/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

>>58370142
>>58370142
>>58370142
>>58370142

are there any good headphone audio amplifiers programs out there that don't mess with surround sound?

How can I check who doesn't follow me back on instagram?

>>58372581

pls respond

>>58372696
Beats Audio tm

>>58372804
You block that hoe

>>58372659
Yes

>>58372809
No,yes

>>58372832
Plan to but wondering if there is a website that checks them all for you

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>>58372625
PhD position as (work) experience, or education? Or both?

I've seen all three done by different people.

>>58372843
Maybe

>>58372851
Thanks

>>58372846
Yes

>>58372659
Use fail2ban at the very least, or better yet SSH gatekeeper: https://calomel.org/openssh_gatekeeper.html

>>58372846
Education. Congratulations, you've been Piled High and Deep.

Posted too late in the old thread
>>58372653

>>58372868
Don't listen to him.

>>58372870
Yes

>>58372870
There's a bunch of different ways to improve studying, all of them are more or less invididual. Personally I take plenty of notes and make an effort to try out examples if given, often called learning by doing.

>>58372882
Nothing wrong with implimenting fail2ban on any services thats listened to on the web, especially SSH since it gets bruteforced a lot.

>>58372832
don't be a cunt

>>58372868
>Education.
Tickles my autism though, since I'm not done yet and for my format (see pic) it will stand out because I don't expand on the rest of my education and I really don't want to go over a page. Maybe I can remove the summary thing.

>Congratulations, you've been Piled High and Deep.
Thanks, but not done until next year.

>>58372870
I take notes if I need to learn fast (aka cramming for an exam), but in the long run this doesn't stick (I always forget some time after the exam).

If there's exercises in the book, doing those always help me make sure it sticks. If you're able to team up with someone, you can read it chapter by chapter and then ask each other questions.

>>58372907
Sure.

>>58372916
Purple.

>>58372926
Yes, no.

Protip: If you want to test whether a port is open on your IP, just use netcat; "nc -z <ip> <port>" (use -u if the program is serving udp traffic).

>>58372941
Uh, what?

>>58372959
Also nmap is suitable for this.

>>58372959
Just throwing that out there?

Thinking of buying hp envy
15.6" 1080p ips
256 m.2 ssd, i7-5200, 8gb ddr4

price: 757 eur

Main uses: software dev, media

Is that a good choice ?

Link to manufacturers page:
http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=Z5D37EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

>>58372973
It's a very big program for a very simple task, nc is in the system base of all the BSDs and if a Linux distribution doesn't have it, it's not worth using.

>>58372987
Sort of following up on >>58370142, but forgot to attach the post I was replying to.

>>58373003
typo: i5-7200

Is it true that RAM must be balanced on both channels, so that 3x4GB is bad?

>>58373003
Isn't the SSD capacity (and also memory capacity) a little low?

Not a fantastic CPU, but that's good enough. At least 512 GB SSD and you should really consider if 8 GB is enough memory.

>>58373015
Some typo.
>I think I'm going to get a lamborgini. Scratch that, a pinto.

>>58372959
Also don't use -z and -u, as that'll always be successful unless it times out.

>>58373026
No, that'll just give you 7GB.

>>58373012
>It's a very big program
For you

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Whats a good program for controlling the cpu cooler fan?

>>58373034
8gb is enough. Visual studio does not take that much, neither ableton

ssd 256 is enough as I tend to store my stuff on external hdd. movies, music etc.

can't comment on cpu. I believe its good enough ? Using gf's i5-4200 and I am satisfied with the compilation times

>>58373026
You don't get the benefits of dual channel ram, so it won't be quite as fast, but if you really are utilizing all 3 sticks, the benefits will be much more noticeable

>>58373026
Memory will always use the lowest speed that DIMMs have in common.

>>58373050
No, it's demonstrably bigger:
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 28K /usr/bin/nc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3.0M /usr/local/bin/nmap

>>58373062
>>58373062
>Visual studio does not take that much, neither ableton
Well, in my experience you use up 8 GB pretty fast when debugging some huge build in VS, while at the same time having a browser with a lot of tabs.

>ssd 256 is enough as I tend to store my stuff on external hdd. movies, music etc.
Okay, if you plan on keeping most of your multimedia on other drives, then 256 will be enough. I got the impression that you wanted to keep it on the SSD since you said it would be for "multimedia use".

>I believe its good enough ?
Absolutely

>Using gf's i5-4200 and I am satisfied with the compilation times
The processor are rarely the bottleneck when compiling these days, in my case it's almost exclusively memory use.

What kind of GPU does it have btw?

>>58373090
FreeBSD version of nc is 46K
Don't have nmap though.

>>58373108
intel integrated

I don't play games except q3, which even perfectly runs on raspberry.

Well gonna write my bachelor thesis on neural networks yet I've already made my choice to rent out a server.
By the way, any comments on how durable and reliable envy series are?

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what's a good torrent site? i haven't used torrents in years and every site i used to visit seems to be shutdown.

>>58373122
Oh right. I have compression enabled on my root pool, just because it's faster.

>>58373128
>neural networks
Well, if you have access to a server with CUDA-capable GPUs, you should be in the clear.

>>58373135
Go to >>58372032.

>>58372907
>>58372926
Thanks guys.

I recall teaming up always worked great for me but I won't find people for all the books I'm reading. Maybe I should just pretend I'm explaining it to someone.

>>58373062
I'd ask around to anyone who's doing the same work you are and find out what they use. In a programming field 12 gb can be helpful, as it's potentially one of the more ram intensive things you do, but I think it's pretty flexible. 256gb ssd is enough, but it can be a real pain if you have to use externals frequently. I would check the manual and see if you have free slots to add HDDs later. Also make sure you can stand the keyboard. I hate typing on keyboards that don't recess very far, and I know a lot of people are that way. I wouldn't bother paying for an i7 over an i5 in a laptop since it will just be a dual core anyway (unless you get an HQ edition). HP consumer lines kind of have a rep for external breakage, but I imagine that's something they've been working to fix.

>>58372846
Are you implying that your pic is your actual resumé?

>>58373135

https://torrentproject.se/

http://thepiratebay.org/
http://extratorrent.cc/
http://rarbg.to/
http://yts.ag/
http://1337x.to/

>>58373122
Also it's good to see that I'm not the only oldfag who uses FreeBSD.

>>58373179
I don't use FreeBSD though, just most of its userland.

>>58373164
Yes? Why do you ask?

>>58373190
Oh, so you're the only user of GNU/kFreeBSD?

>>58373200
Not exactly. I use macOS.

>>58373198

I'm having a hard time believing someone with those skills would bother coming here.

>>58373163
budget is tight.Would definitely choose a i7 version.
I've just found out that these laptops are like 400 eur cheaper in uk than where I live

btw the model I am looking at is HP ENVY 15-as101na
the HP ENVY 15-as100na has both ssd and hdd so I believe it is possible to add hdd to 101 model.

Well, ram is something that is not soldered. You can change that and it is relevantly cheap.

My work laptop is also hp 650 powerbook.
i7-4712mq, 8gb ram, 256ssd.
I completely adore it. Had no issues during debugging with multiple visual studios (client + server at the same time). Not to mention multiple tabs open, etc.

>>58373198
That's probably not wise - but it's too late now.

>>58373208
The only parts of FreeBSD left in macOS is the VFS, netstack and process model which it gets from Darwin. Everything else is NeXT or Apple code (either closed-source, or APSL).

>>58373224
Not >>58373198, but I'm a CCIE certified network engineer at a Tier1 SP.

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I'm grabbing a hand-me-down laptop off someone since my current one is breaking down. The only issue I have with it is it uses Windows 10. I've never tried pirating Windows 7 before, is there a "safe" recommended method that won't fill your computer with Russian malware or is just trying to shut down as much telemetry as possible on W10 safer security-wise?

>>58373208
As an addendum to >>58373254, what I mean is that those are the only parts of FreeBSD developed by FreeBSD developers - there's some userland left too, but that's technically in the FreeBSD base system.

>>58373254
Your forgetting that all of the coreutils are FreeBSD software.

Also, I object to this:
>Apple code (either closed-source, or APSL).
You are aware that LLVM is an Apple project, right?

>>58373176
>>58373148
thanks, lads

>>58373275
Check forums.mydigitallife.info

>>58373283
Yeah, I tried to amend my post: >>58373276
You're not wrong, I just plain forgot. My Macbook Pro doesn't even have OSX installed anymore, I got sick of macOS after 10.12 and wiped the partition completely, then installed FreeBSD.

Still, it's not like macOS is chock full of FreeBSD.

>>58373254
>VFS, network stack and process model

Not him, but you mean basically everything except the scheduler and memory management?

What else is left in kernel space?

Also, iirc kext model is also identical.

>>58373283
https://opensource.apple.com/release/macos-10121.html shows everything not closed-source in macOS. It's not exactly much.

>>58373369
Kernel is still partially(mostly?) XNU which is also open-source - but see the above link for what's actually opensource in macOS.

>>58373369
You're forgetting about I/O Kit, that also got replaced from FreeBSDs one, as it evolved from DriverKit from NeXT.

>>58373246
Yeah, it's probably a pretty good choice given your budget constraints.

Here's the manual btw
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05219344

You should be good to add an HDD later

I'm struggling to boot from a different drive my laptop, i assume the Jews at Lenovo have done this.

I have consulted google and have tried to turn off safe boot (didn't work) and have turned on legacy bois thing (which made the laptop get stuck in a loop when you try and start it up)

Basically, i have cloned the current OS partition onto a SSD and wish to boot from it but when i go into the boot options, window pretends like it doesn't exist.

>>58373356
>Still, it's not like macOS is chock full of FreeBSD.
Well, more so than any Linux distro. But I concede that it is nothing like a FreeBSD distro with a fancy GUI, XNU differs.

However, I quite enjoy that kernel extensions use similar (if not identical?) formats, it makes dtrace scripts portable between the two.

>>58373384
>Kernel is still partially(mostly?) XNU which is also open-source
Yes, but it means that they offer compatible/portable interfaces, which is essential here.

But then again, it shouldn't be surprising. Many of the names popping up in the older XNU files are the same as those in early days of FreeBSD.

> shows everything not closed-source in macOS. It's not exactly much.
Define "not much". Yes, by comparison, the kernel itself may be very small compared to the full Apple "ecosystem" (to use a buzzword), with all the proprietary user applications. But I would say that the kernel itself is an essential part of macOS, I can live without Garage band and iPhoto and Preview, I can't live without Darwin-core and XNU.

>>58373275
http://pastebin.com/smjvLZN4

>>58373395
Yes, you're quite right.

>>58373224
>I'm having a hard time believing someone with those skills would bother coming here.
Well I've been coming here since 2007 and I just never really stopped I guess. Old habits die hard.

The board isn't too bad though. Sure, there's a lot of low quality shitposts, but every know and then actual knowledgable people do bother to make informative posts and have quality discussions.

>>58373403
Did you only clone the OS partition? Windows needs a GPT/MBR partition, as well as a 100MB UEFI partition. You can fix the first by running fixboot and fixmbr through the command prompt via the recovery options on a Windows install disc.

>>58373433
Amen on dtrace, I couldn't live without it if you held a gun to my head. I don't understand how loonix users live without tracing in general or dtrace in specific.

Not much when comparing to the size of the install when loaded onto a USB disk - I had to, just in case I wanted to restore OSX at some point if I sell this laptop before it dies, and decide to buy a new one instead. I just don't know what other hardware to buy, I'm leaning towards a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 or a Librem if they're still available.

>>58373467
Some of the oldfags from way back on SA still come here too - I originally heard about 4chan from ADTRW.

>>58373474
>I don't understand how loonix users live without tracing in general or dtrace in specific.
Well, as someone who has done a lot of Linux development too, there is SystemTap and the older kernel probes (kprobe/jprobe/kretprobe).

>Not much when comparing to the size of the install when loaded onto a USB disk
Well, in terms of binary size then of course. But it's a bit unfair comparison, isn't it?

>I just don't know what other hardware to buy, I'm leaning towards a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 or a Librem if they're still available.
I quite enjoyed my Thinkpad W530 back in the day when this was new, but my mid-2014 rMBP is holding up quite good even though I dropped it on the floor a couple of times and have given it a rough shaking.

For me it's the trackpad and battery life that wins me over with it.

>>58373403
What program did you use to perform the migration? Macrium does a pretty good job transferring all the appropriate hidden partitions.

>>58373511
SystemTap just pales in comparison to dtrace.

Is it? It's the only way I have of comparing, afterall. Likewise, compared with the size of the base system of FreeBSD, it's still not exactly big.

My Macbook Pro is a non-Retina Medio 2012 model and I refuse to buy something without a RJ45 connector, and also refuse to use a dongle. 802.11 is good, but not that good.

Can i test my tablets battery with a multimeter if its still connected or do i need to desolder it firsr?

>>58373557
Doesn't your tablets appstore have a program that can report the powerdraw and battery health?

>>58373550
>SystemTap just pales in comparison to dtrace.
It does, but it's better than nothing.


>My Macbook Pro is a non-Retina Medio 2012 model and I refuse to buy something without a RJ45 connector, and also refuse to use a dongle. 802.11 is good, but not that good.
I have the opposite mentality, because I need full 802.11ac in order to max out the throughput (so the cheaper non-MIMO consumer variant is a no go).

As for RJ45 connectors, I stopped caring when I realised that the only time I needed to connect a laptop with cable was when someone at my old job had borked the wifi AP. I may remember wrong, but I also think the W530 only had Ethernet on the dock, and not on the computer itself. I may remember it wrongly though.

But yeah, if you're the same guy with a CCIE, I totally understand why you need an RJ45.

>>58372846
>8 years to do a master
What is going on here?

>>58373589
Oh sure - and I have used it, but the only places I use Linux is on appliance systems like my htpc, because unfortunately multimedia/xbmc-pvr is deprecated. That said, libreelec is okay as an appliance when you store the database on a SQL database that's stored on a dataset with matched recordsize and have a pxe daemon for network boot.

I am the CCIE guy, yes.

>>58373629
Sorry, multimedia/xbmc-addon-pvr.

>>58373625
Well, don't really see why it's relevant to the /sqt/ but I'll answer anyway: I got delayed by a year when doing my bachelor's (redoing some courses to get a better grade + doing some master classes in advance).

When I started my master's and realised those classes I did weren't interesting enough (so I did more courses than I needed). In addition to that, as you may notice, I started working full-time during my master's. I had to do this because of my financial situation and having an psychotic ex that kicked me out of our dormitory/student housing and on to the streets and refused to give me back my belongings, so I simply needed to work full time in order to support myself. That delayed my work on my thesis considerably, because I wasn't able to sit down and concentrate 100% on it.

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Is it best to just manually go through all the drivers of your pc and check for updates on the respective sites or use a program?

>>58373712
Usually drivers update themselves these days.

>>58373712
Unless they provide a fix for something that's broken, there's not much reason to update drivers.

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Are PCI-E lanes static or dynamic?

For example, will a motherboard with 3 slots at 16x, 8x, 8x always have 16x on the top slot or will it adapt to what's plugged in?

I ask because I'm thinking of getting a fancy case like pic related, but all the images I see of it have the main/only GPU plugged into the bottom slot.

>>58373536
>>58373474

I used EaseUS Todo and i only cloned the OS partition, so it sounds like i fucked up.

ta m8s

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So I have this homework assignment in which I have to fill in the blue squares to make this code print a line of three asterisks.

It's supposed to teach me about Python 3, functions and recursions.

Am I correct in thinking that this is bad code? Why are there 2 parentheses surrounding the while condition, I thought Python 3 didn't require these?

>>58373743
If you put a x8 device into a x16 slot, then it will be just x8, yes.

However, beware of the actual number of lanes from the chipset/CPU. Some motherboards only have a fixed number of lanes, allowing for example x16 + x8 OR an x8 + x8 + x8 setup

Check the layout of the mobo in the specs.

>>58372625
When I switch to another tty in arch linux, my x session on tty1 just disappears. The processes are still running, but I cannot connect to the X server already running. Is there a way to connect to it, or even better, a way for it to not disappear when I switch to another tty?

>>58373356
>>58373434
Thank you both.

>>58373743
>>58373777
Also, if you put a x16 device into a x8 slot, it will also just be x8. Sometimes this isn't physically possible due to the slot design, but the PCIe standard supports it.

>>58373696
>blaming your ex for not doing your masters on time

Typical neckbeard

>>58373769
Todo is their backup program. At least use partition manager. Macrium reflect is good for migrations. Paid things like acronis actively support it. A strait up clone job often wont work

Is there any fucking Adblocker that still works?
I have Adblock, Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin installed, and I turned off pop ups in the browser settings, and there's a shitload of sites where I get pop ups and ads.

>>58373827
you might have adware in your browser, check for extensions you don't know.

>>58373805
They're called open-ended slots.

>>58373827
Only use uBlock Origin - adblock and adblock pro are worthless nowadays. Also, make sure you use all the filters that apply.

>>58373743
You should read the motherboard specs.
It will answer your question.

Generally speaking motherboards might have multiple 16x slots, but only 1 will operate at 16x, the other will be 8x, and if you utilize both slots then they will only operate at 8x each.

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Am I identifiable or traceable (in any meaningful way) if I purchase a used laptop with cash and only use it occasionally, on public hotel wi-fi?

Public hotel wifi isn't secure

>>58373857
>>58373805
>>58373777
Thank you, anons
I dont actually have the manual on hand to check right now, but I remember something about it being 16x, 8x, 8x, 4x
I do recall only one slot being capable of 16x, however I could be wrong.
I'll do some reading up, thanks for the input!

My PC will either boot with a black screen no bios, boot to the windows splash screen and sit there, or boot to the windows recovery screen which tries to repair itself, but after that it has started to boot normally

PC is am3+ with an FX 8300+RX 480 less than 2 years old, PSU is an EVGA GQ 650W, boot drive is a new SSD, hard drive was doing the same thing its not the storage

Windows is pirated 7 that never gave me issues before and its fresh installed and I just cleaned out and rebuilt PC

What do? Do I blame the power supply? I've done 100% load testing with no issue, can't imagine its the motherboard or RAM

>>58372868
I don't want ssh to be accessible outside of lan

>>58373863
Traceable, yes. Everything is traceable.
Identifiable, probably not. They might find out your location and everything about your computer but that'll only lead back to you if you've logged any personal information on it.
Try McDonald's WiFi, most hotels need to take a name or a card which will lead a paper trail back to your name.

I'm looking into upgrading my laptop's OS SSD. I went through the wiki page (https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Storage_devices#Solid_State_Drive)
From what I understand, it's a question of picking an SSD that has the same connector as my current one (mSATA), a decent flash memory type and comes from a model series that have received good reviews. Then I need to buy an SSD enclosure and clone the OS SSD into the new one.

Is this correct or am I missing anything else I need to do?
Currently I'm looking at getting the Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB SSD for my current 128 Gb SSD.

The fan in my GeForce 9500GT stopped spinning, and I can't figure out why.

I see no visible damage in either the card or the PCI port. Nothing happened for it to malfunction, the fan is plugged too.

What can I do to either diagnose it to see what's wrong, or repair it?

>>58373992
Don't clone your OS using a shitty home program, they almost never work properly and selfdestruct before too long.

If you really don't want to reinstall, try and find a shop that has a dedicated machine that migrates/clones it for you, those are usually pretty reliable.
But nothing is as safe as a fresh installation.

How do I make my computer load up large resolution images for viewing faster (faststone/photoshop)?

>>58374020
connect the fan directly to a power source. If you don't know the voltage, try 5V first.

if it won't spin up then it's kill. You can buy VGA fan kits for any PC or electronics part shop.

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Is there a (wireless) router that can be connected to a android smartphone via usb (while the phone is in usb thethering mode) and use phones 4g connection?

>>58373863
Lack of data also show a lot.
If you can track everybody else, tracking the remaining is a bit easier.
Soon someone without a fb(i) account, without a smartphone and without a laptop is automatically assumed terrorist.
If you leave the stuff behind while going to the hotels, you will leave a gap in your history on the other trackers.
Google once had a way to track if a phone was lying on a table, so the user only had to input password when the phone was removed from the user.
Stuff like that could easily be implemented in more devices so they will know if you leave it all behind.
And then you have to deal with the hotels, are you paying for a room every time or are you just doing it once to find out how to get onto their wifi?
It is not a good solution.

>>58373992
you most likely don't need an enclosure for a laptop. SSDs are laptop-HDD sized.

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Is it possible to tell if this stick of ram is 1gb or 2gb from the info provided?

How come Pentiums are harder to come by than Celerons? What is the difference in target markets for those processors?

>>58374155
why not just put the phone into wireless router mode?

>>58374061
What do you mean by "selfdestruct"?

>>58374179
>/1G

Do they have 3D printers that can print food?

I think that would be hella rad.

>>58374179
>KVR533D2S4/1G
>1G

there ya go.

>>58373863
In addition to everything else said, use Kali Linux or OpenBSD.

>>58373949
Then don't open the firewall in your router, or setup NAT forwarding rules.

>>58374155
There are quite a few routers that can use a USB dongle for a backup connection, but I don't know that the Android method of tethering works like dongles do - I suspect it doesn't.

>>58374198
Not quite, but it's probably not as far off as some people think. I suggest reading Neal Stephensons "The Diamond Age"

>>58374176
I'd still need an enclosure for the new SSD to clone the original SSD to

>>58374179
Is this some form of advanced bait, that I'm too old to figure out?

>>58374197
>>58374200
tanks

>>58374198
Apparently.

https://www.naturalmachines.com/

I doubt the food they make is actually any good though. I'd give it a few more years.

I have an archive splitted into 7 parts which i can't extract because of a CRC error (using 7-zip x64 on W10). When checked singularly, all files have the correct md5sum and crc. How can i extract it?

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Been using win7 on my laptop for the past 5 years. Just put together a new rig and need to decide on an OS. Is there any really good reason to go with 10 instead of 7?

>>58374193
Certain files/data dont copy perfectly or get corrupted in the process, sometimes it doesn't have an effect right away and the next thing you know an important piece of your OS decides to delete itself or forgets how to work and your shit won't boot anymore. It's happened to me as soon as a month down the line.

To be fair, it's never happened to me on linux but it's not uncommon for a cloned windows system to spontaneously fail.

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windows 10 dude here still trying to sort this shit out

Why the fuck does it take 5 mins to boot this comptuer? What the hell is using up so much disk? It's different applications every time. This OS is garbage

>>58374256
>Is there any really good reason to go with 10 instead of 7?
Generally speaking? No, unless you like some ease of access features. There's DX12 as well.

>>58374293
Are you trying to print something? The print spooler should only be doing that when you are, if not then I'd look into your print drivers, possibly uninstall them since they're doing something they shouldn't be.

Though not sure if that can account for your long boot times.

>>58374296
Isn't 10 basically a better 8 though? 8 definitely had some nice features over 7. Hell, I don't think 7 even shipped with robocopy.

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how bad is this? will buying a WD blue 1TB make much difference?

>>58374326
Not him, but last I checked 10 actually removed a lot of things from 8.
I think 10 is seen more as the middle ground between 7 and 8.

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I recall a bit of elitism in /g/ surrounding not using file managers for anything: what's a quick reason? I find that I can't keep track of where everything is in a terminal as quickly or easily.

>>58374326
I can't give you a direct comparison, but a search or two might yield you some decent results.

>>58373820
soz, guess this is why I'm in /sqt/

next question, i decided too put another ssd, which held the OS, into my laptop and the boot manager said it couldn't find any bootable drives.

Google tells me that it should go into repair mode, instead of pretending nothings there.

Is this happening due my uefi settings?

Has anybody got "The C Programming Language" second edition? It was highly recommended on the wiki, and I'm trying to teach myself C from it. I'm pretty fucking new to programming, so I'm running into a couple of stupid questions.

On pg29, I'm a little confused with the Character Arrays example program.

I copied the program, and it compiled and runs just fine, but I can't get it to actually return anything. If I'm understanding correctly, it's supposed to take lines from input and then print the longest. But it just keeps taking input and never does anything.

Maybe I'm just retarded. Would appreciate a tip.

>>58373914
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Troubleshooting#Divide_and_Conquer

Also try sfc /scannow

What is the best AV for my XP VM and old computers besides Common sense?

What's the best program to make an application besides Visual Studio? I fucking hate Visual Studio

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I'm trying to figure a way to power internal HDD connected to a laptop.
USB 2.0 port supply 5V at 0.5A.
How much power does HDD needs?
I'm guessing 5V but what about the amperage?
Also are there adapters to power the HDD using the USB ports or the laptop power brick?

>>58374735
Works for me when I make a file with a few lines and then call

./a.out < file

>>58374872
you just need a compiler. visual studio is just an IDE to make things easier.

Is it still worth learning programming?

>>58374735
>>58374913
Oh and you could also just call the executable, write some lines and then press CTRL + D

>>58374293
turn off bits service

>>58374823
I usually don't bother to put an AV on a VM, but Avast is pretty good in general for a free AV.

>>58374935
Do people really do large scale projects in this day and age without an IDE? Seems like you're just making your life unnecessarily difficult considering all the time-saving shit they can do for you.

>>58374988
probably not.
but the question didn't specify which language or any requirements.
so for small scale projects a text editor and a compiler are enough.

>>58374988
Having idled in a lot of channels on irc with developers, I can give you the answer to this: When you're using multiple OS', the list of IDEs that are fully cross-platform and work with all the features you might want across all platforms shrinks to a very small number. Add in that most developers are pretty picky about certain features, and probably also require support for solarized and all that, eventually you get to maybe 1 or 2 IDEs. For some it' easier just to stick to vi(m).

>>58372625
Tech illiterate here, I'm having trouble installing windows over ubuntu because the computer doesn't recognize my bootable USB. Does anyone knows how to fix It?

>>58373992
>>58374215

You don't need a special enclosure to clone. You just need a desktop with a couple of unused sata connections. There's nothing wrong with cloning an OS install, especially when it's from one SSD to another. Use macrium reflect, and make sure to select the entire drive so it copies all partitions, and have it verify the transfer when it's done. There's no need to have it do a sector-by-sector clone.

>>58375027
Are you trying to install Windows 7 in a USB 3.0+ drive? That's one of the most obvious culprits to come to mind, since W7 doesn't include a 3.0 driver out of the box.

>>58374874
Google "External USB hard disk enclosure".
Or just drop by by your local PC shop.

anybody have recommendations for a good wrist pad (read the best wrist pad)?

I type all day and my workplace has shitty old ones that are limited in number to boot

thanks, links welcomed

>>58375039
Or rather this would have more to do with the socket (and your mobo) than the drive, not sure if 2.0 drive in 3.0 socket would work but I have a feeling it wouldn't.

>>58374988
Mine isn't large scale though, I just want something that will do the job without installing 4000 components on my PC

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this is probably going to sound stupid, but here it goes:

I have a portable program in my USB stick, this program has both a windows and a linux version, and I would like to be able to run both versions from my USB stick (without having to transfer them to my hard drive first). Unfortunately I can't run the linux version while using linux, because FAT32 doesn't recognize unix permissions or something. I tried to use Gnome-Disks to change the filesystem type, but afterwards the USB drive was very slow

Am I doing something wrong? Should I try it again with a new USB drive? Or should I make a new partition and put the linux version in that partition? Or should I try something else?

>>58375063
>I can't run the linux version while using linux, because FAT32 doesn't recognize unix permissions or something
What, it lacks the executable bit? Just run exec program instead of ./program

I've been looking around ebay to get myself a cheapo laptop, but I can't decide if I should get a used latitude/thinkpad/whatever or get something else entirely. I'm trying to stay under 200 euro ideally. I'd basically use it to take with me to classes, so protability and decent battery life is pretty important. I'm just going to use them for general word/excel work and movie/internet between classes and on the train, and maybe some 2d emulators/indie shit if I'm stuck somewhere for long periods.

What do you think is my best bet? Try for one of those used business laptops or some other kind of laptop?

>>58373579
Won't turn on senpai

I caught my son looking at porn the other day, don't think he saw me though and I quickly kept walking. Should I say something to him, or just pretend I didn't see anything?

>>58374600
That message just means that no windows boot files are detected on that drive. It's possible UEFI security could be saying the expected os isn't there, but more likely that the boot partition is fucked up. I'm assuming you cloned your laptop's own os and you're not trying to stick some other computer's copy in there. See if your bios lists the drive

motherboard has a 4pin cpu power connector
i want to put i7 6700 locked cpu into mobo
will i have some power issues?
i mean is this 4pin connector on mobo enough to power a locked i7 cpu?
sorry for cringy question and probably bad english

Will a HP Vostro screen fit under a Inspiron screen?

>>58375027
What processor do you have?

>>58375119
>HP Vostro
Dell Vostro*

>>58375109
If he's over 12 don't worry about it.

>>58375110
this time i have just stuck some other computers os in there

>>58375112
You don't plug anything "into" your cpu, like you would a graphics card. You make sure you mobo is compatable with your cpu (socket type), and you make sure your power supply has everything your mobo needs.

>>58375039
I'm trying to install windows 10
>>58375129
Pentium Dual-Core

>>58375160
well, i know that. i'm talking about the motherboard cpu power connector

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>>58375042
>External USB hard disk enclosure
Does this comes with it's own power supply?

I've found this http://a.co/gnKyCZs , but not an enclosure, but since it support both IDE & SATA HDD and I have eSATA port on the laptop.

>local PC shop
It's disgrace, filled with tech illiterate employees.
I once took my laptop, since they can't figure out which is the proper jack for the power adapter.
After fiddling around for few minutes, they finally manged to boot it up, only to tell me that my "WINDOWS" is infected and I need to format.
It was Lubuntu.

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>>58374872

>>58375081
>cannot execute: Permission denied
and chmod does nothing

Got an ethernet cable here, label on cable says its cat 5e, one end is T568B, no idea about the other end, tried looking at a few charts on google and wikipedia and googling the colours but no success, weirdest thing is that it seems like T568A but some are wrong, colours are (? indicates uncertainty due to visibility):
stripe green
solid green
stripe orange
stripe brown(?)
solid brown
solid orange
solid blue
stripe blue(?)
Dunno if I'm being stupid on this one, or if the connector type is just obscure, pretty sure its off an old bt hub if that helps

>>58375169
>Pentium Dual-Core
That describes over 50 processors ranging over more than a decade. At least give us the year it came out

>>58375063

sh program.sh

???

>>58375063
>>58375081

gahnoo slash loonix mounts fat32/ntfs/exfat with the noexec flag, basically preventing your to run programs from it (obvious security measure). You can remount it with specifying an "exec" flag, like

mount /dev/sdb1 -o remount,exec

or add it to your fstab like

/dev/sdb1 /media/usb auto noauto,user,exec 0 0

>>58375027
Did you made your USB bootable?

>>58375230
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400

>>58375268
Yes, I used the dd command.

>>58375253
>mounts fat32/ntfs/exfat with the noexec flag
Not him but is this default behavior?
If so how do I found out.

>>58375158
Well that's really not ideal. The OS from another computer could be missing a critical driver, or be set up differently for AHCI/raid or something like that. Or if it's windows 7 it could be having a problem with your processor. Does the drive appear in bios?

>>58375174
Are there cpu power connectors on the motherboard that you are not using?

>>58375287
>is this default behavior?
Yes

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Why would Spotify need so many threads?

In comparison, Virtualbox uses 40 which seems more understandable

>>58375287
this is the default for anything mounted by normal users, especially USB drives. Just run
mount
in a terminal even as normal user, it'll show the options for mounted filesystems.

>>58375304
i'm trying to ask if 4pin cpu power connector on the motherboard is enough for a locked i7 cpu, so it won't stutter, throttle or whatever

Is life really worth living?

>>58375347
you are already dead

>>58375342
If you mobo supports i7 and it has only that power connector then it have to be enough.

>>58375316
Spotify is not something well optimized.

>>58375342
Yes, if you are worried just spend $10-15 extra on a MSI B150M Mortar.

>>58375362
maybe going with motherboard which has 8pin power is better?

>>58375270
Make sure your bios is set to allow booting from flashdrives. Also older hardware sometimes gets bitchy about that, DVD is ideal. The simplest way to make a reliable install media is to borrow someone else's computer and use rufus or windows' own media creator

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>>58375305
All these years I was told it was unsafe to plug USB flash drives into machines running GNU/Linux with WINE installed because windows malware can run and infect your WINE prefix was a lie.

>>58375373
maybe. But if that mobo has a 4 pin and that wouldn't be enough for i7 then it wouldn't support i7 at all.

>>58375393
i see. thank you for replying

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Does, /g/ has any idea where to find a chess engine with customizable rules? Cos programming it from scratch seams like a hell of a job.
> picture very related.

>>58375385
>I was told it was unsafe to plug USB flash drives into machines running GNU/Linux with WINE installed because windows malware can run and infect your WINE prefix
Fucking what?
That's absolute nonsense for several reasons

>>58375373
Imagine me saying this loudly and very slowly:

"IF YOUR MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTS YOUR CPU SOCKET TYPE, YOUR CPU WILL WORK IN IT".

If you've connected all the power connection options it has, you're good.

Is it possible to make windows automatically copy the contents of a local folder to google drive? Kind of like a symbolic link i guess but I actually need a copy of the files to be stored both on my machine and on google drive. I'd like to avoid having to download random software.

Is it possible to convert time into space or vice versa?

>>58375458
Nope

>>58375420
>That's absolute nonsense for several reasons
Why? perfectly possible.
There are even malware that overwrite your MBR when running it under WINE.
Take MEMEZ for example.

>>58375458
Google doesn't use any standard windows would recognize. If they don't provide you a utility to do it like dropbox does, you're SOL

>>58375467
That is called getting a job - it converts your time into living space...

>>58375484
>>58375508
What about Linux+GNU commands? I have cygwin installed i dunno if it makes any difference. I could use Dropbox as an alternative to google drive though, if that would make it work.

>>58375536
I'm saying that most cloud services use proprietary methods to upload and download. So there's no way to interact with them without using their own software

>>58374942
>>58374913

Got it, thanks for the help m8

What does feet taste like?

>>58375570
so not even dropbox?

Hi /g/, I'm a noob when it comes to network security. I'm running Linux currently. How vulnerable am I if I'm connecting to a router shared by others?

Can they access data I have on my computer? See which websites I'm viewing? What I download? I don't expect any of them to be actually doing that, as they're not technically inclined, but I'm curious about the potential, and what I can do to prevent that.

>>58375596
The dropbox app automatically syncs whichever folders you set it to

>>58375621
They can potentially see anything you send over unsecured connections. If it's over HTTPS or SSL or whatever then it should be safe.

As far as seeing your files, only stuff you explicitly chose to share. Most OSes will not share files over the network by default, especially over a public network.

>>58375632
cheerio i'll give it a go

Computer turns on, all fans spin, But does not boot. No display.

What could be wrong?

I think its either my psu or motherboard, i dont have a spare of either to test that out.

>>58375621
>See which websites I'm viewing?
Yes

>Can they access data I have on my computer?
If you computer's firewall is shite or you have un-pasword-protected file sharing set up

Is I have an old monitor laying around and the new chromebox I bought only supports hdmi and displayport. Is displayport decent or should I keep scrounging for a used hdmi monitor?

>>58375654
You're two syllables short of a Haiku there

>>58375646
But can't they see which websites I visit? Is there any way to hide even that?

>>58375662
What's a good free firewall?

>>58375730
I thought it was 7/5/7. What are the rules again?

>>58375654
Make sure your display is connected to the gpu (not motherboard) if you have one. Otherwise:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

>>58375769
Computer turns on
all fans spin, But does not boot
No display is seen

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>>58372625
I was given my dad's old note 4, and it's a good phone, but there's noticeable burn-in near the top from icons, header bars, and a very faint keyboard under the right conditions.
Without just buying a new screen and replacing it, is there a way to remedy this?
Are those 'amoled burn-in fixers' just snake oil?

>>58375033
Alright, thanks.

>>58375377
Oh, It just occurred to me. Is It relevant that I'm not using an official Windows iso?

>>58375811
No, but I would ask why? As a general rule it's a very bad idea to get windows from unverified sources

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>>58375801

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Well it seems I need your help. I don't know if I am stupid or if things are just that way, but it seems google has to run scripts for reCAPTCHA to function properly. I don't like that, I know they bought it, but I didn't know they connected one to another.

So my question is, did I block as much google as possible in order for captcha to function properly without allowing every dick in the sillicon valley in my anus ?

>>58375832
This. Enjoy your homebrew botnet.

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>>58372625
So I currently I run my HTPC and a Linode VPS as my servers but I really want to expand my enthusiast home server needs. I want to run:
Plex Server for 5+ people
Weekly Backups; Owncloud probably
Multiple Websites; portfolio, a blog and two web App Projects
Mumble Server
Torrent Server
4-8 Small Virtual Machines; Ubuntu and Arch

Should I buy a few Orange PIs and a link switch or get a refurb server mobo+ram+cpu combo from Ebay? What do you guys think I would need to look at for specs and price range?

>>58375858
>implying Winshit 10 isn't already a botnet

It's probably just filled with viruses.

>>58375731
They can see which URLs you are accessing, and they can look at any unencrypted content you upload or download. The only way to avoid that is to use a VPN

>>58375801
>>58375772
>>58375654

>>58375882
How exactly is this done?

For example, how could I right now see what websites everyone in my house is accessing?

>>58375901
Well, if you were using a fairly capable router, you could have it record every URL automatically. Or you could use a packet sniffer to record all traffic on the network and attempt to read its contents

>>58375316
>>58375369 is understating it, Spotify is a fucking terribly written piece of shit, clearly written by an unpaid intern just so the company could save a bit of money.

>>58375347
If not, make it worth living. Find a purpose with life, you're not going to get it handed to you on a silver plate.

>>58375621
Only way to be fully secure on a network you don't trust is to use a VPN, either L2TP/IPSec or OpenVPN with AES-GCM-256.

>>58375901
Install tcpdump on your router, learn about pcap, ???, profit.

>>58375956
>you could have it record every URL automatically
How would I access that?

>>58375962
>either L2TP/IPSec or OpenVPN with AES-GCM-256.
I thought VPNs were like moving the goalposts a bit. Don't you have to pay for them before they become good?

>>58375962
>Install tcpdump on your router, learn about pcap, ???, profit.
Any brief summaries for this? I'm totally clueless about this.

>>58376015
You're gonna get there much quicker by using a bit of Google-fu than posting on an anonymous image board.

do you guys think i can sell 3 dusty case fans for $5 on craigslist or should i just chuck them?

i have a dvd burner for $10 too but I'm pretty sure I'm just going to throw them out but i need another opinion to tip me over the edge.

>>58375881
Man, my grandmother calls me up a year ago and asks if it's normal that somebody all of a sudden starts controlling the mouse on her computer and calls her phone offering to remove the "virus". Told her to turn that shit off and had to run over and fix it.

I'm trying to get my grandparents on chrome os now.

anywhere I can get thinkpad parts aside from buying ones for spares on ebay?

>>58376045
Unless they are common sizes, just take them to your local electronic recycling place.

>>58376015
>How would I access that?
The same way you access any router. With the password and login ip, usually printed on the router itself unless they've changed it.

>I thought VPNs were like moving the goalposts
I have no idea what that means. But VPNs are just tools to connect you to another computer directly, usually on another network. You can pay someone to be that other end, or you can set one up yourself if you have access to another network somewhere.

>Any brief summaries
https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-packet-sniffer-2487312

>>58376135
yeah that's probably what I'll do.

Harddrives and rams should sell better right?

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Is there any way I can get the feature from windows 8/10 where I drag a file into Windows Explorer's location bar and the file goes into that folder in Windows 7? Not sure how to properly describe it, pic related is the best way to show it.

>>58376184
Ram for sure since there are no moving parts and you just plug them in. I don't think I'd personally by a used hdd.

>>58376114
Sometimes people sell parts on craigslist and try some smaller computer stores.

>>58376218
Old ram is too specific. HDDs are almost universally interchangeable

>>58376178
Alternatively, you can setup OpenVPN on any machine which has a CPU that can do AES-NI with AES-GCM-128 and get fairly good results.

What's the name for those videos where it's just words being shown with fancy transitions and in rhythm to the music background?

>>58376398
I know what you're talking about. I always only noticed them being called "lyric videos" and nothing more. Just lyric videos with extra effort.

>>58376398
Kinetic typography?

>all these spots that just appear on my monitor
>rubbing micro fibre cloth isn't enough to make them come off
How do you guys clean your screen?

Best picture viewing software?

how to install deadbeef music player

>>58377002
For Windows?
If you want minimal, JpegView.

>>58377002
your browser

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Theres a wifi network near me that i use to use, but its disappeared. pretty sure the admin found out i got his dumb password and hid the ssid.

any os x programs that can find hidden wifi networks?

>>58377111
You can still join hidden networks if you put the name and password in manually.

>>58374735

Me again.

Started a small project to try to learn a few things. I want to make a program that will take a text file with several names, each on a new line, and pull the names into an array, which can then be used to compare to a user input.

So far, I've managed to get the reading of the text file working. However, when I use the loop to try to populate my array with the names, it seems to be filling each node of the array with the final name from the list.

Can anyone help me find what stupid thing I'm missing?

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    char const* const fileName = "nlist.txt";
    FILE* file = fopen(fileName, "r"); 
    char line[50];
    char *nameList[50];
    int i = 0;

    while (nameList[i] = fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
        printf("%s\n", nameList[i]);
        i = i +1;
    }

    printf("%s\n", nameList[1]);
    printf("%s\n", nameList[2]);
    printf("%s\n", nameList[6]);
    fclose(file);

    return 0;
}

>>58376577

Yes!

>>58377265
You're using an array instead of allocating a 50char line every time.

What you're doing in that loop is:

while (nameList[i] = fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
    printf([...]);
    i = i + 1;
}

line is filled with the data you get, then the address of line[0] is put in nameList[i], every time the loop is executed until you get nameList[n(whatever number)] = NULL

>>58377394
If what I said it's clear:

You're referencing your `char line[50]` in every value of the nameList array. Since you're also writing to the line array every time your loop runs, you're overwriting your previous lines, but still referencing the same array in every pointer inside nameList.

Okay, this might be confusing even to me. Guess I'll need to practice explaining things.

Here's a visual-ish thing:

nameList[0] = *-> line[0] (pointer to line[0])
nameList[1] = *-> line[0]
nameList[2] = *-> line[0]
...
nameList[n-1] = *-> line[0]
nameList[n] = NULL

You're writing to line at every call to fgets(line, sizeof(line), file). Whatever you wrote to it will be referenced to by all your nameList[] members.

>>58377462
isn't clear*

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>>58375876
Also possibly a game server, Savage:BFNE and Minecraft probably.

I see a few Supermicro ~2.5ghz ~8gb ram server mobos on Ebay, I could probably buy one and a raid card for the price of two Orange Pis off Aliexpress. Perhaps I'll call up some recycling centers and scout out craigslist.

Why the fuck Firefox resets volume level to maximum through some time?

>>58377462
>>58377394

Ok, I think I understand what you're saying. or at least, am starting to.

So, the thing to do, would be to pass the contents of "line" to another variable, then use THAT variable to populate the n'th node of my array?

Or is this a matter of me just not understanding how pointers work?

>>58377462
And here's a way to do what you want:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int
main(void)
{
    const char * const fileName = "nlist.txt";
    FILE *file = fopen(fileName, "r");
    char line[50];
    char *nameList[50];
    int i = 0;

    for (; fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL; ++i)
    {
        nameList[i] = strdup(line);
        puts(nameList[i]);
    }

    [...]
    return 0;
}

i know almost nothing about apple devices and my uncle passed away recently (who is an apple fanboy) is it possible to export his imessage messages onto a pc? we want to reset his iphone but he has messages on it that could be important later (etc. the mafia might be try to kill him lmao)

I can't seem to get a clear answer when I google this, perhaps I'm phrasing it incorrectly for Google I don't know. But, if I encrypt my android and have a micro SD card installed does the SD card become encrypted as well (making it unable to be read by another device)?

>>58377565

Aaah, thanks.

Am I right in thinking that

nameList[i] = strdup(line);

takes the data from "line" and essentially copies it over to nameList, instead of, as I was doing, making nameList synonymous with whatever "line" is equal to at any given time?

Can't get random background to work. Any help? Using this code

<script type="text/javascript">
                var imgCount = 10;
                    var dir = 'images/';
                    var randomCount = Math.round(Math.random() * (imgCount - 1)) + 1;
                    var images = new Array
                        images[1] = "bg1.jpg",
                        images[2] = "bg2.jpg",
                        images[3] = "bg3.jpg",
                        images[4] = "bg4.jpg",
                        images[5] = "bg5.jpg",
                        images[6] = "bg6jpg",
                        images[7] = "bg7.jpg",
                        images[8] = "bg8.jpg",
                        images[9] = "bg9.jpg",
                        images[10] = "bg10.jpg",
                    document.getElementByTagName("body").style.backgroundImage = "url(" + dir + images[randomCount] + ")"; 
    </script>

For some reason it works if I use getElementById() but thats for images on div containers. Looking to randomize the background image. getElementByTagName("html") doesnt work either.

>>58377588
>my uncle passed away
>the mafia might be try to kill him
He's already dead?

>>58377607
> But, if I encrypt my android and have a micro SD card installed does the SD card become encrypted as well (making it unable to be read by another device)?
No.

What OS do you think everyone will switch to once Microsoft declares bankruptcy and stops supporting Windows? Will everyone just switch to Apple? Linux? Will unofficial Windows distros become a more major thing?

How do I get started with Wireshark? I'm getting pretty paranoid here but I don't know how to read the output.

For example, networksorcery.com apparently tried to talk to me even though I've never been there. I have no clue how to read what data was sent but it seems only one way. Is there any way to access that easily?

>>58377635
Not exactly.

nameList[i] = strdup(line);

does the following:

- create a new string in the heap with a copy of the line array
- return a pointer to the first character of that string
- nameList[i] is attributed that return value(pointer)
- nameList[i] now contains the address of that string copy

nameList only stores pointers. Using strdup() will create a new string in the heap(it's not associated to any variable at all) and return a pointer to it.

Read up on the malloc, calloc and realloc functions for heap memory allocation. If the name "heap" is unfamiliar to you, you might want to look into what "heap" and "stack" mean for a C program. A "heap vs stack" query should give you what you're looking for.

>>58377677
yeah he is sorry that was probably confusing i was on mobile

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>>58377681

>>58377681
I don't think there will be Windows "distros". What would you change? Desktop themes? Microsoft won't open it for change unless they're really desperate.

Micro$haft's in its way to bankruptcy? Really? They have Micro$haft Orifice and some power over games and whatnot.

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>>58377671
Possibly reference should be in caps and treated as an arrary?
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_element_getelementsbytagname.asp

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Where do you guys get resume/curriculum templates? I don't want to use Google Docs anymore, I want something less... popular.

>>58377681
>shitty NT Kernel
>distros
>wincuck going bankrupt
>/v/toddlers will buy everything if it has Windows on it

https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/shared.aspx

does renewal price mean after the first year that's how much it cost?

So how important is getting a monitor with IPS? I understand the better viewing angles but if I only have 1 (maybe 2) monitors and sit in front of it I dont see how this would be a problem.

>>58377876
It's not like you're supposed to write your own in LaTeX, you b-baka!

>>58378160
Better colors too. I'd say it's not super important, but it can be nice, and some brands aren't all that expensive these days anyway.

Is it possible to upgrade my Thinkpad t420 to 16 gb ram?

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>>58372625
i have a early 2013 macbook pro and its running a little slow mainely on webpages and stuff. what im wondering is it possible for me to OC it a bit? i know it has turbo boost but idk how trust worthy that is. its got the I3230M @2.60

>>58378307
How much RAM?
Maybe back up your data and reset to factory settings. Is it running Sierra?

What's your 4chan settings setup? I need one for optimal shitposting.

>>58378382
8gb of ram, it has been thru 3 diff osx upgrades and yes i am on sierra

So I have a 1070 and a 1080p monitor thats a few years old. I am thinking about upgrading to a bigger 27" monitor but am somewhat on a budget.

In a perfect world I would have a 1440p or 4k monitor with 144hz and g-sync but I understand beggars cant be choosers. Also, I understand 4k is somewhat of a struggle for 1070's even now.

What should I get or forget about?

>>58378160
Better color is the main reason to go IPS. Once you use one, you'll hate working with normal screens. TN just tends to look so washed out. If you can handle the response time then the price is usually worth it

how cold does it have to be for PC parts to be fucked up?
i recently had a lot of parts be delivered in sub-freezing temperatures, usually above 0 C. will i run the risk of having any troubles?

>>58378520
Cold is (usually[tm]) not the problem, it's the condensation that is the real electronics killer.

>>58378451
1440 will look good on a 27inch. 1080p will not. That's the big point. I'm personally a big fan of IPS and unimpressed with 60+ fps, but if you REALLY like competitive shooters, it might be worth it to you to go for the 144hz

>>58372846
There's no need nor benefit of indicating that you were "part-time" when you programmed during school. Just say "programmer" and leave out the hours. Those details only hurt you

>>58378520
>Electronics like cold. If you could chill your PC to near absolute zero, you could get like double the performance out of everything. Except LCD screens. They don't take well to freezing, but you're probably alright

>>58372625
My Windows 10 computer has 35gbps and it can barely play YouTube and internet audio. I had to download a podcast just to listen to it. i7 16gb RAM

My Ubuntu computer plays everything fine, and it barely gets 5gbps sometimes because it's wireless and is in a shitty spot in the house. AMD shit chip (dual core) 8gb RAM.

What's going on?

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Anyone know how I can go from a bootleg copy of Win7 -> Win10? Aside from the fucking Media Creation tool. I got some extremely bad shit(Spyware, etc) from it and long story short, I had to fully wipe my computer. Any help would be appreciated.

>>58378582
>35gbps

wut?

>>58378534
Yeah the only 'competitive' shooter I play is Battlefield and MAYBE overwatch if my buddy gets it. But I assume by getting 144hz you have to be really obsessed with the games/climbing the ladder.

Thanks man

>>58378595
http://pastebin.com/smjvLZN4

>>58378608
144hz just makes everything smoother which is nice regardless of how competitive you are

>>58378640
Thank you so much anon

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New to building PC, this is my first time.

Is it okay if I put in my CPU and RAM a week before putting it in the case?

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And now riddle me this: I play the Witcher 3, with a 280x card on maximum settings, and the in-game frame-limiter at 30 FPS. My GPU temperature is around 80-85 when doing so.

However! If I set the in game frame-limiter to 60, and use the program RivaTuner to lock the game at 30 FPS on the same graphical settings, my GPU temperature rests at 70-75 while playing.

Why is this?

>>58377671

<script>
(function () {
    var imgCount = 10;
    var dir = 'image/';
    var randomizer = Math.ceil(Math.random() * imgCount);    
    var url_background = 'url(\'' + dir + 'bg' + randomizer + '.jpg\')';
    document.body.style.backgroundImage = url_background;    
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</script>

I want to read manga I download from the interwebs on my cheap tablet.
What's the best way of doing this?

How can I use wireshark to see what packets my other computer is sending over the same router as the one I'm using?

>>58379216
I'd usually put this under "If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't." That said, I'll treat you like a big boy who can handle delicate things and take responsibility for his own fuck-ups. Putting in components (and even running the computer) without a case is pretty safe. I've run a computer bare like that for multiple months with zero special accommodations. Just rest the motherboard on top of a cardboard box, the one it comes in should be fine. NOT on top of the anti-static bag. NEVER put components on top of an anti-static bag. Beyond that, don't be a retard. Don't spill anything on it, don't smack it, don't touch it if you'll zap it with static electricity, don't put shit on top of it. Shouldn't be any problems.

Can someone recommend a video card for video encoding? Usage would be to rip blu ray movies and encode into mp4s on a linux machine. Software would be ffmpeg.

>>58379565
Encoding is a CPU workload, GPU won't be doing anything.

>>58379590
but ffmpeg supports hardware accelerated video encoding. I would like a GPU to offload some of the workload

so i have this shitty wifi AP that has been neglected and still has WPA1 set up, which i want to change

i looked up its poorly translated manual and the setup page is at 192.168.100.252 with "make sure youre on the .100.0 subnet"

how the fuck do i do that? the accesspoint only has two ethernet ports, none of which are used for setup

How do I specifically "paste" with Imacros?

>>58379616
video encoding with GPU isnt as good as with CPU

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would it be possible to connect pic related to an iphone trough some adapters and shit?

Or, would it be possible to build you own smartphone just like you build your own pc by trowing together hard- and software?

I want a phone with a keboard again but the only phones having it are blackberrys and their newer ones are huge af.

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>>58372846
University of Oslo, Simula Research Laboratory.

Hello Jonas Markussen.

Next time, do a better job of filtering information.

>>58379544
Where did you hear that you shouldn't put components on top of an antistatic bag? Google doesn't mention anything about it.

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4chan X can now read and change by data on google? What gives? Should I be paranoid about this?

>>58379887
Does it have to do with captcha?

>>58379639
Are you connected to the AP over wifi or ethernet? Is there anything connected to the WAN port? Does anything come up when you type that IP in?

>>58379899
not necessarily, no

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What the fuck please tell me there are only retards in this thread. ISO is just an archive so it doesn't magically make reading data "sequencial"
http://www.psx-place.com/threads/usb-vs-hdd0-speeds.3501/
Also op is talking about loading times and all other posters talk about installing game data.
There was another thread where someone mentioned ps3 with us 3. 0 ports. Threads like those make me butthurt, I can't stand retards.

>>58379887
Probably just means it's tied into the google cookie system for captchas etc. I wouldn't worry about it. Mobile permissions are restrictive in such a way that every little thing needs its own exemption, so easy to get freaked out about nothing

What is the point of dual LAN ports?

>>58379962
Connecting two devices

>>58379926
https://psychology-tools.com/autism-spectrum-quotient/

Also the whole thread is bait.

>>58379887
you should be paranoid about 4chan x period

>>58379915
>Are you connected to the AP over wifi or ethernet?
tried both wifi and ethernet, but mostly wifi
>Is there anything connected to the WAN port?
it doenst have a wan port, only two lan ports
>Does anything come up when you type that IP in?
chrome just tries to load a page indefinitely
pinging wont reach it

>>58380234

>>58380148
I would connect the AP directly to your computer over ethernet, and disable your wireless card on your computer. Then set your computer's ethernet connection to that IP

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

192.168.100.8
255.255.255.0
192.168.100.252 (Also try blank)


If you get it running, try and update your firmware while you're at it

>>58375045
>thanks /g/
>goes back to /fit/

If i know Linus bash commands fairly well, could i use them all in a mac's terminal?
they would be the same commands right??

>>58379732
really? is it a noticeable difference? even with a decent GPU?

>>58375225
nvm, found it.
Think it was my own misunderstanding due to confusion about what pinouts are used for different categories and layouts, it appears according to one diagram I found that this is actually a normal cross-wired layout. I only wanted to confirm if it was a crossover cable or not.

Is there a way to bulk upload text replacements on a Mac instead of adding them one by one?

Can't figure it out or find a way to do it

Is there a pdf reader that let me control the brightness because I can't change the background to black which makes reading tiresome unlike using browsers.