Stupid Questions Thread - /sqt/

Recently brought a Samsung 960 Evo M.2, my gigabyte z170x-gaming 3 has trouble actually detecting the drive, it works 50% of the time, when it isn't detected I have to switch it to another slot until eventually it fails again. Any ideas?

>>59028212
Update your BIOS

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Who is this guy? I've seen this picture of him on /g/ before.

>>59028291
Gottfrid Svartholm one of hte founders of tpb

>>59028291
Is that a dildo on the shelf?

Reposting question since no reply on the last thread.
Just installed Debian on my x230, only issue is that I can't use the middle click+trackpoint to scroll. Any fix? https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/Trackpoint Found this but I don't understand how to install those packages from the site it redirects

Hello, /g/

If I apt-get install hello
I get the typical "Hello, world!" response
How can I open the hello package and edit it?

>>59028263
Already have

>>59028190
why is the left called a laptop and the right called a macbook? arent they both mobile pcs i.e. notebooks/laptops?

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>>59028386
oops image

>>59028386
One is a laptop made by any number of manufacteruers. The other is a macbook created by the company apple exclusivly

I'm having trouble with my set on my PC
I use the head set on my laptop and it works fine but when connected on PC it wont detect the mic
any ideas

What is the signifiance of PCI-e 3.0 x8 and PCI legacy slots when buying a new mobo?

>>59028499
Ones go faster then the other

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Need help picking classes. I'm planning on going down the CS route and hoping for the best. I've already completed most of my prereq and all of my CS/Math intro classes. My choices are:

Most likely:
>Web programming (5)
>Physics II (5)
Considering:
>Foundations of computing (4)
>Matrix Algebra (3)
>Intro to differential equations (3)
>Chem I (5)

Also, if I take a <5 credit class, is it worth it to take a meme class like drawing or photography or whatever? Could take me to around 18-19 credits next quarter if I decide to do that rather than 13-14.

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My GTX1070 arrives in the mail tomorrow, and I'm lost as to which monitor I should get.

At the moment I'm just at 1080p@60Hz.

I don't want to spend any more than $400 US on a monitor at this stage. Maybe later in the year I'll splurge and get a 1440p@144Hz, but at the moment I'm looking at 2 options.

1080p@144Hz+Gsync
or
1440p@60Hz+IPS

There's a place that has these two options around the same price.

I've been told to consider 1440p considering I don't play many online competitive games, but I would love to play games at a constant 100+ FPS.

I'm torn..

>>59028527
>100+ FPS.
Not on a 1070.60 sure

You dont need 144hz unless you're doing fast action gaming, such as fps'.

will using a usb to aux adapter make my sound better than just connecting to the back of the pc? too poor for actual usb headphones.

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>>59028545
>Not on a 1070.60 sure

what

you will easily stay above 100+ fps on a 1070 @ 1080p

hello i need a laser pointer for my cat

anyone have suggestions? is there a difference between presentation pointer???

idk..

>>59028527
>but I would love to play games at a constant 100+ FPS.

If you tweak your games you can get that on 1440p with a 1070. I'd honestly go with the 1440p@60Hz with the IPS. It'll look great, and you can easily stay between 60-100 FPS in a lot of games. Just don't turn on stupid shit like MSAA like a lot of retards do.

>Click verify once there are none left.

How do i make this stop, fucking joogle has been busting my balls lately with this shit

inb4 buy pass

>>59028587
use captcha v2

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>>59028574
Get that cat some cat nip and a kaleidoscope laser pointer. It'll be tripping balls, just don't blind it.

Why does Windows UAC get shit on at every turn but Unix systems asking for the root password everytime you want to do something outside of ~/ is okay?

Literally what is the security difference between the two?

>>59028611
UAC is 2 button presses,anyone can do it.
Sudo requires a pam password.

I forgot the root password for my server. Is it possible to change it if I have mysql root?

I also have physical access, so maybe I could change it through a liveCD?

>>59028630
>UAC is 2 button presses,anyone can do it.
Only because by default the first account made on a windows machine has admin rights. If you've ever used windows in a work environment, or set up secondary accounts on your PC, you'd be prompt for the password of an admin.

If you're logged in as an admin or root on linux it skips the password too

Sup niggers

i'm probably gonna buy one of the cheaper AM4 Ryzen motherboards but I have a good deal on 2400MHz DDR4 RAM right now. Will 2400MHZ work for any motherboard or should i go 2133MHZ?

>>59028643
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reset_root_password

>>59028677
Awesome.

>>59028649
What windows user is going to setup a second account? :^)

>>59028595
>>59028595
How do i do this? ALso i noticed ever since the captcha got harder it also "freezes" out sometimes, that is to say the field just turns grey after you hit submit and then nothing happens

This didn't happen before so yeah joogle changed something it looks like

>>59028729
Use 4chanx and check it to use the old one with streetsigns instead of that bullshit store fronts

>>59028527
here

which out of these 3 should I go with?

http://www.skycomp.com.au/27-16-9-wqhd-ips-monitors.html

http://www.skycomp.com.au/dell-u2715h-27-ultrasharp-ips-monitor-2560x1440-8ms-gtg-5x-usb3-0-1x-hdmi-1x-displayport.html

http://www.skycomp.com.au/asus-mx27aq-27-ips-led-display-energy-star-eye-care-2560x1440-100000000-1-ascr-5ms-respone.html

>>59028768

the benq

>>59028768

you said you were on a budget so I found this

http://www.skycomp.com.au/dell-u2515h-24-ultrasharp-ips-monitor-2560-x-1440-8ms-gtg-2xhdmi-1xminidp-1xmst-1xdp-5xu.html

>>59028840

Will a 25" monitor scrunch 1440p?

>>59028873

not him, but I have a 25" 1440P IPS monitor from AOC.

It's a huge difference between a 24" 1080P but I can easily read shit and my eyes does not get fucked at an arm's length away. (Altough it did take a day to get used to it)

Keep in mind that Windows applies scaling by default on these higher pixel density monitors, so you're gonna have to turn it off in the operating system.

When I look at my 1080P 24" IPS monitor, the pixels are so fucking big you can see them from 5 feet away easily. I think 1080P computer monitors should only be allowed on 20-22" monitors I think, not sure what the pixel density will be but 24" is way too big imo.

>>59028873

No

>>59028873

Everyone has different comfortability thresholds. Your best bet is to either look at the monitor in person, in a store.

Or either try to find a review of it from pcmonitors.info or .tftcentral.co.uk

...or a random guy from YouTube.


...........or buy from a store/webshop with good return policy that allows you to test the product and then return it if it doesn't work out :)

>>59028873

no
that monitor is great and is listen in reccomended monitors at pcmonitors.info

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Can someone explain why would image related, a chatroom element in a website that has loaded normally for me for years suddenly stop working? I know it isn't the websites fault. I'm using Firefox and tried different browsers and I have the same issue. I have no clue why certain elements on this webpage are not loading randomly.

>>59029100

have you tried without addons? Sometimes these fucker websites are heavily JavaScripted and fucks everything up.

Or sometimes the web developer programmer fucked up in a recent design change or something


can you tell us what website it is (i understand if you don't want to (personally identifying etc))

>>59029066

>listen

listed even

honestly though paying $200 for 2 more inches is silly

Is cybersecurity fun?

>>59029123
Tried without addons, no avail. Thing is some elements of the webpage load and some don't. I've tried loading facebook public group pages just to see if I could load them and the page would be stuck loading on all browsers too. Streams on twitch also load strangely too, making me press the play button when they used to load automatically.

Could this be a DNS issue? I doubt it's something with javascript

>>59028190

Is there a way to make a macro to change the output for sound from speakers to headphones without going into the control panel every time i want to play CS:GO or something.

Stupid question: I have allot of sex, should I worry?

>>59028515
All but Chem. Consider dropping physics unless its for something specific.

>>59028716
Any windows user in a professional environment

Waking up and she is listening to CNN.

Or having to worry about puting a drunken penis where it belongs... hey but who am I to teach.

best file explorer android app?

>>59029423
Es file Explorer

>>59029436
If you want a shitton of bloat and questionable chinese developers

>>59029233
Yes, coming here will begin to interfere with that

help tab key not workng
how do i replace

>>59029423
motorola's file manager on playstore

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stolen 1080ti will arrive in mail tomorrow, should i resell it or leak the benchmarks to tech news sites?

in c, how would i go about recursively calling a function that takes a generic function pointer as an argument? i'm trying to write a binary search tree inorder traversal algorithm that takes as arguments a pointer to a NodeList struct (only a pointer to the root node) and a generic function pointer. the function header looks like

void inorderTraverse(NodeList* nodes, void (*visitFunc)(Item*)

obviously i want to recursively call this function to traverse through the tree and visit each node (each node holds a pointer to an Item), but i'm not sure how to write that recursive call. writing something like

inorderTraverse(current, (visitFunc)(current->root->item));

gives an "invalid use of void" error. is it possible to do what i'm trying to do?
probably a dumb question but couldn't really find an answer by googling and i'm tired as all hell, any help is greatly appreciated

explain to me the difference between a 2.5inch ssd and a m.2 ssd like im a retard

>>59030014
You're already passing current, so why do you need to pass the parameter if it can be derived from current? Couldn't you just call:

inorderTraverse( current, visitFunc);

Although if you need to pass the parameter along with the function that can't be calculated from the other parameter, you can just add it as another parameter (doing the recurring in a private sub-function if necessary).

Is there a cross platform way to style the window decorations (title bar etc)?

It seems like the popular thing thesedays to style the window decoration to match your gui.

I need alternative program to WPE PRO, dont tell me wireshark i am stupid enough to use that

where can i get a download link for calligra office?
installed only calligra gemini

>>59030075
Obviously that's going to depend on the platform you're using. For example if you're using Swing you'd mess with the Look and Feel. And I don't think JavaFX even has a way of using the default title bar style.

Is there anyway to profile memory and cpu usage of a already compiled program? Or do you always need the source code?

can somebody suggest me a device which would allow me to connect my ps4 to my pc? my monitor doesn't have hdmi unfortunately.

>>59030124
charles

>>59030563
charles is a http debugger faggot

Where do you guys get your books? I'm not just talking about programming books or technical ones.

>>59029890
Why not both?
Jam it in, benchmark it, sell it.

>>59030600
the library

>>59030242
Wat?

>>59030600
The bookstore

>>59030242
https://remoteplay.dl.playstation.net/remoteplay/

>>59030242
You mean just using your monitor for video out, or do you want something else?

For just video, what inputs does your monitor have?

>>59030050
m.2 drives are smaller. Some m.2 connections can go much faster than a sata 3 cord, the SSDs that are ludicrously fast are built for m.2. Just because an SSD is made for m.2, doesn't mean it is faster than a regular sata SSD.

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Should I care about M.2 SSD heat if it's mounted on the back of the motherboard against the motherboard tray? I don't think I'll be doing any huge writes or transfers.

>>59028291
Shaggy, from Scooby-Doo

Is there anyway I can control YouTube when playing games? I heard there was a Firefox add-on with media keys but I cannot find it

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Current customer with Spectrum. How can I meme my way into promotional prices as a current customer? I'm aiming for 50/5 but at 59.99 a month thats a bit too much.

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What's this used for?
http://windowsmatters.com/2015/04/17/windows-8-1-x86-u1-pe-with-updateable-usb-portable-apps-2/

>>59031394
Accessing files, backing up and repairing when your normal windows install isn't working. Pretty much the same shit you would use a linux live disk for

Is opendns still good? I don't need privacy i just wanna screw around with my own dns server.

have an old compaq pc that im trying to load either XP 32bit or elementary on, since itll be for younger sister to (send nudes or something) from, but the usb aint work, any ideas lads?

>>59031831
Crack it open and check if the USB-to-Motherboard connection is attached firmly. If not, attach firmly. If so, apply generous amounts of fire and then get a USB thingamabob for a 3.5" floppy drive bay.

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Is there a VPN service that I can torrent with utilizing my full 500 Mbit/s connection?

I currently use PIA with OpenVPN and a 128-bit AES encryption.

When torrenting with this configuration I can only get ~10Mbit/s.

Torrenting without the VPN gives me full speed almost always.

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How bad is it?
I used testdisk to recover the data for a friend, and now I'm wondering if I could use the HDD for non-essential backups.

Is pirating windows a good option? Are there any other cons than possible malware?

>>59033164
>Is pirating windows a good option? Are there any other cons than possible malware?
It's a good option, just download your activator or KMS from mydigitallife directly and not through the torrent trackers.
Alternatively you could install 7, activate it, then upgrade for free to 10 and then do a clean install with the generated key.
The downside is you'll have to use Windows 10 and the key is considered digital entitlement so it's not transferable to another computer.
That's how I'm using 10 on my laptop, as far as anyone is concerned it's 100% legit.

>>59032972
The encryption you choose wont matter much, and I doubt you'll get a much better VPN connection. But most seedboxes should saturate that, even the cheap ones.

>>59033164
http://pastebin.com/smjvLZN4

There's barely any cons to using unactivated windows outright. If your PC doesn't belong to a business there would be zero consequences to not having a legit license itself

I have 30 mkv files I just ripped from a blu ray using MakeMKV. Do I use these 30 files to build the iso and then burn the blu ray or do I write the whole folder to the disc? (ImgBurn)

More importantly I'm using a BDP S300 to play them. Is there a format I should aim for. One that plays in all blu ray players for example? Is it mkv?

>>59033164
Yes.
No meanwhile you download the original activator from a reliable place(Mydigitallife forums).

Daz loader for 7.
MS Toolkit for 8.1-10.

I know how to use Full Width
I know how to use Fr?ktur
But what font or style is this letter A from?
And are there any other fonts like these that show up differently on the internet??

t. clueless about computer stuff

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>>59033678
here's a pic since it doesn't seem to show on 4chan

>>59033697
Check the graphic design board.

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I am very new to networking (only know basic concepts such as what are LANs, Routers, Switches, DHCP, very basic subnetting, etc).

I'm looking to replace my default shitty router. I believe it is the main culprit of the slow connection I am experiencing and might be bottlenecking hard. Also, it has no external antenna.

My house has 2 floors and a repeater on the second floor. The router is downstairs. Internet connection is weak, but enough (if functioning at full capacity), 20Mb/s

Can I get some basic pointers on what to look for on a new router? Antenna? Features? Brands to avoid?

Thanks

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K1JV83C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Is this a good graphics card for the price?

I replaced mine months ago but my new one has bad problems with overheating. For reference this is the current one I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZQ9JKYW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

>>59033726
What is your current router model? Also repeaters are generally shitty solutions to be avoided whenever possible

>>59033729
Yes if you just wanna be able to play games and not max settings.

Also your current card is bad.

>>59033826
I can't check the model right now. So, what is the alternative to a repeater other than a huge ethernet cable?

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What is the best hard drive for backups? I'm starting to run out of space on my 500gb backup drive and I'm looking for something around 2TB to fix me up.

>>59033858
WD RED.
HGST.

>>59033621
Fuck it. I have to convert it to mpeg 2 PS at the end of the day anyway.

>>59033829
>>59033829
>Yes if you just wanna be able to play games and not max settings.
The gpu I replaced with this shitty new one might not have had overheating problems, but still had worse specs and was able to run most of the games I played at max settings.

What kind of games are you talking about when you say I wouldn't be able to play on max settings? Out of all the games I'm interested in playing, Overwatch is probably the most demanding. You don't think this card could play that at decent settings?

>Also your current card is bad.
I know that now. Is overheating a common problem with it? Or is it something to do with my computer in general? It's the first graphics card I've had heat problems with, but I never saw any mention of it until asking about it here in /sqt/ some time back.

>>59033892
>Overwatch
Yes, with no problems, i was talking about more intensive games.

>Overheating
IIRC R7 360 works at 70-85°C.

>>59033966
Well mine seems to crash my display somewhere between 70 and 80.

I've never had problems with overheating before but if it's supposed to work at 85 I hope there aren't any problems with my other parts that might cause it.

>>59033849
A better router for one. Although vertical signal is what wifi generally sucks at the most. You could try a powerline adapter. They're not the miracle they first sound like, but if your house has decent electrical wiring and you use one of the more recent models, they can do a pretty good job of extending your network, and they have models that produce their own mini wifi network.

Is your current router a gateway (modem/router combo)? What wifi standards does it support?

when will the macbook and macbook air get updated?

>>59034061
>Is your current router a gateway (modem/router combo)

Yes.

>What wifi standards does it support

No idea.


I have used a powerline adapter before, but either it was a shitty one or my house's electrical wiring is bad.

I shall research better on the points you mentioned and might get back here. Thanks.

>>59034195
Sure thing. Bear in mind that if either your router or repeater is wireless g, then that could be reducing your top speed to around 15mbps or less, which then would have to be split between all wireless devices in the house. And that's not even accounting for instability.

>>59034012
You could underclock it with MSI afterburner.

Hypothetically, if I install Bind on a server and forward port 53 in my router, would anybody in the world be able to use my dns server or is other configuration required?

>>59028574
Horizontal movement is an irresistible optical stimulus for cats. Don't overdo the laser pointer stuff, it's a hell of a drug.

This is my problem,
I'm on a Debian system with a XFCE minimal installation,..On this system i have installed EMACS,..this program has established itself as the default on all file types that can open.
This is ok, but now I installed also Leafpad,..now I want to set Leafpad to default on all the files that leafpad can open,..how can i do this?

this is a hard one and im a /g/ noob but here goes:

I put together my first computer today and it's working fine. now all I need is a windows install for it. I have a windows key from an old computer I had. It turns out I can't use the key because it came pre-installed on the previous computer and Microsoft wont let me download the ISO. so I found an alternative. the problem is that it's asking me if I want to download the 32 or 64 bit version of windows and I dont know which one to use. I'm also using the hardrives from my previous computer. how do I know which version to download?

>>59035269
absolutely 64bit unless your build is incompatible (unlikely)

>>59035296
all my components are relatively new. thanks for the reply.
also is there a particular reason i should have 64 bit?

>>59035269
>>59035336
What is your CPU? Chances are if it's anything relatively new it'll be compatible for 64bit OS

>also is there a particular reason i should have 64 bit?
Absolutely, especially if you're into modern videogames as many require 64bit OS. Not sure about the specifics, but you should definitely be seeing increased efficiency of resources over a 32bit install of Windows

>>59035336
http://pastebin.com/smjvLZN4

Definitely 64. Choosing 32 bit is dumb in the same way disabling half your cores for no reason would be dumb.

>>59035430
>>59035476
thank you guys.
my cpu is an i5 6600k so i think it'll be fine.

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>>59028190
Is there a BitTorrent client that hides your IP? I don't want (((them))) to know about the trap porn.

>>59035495
>i5 6600k
Lmao yeah, that'd be more than fine for 64bit Windows, installing 32bit Windows on that would be stupid

>>59035503
tumble. Otherwise you'd need to get a proxy/vpn

>>59035503
No, you fucking retard. Kill yourself.

>>59031106
Just call them and Butch for hours until they give it to you. Bonus points if you have had them for a long time and threaten to switch isps.

>>59035594
link?

>>59035594
>tumble
what ?

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>>59028190
What are the pros and cons of A5 2016?

>>59035503
degen

>>59035503
No, you would need to buy a subscription for a VPN which allows P2P traffic, which may be a little hard assuming you're underage B& who still thinks the jewish echo meme is funny

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so the static/dynamic are the types of NAT, and cone/symmetric are the methods of implementation ?

How can one best semantically describe the difference between the two ? or types vs methods is enough

tx

>>59035644
>>59035653
Sorry. Insufficient fucks were given. I meant Tribler

https://www.tribler.org/download.html

>>59035987
How the hell does this work?

Sounds shady as shit to me

>>59035987
didn't know that, thanks

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Okay, so I need to learn enough programming for it to be a marketable skill as soon as I can. I have about 3 months to do so.

I know some basic C++, I'd say I still remember more or less everything upto chapter 9 on all the topics on learncpp.com but I never learned to make anything to useful and I'm incredibly rusty.

So, where should I start? I was thinking of picking up something more immediately useful like Python or Ruby. Or should I just continue with C++? I'd also really appreciate any recommendations for reference material.

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>>59035594
>>59035987
>I want to start off this post by saying that I could have been smarter and read the site better stating that you could become an exit node by using tribler and that I am very much regretting not doing that now. That said, here's my story.

>While reading a tech site, I saw an article discussing the anonymous torrent feature tribler had just added. I downloaded and installed it on Dec 19th. I thought nothing of it. Later on January 17th during a break from classes, I fired tribler up to download a file I could not find on Usenet. I don't recall what anonymous setting I picked, but I remember having troubles with speed and after two days giving up on the file. I then downloaded it through utorrent at a later date.

>Yesterday I was raided by law enforcement with guns drawn and accused of downloading through torrent an archive with thousands of pictures and a few movies of child pornography. The dates I was was Jan 17th and Jan 18th, the two days I had tribler running They searched my one of my computers and a phone on site and found nothing and took the third one in to be checked as it had too many hard drives and data to be effectively searched on site. I did not download anything of the sort and I used the same torrent file to eventually get the file I needed through utorrent and it was legit and the file I was looking for. I know they won't find anything on the computers I own, but it was the scariest experience experience of my life. I just want to warn everyone that not only was this exit node problem is more that just a possibility, but a reality. Please everyone be careful.

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This is my setup now. Power Supply is ATX 500 PNR.
I want to buy a new video card without buying a new power supply. Is GTX 750 ti suitable for me?
Thanks in advance.

>>59028190
what are some modern cpus that can be used in freedom or near freedom? Do they have better or worse single core perf than the c2duos recommended in the old t400/x200s?

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>>59036180
More info about power supply.

>>59036180
750Ti got discontinued years ago.

Get a GTX 1050Ti or RX460 if you want something that only uses the motherboard power.
And is cheap.

>>59028190
I organize my music by playlists, .m3u files.

Some tracks I have Japanese, and Korean name, and since the playlists is essentially a txt files that doesnt support rich encoding, these playlists dont work.

Is there a way I can force save the playlist file in a rich text format?

>>59036313
There are some models in a local shops still available. I just dont know is it suitable for my PC.

>>59036100
It's based off of the tor model. It's basically a series of proxies with everyone acting as middle nodes for everyone else. It integrates the ability for you to host your own content easily and search for things without external websites. Part of the end goal is to get a lot of content hosted with tribler instead of clients so it works like a tor hidden service, which would be far more secure for everyone.

>>59036176
Nice pasta. Being an exit node is a setting.

>>59036465
The GTX 750Ti is a really old card and isnt good enough anymore.

Get a recent card.

Both i mentioned are good enough and way better than the 750Ti.

>>59036180
>>59036247
You'd be able to use a GTX 750 Ti with a much weaker PSU. Yours is good enough for even higher end graphics cards.

>>59036180
Newer generations of card get more efficient. I'd say a 500w should be good for a 1070

>>59036514
>>59036530
>>59036590
Thanks for your answers, I want to buy a new one only because gtx 460 is too old and may stop working soon. It's been some green artifacts on the screen couple days ago.
1050 and 1070 is too expensive. I'm thinking about 140 dollars.

>>59036798
>140 dollars
That's too much for a GTX 750 Ti. They sold for less back when they had just been released. Have a look on ebay or something. This german seller has a load for 40 euro.

>>59036798
If you can do $155 AR you'll be a happy camper

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?sdtid=9792103&SID=e796d20ef7a711e68a5f1e6c9faa27570INT&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16814137049&cm_sp=

>>59036798
RX 460 is $96 anon, where are you from?

GTX 1050Ti should be $120 too.

>>59037218
Russia

>>59037272
Oh that explains why.

Still, what are the prices of the RX 460, 470 and GTX 1050 and 1050Ti?

>>59037272
And it's hard to buy something from amazon or similar sites in Russia.

>>59037297
RX 460 - 176$
RX 470 - 231$
GTX 1050 ti - 220$

>>59037383
RX 470 should be way more expensive than the 1050Ti, weird.

Anyway try to save for the RX 460.

Its not really a good idea to buy old gen cards, but if you cant afford it and need to replace your damaged card it should be enough.

>>59037383
Found some GTX 1050 for about 150$

Is there a way to make an iPhone not a complete piece of shit so I can just fucking drag and drop music/photos/videos etc. straight onto the phone instead of having to go through fucking itunes?

>>59035336
ok guys it's me again. i've successfully put the boot software on the usb, and i get all the way to the install windows screen but it tells me im missing the necessary cd/dvd driver. im unsure of what it wants me to do.

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>>59028291
>>59028310
Holy shit
>why

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what is the name of this machine ? i cant remember it for some reason
>pic related

>>59037625
>>59028331
oops, misquote. Yes, he is a brazen lad.
((hope sage works here))

>>59037597
Installing windows 7?

>>59037675
yes. but it tells me i dont have the drivers or something. not sure what the dialogue box says in English because its setup in Norwegian. i dont know what drivers it's talking about or how i put them on the usb. im seriously considering just switching to linux

>>59037865

http://pastebin.com/gHCCFBkt

In short, your issue stems from the fact that you're trying to install a 7 year old OS on new hardware. Just requires a couple extra steps.

Need a good and cheap capture card

Any recommendations?

>>59037639
Fasty-wasty spinny-blade that-will-cut-your-fingers-off-saw

Also known as miter saw.

>>59037639
That's a miter saw.

Does the "print screen" function in Windows losslessly reproduce every pixel exactly as it appears on the screen? Or can it potentially introduce artifacts to the image that weren't there originally?

>>59038097
It pretty much just reproduces everything. Now if you save it as something lossy like a jpeg then that will remove some information.

>>59038097
just taking a screenshot is lossless
if you want to preserve its quality you should save it as .png though

as the other anon said, .jpg attempts to intelligently throw out unimportant-ish data to save on filesize, meaning its images can get a lot more space-efficient but they can also lose quality and produce artifacts

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>>59034303
Dunno if you're still here, but this is my router.

http://www.speedguide.net/routers/technicolor-thomson-tg784n-v3-wireless-n-adsl2-3077

Not sure if I should get another one, augment this one in some way or just find another way to spread the signal. I'm already considering getting a cable all the way to the repeater so that the signal is (hopefully) stronger.

>>59037479
GTX 1050 is about 50% stronger than the 750Ti.
How much is the 750Ti there?

>>59038252
That is a weird router for you to have. Are you sure you have a separate modem?

>>59037479
>>59037383
http://topcomputer.ru/catalog/asus-radeon-rx-460-2048mb.html?sphrase_id=969220

RX460 for $110 USD.

>>59038312
>Are you sure you have a separate modem?

Not sure. I have a device that interfaces with the optical fiber, which is connected to this. This router is the standard with my provider.

>>59037865
You are probably missing Windows 7 USB 3.0 drivers.
Use MSI Smart Tools Add usb 3.0 opiton to your bootable USB.

>>59038339
What's the model of that other device?

>>59038347
>>59037900

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how do i get a non oem key (which should be transferable) to not be attached to my hotmail account? i wanted to test one so did an install of windows 10 pro (key was 7 pro but it upgrades fine) and then unactivated and gave to a friend for his build, but it says i need to be signed in on his pc for it to work. should i just call microsoft and bitch till they fix it or is there an actual way?

>>59038355
some provider bullshit, os7fu

>>59038452
Does you internet work smoothly and consistently on wired (ethernet) devices?

>>59038484
I have nothing wired, unfortunately. The fiber outlet is in a separate room. Wireless is indeed unstable.

bought a hd 5850 secondhand. computer boots but no video output to see bios or grub2 menu. I can see the linux console fine though, same output copied to both monitors. i made sure both power cables are plugged in. what could be causing this? my mobo has no onboard video to disable.

>>59038546
try a different x16 lane if you have one

>>59038539
Then it's hard to determine if the issue is with your internet itself or the wifi signal. If it's the actual internet giving out, then you would want to call your ISP and go through troubleshooting, see if they need to fix the line or replace the router or something. If it is your wifi, then potentially getting a higher quality wireless N router could help. You're also limited by the quality of your devices network cards, so replacing those might actually be more important. I would disable the repeater if you can, or run ethernet to it like you said and use it as an access point. Otherwise you're cutting the speed of your wireless in half. If you do absolutely have to use the repeater in double wireless mode, at leas make sure it's properly halfway in between devices, and not just sitting a few feet away from the things that are connected through it. If you get a second router, you'll have to put one of them in bridging mode. Oh, and if the interface device connects to your router via ethernet, then it's probably a modem, in which case you can usually just swap out routers directly, without a special setup

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So are laptop docking stations a meme or can I just make one with a powered USB hub and some converter cables for 1/5 the price? Also are dvi/vga/hdmi to usb cables just a scam or do they actually work?

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How are my temps looking? I honestly dont know what te-mps are reasonable, but 80 degrees C seems kinda high.

These temps are from running Skyrim on my laptop. Is there even anything I can do? This laptop is only 4 months old, so I dont think the thermal paste is dried out.

>>59038670
thanks i'll try later.

>>59038673
Accessing the raspberry pi through network is often slow and unstable, despite both being on the same floor, which also leads me to believe it's the routers fault. Thanks for writing all that out. I will try to convert the repeater into an access point and possibly try a power line again, this time using a decent adapter

>>59038724
Addendum: I took that screenshot after a bathroom break.

>>59038724
Laptops will run much higher than a normal desktop PC, and the parts are made for that anyways

My laptop lived 5 years while I played games constantly hovering around 100°C

>>59038347
i tried doing it but it didnt work. eventually figured out that i had to move the files out of the usb and then do it. thanks for the help anons. /g/ is great

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In Matlab/Octave how do I obtain a graph like pic related with labels and different colors?

my code is sorta like this:

a = [5, 7, 4, 9,8];
figure;
for i=1:length(a)
    j = line_getting_function(whatever, a(i) );
    plot(x, j);
    hold on;
end

all I get is four lines with the same color, no labels, nothing. wtf do I do

>>59028190
What best sound card value
?

>>59039292
dont use for loops in matlab
https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v4.0.1/Function-Application.html

>>59039440
That's cool.

But do you know how to do that plotting?

I have a DVD, and a Windows Server 2008 RC2 copy.

How can I burn it and make it a "bootable" disc?

>>59028190
I have a lot of free time right now, not a NEET, but I'd like to try a MOOC.

Anyone know of the best ones to do? Possibly anything with excel/R and data science focused.

>>59028190
How easy is it to learn to make simple wordpress sites and sell them locally? I want some cash.

>>59039522
Seriously fucking easy, if you're not a computer illiterate you can learn to make good looking sites in less than an hour.

>>59039522
There are constant major vulnerabilities discovered in wordpress and it's slow and bloated. It's very easy to setup, and probably pretty easy to sell too because of idiots who know nothing about web development and probably nothing about computers either.

>>59039522
Easier than asking this question. Go make easy cash, but don't expected this to work forever.
Soon you and wordpress will become obsolete

Is magic jelly bean key finder the only way to extract a key from an office installation? Is it legit?

Im trying to install bunsen labs and its saying I need nonfree firmware to be able to use my usb wifi adapter. I downloaded the appropriate .deb and placed it in the root of another drive, but my wifi still wont work. I then booted into the live environment and my wifi works just fine here. What gives?

Is it any good to run 64bit on 2GB of RAM?

>>59039584
That's fine, I'm a full time cs student, just need some cash.

>>59039555
Any better alternatives? I doubt the vulnerabilities matter to small companies who just want a working site?

>>59039584
>Soon you and wordpress will become obsolete

Why do you think wordpress is going to become obsolete soon?

>>59039629
>Any better alternatives?
of course: https://www.cmscritic.com/minimalist-blogging-platforms/

>I doubt the vulnerabilities matter to small companies who just want a working site?
Scrapers will find them automatically and test for vulnerabilities, and if they aren't keeping things up to date they will probably get hacked.

>>59038670
>58508726

tried it but no better. i guess its faulty?

>>59039669
Is drupal a good option? I don't know much about it, but I definitely don't want any issues with clients getting hacked.

Don't know if this is the place to ask, but when dismantling a speaker I accidentally cut what looks like a wrapper around the battery. White smoke came out, a little bit of liquid leaked onto my desk, and it started to heat up. I disposed of the battery and cleaned up the liquid without touching it, I have washed my hands, and I am ventilating the room, but I breathed in a little bit of the gas released. Is this dangerous, and if so what should I do?

>>59039510
bump, probably not a hard question

I want to learn a compiled language. Right now I know a tiny bit of C++, php, javascript, but I mostly just know python3. I don't know enough C++ to really choose that as something to continue working on unless it is the best choice. What compiled language should I learn and why?

>>59039594
Unless you mean Raspberry Pi OS, chances are it's a no, what 64 bit what?

>>59039782
Call poison control and ask them what to do.

>>59039828
if you can't even get that far then you probably don't really need the server edition

>>59039669
Actually jekyll seems pretty easy for most cases. So I might just do that.

>>59039847
I'm
>>59039510
I downloaded the 2008 RC2 version because from then on, the further iterations of that OS require a 64bit install, but I only sport 2GB in my current server PC (I use it to host old game servers that don't require much)

So from there comes my doubt.

>>59039866
I kind of can't find consistent documentation about it, and I actually kind of need it honestly.

>>59039902
here ya go mang
https://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

I like duckduckgo mostly for the !bangs feature, I don't actually care about the Google botnet

Is there some simple way to set up my browser so the default search engine is Google, but using one of DDG's bang shortcuts causes it to use duckduckgo instead?

using chrome btw

What torrent client is ok right now? uTorrent still solid?

>>59039970
Deluge is all you'll ever need.

>>59039837
C# because you'll learn more about how windows works and it'll be familiar-ish if you know C++ and OO-PHP well

>>59039902
That's the "recommended" amount of RAM but it'll be slow as hell if you want to use it as an actual server to do real things.

>>59039970
>>59039991
Use an old version of uTorrent if you must, Deluge has problems if you have multiple hundred active torrents so it isn't good for private trackers

Can an Odroid C2 (single board pc) boot a live version of Ubuntu 16.04?

>>59040019
>use old software with unpatched security holes

>>59040082
>use the versions after it was bought out by a CIA shell company

>>59040095
no dumbass don't use it at all, use deluge or qbittorrent,

At what point do you have to buy a new SSD? I had a failed PC build due to a bad mobo, and as I was testing to see what the problem was I reinstalled Windows a few times. This is after like 2 months of gaming/doing normal people stuff on it.

Once I get this mobo back, should I buy a new SSD for muh writes?

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I just got a new phone because my 4 year old Moto X standby broke. I don't use my phone a lot, just to look up random things and do business. I like it to be fast and efficient and minimal. Does rooting increase speed significantly, or is the performance boost insignificant?

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what is the difference between schema and database?

>>59040003
I don't want to learn C# because I also use linux quite a bit.

So lets say I have some high quality video rips that I wanna add the audio from other video tips to the higher quality one. Is that something I can do easily?

>>59040231
Depends on the format, VirtualDubMod handles a lot of the older ones. If it's something newer, post it.

>>59040278
I think its x264?

>>59040296
I think you can do that with the original VirtualDub and the x264 plugin

The ethernet port of my laptop has it's lights on but no cable is plugged in. This has never happened before what's the issue?

>>59039586
This is the way to go. Good up to 2013
http://www.joshcellsoftwares.com/Products/advancedtokensmanager

>>59040333
See the thing is this is for anime, i'm a pleb and like my anime dub. Most duel audio torrents are compressed to hell and back. The higher bitrate stuff seems to always be soft sub. My hope is to download both and mix the duel audio English track to the soft sub high quality encode

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>>59039970
utorrent has been a terrible choice for a few years now

How do I get rid of this warning on openSUSE?

ffmpeg library versions:
   libavutil       55.34.100 (runtime 55.34.101)
   libavcodec      57.64.101
   libavformat     57.56.100 (runtime 57.56.101)
   libswscale      4.2.100
   libavfilter     6.65.100
   libswresample   2.3.100
ffmpeg version: 3.2.4

mpv was compiled against a different version of FFmpeg/Libav than the shared
library it is linked against. This is most likely a broken build and could
result in misbehavior and crashes.

Upstream does not support this configuration.
Please rebuild mpv in case of any problems.

Nothing appears broken though.

>>59040153
Yes, and send me your old one

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If I have a modem with 4 ethernet ports on it, does each device plugged into the modem get its own unique IP address?

Or do they all share the same IP address and the modem functions as a switch?

Basically I'm wondering if there's any difference between a modem with multiple ethernet ports and a router. They seem to accomplish the same goal if the modem can allow multiple devices to connect to it.

>>59040434
>rtorrent
>haven't been updated in years, riddled with security holes
>broken and barely usable
https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent
https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent
Great recommendation bro!

>>59040153
The writes thing is bullshit that you can completely ignore. Hasn't even been half true in years. Use your SSD like you would a hard drive and replace it if it stops working. If you're feeling paranoid run crystaldiskinfo and see if it comes up green.

I think some of my 2D games are running at 120fps and I have no idea why.

Is it safe to eat random spiders I see running around the house? I was thinking of doing this to try to cure myself of arachnophobia since I figure if I can train myself to think of them as food I won't be afraid of them anymore.

>>59040498
Ok that's nice. I would hate to have to buy all sorts of new shit due to a bad mobo.

>>59040476
A modem only has one port and can only attach one device. If it is capable of attaching more than one device, then it is also a router. The combination is called a gateway.

What's a good antivirus program?

>>59040548
Avast+Malwarebytes

>>59040548
I like Avast personally, just don't install any of the extra shit besides the basic antivirus.

>>59040563
Why both?
>>59040564
Thanks.

should i start with python or C for programming?

>>59040548
rkhunter and chkrootkit

>>59040564
>>59040563
Should I torrent the full version or just stick to the free antivirus?

>>59040576
He's probably suggesting Avast for realtime protection and MWB for on-demand scans when you feel like it. Never have two AV doing realtime monitoring at the same time, they'll interfere with each other and slow shit down without any real benefit.

>>59040611
Avast free is good enough. Pirating an antivirus is always retarded.

>>59040547
Thanks. I was thinking this was the case, but started confusing myself when I noticed an old modem I had had 4 ethernet ports. I guess it also had routing functionality and I never noticed.

Are there any modems that are also switches?

>>59040564
On a related note, is Avira alright?

>>59040621
>>59040612
Thanks. Looks good so far.

>>59040576
Because malwarebytes is the best secondary scanner that wont interfere with your first, and is great at detecting PUPs/adware bullshit. The free version only does manual scans which makes it great to run every month or so.

>>59040611
>Pirated antivirus
The risk you take in pirating software outweighs any benifits you get from running an AV. Pirate all the movies and music you want, but not software, and especially not the sofware that's in charge of protecting your system.

which search engine doesn't suck ass and isn't google stalker (or share shit with it)?

>>59040637
It's on the list of top programs, but I think they're doing a lot of popups at this point, and avast is a little more lightweight

>>59040663
ixquick is a privacy oriented hybrid of search results, and startpage.com is their anonymized direct-from-google offering.

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I just sweeped up a client's desktop that was infected with crypto-ransomware that frankly scared the shit out of me. Do I smash my repair flash drive with a hammer and go buy a new one, or will DBAN suffice?

Can someone help me understand the DNS and an A record? An A record is just a url and the IP that's associated with it. A DNS is a collection of A records or whatever there are that connects urls to their respective IPs?

>>59040778
http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html

Zero the drive.

>>59040079
It should

>>59040703
what's the diference between ixquick and startpage?

>>59040839
I just told you

>>59040388
Thanks

why is visual studio so fucking large in size?

>>59040847
sorry I'm just ignorant and english is not my first language, but as far as I can understand: ixquick uses startpage and startpage takes its results from google, am I right?

Given this Javascript variable, how would I retrieve the thumbnail_url?

var book = {"ISBN:0451526538": {
    "bib_key": "ISBN:0451526538", 
    "preview": "noview",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/295577-S.jpg",
    "preview_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1017798M/The_adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer",
    "info_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1017798M/The_adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer"
    }
}

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building a pc

how much of a problem is fitting in components? how much should i worry about it?

>>59040891
Ixquick is a company. ixquick.eu is their search engine that blends results from multiple other search engines. startpage.com is run by ixquick, but just has results taken directly from google, but taken generically (i.e. without using cookies or location information)

>>59040663
searx

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>>59040894
use the console built into your browser

>>59040976
I mean programmatically.

>>59040960
I get it now, thanks anon

>>59040969
I'm going to check out this too, thanks

>>59041001
exactly whats in the console

>>59041020
Huh, that seems silly.
No matter what information you're retrieving, you have to start with book["ISBN:"+ISBN].
Even though the book variable should only have the info of one book in it.
What on Earth was OpenLibrary they thinking when they made that ISBN API?

>>59040949

Best thing to do if you are worried is disassemble/reassemble a core 2 duo system.

Becuase nothing has physically changed since then.

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>>59041055
i cant even type out my fucking worries fucking god dammit end me

i mean like physical dimensions. like when i finally put the lid on it and find out something is sticking out.

>>59041050
i like it. its easily extensible if you start returning multiple books.

Not sure if stupid question, but I certainly feel stupid asking it.

Are there exercises for web app development specifically? You know, something like project euler but for dynamic websites?

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I'm retarded and can't figure out how to block stuff like this in Ublock Origin.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

>>59041083
If you've bought a really cheap fucking case:
Tinsnips

If you've bought not a really cheap case:
It will fit literally any GPU, almost guaranteed

>>59041104
>not using uMatrix

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>>59041117
i havent bought anything yet

thx senpai

>>59041104
>private browsing
your ublock profile is probably being reseted every time you refresh

>>59041086
It doesn't return multiple books though.
It's an API, I can't change what it returns.
Plus, the ISBN of the book isn't specified inside the Javascript (it's in the HTML), which means that I have to use a roundabout method to get the ISBN to the Javascript, which might require PHP.
Unless there's a way to specify the first child of the book object instead of referring to the first child by name.

>>59041138

for (id in books) { 
    console.log(books[id]["thumbnail_url"])
}

>>59041154
That'll make the code look confusing, since there's guaranteed to only be one child of books.

>>59041175
live with it

>>59041137
Nah, this happens in regular mode. I just did incognito for that video.

Can I hack into my old Twitter account? I lost the password a long time ago and it was registered to an old yahoo address that was hacked and I can't access anymore.

What's a decent browser that can still work on OSX Lion? Old-ass Chrome keeps crashing when accessing Linkedin. Either that or Linkedin a shit. I'm not sure which right now.

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Why introducing more pipelines on Pentium 4 was bad? What basically pipelines do?

>>59041154
"books" isn't an array.
It's called "book" and it's an object.
book[0] is undefined.

How can one scrape a (really long) wordpress blog and convert it to epub?

>IPv4 Connectivity: Internet
>IPv6 Connectivity: NO NETWORK ACCESS

What the fuck is this?

>>59041250
I don't know what exactly it does but basically it means that it takes a long time for the CPU to actually get to an instruction after it's been queued for execution.

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I'm getting a GTX 1080 so I don't have to tweak shit and dig through FAQ's for a fucking game ever again for a thousand years.
Do you think 2 well used HD 6950's are worth selling?
This is not my home board, pls no bully.

>>59041401
And what are the pros of having a longger bipeline?

>>59041418
It means that once you've queued up a bunch of instructions, you can execute them really quickly one after another.

The problem is that normal software almost never queues up a whole bunch of instructions for execution at once, so you just have a pipeline filled with instructions that need to be executed quickly but have to wait their turn, making performance in "the real world" feel sluggish.

Still great for SuperPI, though.

>>59041409
Protip: you're still in all likelihood going to have to tweak settings. Maxing games out is a meme and not actually a reasonable thing to do. Granted, this may not apply to 1080p screens if that's what you've got, but does begin to apply at 1440p or high refresh screens.

This isn't necessarily because you'r computer is too slow, or the games are unoptimized, it's just that as a dev, you can demand as much performance as you want on the top end, provided it still runs on the low end. So you end up with settings like the whole Very High range on Crysis, or Ubersampling on TW2. It is generally not reasonable to run things like these, with the hardware available at the time of release. The answer is not multiple graphics cards, and not the devs optimizing the game. The answer is tweaking settings.

>>59041512
I have been semi aware of this but I feel you don't understand what a nightmare X fire is.
I just got new Doom and (like many games) it for some reason will decide to not engage the 2nd card, even on lowest setting with all options off. I always verify this with DS3 because it runs X fire like butter, for some reason.
I'm done with multiple cards.

>>59041409
A 1060 would probably do ya if you're just playing 1080p/60. And geforce experience can pick roughly the ideal settings for 90% of games and apply it for you automatically

>>59041553
Crossfire/Sli has been mostly dropped by developers, so it's been getting progressively shittier the last few years.

Whats the best simple e-reader that I can read all my pirated books on.

>>59041583
>Crossfire/Sli has been mostly dropped by developers
Really? Interesting. Why do new mother boards still come with multiple PCI slots?
Just to seem impressive?
Genuinely curious.

>>59041553
No, no. I understand, and you're exactly right. I just don't want you to shell out for the 1080 (which is cool, not trying to get you to poor-out or anything), and then be disappointed if not every game runs with the default completely maxed out settings.

Multi-GPU is never the answer. Sorry the fucking retards suckered you into thinking that was a normal solution. Never has been, and while it might be someday, it's not now.

>>59041504
Thanks for the explanation

>>59041625
... PCIe slots are just normal expansion slots. They aren't specifically for graphics cards, they can be for useful stuff as well.

Even for graphics cards, you might want to use them for parallel computing in which case it's fine to have 4+ of them, they just won't scale usefully for gaming.

>>59041583
>xfire/sli has been mostly dropped... it's been getting progressively shittier...
WHEN WAS IT EVER GOOD?! SERIOUSLY? It's always been a joke for as long as I can remember. it just became trendy to cheap-out and get 2 shitty cards because "le better than a top tier card for the same price". But the fact that it was trendy never meant it was actually a solid solution.

>>59041692
You sound like a good guy, anon.
I'm cool with a lil tweaking. The nightmare was when you couldn't bust 30 FPS on lowest settings and had to go to FaQ land.
Thank you for your insight.

>>59041741
We mostly agree. I'd say it's gone from a questionable decision to an overtly terrible one. I've never bit, bit I'd say there were points in time where it was probably worth it if you got the right deal and were willing to put up with some shit.

For anyone who hasn't jumped ship yet, is 25.8GiB swap too much for a machine with 3.7GiB RAM?

>>59041923
wat

>>59041741
>WHEN WAS IT EVER GOOD?! SERIOUSLY?
Back during the Voodoo2 days. Having two in SLI meant you could play games at 1024x768 instead of 800x600. If you had a faster CPU, like a Pentium III 600, you could get around twice the framerates as you would've gotten with a single Voodoo2.

>>59041931
Swap is Linux's way of sort of expanding your RAM with virtual ram usually on the HDD or flash drive.
It's like Readyboost (for you windicks) but instead of HDD boost it's RAM boost.

Is there a program that let me see how bad my GPU/CPU performs and compare it to other hardware making me cry for being a poorfag?

New thread when?

>>59042002
CPU-Z for CPUs, a bunch of benchmarks exist for GPU.

>>59041954
I know what it is, but 25.8GB is too much

>It's like Readyboost (for you windicks) but instead of HDD boost it's RAM boost.
this is wrong

>>59042047
Guess I'm misinformed AND retarded!
What would you recommend for a system like mine (3.7GiB RAM)

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>>59042029

>>59041954
FYI the windows equivalent is called pagefile

>>59042121
Thanks for the heads up, once again I've been proven to be nothing but a misinformed noob at this shit

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I picked up a pair of Mac Pro 3, 1s being dumped by labs a couple years ago. Two 3.2 ghz Xeons, SSDs, multiple Velociraptor drives, and fancy shit for 2008. Both are mainly booting into Windows 7 through bootcamp. One has a GTX 970 and the other a 980ti. About a year ago, I blew up a 760 GPU when playing BeamNG.drive. Lately, I keep having video driver crashes in relatively undemanding games. Could it be a power supply issue? Apple has these awful mini PCIe connectors to the power supply from the motherboard.

Is searx.me down?

>>59042099
I too have 4GB of ram and I'm using a 4GB swap/pagefile, your pagefile doesn't need to be big, just enough. You really don't want to ever use it.

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What is the difference between a class and structure? When Googled I just get "they are the same except for a small difference" basically, yet my instructor keeps using structures in a class as some method of making an exception or as something else. I don't understand why he does that.

Is there a way to bypass a BIOS password?

>>59042325
Give it back, tyrone.
>>59042323
Default Private vs Public members/bases.
At least in C++.

>>59042325
Give it back, Jamal.

>>59042325
Remove the battery

>>59042340
So the structure is acting like the private members of the class?

>>59042372
Nope. Password is stored on a chip.

>>59042383
I don't know C++, I just paraphrased from Stack Overflow.
Great, now I sound like an entry-level CS student.

>>59042385
Depends on the motherboard, trying the battery is obviously the first step if you don't know anything about it

>>59042400
Stack never really helps me too much. I usually just ignore it now.

>>59042433
Well, dick around with C++ and figure it out, that's how I learned Python and Java.

>>59028190
How do i stop websites from throttling my download speeds when downloading from those websites that rewqure you to buy 'premium' or wait 60 seconds, then it downloads at like 60kb/s

>>59041091
Thread's on the way out, so shameless self-bump.

Perhaps I should just try and figure out a thing I want to make, and make it. Novel idea...

>>59042448
It's what I do usually, but I just don't get this. Seems unnecessary.

>>59042473
you can't stop them
they are the one providing the download, if they only send 60 kilobits per second you are only gonna recieve 60 kilobits per second

use torrents instead if possible

>>59042479
Khanacademy
Also, thread already hit its autosage number, you can't bump.

how well does the phone VR headset things work for porn watching?

i have a samsung galaxy s7 so i would probably get a gear vr.

is it fappable or nah?

>>59042633
i use mine for erotic hypnosis, so I guess so

>>59028527
Unless you enjoy playing at the lowest possible setting, stick with 1080p 60fps.

With the "optimization" settings, you can get above 144hz, which is when you can fully use your 144hz monitor. However, how many games are there that you think that can effectively run more than 144hz with a GTX 1070? Not a lot.

1440p + 60hz is also an issue.

All in all, you're safest to stick with 1080p@60fps on ultra settings.

Take this with a grain of salt, some games run terrific and are optimized for 1440p@60fps, but most of them aren't.

I've got a freenas with plex running and it's handy being able to stream to devices but theoretically would it be possible to have one device managing multiple displays with multiple instances of plex running?

For instance have a tv in your bedroom and a tv in your living room both running plex and playing two different movies while running off the same pc?

How do I update chromium to the latest version on gnu/linux? I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit. My version of chromium is only 55.0.2883.87