looking out for so I can grab these myself?

Or even for the smaller sites that use their own player, I'm not really sure how I'm actually supposed to find the relevant link

I'm trying to print this pattern:

 pattern(11) 

should give

1110987654321
111098765432
11109876543
1110987654
111098765
11109876
1110987
111098
11109
1110
11

but my code:

string pattern(int n) {
  if (n > 0) {
    string s;
    string lines;
    for (int i = n; i > 0; i--) {
      string line;
      for (int j = i; j > i - n; j--) {
        line = line + to_string(j);
      }
      lines += line + "\n";
    }
    return lines;
  }
  else {
    return "";
  }
}
int main() {
  cout << pattern(11);
}

which gives the first line correctly but the rest...

1110987654321
109876543210
9876543210-1
876543210-1-2
76543210-1-2-3
6543210-1-2-3-4
543210-1-2-3-4-5
43210-1-2-3-4-5-6
3210-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
210-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
10-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9

>>58195822
network request in the browsers developer tools.
Though this one seems to be hiding the playlist quite good, I couldn't find it and got it from youtube-dl.

You can look up their implementation of streams like these to see how they got it.

>>58195856
Thanks love

One last thing, is the .m3u8 file something I can 'play'?
>VLC
Doesn't seem to handle it

>>58195890
vlc works fine, just don't download the playlist file but feed it the url.
The files in it are referenced relatively, so VLC can't find them if you open the file after downloading it.

I am the only one who gets pissed off when people say wrong things confidently?

>>58195912
then politely correct them if you're sure about it.

>>58195909
Thanks, got an error message saying it couldn't be played but then it did anyway

>>58195922
don't have any intention on making a youtube/google account - I usually correct people when I have an account on the service but like they can just fucking assume something and treat it as fact or just hear something off someone else and treat it as fact whereas I can know information from 5+ different sources and still think I could be wrong

>>58195007
anyone?

>>58195830

for (int j = n; j > n - i; j--) {

How to listen to YT in the background on an Android without root?

In my batch file I have this:

APP.EXE nigger.bin nigger.wav

This uses app.exe to convert nigger.bin to nigger.wav.

How can I edit this batch file to convert every .bin into a .wav of the same name the input file had?

>>58196644

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('dir /b *.bin') DO app.exe "%%G" "%%~nG.wav"

>>58195544
D A Z
A
Z

>>58196706
Should I replace everything I have in my batch file with that?

Thanks by the way.

>>58196732
if
>APP.EXE nigger.bin nigger.wav
is the only thing you have in there, yeah

AutoHotKey or AutoIt, what are the pros and cons? I can make somewhat simple automation scripts on AutoIt, but is AutoHotKey worth relearning?

>>58196742
Awesome. Thanks man, much appreciated.

>>58196373
browser. chrome, ff. even opera works.

I just started learning java and try to understand the concept of how the code is build.

Am I on the right track, that every class has a constructor, to create and a method to perform something on existing objectes? And I can make sub-classes by extending them to a main class that interact with the main one somehow?

Is it possible to put only linux kernel on bootable usb stick? What will it look like if i try to boot it?
If yes, how? If no, what else would you need?

>>58196773
They fixed it and it doesn't work anymore, at least in Chrome.

Recommended file system for a 500gb external hdd? Something that works on both linux and windows

>>58196846
exfat

>>58196820
was not aware.
maybe try youtube red (screams internally) if you're not considering root at all.

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recently got a 2.5 inch to USB3 adapter
whenever i connect it to usb2 it works fine, but if i connect it to usb3 it starts spazzing the fuck out and connecting and disconnecting rendering it useless
pic related is the drive

any glaring reasons why its fucking up?

>>58197028
any other usb3 devices acting the same?

What is the best distro to install on a headless home server. I dont want it to come installed with any bloat like an X server or DE. So far I've been looking at Debian. I also thought Slackware would be nice but the package management is a turn off. How is Arch as a server OS?

>>58197002
Okay, thanks.

>>58197100
I'm running debian.
It does have quite old packages, so some stuff you're better off compiling yourself every now and then.

I've tried arch on a raspberry pi, but it shit itself after updating packages after 2 months without. So I wouldn't recommend it unless you keep the packages updated regularly.

>>58195424
I doubt it, that'd be petabytes of data to archive per day

>>58196713
Does Daz work well, no viruses?

>>58197210
>no viruses?
probably not or someone would have caught it by now - you should do an independent malware analysis if you want to be certain

>>58197028
do you have USB3 drivers for your motherboard ?
i've had issues with usb3 on win7 before.

I have an old laptop running 24/7 as a server, if it in some case overheats, can it burn or will it just turn off?

>>58197296
it'll turn off when it overheats.

>>58197360
Thanks my man

>>58197147
Old packages was what I was afraid of, but I dont really know how old they are. I suppose I can compile something every now and then though

So I have a new tablet, and I'm thinking of rooting it, mainly to delete all the bloatware that can't be uninstalled. But once I've done that, what else should I do? Or can I do? What other benefits are there to rooting a tablet?

How would I get my browser to automatically redirect from one specific domain to another, while keeping the rest of the URL the same?
Like http://foo.com/foobar redirecting to http://bar.com/foobar

Anyone know of an extension or something that does that?

>>58197432
There are certain cosmetic things you can only do while rooted, I believe. You can also run a *nix environment if the device has enough RAM. Other than that I don't know how useful it is.

>>58197083
>>58197264
guess i'm just retarded
i tried a different port and it works fine
the port i tried before is fucky both on windows and linux, so i guess it's just fucked

>>58197432
i use xposed modules to add/remove features to some official apps like youtube.
there are xposed mods for pretty much anything you need. look into it.
if you're into tasker you can use the root features. can be useful sometimes. more so on a phone tho.
once your manufacturer stops updating the device you could replace the official rom with an unofficial one with the latest android version.

that's what i personally use root for but there are a million more things you can do.
also, global adblocking.

This is an incredibly stupid question, but Google has failed me– because I'm no doubt using the incorrect search terms. I know next to nothing about technology, so please bear with me.

My mobile recently died a death, so I'm currently using a Motorola RAZR I XT890. I've noticed I can only watch YouTube videos in 360p and below, as there are no other quality options. Are the videos capped at this quality, due to the phones resolution? The screens resolution is 540 x 960 pixels (~256 ppi pixel density). Would the ppi have to be over 300ppi to watch videos about 360p?

>>58197466
write a greasemonkey script. could be as little as 2 lines.
tampermonkey on chrome.

>>58197466

// @include http://foo.com/foobar
// ..other greasemonkey params
// ==/UserScript==
document.location = document.location.replace('foo','bar');

>>58197679
sorry fucked it up...

document.location = document.location.toString().replace('foo','bar')

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I added a third hard drive to my computer. Why does it give me the option here to eject the 700gb HDD as if it were a USB?

>>58197770
is the port set as hot-pluggable?
if it is then you get the option to eject it, check in your motherboards uefi.

>>58197770
maybe because it's connected to a removable HDD caddy?
Is that a laptop?
Or maybe a retarded producer of your motherboard marked this specific SATA port as external one, hence option to eject

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>>58197793
>>58197800

I have the Intel DB65AL motherboard. I'm pretty sure I plugged the HDD cable to the black one. I will check in a moment.

>>58197827
Can you please stop this political correctness?
you mean the nigger one

>>58197827

So it's actually connected to the red port. What will happen if I reconnect it to the black one? Do I have to reinstall anything?

>>58197846
shit man, how we going to call the blue one?

>>58197860
the one that matters

>>58197827
>>58197859
Check your motherboards manual what each port color means.
Some might be only SATA2 ports.

You can just plug it in somewhere else, it doesn't matter.

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If I clone a drive onto a partition with files on it, will those existing files be lost? I need to backup everything on this SSD to an HDD and it's got the free space but I need to keep the files on the HDD and I need to keep them separate from those on the SSD. I tried just copying the disk but it kept getting stuck so I think cloning is the best option.

Pic related is from Macrium Reflect - if i just hit "copy selected partitions" will I be fine?

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This is my browser, I don't know what this behaviour is called, but why's it doing this?

The blank whites I'm referring to. I've got in i5-6200u, it can't be the processor because I've a laptop with an Intel Pentium that isn't this bad. What is it? It performs fine

It's nothing to do with hardware acceleration and I updated my graphics drivers too

>>58197891

Thanks

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Is this bad?

>>58197921
did you try a different browser ?

How would one go about making an inexpensive but reliable NAS?

Saw a few things mentioning the Raspberry Pi but I'm not sure how capable it would be if several people were trying to save and download files off of it. Most files would be documents, pictures, and videos.

>>58197946
Edge is fine if I'm scrolling but it also scrolls much slower than Chrome. If I use the spacebar it displays whites but I don't know if that's intended behaviour. I'll try Firefox, but moving from Chrome isn't really an option

>>58198017
raspi doesn't have sata. i'd build my own from used parts for around $100-$200.
if you want cheaper just get a vps.
>>58198062
>but moving from Chrome isn't really an option
just trying to locate the issue. if it's only chrome maybe you can mess with the graphics accelerations options in about:flags

So I have a monitor that only has two inputs: DVI and VGA. I've been using it for years, just using a DVI-to-HDMI cable to plug into my GPU (I couldn't find a DVI cable and once I had this 'solution' couldn't be fucked to change it).

I recently got gifted a PS4 for Christmas, and want to just hook it into my desk monitor as well, since it's more comfortable than sitting in my shitty couch and using my TV. The problem is... only one input. I've been just unplugging the HDMI end out of my computer and into the PS4, but it's a pain in the ass to have to switch it back and forth like that every time.

What's a decent solution, short of buying a new monitor with multiple HDMI ports? I was thinking of buying an HDMI hub/switch, so I can plug the HDMI-to-DVI into the monitor on one end, and the hub on the other, then have an HDMI cable running from the PS4 and the computer itself to the hub, and be able to just toggle between them. Is that viable, or just a headache waiting to happen?

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Will CDs/USBs with Mac OS on it work when I put the needed tools on the drive just like if I had downloaded it from a Mac and put it on a USB stick?
Will it Hackintosh?

>>58197244
So like avast?

Can somebody hack me please?

>>58198131
(Note: if my potential solutions are too expensive/clunky to really bother with, I'd also love suggestions on 1440p/60hz monitors for a decent price, or for someone to redpill me that a 1080p/144hz is better)

>>58196808
Yes. Even though its not clear to me what you mean by
>And a method to perform something on existing objects

You can create a method/function by writing one in a class.

Objects are variables of classes. E.g. I can create App.class, and within the App.class main I can do

App appName = new App();

which is an object in the memory.

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why does my mouse pointer suddenly look like this?

can't seem to change theme
everything else works fine
it's just the default one stretched like this

>>58198105
Don't know if it's related but I also have another issue in Chrome where the Youtube play button spazzes out every now and again and jumps a little

That's something that doesn't happen on Edge. I've just tested Firefox and it has neither of the mentioned issues. Any ideas? I can't understand this whatsoever

>>58198131
144Hz wont matter for the PS4, neither does 1440p. I'd just look for an hdmi switch on Amazon. E.g.: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008GVOVK0/

>>58198288
I'm aware it won't work/matter for the PS4, that'd be solely 'for' the PC (if I'm upgrading, I wanna upgrade a little higher than what my rig can currently do, for when I upgrade another part next).

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>>58198201

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>>58198249
whose fault is this?
is it a new linux feature?

>>58198309
If you go higher than 1080p/60hz on PC I wouldn't put anything like a switch between the monitor and pc. If you buy a new monitor, just buy one with enough inputs. Personally I'd choose the higher resolution over the higher Hz. Because for me 60 Hz is enough.

>>58198249
I've had this on windows a lot too, I think it might be a GPU problem.

>>58198354
Right! I must not be explaining myself, sorry:

I'm wondering if I should get a switch for my current setup, or if that's irritating enough to just use this as an excuse to buy a nicer monitor with enough hookups. I wouldn't be using the switch if I got a new monitor.

And yeah, I feel like 60hz is plenty, but all I can seem to find in my price range are either reject dead-pixel monitors, or 1080p/144hz ones. I don't really WANT 144hz, I just want a 1440p/60hz for a decent price.

>>58198249
gpu issues on linux sometimes fuck up the pointer. do you have drivers installed ?

>>58198380

why does it render everything else normally?
it doesn't make sense

>>58198402
>gpu issues on linux sometimes fuck up the pointer

it worked fine until it didn't, are you sure it could be drivers? because it didn't seem to be a problem before

>>58198394
Well, switches are made for the convenience, so it shouldn't irritate.

I dont know your budget, but if you are willing to drop 200-250$ for an Acer or BenQ i'd take that option. Plus keep the old one, since 2nd monitors are amazing.

Looking for news or informational sites to subscribe to. I don't have anything right now for hardware development, IT and software engineering. Can anyone recommend resources specialized in any of these?

>>58198512
Oh, I'm 100% keeping the old one for a second monitor, for sure.

My budget is around 300, but my cursory probes into the market made me feel like that'd only get me bottom-of-the-barrel shit monitors; am I misunderstanding that? Aren't BenQ the ones that have upwards of 10 dead pixels on every model?

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>>58198436
>>58198406
>>58198402
>>58198380

I don't think there was a reason for it to get corrupted.

>>58198436
yeah unfortunately gpu issues (drivers or otherwise) and mouse pointer glitches are often related. but i can't be sure.

>>58198534
BenQ has a varies in quality between its models. Ive only had good experiences with them (1080p only though). Personally I'm done with cheaper brands and would look at Dell ultrasharp for example.

Lately my computer has been randomly, (but not very frequently,) shutting itself off. Or at least seemingly. It's more like it's gone into rest mode but can't be woken up. The display stops, no mouse or key activity will bring it back up, and the computer remains on until I hard shut down.
This happens without warning, maybe once every few days or so, or even once a week. Not very frequent, but it's worrying.

Can anyone tell me the likely culprit? Or is it one of those things that could be any one of a ton of different issues?

And before anyone mentions viruses and the like, all my programs have scanned and found nothing.

let's say i have some archived and encrypted file. from what i understand, the compression alghoritm pushes the password through some modulo/xor functions
if i'd like to quickly and permanently damage that file (using hex edtor or something) which part should i aim for?

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How do I build and install Coreboot?

I looked into it in the middle there is just some vague step 3 that hand waves some shit aying you need to extract some blob or other before step 4. Profit

So, why is my windows computer and tableta giving me connection errors when posting in both chrome and firefox but I can shitpost from android smartphone using thw same wifi, without using 4G?

I'm getting a new pc, a completely new one. The old one is 5 Years old.

The question is, could I use the old builds HDDs for storage? Or am I risking drive failure or some other fatality. It would be nice to have these old drives as EXTRA storage, but not if they're about to conk out. If that's the case I'd feel better just using the new builds HDDs.

>>58198586
The Ultrasharps look nice, but they're not exactly what I'm after. If I'm sinking 250+ dollars into a monitor, it needs to be nicer than a 1920x1200 at 60hz.

>>58198680
Ah my bad, for 300 "'euro'" I can get a 1440p 26" monitor. But Idk how much dollar it'll be.

>>58198671
HDD is independent from your computer on that part. you can use a 20y old drive on a brand new PC without much problems

>>58198621
depends on the mode of encryption. some mods just fail to decrypt when you change a single bit and some are resilient to corrupt blocks.

>>58198708
Actually not that far anymore; 300 Euro is about 313 dollars right now.

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Why is the WiFi on my laptop so shit. My phone, tablet and decade old laptop are outperforming it and this is a new ultrabook

>>58198720
Yeah, that's what I thought, and I pay 300 with 21% taxes Included. So it'll be cheaper in the U S of A.

>>58198726
Guessing it's an ASUS?

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>>58198718
>20 yr
>IDE

>Brand new pc
>without problems

>IDE
>IDE

>>58198762
>Implying IDE > sata adapters dont exist.

>>58198762
>what is IDE to SATA adapter
i use one this fucking moment

>>58198786
Show me a 2016 mobo with an ide connector on it

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>>58198794
but they all have sata no?

>>58198794
not reading much?

>>58198740
So you'd suggest one of the 1440 Ultrasharps?

>>58198671

>>58198794
>>58198786
>>58198781

I was asking more along the lines of "this HDD is 5 years old, maybe I shouldn't store all my favourite hentai on it incase it fails" and whether I should just stick to storing things on the fresh HDD I'll be buying regardless.

I wasn't talking about connectors and all that, unless I'm missing something.

>>58198577

wanted to see whether changing the resolution would redraw and fix it

now I can't boot into the system

wew
wewewewew

>>58198719
okay but do these resilent ones still apply to the encrypted files? isn't that the whole idea to keep everything dependent on password so if some part is damaged, the function won't decrypt everything properly?

how many headaches will i get if i install linux on a USB flash drive ? whats the recommended filesystem? should i avoid making a swap partition at all ?

>>58198854
if the drive is working fine, there's no reason to change it

>>58198854
The animu shitposter was just complaining about how drives older than say 10 years might have IDE cables instead of SATA. But you wont have to worry about that. If you want to check the health of your drives use Crystal DiskMark.

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>>58198861
you have a gpu issue

>>58198832
Never tried them, but they look really nice. And would you take suggestions from /g/men? Go to a store and see for yourself, if they dont have the exact model, just look for similar ones and then buy them online.

>>58198914
S.M.A.R.T. is more for health

>>58198866
that's not the requirement of an encryption algorithm, no. it is however a requirement of SOME block cipher mode of operation.

>>58198914
So a health check will be an overall cover of how my HDD is standing? Defraggler says my current drive (what will become the old one) is in good health. Is that enough or is Crystal DiskMark the proper check-up required.

If this is the case then I will have double the storage I thought I'd have, woo

>>58198748
You'd be guessing right. Is it a common problem with their machines? I used to have a different Asus that was far better than this shite, it's unusable

Even as I'm typing this it's just disconnected, have to wait till it reconnects so the damn captcha loads. Damn shame, I was just growing to love the machine

>>58198983

>>58198961 is right, i meant Crystal Disk Info for the S.M.A.R.T. Data

>>58198915

>windows worked fine
>decide to try linux
>on one distro the hard drive kept fucking up
>on another (usb) one, the gpu is fucking up

imma just try and see if windows works properly

>>58198811
a tiny peice of pie shit arent real boards you know this

There is no mainstream mobo offered by reputable companies

>>58198986
They use cheap wifi cards. A USB dongle will work better probably. But before we jump to conclusions try reinstalling drivers.

If that doesnt work out replace the card yourself, return the laptop, or use a dongle. (Lol Apple)

should i get a mate 9 for 500 euro?

>>58199011
Ubuntu 16.04 just werks for me.

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>>58199012
what the fuck are you talking about?

how do i know the speed/duplex mode of my router ? its called "technicolor" and its black
also i have 150 Mbps optic fiber

>>58199023
Dongle seems like an unnecessary work around when I spent £810 on the machine. It'd also stick out quite a bit, pretty much kills the form factor desu

Replacing the card myself is a bit 2technical5me, I'll try reinstalling drivers but if not, I guess it'll have to go.

How's Lenovo? I'm surprised they cheap out since like I said, a previous Asus I had was fine and one of the reviews for this machine actually cited strong WiFi

>>58199032
honor 8 is the same device but cheaper and much better looking.

>>58198170
no like perform a wireshark and general malware analysis, or maybe even reverse engineer it if you have the time

>>58199067
Can you give me the model number?

Never had Lenovo but according to my brother, who owned one, the higher end models are good, and the lower end models are crap.

I do know I'm never buying Asus again. My current laptop is Asus and I hate it. Paid 800 bucks for it a year and a half back. Specs are decent but the build quality and screen is shit.

Look for business grade laptops. Things like thinkpads, probooks and dell xps (not really business grade, but really good)

>>58199118
Of the Ultrabook? Asus UX360UA. If I go into device drivers and Network Adapters it lists "Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265". Not sure if that's really any good or bad

If I was to get a Lenovo it'd be the 14" Yoga 710, this Asus has a nice screen though and build quality honestly seems solid. The fact you were able to just guess my Ultrabook was an Asus based off shitty WiFi performance isn't exactly confidence boosting though.

>>58198975
so with those "smart" alghoritms, i can pretty much overwrite half of the file with 0's and the other half can still be decrypted?

>>58198949
>Go to a store and see for yourself
"Go to a store" limits me to the 2 bullshit curved monitors at Officemax, or the 4 shitty ones at Walmart.

>>58199234
Even in jewrope we have more on display.

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Why did this show up today?

>>58199190
well yes.
you have to understand why different modes of operation are used in the first place. whomever encrypts the file gets to decide the mode of operation. if they would like encrypted blocks to be independent then it can be as such. you might not want that so you would use a chained mode of operation where blocks are interdependent.

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What kind of cable is the blue cable connecting the sata II and the motherboard?

>>58199069
>honor 8
better camera and battery

>>58199298

You either posted something that got you banned, or connected to a wifi that someone used that got banned.

>>58199306
sata

>>58199308
oh shit i think i read it p9 instead of mate 9
yeah the mate 9 is much better and 500 is a steal.
also names are confusing as fuck

>>58199189
If I google I dont find anything that rings alarms, things like bad reviews. If it's an intel chip, it should be good, and it might just be a driver/software issue. Download the latest wireless intel driver from here (not the asus radio control shit) and reboot your system after installing. https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ASUS-ZenBook-Flip-UX360UA/HelpDesk_Download/

>>58199306
You literally called it SATA II which it is.
>SATA II cable

Why do computers freeze?

>High RAM process
>Crashes for whatever reason
>"Okay I will end the process"
>Right click tab
>"Close program"
>'nah, bro'

Obviously the program isn't responding and I want you to terminate it. It's painfully obvious that the program needs to be terminated, why doesn't the computer do it?

>>58199312
Look at the date
I always shitpost on my home WiFi
And this showed up today
Are mods retarted ?

When /g/ suggests RAM, are they talking about total or after Dual Channel/Quad Channel?

For example if they recommend 16GB, are they talking about:
2 x 8 (total)
2 x 16 (dual channel)
4 x 16 (quad channel)

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>>58199341
>>58199401
Nice, lol. Thanks. Does it matter if I buy one with a clip or not? I don't think the one on my primary drive has one.

>>58199417
Jesus christ, right? Or a program is freezing up, so you click the "close" button. Nothing for a few seconds, then "It looks like this program is not responding. Would you like us to find a solution?". No, I hit 'close' not 'find a solution'. So you click 'close it'.

"Finding a solution..."

MOTHERFUCKER WHAT DID I JUST FUCKING TELL YOU

>>58199417
Google more about race conditions, deadlocks and hoe OS/kernels work.

>>58199455
no

>>58199427
AFAIK, usually it's suggesting that much total, via dual channel. If 16GB is suggested, they mean 2 sticks of 8. If you -have- enough for 4 sticks, still go with 2 sticks of 8, and you can later slot in another 2 sticks to have 32G, rather than quad-channeling 4GB sticks.

>>58199455
No it doesnt matter.

By the way sata cables are backwards compatible and shouldnt cost much. E.g. a sata III cable (probably the most common nowadays.) will work for sata II devices.

>>58199419

I did look at the date. I also saw you were connected to wifi, and those two things I suggested were the only things that made sense considering the limited info I had

Other than "glitch in the system", I have no idea. One of those "shrug and move on" sorta things

>>58199476

Thank you

>>58199462
I won't understand because I don't have the foundational knowledge.

Can you explain in layman's terms?

>Why can't the computer have a tiny program that detects if a program is crashed that can override to prompt the user to kill the program
>Why doesn't the computer close the program when you give the command to?
>This has been a problem for decades, why haven't computer engineers addressed the problem? Surely it isn't impossible to address.

>>58199455
i pretty often put my hands inside my case and move things around. clips prevent me from ultra DMA CRC errors

>>58199494
Might be the case with glitch
Chink moot will kill the site soon

>>58199379
I think this model of the Ultrabook is only available in Europe so it doesn't really get much exposure, hence the lack of any bad reviews.

I appreciate the help so far a lot man. You think the chip they used is fine then? If other laptops use the same chip should I expect similar performance? Just asking in case it's not really worth returning this if other machines have the same chip anyway.

"Private Tabs" add on in firefox doesn't work with the latest version of firefox. Is there a way to fix it?

Bluetooth on a mobo would be an advertised feature right? I can not figure out if my mobo has bluetooth

>>58199636
1.Update addon
2.Revert version

My keyboard is working glitchy, some keys sometimes do one thing or another.

E.g: -Caps lock sometimeS works as shift and other times like caps lock (same thing with L sHift)
-I get random capS typed as you can see
-Right shift types s when I preSs it and also works as shift

My keyboard is a shitty genious rubberdome keyboard. I already tried remapping the keys with sharpkeys, but that doesen't work

>>58199534
how would the other program know something crashed?
it could just calculate something heavy.
You can't know that it crashed, there's just no way.

Windows usually "assumes" something crashed when the UI thread stops updating (window turns white), but this can happen with just bad programming too when some tasks run on the UI thread.

Here's what windows does when you tell an application to close and it doesn't react.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20101101-00/?p=12393

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I have a simple batch file that renames all of the file in a directory. It works but I need it to run on A LOT of files (100k or more) which takes some time. I wanted to add either an elapsed time counter to the script so that I know how long it took to complete, or a percentage for wht file it is on out of how many files there are.

Any idea how I would go about this?
Here is a sample of my batch so far:

@ECHO OFF
set location="folder"
set ext="*.tiff"
echo Relative Path: %location%
echo New file extensions: %ext%
echo Close now to abort!
pause
forfiles /P %location% /S /C "cmd /c echo @file & ren @file *.tiff"
pause

>>58199534

>I won't understand because I don't have the foundational knowledge.
You wont get anywhere with this attitude.

>Why can't the computer have a tiny program that detects if a program is crashed that can override to prompt the user to kill the program.
Because crashing is like an infinite wait. If the program is waiting for resources (e.g. more ram, more cpu power etc.) And the OS cant give any more to that program, it will crash. Or the program has a bug, which might make it crash.

The problem is that some programs wait really long or freeze intentionally. The tiny program would kill good working programs.
>>Why doesn't the computer close the program when you give the command to?
The OS makes some final attempts to let the program recover or create crash data, or save data which you're about to lose. If you want to force kill a program, it will work, trust me. E.g. the command

kill -9

in Linux will completely kill a running process. Windows must have an equivalent to '-9' for

taskkill

command.
>>This has been a problem for decades, why haven't computer engineers addressed the problem? Surely it isn't impossible to address.
To make it safer for users. Powerusers could kill a process using a terminal, as long as the GUI is for normies.

I hope you'll understand now, the information might not be 100% correct because I simplified it as you wanted.

Affordable OLED TVs when?
Is 2018 too optimistic? LG's OLED TVs are already almost affordable (around 2000 yuros)

I want to get a new TV but don't want to waste money on deprecated technology

Why does Windows 10 now cost?

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Bought an mATX mobo and a be quiet pure Rock cooler.

Cooler doesnt fit whilst they are both labelled as am3+.
Is it because the different size? matx and not ATX?

>>58199749
it's no longer open source

>>58194733
as many of you probably already know, the new ghb version was released (handbrake)
when i load up a video to convert I am unable to load it's built in soft subs
everything else works fine except for the sub auto detection which would show up in the subtitle list

does anyone else have this problem?
I am running version 1.0.0-1

>>58199599
It might not be the chip at fault, but the metal Asus body, which is not always optimal for wifi and other wireless signals. (The iPhone 4 had a similar problem on release)

This first answer is worth trying out too:
https://communities.intel.com/thread/61208

Did you try updating the driver already like I said?

Before returning (if you plan to), ask a store employee for help.

>>58199758
no.
did you use the correct parts for your socket type?

>>58199758
Socket types do not change based on what form factor you choose

I ran the error checking tool (the one in the tools tab on the properties window) on one of my hard drives and it told me it found some errors that needed to be fixed. The log shows 92 lines like this one.

    Found corrupt basic file structure for "\Files\video.mp4 <0x7,0x628>"
        ... queued for offline repair.

one for each file.

After letting it fix the errors I found out that each file listed in the log is now a 0 byte file that can't be opened. The files are not important but while this 92 files are now 0 bytes in size, my hard drive's free space did not change.

Why did this happen? Can I do anything about it?

>>58199674
Thank you, I read the link and can you please let me know if I understand correctly? If I disable the program that collects the bug report, will I alleviate the problem in all or most cases (the problem being a full crash)?

To answer your question, why can't it know there is a crash. if the user has clicked "close program" 50 times in 2 minutes, isn't that a dead giveaway? Can't an executive program read the status of the crashed program as in "it's hogging the RAM and not doing anything"?

>>58199700
Thanks for taking the time to explain.

You're saying that it is doable on Linux and that you would wager that there is a way to do it on windows as well but it's not apparent to normies.

And you're saying that the computer could very easily see that the user is desperately trying to terminaye the program but since normies would use the feature improperly, they don't make that accessible?

>>58199824
clicking the close button just sends the WM_CLOSE message to that window and that's it.
if the program actually handles that message is not known to windows.
The program might want to first gracefully shutdown and free resources, ask the user to save a file or just not want to quit.
So you can mash all you want it wouldn't matter.

There is just no way to tell for sure. And before you lose your files it rather not kills a task.

>>58199824

>You're saying that it is doable on Linux and that you would wager that there is a way to do it on windows as well but it's not apparent to normies.
>And you're saying that the computer could very easily see that the user is desperately trying to terminaye the program but since normies would use the feature improperly, they don't make that accessible?
Terminating the wrong tasks might crash the system and will make the experience even worse. So thats why they dont make that accessible via the graphical user interface (GUI) but they dont stop you from going into the command prompt and taskkill it manually.

If a program isn't crashed, the taskkill from taskmanagar wont have to force it to stop. It'll just terminate the program almost instantly. Just try it with an empty notepad.exe

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>>58199804
>>58199807

>>58198105
What parts do you reccomend? I may also use it for streaming video. I'm mainly trying to focus on stability since the last portable hdds my family used failed and lost all their shit and blamed it on me.

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>>58199802
>Did you try updating the driver already like I said?
Yeah, thing is with shitty WiFi means shitty downloads so it took some time. I've not rebooted yet since I was doing something but I'll do that now. It's a .zip file that actually has an .exe inside, I thought it'd be a more manual process.

Good point about the metal body, I think that's probably the main culprit since it's the only thing that can really make sense when it's being outperformed by every other cheaper device I have. Think the Lenovo has a metal body too, but they actually put the WiFi receivers in the hinge or some weird shit.

The store I bought it from are pretty clueless, tried to tell me an Intel Atom machine was better than an i5 because of battery life. Again, thanks for all the help lad, going above and beyond

>>58194913
you're going to draw too much power. hope your breaker isn't old and sticky, or you could actually start a fire.

>>58195019
This

>>58199926
Did you actually try and read the instructions thst came with the cooler? That looks like Intel mounting hardware to me. AMD has different hardware, most likely also supplied with the cooler, since they advertise it to be compatible.

>>58199926
read the manual, this thing is only needed for intel sockets.

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>>58199804
>>58199807
Thats the backplate.
Doesnt fit the holes at all.

Whats the cause?
It is the ASRock 970M Pro3 Mainboard Sockel AM3+ (Micro ATX)
And be quiet! Pure Rock Cooler

>>58199980
Have a read at the manual, you're missing something

>>58199804
>>58199807
Backplate Doesnt fit the holes at all.

Whats the cause?
It is the ASRock 970M Pro3 Mainboard Sockel AM3+ (Micro ATX)
And be quiet! Pure Rock Cooler

>>58197902
use clonezilla. this software looks like 100% wintrash

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>>58199926
>>58199980
>>58199995
read the manual.

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>>58199926
>>58199980
>>58199995
Post lower res pics man. Dont need to see dust particles in your new motherboard.

Amd doesnt need another backplate. They use this miunting hardware:
>Pic related

>>58199975
>>58199978
The be quiet Box Says it's suitable for all kinds of Sockets. (am3+ included)
So you say it fits nevertheless but i dont need this? The Instructions only picture the process and it includes these little plates for mounting it.

what are some tips for selling not-so-great laptops and computers ?
and how do i make sure people dont call me for free help with computers ?

>>58200026
is this bait?
I have the manual in front of me, there's 4 images on how to mount it with which part to use for each socket.
You seem to be able to read, so start reading the manual.

>>58199940
No problem, I just can't believe how manufacturers still manage to screw things up for users. Good luck and keep me updated.

>>58200026
You must be a special kind of stupid to not understand the manual this guy is showing you, (>>58200026) which you also got in the box.

>>58200009
This actually helps me alot.
The mounting process is only pictured for Intel Sockets i guess.
Cheers guys

>>58200058
>Intel Sockets
You're full of fucking shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X53z54NR3b0

can this be done if i'm moving it from c: to another location in c:? because they're still in my damn user folder, even though properties says otherwise (they act like they were a permanent .lnk file or some shit...)

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>>58200017
You Rock as well bro.
This Image Shows how its done.
Thanks for helping man.

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>>58200058
>>58200075

I've just fresh installed Windows 7 on my notebook, should i install all the important updates available on Windows Update?

>>58200033
>what are some tips for selling not-so-great laptops and computers?
As long as they have battery life when browsing facebook and typing in eord it can be sold. Just tell them that in comparison they have good value for the money.
>and how do i make sure people dont call me for free help with computers ?
I know this is hard, but just ask money. If you spend an hour on one problem, that hour is wasted if you didnt get paid. People need to understand that time = money.

>>58200094
Far right nigger
Read the instructions at the bottom

>>58200075
>go to /stupidquestions/
>get bullied

Well done senpai

I bought some shitty Chinese wifi connected smart outlet. You can only control it with the app.

I'm trying to figure out how to control it with my own software..

I tried capturing the packets it sends. It seems to be sending a udp message. I copied that and sent the exact same thing on my own, but nothing happened.

Anyone have advice here? Am I missing a step?

>>58200168
After being told atleast 5 times to RTFM, it is no longer a matter of "friendly". Its a matter of stfu realize you're retarded and RTFM

>>58199653
help please

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What actually happens between the display cutting out and drivers recovering? Referring to the actual wangblows message of "Display drivers stopped responding and has recovered."

Had this only happen once in a game I've had for years, so I'm assuming some bug or memory leak in a specific location overloaded everything. On last month's AMD driver, so it doesn't seem to be an issue on my end. The client has CPU usage problems as-is, but I'm wondering what actually forces the drivers to have to recover.

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I got overwatch for pc and it looks like this

I can't see shit. What do? I'm on win 7

>>58200187
Your keyboard is shit, time to get a new one

>>58199653
since you spilled your mountain dew on it, it's time to clean it thoroughly. you can use water + soap but make sure that it dries completely before using it

>>58200195
like someone went nuts with gamma

>>58200187
Literally the 3rd google search option is "Genius keyboard keys not working." I'd say get a new cheap one or use a spare, or try whatever repair suggestions people are giving out.

>>58200195

You're trying to run it on a toaster.

>>58200242
but it looks fine in some areas and like that in others

Hey guys, do you know where can i download a good video course or book to start learning iOS 10 development?

I dont know where to look since KAT closed

>>58200292
you didn't specify price so I'd say lynda.com if you want free just use youtube and google

>>58200195
Update drivers
Check ingame Gamma and Bloom settings, also check if drivers have 'game settings' disable these.
What CPU/GPU are you running?

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>>58200292
Thanks anon. I guess i'll have to scratch the web for some free good content

>>58200101
what about laptops missing battery? they would be pretty cheap anyway but i dont know want people to think i fkeep a lot of broken stuff or something... maybe i could just mention them when people ask about price of something a lot ?

>>58200052
Not really sure if it's any better desu, tried some of those steps but the speed is >1mbps when it does manage to connect. It gets better if I move further forward and while I'm not sure, it might actually be better when I don't have my laptop on my actual lap

The kicker in all this is my WiFi router is actually pretty shit, but it's not this bloody bad. Ran speed tests at the same time on other devices and they all had better results

It won't load captcha

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>>58200341

are there any good apps or settings for managing data usage on android?

just got my first data plan and have 2gb to work with, and my phone used 200mb via "playstore" today while i was at the store because it decided to update apps while on data? how do i tell it not to do that shit?

>>58200410
Think of what you want for it, biy a new battery and add that to the price. Simple isn't it? Also if you start selling old shit, don't be surprised that no one will come and get it.

>>58200419
>No dedicated graphicscard
Too bad, you might want to install a gpu in that system, if its not a laptop.

>>58200436
thanks broseph, i like your advice

>>58200451
so I can just go to best buy and say I need a graphics card?

>>58200419
buy some graphics card

>>58200420
Open the Play Store, settings, and it's the first option there

>>58200469
Make a picture inside your PC first. I highly recommend watching some youtube tutorials on how PC components fit together and how to build a PC yourself.

Buying a GPU from bestbuy is one thing, but installing it is another. Your power supply (the big block which connects to the wall power) might not deliver enough power or might not have enough connectors.

>>58200469
if you want to play overwatch you need a graphics card. simple as that.
check a website like "videocardbenchmark.net" that gives easy to understand info and performance numbers
search for GTX 670 on ebay, anything under 90$ for it is a steal.

>>58200523
Not him but isn't Overwatch not very demanding at all? I reckon some integrated cards could run it on low at least

What tagging software should I use for all my images? Itag sounds like apple shit that I don't want on my [spoiler]Windows 8[/spoiler] computer.

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>>58200181
>being on /g/
>not retarded

>>58200412
Sounds a bit like my school wifi on my Asus laptop, still me here btw. Google captcha will never load but speeds aren't terrible though.

Might want to change your DNS. There's plenty of tutorials out there for Windows.
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

>>58200419
Is it even possible for you to at least update the intel driver? You'll want a decent GPU anyway.

>>58200548
Well there's a difference between autistic and retarded. We're all autistic you see, some worse than others, some even are retarded.

>>58199419
maybe your ISP uses dynamic IP address

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hey yall im looking for a decent laptop for school/light gaming and i've narrowed it down to two. which is the better deal?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234023&ignorebbr=1

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i7559-763BLK-Full-HD-GeForce/dp/B015PYYDMQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1444331344&sr=1-1&keywords=dell+i5+960m

any help is appreciated. also if you know of anything better let me know. budget is around $700 ish

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>>58200566
My mistake, meant it won't load captcha at the time because of how shockingly poor it was. I think I was actually too hasty to say it made no difference, because I'm getting far better speeds when I move closer than I was before.

It's just that as soon as I move a little further away from the router and place it in my lap, the Wifi goes to utter shit. I do appreciate all the help anon, thank you

>>58200607
Hot damn that newegg link one looks amazing for the price. Get it while it's still there if you ask me.

>>58196846
Theoretically: UDF 2.01
https://github.com/JElchison/format-udf
>patent-free
>no significant restrictions
>supported by virtually every operating system
>stupid bugs in both Windows and OS X require special, non-standard formatting for it to work

Practically: ExFAT
>proprietary software patent garbage
>yet it works

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I have 2 monitors, one with DVI+VGA ins and another with DVI+VGA+HDMI ins. They both run native 1920x1080p

My GPU doesn't support DVI and anything else simultaneously. Currently I have one monitor connected on HDMI (works great), and the other is using an active D.port>VGA adapter for a VGA connection.

Problem is, once connected via VGA, my (native 1080p) monitor only runs at a max res of 1280x1024. I believe this is due to my GPU being poop. How should I go about getting 1080p on both monitors? Would an active D.port>DVI adapter fix this?

>>58200623
Try logging in to your router, I hope you've done this before, and change the wifi bandwidth to 5ghz. It'll decrease the range but increase speeds and reliability.

Its also good measure to see how the laptop reacts to a different bandwidth.

Try restarting or resetting your router, now we'll start basic trouble shooting. If the driver is up to date, you might want to check other devices like your router. (Even though other devices work well, this one might react different)

Could you post a screenshot of Rightclick wifi icon > internet and sharing center > show adapter settings? (Dont know if these steps are right, not on a pc atm.) It might be Windows fucking you over.

>>58200607
they're both pretty good, though i'd say newegg link is the better deal. Specs are 95% on par with the other one at a cheaper price.

If $40 is nothing to you then why are you even asking, get the more expensive one. But there really isn't much variance between these two products

>>58200607
you probably won't fill (or at least, you definitely won't NEED to fill) all 256GB of that SSD, therefore the cheaper option is the more sensible choice imo

>>58200698
make sure you're laptop is able to connect to 5ghz, otherwise this tip will just break things even more

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How the fuck do I get these two areas of unallocated space on this SSD to become one primary partition?

>>58200755
Make them in to one primary partition

>>58200751
Any new hardware can connect to 5ghz.

>>58200772
But how? I can turn one into a partition and when I try to extend it it says that there isn't enough space.

How come external hard drives are cheaper than internal ones? Are the external ones no the same as the internal ones inside a plastic box?

>>58195830
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Why is the old saying "dont use an extension cord to extend and extension cord" a thing?

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>>58200698
Range is what I'm after though, I've tried 5Ghz before but it becomes infeasible to actually use since it's so limited. Plus some older devices I have might not support it either, but I'll give it a shot.

I'm constantly restarting my router so I doubt that's it. Like I said, if the laptop's on my lap, it's far worse than it is in the same position on a surface. It's a bit retarded honestly.

As for the screenshot, you mean this?

How do I rejoin two partitions?
My laptop came with a partition for backup files (15GB of 250GB HDD).
The system won't allow me to merge partitions because the backup partition is "first" and you can't move or modify the boot partition, which is "second".
Is there anything that can be done?

Does Goodwill sell computer parts and electronics? I was looking to get some cheap components and maybe routers and switches.

>>58200943
usb boot gparted

>>58200905
Yeah the screenshot is what I meant. Looks really good though.

About the 5ghz, dont worry about it. Probably won't matter a thing.

But the information about using it on your lap might indicate that this is a designflaw of the laptop. Like we discussed before.

Too bad I can't help you with that though.

What I'd try now is to uninstall the drivers manually in device manager > properties, where you were before earlier tonight. And then installing the fresh new one you downloaded. This is all I can help you with. Good luck, and good night, I'm gonna sleep.

Do any of you use a RAID set-up for every day computer use?

>>58200943
Unassign (right click > unassign or something.) both partitions first then reassign as one. Data will be lost.

>>58201042
My parents did it for 8 years, a RAID mirror as backup in case of a crash.

I know we all hate reddit but please someone suggest something about this

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5kn6m2/phised_email_lots_of_info_in_the_account_what_do/

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>>58201021
Thanks for everything anon, pretty damn helpful all in all and gave me some good insight. Funnily enough my inital post was actually a bit of a throwaway question because I didn't really expect a response due to just how many factors could be involved

Thanks again and goodnight

>>58201042
All my media servers do
>>58201060
Raid is not back up

>>58201088
If one drive fails, the other one would still work and could still be accessed. Its not a backup for malware etc. But it IS a backup.

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>>58195478

Spot on for Linux. Windows likes to link dynamically (dlls EVERYWHERE), so if you're using MSVC/Visual C++ and you don't link correctly you might get pic related when you give it to a friend.


Heck, installers are pretty plug-and-play these days, give it an exe, (dlls?) and a path, maybe some registry values, and it'll bundle everything up for you.

>>58199784
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>>58199784
pls someone

>>58200988
Yes. Might depend on how well the Goodwill in your area is set up, but some do. Just heard from a friend that you can get shit for pretty cheap.

>>58195478
There's still a standard filetype for linux executables even though there's no extension, they're all ELF for modern distros, OS X used Mach.O type.

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>>58200666
anyone?

>>58201073
anyone

>>58201228
which GPU is it. Even the shittier ones have a setting

>>58201073
The only thing you can do is have her legally change her first name. With the amount of information that a potential hacker now has there's nothing else you can do.

So I made a tampermonkey script to redirect is.4chan.org to i.4cdn.org, because the former loads images like dogshit but the latter is fine.
It works, but the problem is that is.4chan.org loads SO slowly, that it takes multiple seconds for the userscripts to even become active on that page and redirect.

Anyone have any ideas for how to redirect a URL before the page being accessed even loads?

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So i'm using macrium reflect to clone a 1TB HDD with 310GB of space to an SSD with 500GB on it. What should I partition the drive to so that after I clone it it boots into windows fine?

>>58201238
Nvidia 1060 6gb.

pls no laugh

>>58201295
No tamper monkey needed, in the hostsfile redirect is.4chan.org to the IP of i.4cdn.org. This can also be done in uBlock origin.

>>58201238
>>58201317
i'm ~70% sure that my card just doesn't support vga at 1080p

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I could really use some advice on this one, story time

>got my brother and my best friend RX 470 4GBs(same model) for Christmas
>both have the same CPU(FX8320), same default AMD cooler, same RAM(2X 4GB DDR3 RAM)
>only difference between the two is my brother has a full ITX mobo that was much more expensive than the mini-ITX my friend is running
>try to install my friends 470 and games crash every single time you start them up
>fuck with settings in Wattman, nothing works
>install both 470s, even the one meant for my brother, both have the same problem
>install my brothers 470 just now with no problems, everything seems to load faster on his computer(driver installation and games booting up) while my friends is slow as shit
>reinstall my friends 7870 and games boot up no problem

The problem must lie with my friends POS mobo right? I don't understand how both 470s can be having problems while his much older GPU is working just dandy

>>58199648
i usually is, yes

Where can I go for real nutrition facts about foods? When I plug in health benefits of x into google I get a lot of results acting like it's a secret super food which I'm pretty sure is horseshit. A lot of them oversell way too hard on what it can actually do

>>58201485
Find a pdf of "Nutrition for Healthy Living".

Won't tell you the nutrition breakdown of like... cheetos, but will tell you about toxicity, deficiency, and balanced diets.

>>58201375
My 960 has 1 HDMI port. Am running 2 24' monitors both at 1080p. One is connected with an HDMI cable the second with a DVI.

Why do you say your 1060 cant run DVI?

>>58201345
144.217.65.198 i.4cdh.org
?

>>58201519
it can run DVI. Just not DVI+another monitor simultaneously

>>58199683
not sure if thats possible with a simple batch script

>>58201219
help me so I can encode your anime for you. we're running behind schedule

>>58201426
you installed it wrong

I took a basic CS course in java, transferring to a uni who does theirs in C++...the only difference is the language right?
Im cutting it close, submitting an eval right now, but I want to know what my chances are getting it approved and not adding to my hour count

>>58201616

How would I have done that? I installed it the same on both computers for both 470s, correctly uninstalled the old drivers and installed the new ones all the exact same way

>>58201345
Where do I find the hostsfile on Windows?

>>58201788
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

Where do you get Android's stock icons from? Such as the dialer and such. Yes, I know technically it's not a stock icon. It's Google's icon for their application, but still... I thought Google gave it away for free? They give away lots of material design resources for free...

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How do I assure that my youtube-enabled TV doesn't receive any "Stream to TV from phone"? It straight up interrupts whatever I'm watching when someone chooses to stream on the wrong TV.

What the fuck is "is.4chan.org", and why is 4chan now loading images from there when i.4cdn.org still works and is 100x faster?

>>58202360
I assume it's Hiro's approach to decreasing server costs, by making people load images from a slower (and cheaper) image server.
Not sure why the original domain still works. Probably incompetence.

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Is the 980 Ti the last graphics card to have Dual Link DVI port? Is there any hope of newer cards to ever have it again ?

My laptop speakers make a crackling noise when I move the laptop but they play sound fine. Anyone know what the issue might be?

>>58202465
No, you should be on HDMI or greater by now. Especially if you're buying something higher than a 980.

I modified my hosts file, and the command prompt shows the correct redirected IP when I ping the domain name, but going to that domain name in both Firefox and Chrome fails to use the redirect IP. What gives?

>>58202668
Type ipconfig/flushdns in Command Prompt.

>>58202748
Already did that, didn't fix it.

>>58202618
No to what? i didn't ask for advice btw

I'm a fucking dumdum who deleted something from recycling bin that I shouldn't have.

I know there are software to help recover files from situations like this, what is /g/'s software of choice?

>>58202953

I always use the Piriform apps, so Recuva isn't bad, but it's pretty simplified so it might not be as good as some.

I've been using my Dell PC now for about 8 years now. In that time I've reinstalled Windows several times and changed the HD.

I got wondering how many hours I've spent using this computer.

Does BIOS keep a record of the computer uptime? Is that possible?

>>58203037
Okay thanks anon, their stuff looks great