/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

I only know the bare basics when it comes to coding
what are some quick tips or things to avoid if I'm trying to make a program run quickly? particularly in matlab. I'm trying to process a lot of numbers and it's taking a long time.

>>59535501
This is a very broad question. Post your code.

A friend bent the pins in his FX-8120.

What do i need to get them in place?

A card will be enough?

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-dell-xps-13-9360-on-macos-sierra-10-12-x-lts-long-term-support-guide.213141/

Is there any way someone who has never coded in their life follow this guide well?

>This is the first thing you have to do after properly updating your BIOS to the version referred in this guide and configuring it as above.
DVMT is 32MB and has to be set to 64M otherwise SKLFramebuffer kext will panic during boot.
This machine runs an InsydeH2O BIOS. Search for the guides.
The only difference is that the BIOS cannot be extracted from official BIOS update packages. If you open BIOS update package with Phoenix tools, only a portion of the bios gets decrypted and you won't find the DXE Core section that contains the DVMT variable. You have to extract the BIOS from your machine running windows with Universal BIOS Backup Kit 2.0.
Then, you can proceed as the guides tell you.

Like what the fuck does any of this shit mean

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I'll repost my question here since I was vague last time.
Are all the PCI-E slots on my motherboard taken? If so, why does Speccy say they're available? If they were available, what could I use them for? This is a laptop.

>>59535556
Yes

>>59535509
it's stuff like finding parallel lines in a graph within a bunch of noise/other points. I can't post it atm, but I'm using a lot of comparative statements. I feel like there's a simpler way.

I'm trying to learn C, why didn't this print the values?

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
int M = 50;
int N = 20;

while(M >= N);
{
printf("%d", M);
M = M - 1;
}
}

Also, how do I post code on 4chom

Does the feeling like you don't know jackshit and that you're just pretending like you're smart ever go away?
Or is it just a case of "the more you learn, the more you learn you don't know"?

I have questions concerning science.

pls help
i want to set up a windows dual boot
i wrote the windows image on a usb but my bios sees the usb as diskette drive and when i try to boot from it it says failed
what do i do?

>>59535585
A bunch of comparison statements are no big deal. They may LOOK bloated, but they're just a bunch of jump gates. What you really want to be looking for when it comes to program speed is nested loops, recursive calls, and conversions/sorts/etc where you're allocating a bunch of things way more times than are needed (more of a OOP problem than an algorithm problem).

>>59535602
You have a semi-colon after while(M>=N), which is in terminating that loop.

>>59535583
Can you sum it all up and make a guide for me?

>>59535510
Does your friend also eat glue?

>>59535628
You dun goofed. It's way easier to setup dual boot window -> linux than the other way around.

>>59535625
there's usually a stupid questions thread on sci.

>>59535635
Ha, that did the trick. Thank you.

Up to what level math do i need to be a decent programmer, if at all? Let's assume my starting point of knowledge is arithmetic, geometry, algebra 1&2

>>59535585
What >>59535632 said.

However, having a bunch of comparisons *can* mean that some of your logic would be better broken up into separate functions.

>>59535461
Hey I'm retarded when it comes to PCs
so I don't know if there if anything wrong with a PC I'm gonna build, here https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HNN3vV.
I'm 99% sure that I need a bigger case and a better CPU cooler but idk.

>>59535670
Start now. Calculus helps with problem solving, but you can program with just basic algebra knowledge. Especially web programming.

>>59535632
>conversions
like switching data types and I'm not realizing it?

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So i downloaded winamp, selected the music w anted to create a new playlist with. But like i can't find the playlist......

>>59535582
Speccy has never been that good at detecting hardware status.

>>59535653
surely this cant be impossible though right?
and I cant boot windows usb at all, even if i wanted to make a clean windows install

>>59535461
Someone tell me how the fuck to add new calendars to Etar or I'm gonna lose my mind, nothing I do makes them show up under "Calendars to display"

>>59535461
Any news for why http://jii.moe/ is down?

>>59535703
I personally prefer Aimp, its much easier to make playlists with.

>>59535703
>2017
>unironically uses WinAmp
baka

is the 750ti still a good card for budget gaming??

>>59535641
1) Give it back, Jamal.

>>59535623
Compares to the average pleb on the street you're leaps and bounds smarter. Being good with technology and computers is like modern day magic. It's so far ahead of peoples abilities they think you're literally a wizard.

>>59535686
Looks like you're buying an AM4 socket processor and a motherboard with an LGA1511 socket. I don't think those are compatible. Someone will have to back me up on this though.

How do I add adobe flash to iridium? Which files do I copy where?

>>59535724
Use rufus to create bootable usbs

I decided to try project Euler, but I'm stuck on the first problem. I can solve it in c++, but I'm failing hard in scheme. I came up with two methods that give the same answer, and neither works. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong, but do not fix my code. The problem is: Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.

;sum of multiples of 3 and 5 below x
(define (sum x)
(if (= x 0)
0
(+ x (sum (- x 1)))))

(define (three x)
(if (= x 0)
0
(if ( = (modulo x 3) 0)
(+ x (three (- x 1)))
(three (- x 1)))))

(define (five x)
(if (= x 0)
0
(if ( = (modulo x 5) 0)
(+ x (five (- x 1)))
(five (- x 1)))))

(+ (five 999) (three 999))

(define three_start (quotient 999 3))
(define five_start (quotient 999 5))
(define three_mult (sum three_start))
(define five_mult (sum five_start))

(+ (* three_mult 3) (* five_mult 5))

>>59535249
Someone answer please.

>>59535699
I don't think it's too relevant of a problem when it comes to Matlab, but if I ever peak my head into /wdg/ there's some gruesome shit going on in there.

For example I have seen someone in order to iterate over a list of values, they use a method which splits the data into an array of arrays (allocating a deep copy of all the data), then create an anonymous function for each element in that array to perform the same piece of code for each one. That kind of stuff is unfortunately common today because nobody knows what any of the functions actually do and are too busy out-clevering themselves to actually do things the right way.

But do beware joining/splitting lists together more times than is needed.

>>59535758
Nah you should be good. In fact get ddr3 memory because it's cheaper and you won't need ddr4

>>59535781
(+ (five 999) (three 999))
and
(+ (* three_mult 3) (* five_mult 5))

are my two incorrect solutions BTW

>>59535777
im not on windows

>>59535510
Use a mechanical pencil, around 0.8 ,without a lead obviously.

>>59535787
No you can install win7 and try to use the drivers, no guarantee it will work but it should. Use linux and carry on

>>59535800
Use dd then

>>59535800
It would probably be easier to just reinstall windows, otherwise try dd

>>59535670
Specific aspects of programming need some slightly higher level math (particularly when it comes to graphics programming and file encoding). But you could go your whole career without needing to use that stuff. If you have a good grasp of Algebra and Formal Logic you're in good shape.

Then again my motto with Math is "if you know it, you use it." I've used pretty much every aspect of Math that I know and I know quite a lot, having a Masters in it. So I'd say it's at least a very good idea to pick up Calculus at some point, though you can certainly start programming now and learn that later.

Does anyone know how to set up Wakaba here?

I'm trying to make a small chan to play with and run on my local network, but I keep getting this error:
>Unrecognized character \xE2; marked by <-- HERE after N_PASS => <-- HERE near column 28 at config.pl line 11. Compilation failed in require at >/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/SpessChan/wakaba.pl line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs
>/SpessChan/wakaba.pl line 16.
Line 11, char 28 is a ' symbol, and line 16 contains the MySQL database password

I'm pretty sure I've got Apache and MySQL set up right, but I'm not certain.
I'm really new to anything web related.

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>>59535801
Using 0.5.

>>59535711
>Speccy has never been that good at detecting hardware status.
Well, I was only curious, because I only have 2 things that could be taking up PCI-E slots, and those are my card reader, and my wifi card.

>>59535800
dd, yumi, unetbootin

A media player that plays dvds from any region. I am still shocked it isn't a standard feature.

>>59535602
>how do I post code on 4chom
use the

 tags
Put 
 at the beginning
Put 
 at the end

>>59535881
gj

>>59535809
>>59535875
i already did dd, the resulting usb was the one failing to boot, i used a windows 10 N iso which i know is to be offician and works in a VM

>>59535815
>reinstall windows
i never had it in the first place

>>59535801
Question, i am seeing lots of black spots that coould be dirt.

Is it normal or he was just retarded and dust got between the pins.
Should i clean it or it wont affect performance?

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>>59535888
ty.
Apparently my HTML is rusty.
or, actually, did it work flawlessly?
>>59535602

 Put the code here 

>>59535781
I would appreciate any direction

>>59535901
Why would you even want win10?

>>59535853
>shitskin
>no chair
Ehy Rakeesh, how you doing, pal?

>>59535908
>Is it normal
No
>Should i clean
Yes, it wont affect performance but for peace of mind its better to keep it clean, sockets are very delicate.

Why isn't 3:2 more popular?
What would happen in you made 3:2 content and viewed it on a 16:9 screen?

>>59535994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_%28filming%29

>>59535781
Figured it out, if a number is divisible by 3 AND 5 it is counted twice.

>>59535981
Isopropyl alcohol and cotton?

>>59535510
A card will do de the job but most probably it will be damaged
use a small jeweler's screwdriver instead, or even a cutter

I unbent the pins of a Athlon X2 that way. Pins are more sturdy than you may think, but BE CAREFUL.

>>59535853
Take the photo again. take photo at max resolution, and crop the cpu instead of trying to do an extreme closeup
>>59535901
Creating a bootable USB is not an easy task as it may seem.

Try different settings or different programs.

I created some multiboot USB's with yumi, sometimes the default settings are not enough or some computers are really quircky

>>59535747
Whats wrong with winmap?
What should us use instead? (according to you that is)

>>59536023
>cotton

i prefer paper because doesn't leave strands but cotton should work.

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The SSD with my OS on it mysteriously changes in usage of space even though I don't use it. Over time it has increased to the point it's almost full. How can I lower it? I haven't physically added anything to it and over half the space seems to be hidden to me.

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>>59536129
Forgot to include this

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>>59536050

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>>59536147

>>59536129
check disk cleanup
also windirstat

>>59536171
I hope this was good enough, this was stressing as fuck and he is on his way to put it in his motherboard hoping it will work.

On the good side if it doesn't work im gifting him a I5-4460.

>>59535760
Anyone?

>>59536129
is it trying to download windows 10 for you?

>>59536129
Run windirstat.

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how the fuck do I get better at typing? Ive been locked at 95 wpm at my max since forever. I used to be a big anti-social World of Warcraft player. Even during raids I never spoke. I got really good at typing out full sentences and commands while also keeping up my DPS rotation during raids. That's where my speed came from.

I took typing class in high school and the teacher was impressed with how fast I type but she said I suffer from "gaming hands". Asking what the fuck that means, she said my hands had a tendency to "float" around the keyboard rather than stay in one spot and have my fingers stretch to the proper keys.

Now that I think about it, I never use my ring fingers or pinky fingers for anything other than holding shift, control, or enter.

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Honestly guys I don't know who to ask about this.
>using a pic related edgerouter x as my main router at home
>desktop windows computer is wired to it
>everything seems to be working fine
Now, my problem is I recently tried to play some Battlefield 4 on that desktop computer and the game can't connect to any servers. Same shit happened to Overwatch. inb4 some faggot tells me to go to /v/ but actually I don't know why I can actually open Overwatch or connect to any map on Battlefield 4 if I plug the internet directly to the desktop computer.
Another weird detail, this doesn't happen with other online games or torrents or anything else.
Why the fuck is this happening? How would be the best way to go about it and for example disable anything in the edgerouter that is actually blocking crap that could potentially fuck another thing besides some games?

>>59536304
Have you tried switching to a meme keyboard layout like Dvorak or Workman?

>>59536337
I've heard of dvorak but never workman. What the hell is that? Ive been on QWERTY since forever. I already have myself a mem keyboard (mechanical switches, cherry red switches.)

Do switches matter? Should I be using blues or something?

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>>59536225
>>59536281
Still 23.1 GB of mystery data comparing with what Windows Explorer tells me.

NVIDIA seems to be installing garbage I don't need like SHIELD Wireless Controller, whatever Shadowplay is, etc.

>>59536275
Not to my knowledge. How can I check?

What are some good websites to find porn on? I want to search for shit, but I haven't been on a torrenting website in about 2 years

What's a good program for emulating a webcam? I'd like to use pictures in place of one. Something like manycam, but not shit.
I heard OBS, but isn't that for recording videos?

>>59536147
All I see is like a couple of pins slightly bent

use jeweler's slot screwdriver,

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Will the tubes bending like this be problematic?

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>>59536479
Or do I suck it up and mount it like this, dealing with the hot air from my GPU?

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how the FUCK does quicksort work?

taking an intro to programming course in C and the professor is making us modify quicksort so it uses the middle element as pivot instead of the leftmost, but I don't even understand how it works in the first place. I'm not asking for someone to write the program for me, I just can't wrap my head around how it works despite watching youtube videos and reading forum posts. I'm down to just staring at the lines in the editor hoping I'll suddenly be able to understand it.

I know the critical element is this function here but I don't know exactly what's going on especially with the two while loops.

anyone who understands it, what finally made it click for you?

this class is making me hate programming.

>>59536488
dubs confirm this

>>59536440
i wouldnt be surprised if obs can do that
i think vlc might too

>>59536439
why not just stream?

>>59536554
not sure where to stream it, and couldn't imagine a lot of places would have it available to stream
I'll be frank, it's some loli shit

>>59536566
i wouldnt know
try >>>/g/ptg and >>>/t/

>>59536383
>Still 23.1 GB of mystery data comparing with what Windows Explorer tells me.
Paging file and temp files exist, did you move them to another drive or is this the only drive you have?

>>59536593
I have another drive but I've deleted all temp files, and I'm not sure what paging files are. How can I make direct them to my other drive?

>>59536554
Can it though? I've not used it, nor vlc.

>>59536304
FUCK IT I GIVE UP. I'M FOREVER DOOMED TO 95 WPM

Been doing 10fastfingers for like an hour an have only gotten worse.

If i use the signal app as the default sms app does that mean that signal will from now on collect both SMS and signal messages and will send messages depending on the other users app too? (Has signal -> uses signal for example)

Should I get into WebAssembly?

Is it hard?

Where to begin?

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something is fucked with my MPC decoder
this screenshot is MPC

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>>59536607
Type "advanced system settings" in start menu.
Click on "settings" in performance. Click on advanced tab, change, then pick a drive you want to move your paging file into.

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>>59536940
and this one is VLC

give me some addons to make my firefox look pretty

>>59536950
holy shit that fucking taskbar
>utorrent
you deserve your technical difficulties

>>59536970
>implying there is anything wrong with 2.2.1

>>59536979
there is, it's deprecated
and it's always the old clients that get hit with cease and desist nag letters

>>59537004
>implying I care
>implying C&D means anything

What program should I use to sync two folders?

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>>59536940
>2.6MB
>>59536950
>3.34MB
You're being a nigger on a whole new level.

>>59537035
>trying to provide an example of a graphical error
>need lossless compression to provide the best example

>>59537033
rsync

>>59536496
mane, there are animated demonstrations on almost every algorythm that you can think of, precisely to help people understand how do they work

Google it, view them over and over until you get it, it will save you tears and headbangs ion your keyboard

>>59536949
Did I do it right?

Also on a side note, I've had a HDD in my desktop for ages now but it's not recognised in my OS. How can I enable it? Cool interface by the way

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>>59537212
Forgot image

>>59536129
Windows will often download updates preemptively and you'll sit on a dozen gigs or more or unapplied bullshit.
If this continues to be an issue, consider changing OS.

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>>59537212
>I've had a HDD in my desktop for ages now but it's not recognised in my OS.
Type computer management in start menu, then go to disk. If you see the HDD and it says unallocated, format it.

>>59537220
That's good enough. See if you claimed back some space on your C:/ drive.

So, I need to forward port 21 apparently. But I can't get into the router right now, I don't have the password.
Anyway to do this without getting into the router? There must be because qbitorrent can toggle forwarding port 8080 directly from the application.
Wish filezilla could do the same, but I guess I need to forward it manually.

>>59536129
Another thing that eats up storage space: system restore. It's nice to keep at least 2 restore points, but more than that is needless.

>>59536496
You are looking at an unsorted list. You choose one of the list elements. You put all elements that are smaller than the pivot element to the left and all elements larger than the pivot to the right, creating two sub-lists. Reopeat recursively until sublists are sorted (you can either check manually, or just recurse until the length of each sublist is 1 or 0).

Example:

initial list (vertical slashes indicate bounds of currently active list):
5 3 2 4 9 1
|         |

choose leftmost element (5) as pivot, sort elements into sublists
3 2 4 1 5 9
|       p |

repeat recursively for both sublists; let's start with the sublist on the right:
3 2 4 1 5 9
          |
          
its length is 1, therefore by definition it is already sorted. moving on to the left sublist from the previous step. note that the 5 is NOT included in either sublist because the pivot element is always at the correct place after sorting.
3 2 4 1 5 9
|     |

choose leftmost element (3) as pivot, sort.
2 1 3 4 5 9
|   p |

sublist to the right of the pivot element only includes element 4. length = 1 means it's sorted already:
2 1 3 4 5 9
      |
      
sublist to the left of the pivot element from the previous step:
2 1 3 4 5 9
| |

choose leftmost element (2) as pivot, sort:
1 2 3 4 5 9
| |
  p
  
sublist to the right of the pivot has length 0, therefore is already sorted. Moving on to sublist to the left:
1 2 3 4 5 9
|

sublist has length 1, therefore is sorted. no further divisions have taken place, therefore we are done sorting.

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>>59537272
I have media stored on another drive. Would I have to reformat it for another operating system?

>>59537285
Oh shit I remember now. I was thinking of dual booting OS on another harddrive and I couldn't decide my bad. How did you configure your UI so heavily? That's Windows 10 right?

>>59537341
Ah yeah that's true nice catch. Looks like it's much less than 1GB for me though so it's alright. Never really understood how it's used though.

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>>59537488
It's windows 7.
You will have to partition some space out of the drive you want to install another OS on. Or you can completely reformat it so only the OS and its files will occupy the entire disk when you install it. Doing this obviously means losing everything you already have on it.

>>59535749
m8, the 1050 and the 460 are both under a hundred dollars.

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The icon for Thunderbird on my Windows tablet is always grey no matter what colour the other icons are, is there anyway to fix it?

>Windows 7
>Keep Teamspeak3 open when sleeping computer
>Wake computer up
>Can't talk before I disable&enable microphone from Windows or restart Teamspeak

Is there any way around this? It's no big deal, but I'm used to just be able to speak immediately since I used to keep my PC on 24/7.

>>59537339

UPnP may work

https://upnp-portmapper.sourceforge.io/

>>59535461
my brothers computer has 8gb of functioning ram installed, windows detects 8gb but only 3.9 is usable, yes i am sure it is 64 bit, it has worked fine until recently. Any ideas what the fuck happened?

>>59537952
4gb broke

>>59535703
Your taste in software is shit, but your taste in music is kind of okay.
I like the version of Fly Me To The Moon she did.

Is it safe to leave keepass open all the time? Can other programs read your passwords in ram or from the database while it's open?

>>59538049
No. Maybe.
Keep in mind that if it's open, others can read it too if they have access to your PC.
Just lock it, it takes less than 3 seconds to type my passphrase which is 35 characters.

So i just made a website with a bunch of oc articles and shit on it, how do i start getting my stuff showing up higher in search engines? ive already gotten it indexed by google

>>59537841
no

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Quick question about database schemas (I have to learn this shit for class).

Let's say I have pic related (extremely simplified). For the top part there's one problem that I see: managers from other realtors could technically manage another realtor's house.

Would this be solved by simply having a one-to-many association between realtor->house like the bottom part of the pic? Or is there a better way to lay this out?

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What settings should I use when recording webm files? Pic related are settings and resolution as I just recorded a roughly 25 second webm, and it's well over 4 MB. I keep seeing long videos with far smaller file sizes, so how do I optimize, or where would I start?

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just bought this and I can't remove it from the motherboard please respond

Keep in mind the day before I installed Kali Linux onto a USB flash drive and enabled persistence. Last week I installed new thermal paste on my CPU, over the past month or so I have downloaded terabytes of data. These three factors could have something to do with my issue.

My computer wasn't loading any further after logging in and reaching the desktop, the screen would go black and the PC would rebroot and reach the bios, After restarting several times it would freeze after loading the desktop. I kept rebooting, loaded in and it worked fine. I used the PC normally for a couple of hours and shut it normally. I turned it on this morning to start some downloads and it wouldn't even reach my bios screen.

>>59538751
I'm thinking there is a possibility booting from Kali Linux fucked my BIOS up and I need to clear CMOS and reflash the BIOS. For the record its a GIGABYTE H97N-Wifi Mini ITX motherboard.

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My friend is a starting out film producer and is looking to get a 4K workstation for encoding/rendering/grading etc.

So he needs a high core count and RAM for rendering but also needs a good GPU with a large frame buffer for 4K color grading.

His budget is 700 eurobucks is all....

My idea is to get an old T5500 workstation with 2 X5650 hex cores for around 500 and put a 8GB RX480 in it for around 200 (T5500's come with a 875W PSU btw)

Is there any better options considering the budget?

How does adding websites to the hosts files with 0.0.0.0 addresses effectively block them? I'm having a hard time even figuring out where the hosts file falls in the TCP/IP process.

From what I've gathered it seems to be like a personal DNS for you LAN, so I'm thinking that maybe it's related to and dependent on your firewall having rules to catch LAN or loopback spoofing?

I'm an old (turning 28) miserable piece of shit who is about to complete a slightly terrible bachelor's in comp.sci. this spring. I haven't really done anything hands on programming in years, only irrelevant uni stuff.

What should I learn to at least have a chance of getting callbacks from interviewers?

>>59538863
Become 1/128th cherokee

Is there a virus I can use to delete a PC's memory stealthily? If yes, how?

>>59538875
At first I keked and then I realized that this actually might work

Yo whats a good independent/FOSS email provider with POP/IMAP support that isn't riseup, autistici, or mykolab

>>59538933
Protonmail?

>>59538887
Delete the ram?

>>59538959
Im currently using Protonmail, and it doesn't support pop/imap. In addition, it uses two factor authentication, which leaves a footprint

What's the best 2016/17 laptop that has great linux support (I'm new to linux and don't want to fuck around with shitty drivers, but I also don't want to use a stock ubuntu install from dell.) should I just format a dell xps developer edition? does it have intel wifi?

>>59538997
Why is the ubuntu xps 200 dollars more than windows 10?

>>59539038
huh? it's $100 less in australia.

How big is Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition? I am downloading an offline installer and it's taking forever. I'm at almost 20GB now and it's still downloading.

>>59535461
>9gag

GET OUT

>>59538959
Protonmail smells so much like botnet.

>Our data centers are under 1000 meters of rock
>It's like you're one of those cool spy dudes in the movies goyim!

Anything that well funded, marketed and so over designed is a massive red flag for botnets. May as well use google.

Is it cheaper/recommended to use eBay to print a shipping label for something even if it has nothing to do with eBay and I'm shipping it for a completely unrelated reason?

Actually, can you even do this? Or do shipping labels printed there have to be associated with a specific sale? Just mention it because I thought someone mentioned shipping discounts there and will have to be sending a hard drive back later so thought it might be an economical option.

infile = "./nigga.bin"
offsets = [0x123421, 0xFEDA232, 0x123, 0x525234]

def myFunction(offset, size):
   #what do i need to write here so it goes to the file's address 'offset' and reads 'size' amount of bytes to a list I can manipulate inside this function and return so it overwrites the original 'size' bytes at 'offset' ?
   return newBytes

myFunction(offsets[0], 0x20)
#^ when I run that function, 32 bytes at offset 0x123421 of nigga.bin should be changed

>>59539138
Oh, I checked and you can't do this through eBay but can through Paypal, so I'll amend my question thusly. Is it cheaper/better to use Paypal for shipping or go directly to the website of the service I plan to use and use their own web shipping label printing thing?

>>59538965
Can I do that stealthily? Like with a USB key or something?

Does running Tails from inside a VM on my mac provide any additional security as opposed to simply using the standard OS (iOS)?

I think I bricked my phone.
I have a Xperia Z Ultra and it got stuck in a boot loop. The only thing I can flash is an old stock firmware .ftf, but only if I exclude OTA.
When I do this I can kinda use the phone, but I don't get into the recovery anymore.
What should I do?

In a lot of games where mouse controls the camera I find that the mouse has a sort of 'dead zone' where if I mouse the mouse very slowly the camera won't actually move. Is the fixable from anywhere global or is it just game to game?

why isn't /sqt/ sticked and rolling on 4chan like /tech/?

Mysql on node (npm: mysql)
regularly disconnects after some time from server.
I had this few times/ Only restart of node helps.

Error: read ECONNRESET
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
at TCP.onread (net.js:572:26)

How's the moto g in terms of performance? Does it officially support android nougat or does it require custom ROMs to be decent?

does linux support wireless monitors?

What program should I use to scrape the hardware info from a Win98SE system? Speccy is out of the question since it only supports XP and newer, otherwise I'd go with that.

When I close my laptop lid, and then open it again, the display goes black. It just remains like that. If I put it to sleep and then turn it back on, it fixes itself, or even if I turn it off, the display goes from black to showing the windows log off screen.
Is there a setting I need to mess with?

>>59539825
Oh, and I can just windows + L to lock it to make things work again, but I'd rather get a better solution.

>>59539805
I mean the Moto G4, sorry.

Is there a good free VPN?

Does anyone have the infograph for Windows Embedded Standard 7 showing what each optional component is and if it's worth installing?

>>59539880
No

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>>59535461
What the best Video Player for GNU/Linux? (For anime in high quality)
What is a good music player for GNU/Linux?

>>59539980
VLC and VLC

>>59539980
MPV and DeadDBeef

>>59539980
>good media player
MPV
>good music player
Audacious (looks like Winamp 2.X) or deadbeef

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>>59539988
I said GOOD. It looks like shit when you are playing something that has at least a bit of quality.

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>>59539988
>vlc
>good

>>59540036
when will this meme end

>>59540015
>>59540036
It technically "supports" anime in high quality, and in my mind "best" is the one that requires the least configuration.

Also, VLC is a decent music player

everytime my room mate boots up his laptop (win10) it suddenly just use all the bandwith of our wifi, ive shown it to him in the task manager.

so how do i fucking stop it in using so much fucking bandwith?

>>59540128
Log in to the router and set quality control

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>>59540140
On what settings do i find it? I am using a router provided by our ISP (we're 3rd worlders)

>>59540174
Maybe advanced
Looks for QoS Quality of service

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>>59540205

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>>59539824

>>59540205
>>59540223
i ve checked everything, it doesnt have qos ill just have to try to disable his fuckign windows 10 updates , thanks for help

>>59538933
check openmailbox
I don't remember how good they are

Is there a decent webcam for $30 and below? Don't really have any big requirements, just don't want to buy complete trash.

i use my VPS to test a bunch of different programs and services using docker but i cant be arsed to keep changing the firewall settings all the time
is it really that dangerous to leave all ports as open?

>>59540061
It's not a meme. It's a bug. An unintended and unwanted feature of VLC's playback. Until it's changed, it will always be relevant.

>>59540282
I've used openmailbox for years, no problems to speak of.

How do you tell whether you have a 6-bit, 8-bit, or 10-bit monitor? I have an old Dell P2314H and can't find that information anywhere. It's an IPS so I'm assuming 8-bit but I'm not sure.

Sup /sqt/

I have a PC with the following specs:

i5 4460
280x
16gb of RAM
a 128GB SSD
nothing else worth noting

I'm very happy with how it performs, I don't do games anymore (or at least I don't play anything that wouldn't run just fine with a worse GPU). However it's getting to the point where it'd be more convenient for me to have a good laptop rather than a desktop in my life.

What's a decent laptop these days that can replace this setup with no trouble? Like I said, no need for that GPU but I would like to have effectively the same speed when doing other tasks such as browsing, watching videos and doing some photoshop and illustrator / virtualization + being able to connect that thing to 2 1080p monitors if possible through a dock or something.

Any recommendations? Would be extra neat if I could hackintosh it but that's not crucial.

>>59540538
>and doing some photoshop and illustrator / virtualization + being able to connect that thing to 2 1080p monitors

You need a decent GPU for that.
Maybe get a laptop that has a 950m on it.

>>59540405
http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-p2314h/pd

>Color Support:
>16.7 million colors

8-bit.

>>59540641
What is 6+2bit?

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>>59539788
Good question.

>>59540585
So maybe a dell xps 15, eh?

thanks, I'll be looking for something like that. If I could get one as cheap as $1000 that'd be it.

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Anyone have experience working with the "crash" utility?

I keep having kernel panics on this shitty laptop i own but i cant for the life of me figure out why or how to solve the problem

right now ive got kdump setup but the crash utility is giving me the output:

WARNING: kernel version inconsistency between vmlinux and dumpfile

please wait... (gathering kmem slab cache data)
crash: invalid kernel virtual address: 1c type: "kmem_cache objsize/object_size"
please wait... (gathering task table data)
crash: invalid kernel virtual address: 0 type: "pid_hash contents"

tl;dr how do i generate a new /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux file?

>>59540661
6+2-bit probably means that it has 6-bit colour depth, but through dithering, it attains as many colours as a proper 8-bit display.

>>59536323
anybody?

Connecting to ISP through static IP address, edgerouter is doing DHCP, desktop computer wired with assigned static IP address.
Config hasn't changed since forever.

What is the difference between a fast format and a normal one?

>>59540661
6bit screen with dithering.

Are there any <200$ IPS monitors worth buying that aren't glossy?

>>59541273
Asus VS239H-P.

>>59541345
Also Asus VS248H-P.

why does 4chan block vpns

>>59541375
CP posting and ban evading.

I have a problem. Right click -> Sort by -> Size doesn't actually work for folders, only files. Is there any way to enable it for folders too? Windows 8.1

I want to start making some nice simple menus for a restaurant, but I've never done any graphic design work. What are some free software and stock photography resources to get me started?

Yooo just got an old chromebook
this thing is comfy as fuck
tiny, 11inches, but the keyboard still feels pretty normal.
The only qualm is that the trackpad fucks up when its plugged into power, thats literally it.

It was used by a school district, so it wasn't in too bad of shape, but I did have to clear out the trackpad area to get the clicking back.

Stupid question: are all chromebooks comfy as fuck and if so why would I get any other laptop for EZ browsing?

>>59541664
You wouldn't. You've taken the chrome pill. I loaded it onto an old laptop and used it as my daily drive for a five month stretch. I've convinced some friends to let me install it on their computers instead of fixing their buggy windows that "their kids" ruined. It's a lot snappier then windows and lets be honest most normies have no reason to be using anything outside of a browser these days.

Is there anything about lazy loading in w3schools.com or any other big HTML/CSS teaching website?

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Wanting to get into electronics, could anyone recommend a good started kit or list of components to mess about with?

>>59541454
Try to go to the graphics design board
>>>/gd/

>>59541125
Fast format does not overwrite space. It just removes the allocation tables.
Full format is typically only needed when you want to be sure old data is completely erased (and even in that case, you should to a 3-4 steps erasure procedure)

How do I get more traffic to my shitty website? >>59542108

>>59542192
Didn't mean to quote btw

>>59542192
Post it here

Before I potentially waste time trying to comprehend it, is https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/introduction-to-x64-assembly a good introduction to Assembly?

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I got my hands on some refurbished Wireless-N HomePlug routers, but they have some shitty firmware from a local company that no longer exists.

I have no idea what the gateway is, and I've already tried most defaults.

How do I unfuck them? (Hard resets didn't yield anything)

>>59541442
Does it need to be integrated into the Windows folder structure? If so, I can't help you, if not, then you can use WinDirStat to see what the largest folders are.

>>59540641
No webcam enthusiasts about? Polite bump.

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Stallman thinks people should only use cash to buy things. If I only use cash to buy things then how am I supposed to purchase specific hardware without a card?

>>59539091

9gag inspired the creation of 4chan.

>>59542454
-B&M stores
-local pickup
-cash-on-delivery
-pay using bank transfer

>>59539824
There is a kernel extender for windows 98/me that lets you run win2k and xp programs on them. It works with an old speccy available from the many old versions of software sites.

I just installed Ubuntu minimal with i3wm, but i cant figure out how to connect to the wifi network.
I need help, thanks.

>>59542544
Thanks, but I went with >>59540229 already and it worked just fine for my purposes.

>>59542556
install wicd or networkmanager

they have GUI config manager programs that need to be installed separately, or you can configure them from the terminal.

What's the point of using a free web browser like PaleMoon or IceCat if you're just going to download and install non-free addons or plugins like flash?

>>59542475
obvious troll is obvious

>>59542617
icecat users don't use flash.

>>59542630
how do they watch videos?

can you use desktop hard drives in a server?

>Trying to watch Youtube through mpv + youtube-dl.
>youtube-dl is on the latest version, still absolutely butchers the sound on some videos, downloads it properly on others.

Anyone here have any idea what is going on?
It's not silly shit like compression since the thing downloads a native WebM, it just absolutely kills all music for some reason.

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Hello guys, i need your help.
I have this MacBook Pro "Core Duo" 2,17" from 2006 lying around that i wish i could "bring back from the dead". See, i'd like to install another OS on it, given the version of Mac OS it has it's so old and slow i can't even browse the internet like a normal person would. So i thought to myself "Hey, maybe you can install Windows on it", so i fire up Boot Camp Assistant, check "Download the Windows support software for this Mac" and Continue. After a while it tries to download the Support Software but it gives me an error: "Download could not continue: The Windows support software is not available."

Help me on this guys, i'm not really an expert in the Apple area.

Will yanking a live USB of Tails have any chance of fucking up my RAM?
Need to make the screen go blank/errors everywhere after dramatically pulling it out.
Only, i can change the wallpaper temporarily, right?

>>59543009
What?

>>59542901
Ubuntu. It's were the forgotten and old dwell together, still alone.

>>59543009
>Will yanking a live USB of Tails have any chance of fucking up my RAM?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I bought a Asus Prime B250-Pro and a Samsung SSD 850 Evo 500GB M.2.
The BIOS or USB ubuntu won't detect the SSD anywhere.
When I talked to Asus support I was referred to the SSD not being present on this list:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/PRIME_B250-PRO/Prime-B250-PRO_Devices_report.pdf
The 250GB version of the SSD is in the list and eveything else I've installed is not on the list.

Am I fucked?

>>59543009
Does your RAM really give a shit about what's loaded on it?

>>59543345
RAM doesn't like peanut butter loaded on it

>>59543295

Given i am no Apple expert, do you know if i can boot up USB at start up? Button configuration or anything?

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How difficult would it be to update old games with more modern graphics APIs?

Completely illiterate here, but here goes nothing.

How do I join together mp4 files with FFMPEG? I downloaded it for its work naturally in my animation software, but I don't even know how to get into its command console on my own.

Alternatively, what's an easy way to join mp4s? The only real editing software I have access to is premiere, and it doesn't seem to accept mp4 files, and I don't trust shady converter sites.

>>59535461
i have some problems, i just installed Ubuntu minimal with i3wm, but i cant figure out how to connect to the wireless network. I already have installed network-manager package. Also i added exec --no-startup-id nm-applet to my ~/.config/i3 but apt-get cannot find network-manager-applet to install. Im stuck here, what can i do? Thanks a lot.

what VPN does /g/ recommend?

>>59543463
get the one in the humble bundle for $1

>>59543420
cat 1.mp4 2.mp4 > 3.mp4

>>59542854
guys pls help, I'm want to set up a server and learn

>>59543389
"how to install ubuntu on old apple computer"

>>59543525
Yeah you can.

>>59543396
>How difficult would it be to update old games with more modern graphics APIs?

Depends on just how advanced the game is.
Quake has had its engine out for over a decade by now, everyone knows it by heart and as a result, there already is a Vulkan port of it.
>https://github.com/Novum/vkQuake

All in all, an OpenGL game should reasonably respond to a simple wrapper of sorts like the one done for that Croteam puzzle game (they simply made a wrapper that redid all the OpenGL with equivalent Vulkan calls and markedly improved the performance with no real optimization work).

Direct3D games? Well, it would be hard to find one's source code in the first place because they are pretty darn rare.

>>59543490
How do I open ffmpeg though. And I don't want it to fuck up my rig on the software I normally use it for

>>59543737
ffmpeg has no interface

>>59543737
You just go to the folder the files are in and execute the command

>>59543745
Do the mp4 files and ffmpeg.exe have to be in the same folder

>>59543777
no

>>59543702
I'm asking mostly for dark souls, which has had some amount of tooling done with it, but I don't think anything like source code tinkering

>>59543847
You can't do shit without the source code and reverse-engineering a game like that would take more than a decade, easily.

You need access to the renderer to rewrite it, that's the only way to get anything faster done.

>>59543809
And how do you execute the command?

I'm really entry tier. This would be a shitload easier if other had Movie Maker, but that got discontinued.

what's a good product to clean plastic?
there were a couple of white spots on my printer, which I'm assuming was super glue that's spilled over it, and I managed to spread it all over it when I tried to clean it with alcohol. Also tried with isopropyl.

yeap a tiny thing almost imperceptible turned into a shitstorm.

>>59543894
If you installed it, you can simply write 'ffmpeg' and hit enter in the console/cmd and it'll execute the command.
Due to it's nature, it's gonna ask you for input and options because the whole thing basically gets a string like 'ffmpeg -t file.mkv -fast -...' and simply executes it, giving you a re-encoded file of your choice.

>>59540713
The hardware is probably dying on you.

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lets say we have a black box. the only way to comunicate with what inside the black box is an ethernet port. is there a kind of program that can help me identify or otherwise interact with it?

>>59543535

Well.
I feel silly now.
Thanks Anon, have a great day.

Im going crazy

I have a Acer V5 i need to install windows 8.1 on from 8.

But there id a huge problem, well multiple.

I cant open BIOS because keyboard and USB is disabled till windows boots.

Then there is secureboot.

What should i do?

>>59544117
nmap could portscan it.

>>59544234
I already removed the CMOS battery(Fuck whoever designed this laptop you have to fully disassemble it to do it).

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Is $1200 plus preferials for a PC a "budget" build or is it midrange? What is budget? What is midrange? What is high tier?

Explain these price ranges to me, /g/uys

>>59544283
High.

$700 for build $500 for GPU.

>>59544293
>$500 for GPU
But I'm only spending around $220 on my GPU

>>59544131
Hey no problem. Have a great day.

>>59544307
Then what are you blowing the money on? Monitor and other peripherals? If you're talking only the desktop computer, then $1200 is a pretty big budget. If it includes all peripherals, it's still above average. Not sure what the purpose of your question is.

For my networking bros, how can I safely configure a printer to receive and print a file from a remote network?

I just moved into an apartment in my parents garage. It's on a separate LAN and I want to use the printer from my own PC. Obviously I'll still have to walk to the printer to receive what I print, but that's fine as long as I don't need to move the file to a different PC.

>>59544342
My question is how much is midrange, how much is budget, and how much is high tier.

I'll be paying $200 for the CPU, $100 for mobo, $110 for RAM, $100 for SSD, $50 for HDD, $235 for GPU, $85 for case, $80 for PSU, $30 for a wifi adaptor, $120 for monitor, and $120 for keyboadd.

>>59544397
http://www.logicalincrements.com/

This is without peripherals, so deduct the price for your keyboard, mouse, wifi adapter and monitor.

>>59544410
That doesn't help me know which price corresponds to each of the three tiers I listed.

>>59544434
Why not? There's a price total on the right. Anything from Destitute to Modest/Fair is budget, anything from there to Great/Superb is midrange, anything from there to Monstrous is high. How fucking hard was that?

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>>59535461
So I've had an old Galaxy S5 for while.
Phone is retarded slow
Like type a sentence and watch it slowly type it out on my screen
Opening apps take about 23 seconds
Google search about 1 minute
Shit was always slow, but not this slow

I did a hard reset and it removed everything like the phone was new.

Shit is just as slow
What the fuck?
Is Verizon trying to screw me?

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Can anyone help me with some recommendations? >>59527856 Do I need a better CPU to handle the heat without crashing? >>59532375

>>59544565
Probably get lineage

>>59539788
Cyclical threads are annoying especially if it's stickied. Most people don't want to see an ugly thread pinned to the catalog and will just hide it.

>>59544397
Christ, why would you go and waste $120 on a keyboard?!

>>59544689
Maybe he's getting a decent mechanical one.

>>59544634
I don't 100% understand what you need. Do you have a heat problem or do you want another hard drive? What do you even use your computer for? Nobody can tell you if you need to upgrade if you don't mention what kind of shortcomings your current computer has, i.e. what kind of task it doesn't perform like you'd want it to.

>>59544689
Because a good mechanical keyboard is fucking nice?

>>59544745
It's also overrated, especially when he's only throwing that much at the base build. I'm not suggesting he spend $15, but there's gonna be plenty of great options that don't involve wasting that much. I'm gonna bet some overzealous /g/tard talked him up on one like it was the only thing is build couldn't leave out.

>>59544794
Anon here, it was actually my own decision. I don't mind spending around $100 for a good ass keyboard since I plan to use this PC for a while.

>>59543950
Not sure if it's installed, I downloaded it and it doesn't really have an interface. Unzipped, of course. How to bring up console on W10?

>>59536323
>>59541084
found the solution

>>59545007
windows key CMD enter

>>59536488
second picture is best.
You are pulling fresh air inside case that gets sucked in by back rad and gets pushed out of the case on the back.
Your first setup was pulling fresh air from outside and pushing all the hot air from the rad into the GPU, CPU.

>>59544720
>>59544745
You mechanical key fags are all the same.
Jump off a bridge and kill yourself

>>59536949
I miss that msstyle famalan

>>59544117
>>59544255

how would I go about it?

>>59545084
>typed on my Logitech G15

>>59545084
>t.poorfag
Come back to play with the big boys once you've grown up, kiddo

Is reading fiction actually better than playing video games? I was reading a book yesterday and I didn't feel like doing that and jerking myself off for it was a more productive use of time. Why did we collectively decide it is? Would I actually be better off reading twice as long and playing no games instead of doing half as much of each?

>>59545168
Reading is all around better than video games.

>>59545212
How did you arrive at that conclusion?

>>59545236

I read it somewhere

>>59545168
>Is reading fiction actually better than playing video games?
Women buy lots of erotica and jerk off to it all the time. Ever heard of Harlequin? How naive are you.

>>59544720
>Do you have a heat problem or do you want another hard drive?
Both. I know for sure I need another hard drive but I'm not sure if I need another CPU because of heat issues. My computer has been crashing when I run OBS and Dolphin to stream, and just recording with OBS instead of streaming directly causes lag and stuttering in the game.

>>59545290
I volunteered at a library and had to shelf more erotica than anything else.

>>59545322
clean your PC. Blow off all the gunk and dust in there. Then change your heatsink into something more robust, Noctua, cyrorig, whatever, so long as it has good fans and a big ass heatsink. Don't fucking forget the thermal paste.
And get a budget AMD card, RX 480 from Sapphire or XFX will do.

Just came back from figuring out why I can't block this specific mac address on my router. I resorted to white list mode.

Why is spoofing/changing mac addresses a thing? Shouldn't this be a unique ID for a device?

>>59545322
First of all, heat issues are most likely caused by an insufficient CPU cooler rather than the CPU itself.

Second, yes, a better CPU would help with software recordings. But, given that your CPU's architecture is quite outdated by now, you'll either have to get a pretty old used CPU from somewhere, or buy a new CPU. But a new CPU requires you to also get a new Mainboard, and if it's DDR4 then you need new RAM as well.

If you have an open PCIe slot or good USB speeds, you could get a capture card to relieve CPU strain.

>>59545269
Duke nukem told me otherwise

>>59545380
> Then change your heatsink into something more robust, Noctua, cyrorig, whatever
I'm retarded, so can you please elaborate more on what this means?

>good fans and a big ass heatsink
It has two fans I think but I don't remember what kind of heatsink. It had thermal paste but you want me to take it off and apply more?

> a budget AMD card, RX 480 from Sapphire or XFX
Is my current graphics card that out of date and one of these will be a big improvement?

>>59545386
>or buy a new CPU. But a new CPU requires you to also get a new Mainboard, and if it's DDR4 then you need new RAM as well.
Can you explain all this to me? Because it seems more diffiicult to find an old , used CPU this seems like the route I would have to go. I want to know all the parts I need based on my specs so I can get everything in one go. I'm not sure how much individual parts usually go for based on what I need, but if I need to upgrade 3+ parts I guess it's realistic to expect to pay $1000?

>PCIe slot or good USB speeds
I'm not sure what the first is or that I have either.

>capture card to relieve CPU strain
Originally I didn't want to because those are expensive, but compared to getting new parts it is cheaper. However, it would be worth it in the long run to upgrade my parts now which is why I'm looking for assistance in finding out what I need so I can get everything in one go.

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Where is the any key?

what malware and spyware programs do you guys recommend for clean up ? My old man got had by one of those fake microsoft tech support scams. Luckily I stopped it before he paid any money but he was typing in and running god knows what and I think the scammer might have even got remote access.

Should I turn my Raspberry Pi2B into a Bitcoin Core node? An i2p node? Or both (or is that too much)?

>>59545620
Malwayrebyte anti-rootkit, junkware removal tools, adwcleaner and after that in the console: sfc /scannow
It's done.

how come NVIDIA and AMD have the capacity to produce very high tech chips but fail so bad at cooling design that they allow 3rd party companies to do it for them?

>>59545518
I suspect one of the reasons the other guy suggested a modern graphics card (GPU) is that most nowadays offer hardware encoding. What this means is that the video compression (like for streaming/recording via OBS) is done by your graphics card instead of your CPU. An RX 480, for example, would support that and reduce/eliminate strain on your CPU from video encoding.

You know, I think /sqt/ is a little too slim to explain all of computer hardware to you. You seem to lack basic knowledge, which is okay, but I think it surpasses the limits of this thread.

I recommend looking at logicalincrements.com and pcpartpicker.com and maybe talking to your friend again. Also, this page off the wiki: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Build_a_PC

That may go some way to helping you understand what each part does and what would help. I'll give very brief responses to the specific questions you asked.

>I want to know all the parts I need based on my specs
If you wanted to overhaul your system with new parts, the things you'd ABSOLUTELY need to buy new is a CPU + cooler (aka heatsink) and mainboard. Possibly new RAM too.

>I guess it's realistic to expect to pay $1000?
Not necessarily. If it's just the mainboard and CPU, you could get a decent i7 + mainboard for roughly $500 total. If you don't need a lot of RAM, that can go for as low as sixty bucks, if you need to buy it.

>I'm not sure what the first is or that I have either.
Since your mainboard's old, you probably don't have USB 3.0 yet, so the second is probably a "no". PCIe is the slot that things like graphics cards go into, but also certain adapters and specialised cards (wifi card, soundcard, or the aforementioned capture cards).

>>59545620
gentoo.

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>>59545565
wtf is that supposed to be?

>>59545691
thanks

>>59545738
honestly if my they did nothing more than browse the web I would just have linux on it. but its the one guy who is computer illiterate.

>>59545707
>You seem to lack basic knowledge, which is okay, but I think it surpasses the limits of this thread.
Sorry. I do know about logicalincrements and pcpartpicker but because I don't know what I need exactly, I don't see how I can use them effectively. So I wanted help to understand what I need for my PC to work well in modern times so then I can branch off from there. Unfortunately my friend moved away so I no longer have access to his help like that so I'm on my own.

>If you wanted to overhaul your system with new parts, the things you'd ABSOLUTELY need to buy new is a CPU + cooler (aka heatsink) and mainboard. Possibly new RAM too.
Let's go from here assuming complete overhaul so I can always reduce it as I understand more.

I've gotten this blue screen that says at the crash about dumping physical memory, does that have to do with RAM at all? I think I need more RAM too, because running things somethings makes it go into the 80% or 90% in the task manager.

>If it's just the mainboard and CPU, you could get a decent i7 + mainboard for roughly $500 total
Oh, that sounds great. But is i7 a good choice with this kind of thing >>59541290
or should I look for a different brand?

> PCIe is the slot that things like graphics cards go into, but also certain adapters and specialised cards (wifi card, soundcard, or the aforementioned capture cards).
I think I might have those slots, since we built it to have room for extra things. I just don't have the extra things and didn't change anything since it was built.

>>59545801
Isn't Windows needed for shit like Netflix and Amazon?

How to increase a VM perfomance?

I have a w10 VM in a dedicated external drive but it works like shit, I have a 3570k @ 5ghz and the machine have 2gb ram and one core so it should be enough

>>59545812
Do you have Skype or something else that we could voicechat on? I'm okay spending some time to help you but I don't want to bloat this thread, even if it's past the bump limit. It'll require some back-and-forth.

Is there a browser extension or a userscript or something that corrects "could of/would of/should of" to "could've/would've/should've" everywhere it might happen on the internet?

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>>59545870
write a greasemonkey script to do it for you

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>>59545518
>I'm retarded, so can you please elaborate more on what this means?
A big ass heatsink like pic related.

>>59545819
A Wii U can play normalfag netflix shit. No, windows isn't needed.

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okay, so I own a Lenovo y700 for a little while now. It's pretty decent. But over the past few days a quiet grinding noise started coming from it, like if one of the fans' bearings wore out. I'm certain it's one of the cooling fans because it only starts a few seconds after the fan(s) turn on.
Here's the odd bit though. If I slowly shake the thing up and down, or if I keep it like pic related, the grinding noise stops and all I can hear is the fan moving air.

What gives, /g/? It's still under warranty, but should I spend money on shipping it over for a fix? Or should I just risk opening the sucker myself and cleaning out the fan?

>>59545898
I'm not a programmer

>>59535800
I doubt the ISOs distributed by Microsoft(R) can be used with dd to make a bootable USB.
Unetbootin may exist on Linux but if you run Ubuntu (or Debian) I recommend this :
http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/install
(instructions in french -> translate.google.com worked for me)

>>59545943
Get over your learned helplessness and modify an existing script to do it.

whats the best way to go about setting up a back up drive or a raid setup for 2 1tb drives? I'd jut like to have the data backed up locally, doesnt have to be bomb proof or anything, will also be saving regular backups localy and in the cloud.

>>59545862
I don't have voicechat and I have to get to class soon, but is email ok? If so here it is so shoot me one and we can continue whenever you're free. I appreciate all the help, thank you.

>>59545925
No way do I have room for something that huge.

>>59546161
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I wan't to create timer on a table LED lamp.
Something that would make it switch on for 5seconds every 10 minutes.

I have a basic Arduino kit, and little experience with it.

Is Arduino usable with with electrical home appliances, and if so what steps should I take?
I googled it but not much useful info..

>pic related - it's the lamp that needs hacking

Windows 10 laptop running super slow, what do?
Has 4gb of ram, over 500gb on hdd free, almost no 3rd party stuff installed, fresh clean scan on Malbytes, and was purchased less than 3 years ago.
Pls help what should I check next to fix dis

>>59546018
I don't have any scripts that do anything even remotely like this.

>>59538863
The solution will not come from a computer.
Disconnect. Find your true self. Focus.
The real journey will begin the day you start to love yourself.

Remember, you are here for a reason.

>>59545943
scripting isn't programming, it's practically code monkey shit
go browse around for greasemonkey scripts

>>59545936
One possibility:
You may have something stuck on the fan chassis. When it is stored as pic related, that something falls outside of the fan swiping range so you don't hear any grinding.
You can open it up and clean the fan but you may have a case of misaligned fan chassis which is hard to fix - i had a similar problem on my lenovo yoga due to overheating and i had to swap out fans for a new pair. I had similar symptoms, grinding noise (more like buzzing) but not constantly / depending on position etc. But in your case it may just be something stuck inside (e.g. a snapped fan blade)

>>59545832
You need to enable hardware virtualization on your system's bios.

>>59545701
>>59545701
Because cooling is related to final hardware deployment. They would have to design a full range of different sinks and fans for each cpu/gpu model / case specifications. It may not be that relevant with desktop pcs but it is absolutely relevant for laptops and custom systems

>>59546486
Its enabled, otherwise I can't even install a 64b O.S (I think)

Hi, /g/.

My PSU is being pretty loud when under heavy usage. It is out of warranty. What do?

>>59546613
I just noticed you said you have a W10 VM. Consider that W10 requires at least 2 GBs with just a few programs open, so you should try giving it more RAM...
Also, if it's possible, running the machine on an internal bus drive might help, since exceeding RAM availability inevitably brings to memory page thrashing (i.e. many accesses to mass memory to store / recover main memory portions which do not fit in the RAM)

>>59546660
Do not attempt a homemade repair/cleanup - PSU capacitors can store a lot of energy whch can be released at high voltage. Think about this - your PSU is directly connected to the home supply and the transformer is inside the PSU. Now realize it's not a good idea to open it up without proper training. You can try to clean from the outside but it's not an easy job.
If it's really bugging you you should just replace it - PSUs don't cost that much

>>59546680
I will try that since somehow vmware is only using 150mb ram when I have the fucking W10 machine runing but cpu is at 100%

>>59546303
Uninstall preinstalled bloatware, or do a clean install.

>>59546747
>>59546660

If your PSU isn't chinkshit the capacitors should bleed off fairly quickly, and the internal fans are usually standard 120mm and easily replaced with basic soldering ability.
Disclaimer: do your own research before doing anything that could electrocute you

>>59546819
It is a Seasonic S12II-620.
Shamefully to say I think it has been working like that since the beginning and because of reason it is just lately that I really got around to notice is.

I want a lightweight Linux (or GNU/Linux I guess) distro, what should I use?

How to bypass blocked website? Trying to download something from uploaded.net but it seems to be up for others.

>>59535461
I'm interested in IT and I would like to learn either web development or programming of some sort. What would you recommend? Which one is easier to learn and which one could make me a couple of small bucks, nothing big in my free time?