/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

Is there a good tutorial out there to learn how to do diagrammatic modeling in LaTeX?

Or should I just give up and use yEd and import the diagram I make to LaTeX?

Is it worth it to also/instead learn how to make graphs and shit in LaTeX?

>>59729387
I made a "Favicon", how do I put it into html now?

>>59729470
You put it into the root folder. Browsers will pick it up automagically if you call it "favicon.ico/png".

It really is that easy.

>>59729749
What's a "root folder", for the sake of this exercise pretend I'm retarded.

>>59729784
Something like '/var/www/yourwebsite'. Basically the actual folder you have your website-related shit.

>>59729784
>>59729843
To be more precise, the 'root folder' is the upper-most folder in a given context. In the context of a webserver it's usually the path I gave (for Linux anyway).

>>59729843
Oh, I'm just using my computer, it's not online yet. Is it still possible, I looked at some youtube videos, but it's not working.

What would cause both my computer and my phone to stop being able to load website, but my steam chat stays logged in?

Every other connection in the house could still load websites.

Switching HDD's between two laptops. The newer laptop is much more powerfull than the previous one. Despite this, I get a measy 1-2 FPS when running some Vidya on the new laptop. I could get a solid 25 FPS with the same game on the previous laptop even though it has weaker specs.

Is this because I didn't install any of the drivers for the new laptop?

>>59730055
>Is this because I didn't install any of the drivers for the new laptop?
Yes.

>>59730055
You have discovered why cloning as a backup solution is full retard.

>>59729387
Why would someone buy an OEM version of windows instead of pirating? Doesn't M$ consider both versions to be illegitimate?
I ask because I'm still trying to decide on the OS for my gaming build.

I'd like something above $1.02 to get free shipping on Amazon, any vaguely useful technology related recommendations? Preferably under $5.

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I'm currently have an R9 380 sapphire I want to start OCing it. I don't have much experience with Amd's wattamn and it look lacking, so that are the best program for And graphics cards or doesn't it matters which manufacturers?

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What's the best program to mount my disc images?

>>59730400
On Windows 10? Windows 10.

>>59730532
I didn't actually fall for the windows 10 meem

>>59730581
How would I know? How would I still know what OS you're on?

On Linux it's just the mount command.

I'm a JavaScript dev (web developer code monkey) and I want to switch to Python and make some GUI stuff.

Best way to learn? Everything out there seems to be for people completely new to programming. I want to take the "fast track" if possible. I don't want someone to take 10 hours explaining what a fucking string is.

>>59730400
wincdemu

>>59730917
Thanks man

my phone was stolen about 4 hours ago.
it was turned off right away, so there's no way to locate it
during that 4 hours, my girlfriend called Verizon and told them it had been stolen, so they froze any data and service for it

i'm guessing even if the phone gets turned back on, i can't locate it anymore since Verizon killed the service. my question is essentially, am i right in assuming this?

How do I get awesomewm/i3 moving/resizing window functionality (super key + mouse) in Windows operating systems?

>inb4 install gentoo
I already have but I need AutoCAD.

Did something happen to Firefox playing vids in the background on Android. Doesn't seem to be working for me anymore.

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Is there better software so ican print this without the white bits???

>>59731470
Just click on Fit to paper.
Or use hardware. I recommend scissors.

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>>59731484

>>59731511
It always prints the white highlighted yellow

>>59731518
Scissors then. Also if you're framing it, the white will be under the frame. There's really not much reason to print it over the whole paper.

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>>59731529
It's printing my grays and whites with a purple tinge?

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>>59731529
here is the pic

>>59731544
>>59731551
It's an inkjet btw

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Will replacing my motherboard/cpu require a reinstall of Windows 10?
Going from intel to ryzen

>>59729387
what books to read to get better at programming?

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>>59731604
>replacing my motherboard
>Going from intel to ryzen
Dafuq do you think?

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so, a sponsor is going to buy me some stuff for my small business (max $15k for all).

dji mavic pro
samsung gear 360
canon t5 and 3 lenses
pc, nas and monitors for video editing

Q: what lenses should i choose?
Q: what should i seek in the pc? (prefer nvidia/intel) - should i go quadro or gaymen 1080/titan x? (yes during my non work time i'd like to pwn sum nubes, but not absolutely necessary) is 32GB RAM enough?


pic unrelated

>>59731674
also: i7 or e3/e5?

>>59731670
I don't know that's why i'm here

>>59731604
It doesn't REQUIRE it, necessarily, but even the people who already know better do it because it's the easiest and safest option, so I'd recommend it. Every bit of function on your motherboard requires drivers, and Windows configured a buncha stuff around those, and then programs configure based on what you have, etc, so while you CAN just uninstall the old drivers and install the new, the odds are good that you'll fuck it up.

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>>59731704
So do you reckon I wipe the drive, plonk in the mobo, plonk cpu on mobo, then boot windows from a usb?

>>59731751
Yeah.

>1TB WD external passport with a bunch of movies/tv series on it (700GB)
>it was formatted to exFAT so it could talk to all the OS's without any problems
>literally been sitting it a drawer for months
>go to plug it in and it's not recognised by either macOS or Windows
>try general shit like looking through disk utility
>shows up as either like 999GB full or completely empty unallocated space, seems like it's shat itself
>try all default OS 'first aid'/'repair tools' to now success
>currently downloaded TestDisk and am trying to see if it can get anything useful back from the drive

I don't give two fucks about all the data really, I had everything organised into directories for all my movies and TV series; and it sort of acted as a list of all the stuff that I've watched and liked.

Is it possible to simply view the previous directory structure (names of all the folders) of a sort of fucked external drive? Need some help if you wouldn't mind lads

I'm having some trouble with the .addEventListener method in JS. Current line is

paper.addEventListener('click', chosePaper);

However, I tried changing chosePaper to another function that takes an argument, and now it just calls that function in this line instead of when the event fires.

What gives?

>>59731939
if testdisk won't work, probably nothing will.

I went to desuarchive on my Samsung Galaxy S6and it redirected me to an ad site. My phone started vibrating wildly and a convincing messagebox popped up telling me my phone had contracted a virus (I didnt read the rest as I quickly restarted my phone).

How can I tell if it was just a shitty scareware ad or an actual virus? Im not experienced with phones.

I guess I can boot into safe mode and use a NANDroid recovery (TWRP) from a month ago but I dont really want to.

How can I hook up 24 monitors to a computer ?

>>59732445
Ok, went back to desuarchive and it came up with this different popup. Im pretty sure it's shitty scareware.

Protip: I dont browse porn on my phone

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>>59732530
Forgot pic

What is the best Desktop OS?
You can name individual versions like Windows 7

>>59732591
Name your purpose:
>games
Win7
>nostalgia
Win95, WinXP
>art
iOS
>else
Linux stuff

>>59732538
It's just trying to scare you to install some shitty adware

I have a few domains registered on GoDaddy.

Can I save money by switching registrar?

Is there a decent frontend for QEMU on Windows that isn't 10 years out of date?

>>59729387
Any Chrome extension to make the tab size fixed? How the fuck people use this shit and keeping track of their tabs? FFS I wish Firecucks wasn't so shit but this is impossible.

well, this is probably considered a stupid question, so fuck it;

What are some pros & cons of joining the army?
I've got a few listed, but want something good to sway me in either direction
cheers /g/uys :^)

>captcha is marines marines

>>59731544
>>59731551
bump, pls help.

I took out coloured inc cartridge and left the black in, rubbed the black over my finger and it was black

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I'm thinking about setting up my next build with unRAID. As long as I had enough cores and video cards, I could run Win7 and Debian side by side, and use some KVM switches to switch between the two in an instant, right? I always end up dropping my dual-boots because it's a pain switching between them when I need the other OS, and it makes multitasking suck.

Also, they apparently use a flash drive for booting/authenticating unRAID. Aren't flash drives kinda too shitty to be reliable for something important, like YOUR ENTIRE OPERATING SYSTEMS CORE FUNCTION? Or am I just misreading that because of how often flash cards like MicroSD fail? And does that mean I need an internet connection to verify my license each boot, or is that not the case?

>>59729387
What is a really good framework to start working with as a beginner in Java.

>>59730883
bamp

>>59732717
>con
you might die
>pro
you might die

Why the fuck can I not dual boot? I keep trying to dual boot with 10 and arch but it either just goes to the installer then goes black or just boots to windows.

Have tried two different usbs btw

>>59729387
How do I talk to woman?

where do I download anime torrents, preferably subs, without resorting to private tracker autism? I just want to download complete 1080p seasons of normie-tier shows.

>>59733295
don't, it's not worth it
just talk to fellow /g/entoomen on IRC instead.

>>59731608
"The C Programming Language" by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.

>>59733285
I guess its uefi, some possibilities:
>your usb cant boot uefi
>you have fast boot enabled in bios
>you can only boot from trusted shit, disable in bios

>>59733369
rutracker

>>59732419
Have it trying to take an image of the fucked drive (1000GB total) and put it onto the HDD of my PC, it got to like 0.03% in 30ish mins and then hasn't moved since - not sure if it's fucked or just hanging but I'm going to leave it on overnight and just hope for the best

I'm guessing that mechanically something is fucked in the drive causing everything to take 1932493294x longer

Once I get a new PC I'm going to invest in a little NAS or something

In Gnu/Linux there are differents "terminal emulators" and differents "shell",..for example " urxvt + bash ", togheter are a CLI,..I'm right?
So, what's the equivalent in windows environment ?
" cmd.exe " and " Power Shell " are shell,.. for windows,..I'm right?...and terminal emulators?

What is the mathematical notation for "for each", "for all" and "such that"?
I forgot.

Would a VPN solve my ISP blocking all my useful ports and let me host whatever I want?

>>59733666
shell is a process. XTerm and others are an interfact program.Meaning while shell is running it is waiting for user input. The way you give that process any input is through terminal emulators.

cmd.exe and Power Shell are "shell" like process from linux. When you launch cmd.exe and power shell it gives you default interface. If you had installed gentoo you would know how defaul shell interface looks like.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370%20Taichi/#Memory

What does the "v" in the OC column indicate?

>>59733390
I am stuck at solving problems from chapter 5. Any suggestions?

What is the go to android browsers for old as fuck phones?

Naked Browser? Opera Mini?

I have to write a program that displays the largest and smallest number of a series of scanf's (ew), using separate functions and not using arrays.

I know it's shit, but the professor asked this way and I'm a freshman. I have no idea how to do this without using arrays, though.

What should I use to easily synchronise my reaction image folder between my two laptops and maybe my phone, without entrusting my nazi frog meme pictures to the cloud. Maybe something usb based? Something you put on a usb drive and it checks when it's plugged in whether there is anything new or missing in that device's folder and updates accordingly, or along those lines, would be good if that's possible. Any recommendations?

>>59733820
Usually those are explicitly stated in my experience. Unless you're thinking of first-order logic symbols like the upside-down A and reverse E.

>>59733942
samba if same network

>>59733845
Yes and no. You can host whatever you want, but when you route it through a VPN (this goes for anything really: ISP, VPS, etc) you'll have to abide by their terms of service.

All you'll be doing is route traffic through your VPN, but I'm not sure how people will reach you through that VPN.

>>59730219
get an small usb drive, can't hurt to have an extra one around

>>59733865

Thanks, but a CLI is something like " XTerm + bash " or XTerm is a CLI ?

>>59733976
They'll be on the same networks but almost never switched on at the same time, and I'd like to avoid having anything floating around on the wifi I share with my family. Is an automatically syncing usb a plausible/convenient option?

>>59733993
These terms are confusing and I am not confident about border line defintion of them but my understanding is "Xterm" is an emulator that emulates CLI of shell in X windows system environment.
Bash is a type of shell
shell itself provide a Command line interface.
That is bare minimum. Xterm and other are wrappers of bare minimum command line interface.

>>59733945
Which book would you recommend for first order logic?

How do I stop Firefox sending data to Mozilla?

>>59734128
I suppose The Logic Book by Bergmann, Moor, and Nelson will do.

Will a fx-6300 bottleneck a gtx 1060 at 1080p?
What about 1440p too?

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>>59729387
are current nvidia drivers spying on me? i just heard about them adding a bunch of telemetry shit, if so, how do i prevent it?

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If I have a turntable with a built in phono preamp, and want to use it along with my PC on the same set of bookshelf speakers, what's the best way to switch between the two? Kinda like "INPUT" on TVs. Would I need a receiver for something like that? What should I be looking for in that case?

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What's a good position to use a laptop?
Currently sitting like this, but it gave me backache and my ass hurts.

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Is it true that that it is generally better to overclock the fsb instead of multiplier?

I have a fx8350

I can get a stable oc of 4.6ghz if I primiraley oc the multiplier and only slightly the fsb

I can also get stable oc of 4.4ghz with a much more focused fsb oc and balanced multiplier oc

so which one is preferred, what would the optimum be for better perf overall?

how can I compile this?
https://github.com/nescitus/Rodent_III/tree/master/sources

i need fresh win executable
thanx

>>59729396
Notepad > LaTeX

How do I spoof my location on my router so I don't have to install different software on every computer?

Also I used lataclysm on my android and on Firefox google search it tells me where I live. While on https://whereamirightnow.com/ it says I live in a different country?

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>>59734546
>tfw to intelegent two sit on a chair

>>59734546
What would change between using a PC and laptop. You'd want your back to be straight (though reclined slightly is preferable) your arms resting comfortably, and the screen not too close to your face.

The problem I find is that viewing angle makes you crane your neck downward, so just take breaks every now and then and stretch your neck.

So there is a mangaupdates userscript that pops the cover image for a manga on mouseover. The script first checks if an image is cached, if it is it shows the image, if not it shows the image and then puts in on the cache. Since the image is cached using GM_setValue, it can't be stored as a picture, so it is stored as text.

What I want to know is where on my computer is this text stored.

The script I'm talking about: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5452-mangaupdates-cover-preview

>>59734638
Sitting on chair mean I'd bend my knees, which I can't do because I have chondromalacia patellae.
>>59734649
>reclined
I tried that, but it was painful for me, as if I slipped a disk.
>arms
Got it, rest it on a pillow

>>59734548
Multiplier is generally better. The fsb is the busspeed and it will overclock everything, not just your cpu. Best to use the multiplier and if you need that extra push increase the fsb as well but if you go to high you risk throttling the PCIE slot of your gpu for example. Not by a lot though, you can find the max busspeed you can go before throttling happens with google.

can anyone recommend me a keyboard small and comfortable enough to use while sitting on a couch?
want to get one for my dad

Kinda stupid I'm deciding the purpose of my next build so far I have narrowed it to 2 options
Gaymen path, get a new pretty much (i7,1080 Ti and a Ultrawide 1440p and other things)
Home theather, keep my current system (i5 6500 and 1070)
Buy a 65" Oled display(or non oled 75"),some nice passive speakers(fronts and center) and a receiver


I pretty much game 50% of my time while watching movies and anime consumes my other 50%

>>59734858
A nice pink mechanical keyboard and a soft anal plug with a tail attached to place the keyboard on

Some anon would explain to me how behaves the top rules? I tried to search "iptables no matching" but I couldn't fin anything.

iptables -I INPUT 13 -p tcp --dport 52912 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 13 -p tcp --dport 52912 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

iptables -I OUTPUT 13 -p tcp --sport 52912 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT 13 -p tcp --sport 52912 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

Whats a good font that covers Arabic glyphs?

>>59734114

Many Thanks

>>59734993
thanks buddy, i'll look those up

Does anyone know why Youtube-dlG never works on windows? It always goes straight to "Video successfully downloaded in 0 minutes 0 seconds", and there's no file. I've installed it on multiple computers with and without installing python/youtube-dl first.

>>59735003
I should typped a little more.

I put it together but they won't be that way in my set up. I'm trying to understand the difference between the top one and the bottom one of each pair. Not pasting them onto my setup.

>>59734581
After 5 or so threads, that's the only answer I've been given. I give up.

>>59735127
Top ones handle packets entering your server to the destination port on your server.

Bottom ones handle packets going out from your server from your server's source ports.

In case a reversal would help clarify further. Assume source ports on the top and destination ports on the bottom.

Top ones handle packets entering your server from the source port of server sending you packets.

Bottom ones handle packets going out from your server to destination ports on distant server.

So you can tag your own packets with the source of the port they originated (using sport).

>>59735327
>So you can tag your own packets with the source of the port they originated (using sport).
Not sure if I suffered a micro-stroke when typing this. It's not that you tag your packets (the info is there regardless I believe), but it's more that you control from what port on your server something can leave.

Why do so many people hate ides? do peopld seriously type all their code in vim and emacs?

>>59734821

hmm alright so you're also saying that it doesn't have a better ''real-life'' perf increase meaning the 4.6 oc would have better performance overall than the 4.4 fsb focused one?

>>59735379
>>59735327
Sorry for my bad english. What I meant is the difference between the tracking option -m. Let me reformule it.

iptables -I INPUT 13 -p tcp --dport 52912 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT 13 -p tcp --sport 52912 -j ACCEPT


iptables -I OUTPUT 13 -p tcp --sport 52912 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 13 -p tcp --dport 52912 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

What's the difference in the behavior here?

If hypothetically I discovered a new prime number, who should i tell and how do i get some money with it?

>>59735454
That isn't a thing. We got them primes on lock.

>>59735454
Dude all primes have already been discovered what are you even saying.

>>59735406
I don't think there's much difference between the two since the two below are implicit in those above. I believe cstate is one tool in the conntrack module which allows you to track packets. NEW, RELATED, ESTABLISHED is basically all of them.

>>59735678
Yep, that's mostly what I discovered. I'm trying to set up some tight iptables which allow me torrenting, but I think I'm missing something since once I lost like 10MB of download. I've been told just one peer port for torrent would be enough, but if I don't open 6.000-7.000 transmission won't connect right.

>>59735402
Increasing the baseclock/busspeed is generally done for 2 reasons:
finetune your cpu OC to squeeze that little extra out of it
OC the ram over its tested speed
Depending on the application you use, higher ram speeds might matter more than higher cpu clocks but generally higher cpu clocks is the way to go.

What laptop has the best battery life. OS doesn't matter.

How easy is it to inset a hdd or ssd in a pc? (define r5 case)
Didnt build it myself so idk how to do it.
Also whats a /g/ approved discord alternative?

>>59735792
It plugs in and you screw it down.
Mumble.

>>59735724
Might depend on the application what ports are used, I wouldn't really know. I know you can create iptables rules based on user accounts, so perhaps you could make one for a specific application (like transmission)?

>>59735756

alright will do so thanks!

>>59735817
I was just openning peer port then 6k to 7k. Some people told me I should play with just openning peer port and related, but if no -m means all kind of connections, I don't know if it will work.

>>59735779
I would guess a Chromebook.

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I am required to chose a client and server framework for my web project. I know little to nothing about this at all and I don't know what the best options are (easiest, most userfriendly, the best/most common standard). If you could choose and explain why it would save me tons of time because I wouldn't have to read up on all of them. Here are some of their suggestions

client
>Angular
>Ember
>Aurelia
>React
>Vue
>Mercury

micro-service framework for backend server
>Bottle
>Camping
>Eclipse MicroProfile
>Express.js
>Flask
>Flight
>Grape
>Kemal
>KumuluzEE
>Lumen
>Nancy FX
>Ratpack
>Scalatra
>Silex
>Sinatra
>Slim
>Spark
>Spring
>Symfony
>Zend Expressive

much appreciated

Is signal the go to messenger now that trump signed the repeal?

>>59729387
What do you guys think about a 2k or 4k resolution on a 13" laptop? Does it really hurt your eyes or its good enough for photo editing?

>>59730532
>>59730602

I wish more people on 4chan be like u

Migrating to new ssd, going to clone system partition.

I'm not familiar with MBR or anything. If I want to keep old drive connected as well will I have to delete the mbr on that drive? If so how do I go about doing so?

>>59736295
It's not really the same, but I had to work on a 6" screen with 800p resolution and it was fine, so I guess 2k on a 13" laptop would be ok.

>>59736437
You just clone it directly over and set it as the main boot device in your bios

>>59736319
Only I am me, baka.

>>59736437
Clone with macrium reflect, remove old drive to make sure clone boots, then format old drive

Best way to rip dvds and blu-rays?

>>59736521
>format old drive
What if I would like to keep my recovery and storage partition on it?
Would it be enough to just format the system partition or unmount it?

>>59736449
thanks

Can anyone tell me why I can't ban evade anymore?

What I usually do to ban evade is:

Reset my router (because dynamic IP) -> Clear cookies on my browser -> get unbanned.

But this isn't working somehow rn.

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Long story short, My co-worker is offering to sell this system to me that he built himself about a month ago for $850. seems as if he did his research and built it himself, but decided he didn't like gaming or something.

Anything in particular i should confirm before buying it? i already ran some benchmarks and such, everything seems fine so far except for this radical temperature on the mobo. What would cause that? it's a mini-itx mobo with a 7700k in a compact fractal case. Ram seems to have defaulted to 1333, but it's actually 16gb of 2666mhz.

I'm taking it for a "test drive" right now in my lab before i make a decision.

>>59736661
Perhaps you fucked around so much they did a range ban. Also, are you admitting ban evasion?

>>59736584
You don't need a recovery partition. There's no harm in keeping a storage only partition, just delete the rest and expand it.

How do i make a 7 year old lcd tv that lost all it's "smart" functions because Google and Samsung don't support it anymore, smart again? Internet works but all the apps are outdated and broken.

I know about amazonfire and chromecast but i don't wanna spend any money on this.

Is the "super sized network security mastery" bundle on thehackernews deals site any good? Thinking of going for some cyber security certifications and these seem like a good deal.

>>59736670
RAM says 1333MHz because that its how DDR2 works, 1333x2=2666.
Might want to ask in
>>>/g/pcbg

>>59736813
Buy an Android Box.

>>59735779
Any 2-1 tablet with an Atom CPU that uses 1-2w.

>>59735817
>>59735678
So I don't know if this anon (or some anon more that will to help) is still there, but I'm playing around with iptables settings.

I openedn just Internet, DNS, Peer Port and Transmission prots (6000-7000) , and half of the trackers are not connecting.

I don't think openning all the ephemeral ports would work, since will make firewall pointless, what I'm missing? Should I specify just Peer Port with new, related and established? I don't know what I'm not getting.

Is there any way to do fake raid where the files are split onto the drives contiguously instead of having the half of each file on two drives?

>>59736935
JBOD

>>59736888
Ok if someone is same dense as me, here's the solution.

You just choose a fixed port for peer torrent, then add rules to the 6000-7000 port range (bitTorrents common ports) for TCP AND UDP, in both ingoing and outgoing. It should fine.

Any tips on monitor calibration? Seriously getting kinda amgry

>>59737095
Which calibrator did you buy?

>>59737112
What do you mean? I'm referring to colour calibration with my second monitor.

>>59737131
Yeah, if you haven't bought an $80+ physical calibrator, I wouldn't bother changing it from the default settings.

>>59737152
what the fuck

Can i get a link or are am I falling for a meme?

>>59737164
Read reviews on amazon, decide what you need.

>>59736661
Your IP must not be changing. Check that and then try a different browser.

>>59737164
Eyeballing it doesn't do much. Too subjective. You can rent from electronics shops in a lot of big cities, but ideally it's better to buy your own and recalibrate every couple of years because colors tend to shift over time.

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Does anyone know of a utility I can use to create an .ISO image of my currently installed Majaro system? I'd like to create a bootable/installable .ISO for use on the same machine. thans.

>>59737243

But I have a dynamic Ip?

>>59737265
Did you check if it actually changes? Sometime you need to renew a lease, or wait until midnight.

>>59737265
Which means that it could change at any time. Or never again. It's up to your ISP

>>59737264

dd

Are there any youtubers you would recommend to a tech illiterate trying to learn about tech things?

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In the case of a global internet outage, could you potential create a "new" internet specific to your own country's borders? What would you need to do this?

My babby tier understanding is that the internet itself is entire connected by ISPs so I guess ultimately I'm asking if a private national ISP is possible, a network exclusive to a country.

>>59737309
Anything that doesn't require a divine intellect?

>>59737349
Some major cities have kids trying to create mesh networks of little solar powered access points. It's been a failure so far.
Yeah, the internet wouldn't be some extreme to set up again with all the tools laying around. Just nothing to watch netflix 4ks on over night.

>>59737361
Macrium reflect

>>59737382
That's cool, I'm looking at the idea of intranet right now but the problem is it doesn't prevent access due to location as far as I can tell.

The inspiration is I think that global internet fucks people in the head so by making everything you can access 'more local' you can potentially normalise the content being viewed more and prevent global social media cancer. I just have no idea how to do it.

I've been given a Windows 10 tablet, so may as well make use of it. I've tried a few web browsers - Firefox is slow and has poor touchscreen support. Chrome seems to work best, but has an annoying bug where it will stop responding to touchscreen input.

Anyway, I want to install Chromium, but the mini installer seems to install it to the app data folder. I came across this site which shows how to install it 'properly' Iin the Program Files folder through the command prompt - https://martinrotter.github.io/it-programming/2016/07/17/install-chromium-system-wide-windows/

I do the above, and command prompt tells me mini-installer.exe --system-level is not recognized as an internal or external command.

What the fuck is this shit?

Is Code::Blocks a good IDE for someone just learning C++? If not, what else can I use that's cross platform?

>>59737349
The internet is decentralized and widespread outages have only been caused by governments forcing ISPs to shut down, so a 'national ISP' would just exacerbate that.

>>59737390
thanks anon

>>59729749
>>59729888
You have to add one line of code in the head of your html.

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="multimedia/favicon.ico">

I don't think you have to have the favicon in the multimedia folder.

>>59737496
Ask north korea

VR question. Not sure if that should be here or elsewhere.

I got given a google Cardboard V2. Phone isn't great- hasn't got a gyroscope or accelerator. It won't download the Cardboard app because it's not compatible.

Is there a way to bypass it? Is there anything I can use the cardboard/ sub par phone for VR? Ie. can I do anything VR?

>>59737496
Sounds like China

>>59737702
Yeah but they failed fantastically. The north korean suggestion was ironically good.

>>59730303
Try 'MSI Afterburner'

Is there any difference between structs with function pointers and classes?

>>59737678
not with that phone, no.

I've never purchased used RAM before, but amazon is like 2x more expensive, so could someone with more experience please rate?

>refurbished, but branded
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4GB-1x4GB-PC3-10600-1333MHz-204Pin-DDR3-Sodimm-Laptop-Memory-RAM/351902796943?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D42847%26meid%3D5ca8950ba9134234a8d499dc18ccf064%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D272462535484

>new, but no name
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-New-4GB-PC3-10600-1333mhz-204-pin-SODIMM-DDR3-laptop-tablet-ram-memory-/272462535484?hash=item3f70085b3c:g:nn8AAOSwmLlX5AaX

I feel like this probably exemplifies the Stupid in /sqt/, but I really can't into ebay trustworthiness.

Or should I just buy new from a normal website for like £35?

>>59737912
>amazon is like 2x more expensive

huh?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012TSA5GY

>>59737556
I think both Code Blocks and Eclipse are ok for C++, but I use gcc/g++ most of the time.

>>59737878
Is there a way I can connect my phone to my laptop and run from there instead?

>>59737953
run what? VR?
VR only works when you have precise tracking. Phone VR is already as bad as you can get.
Now if you don't even have a gyroscope, forget it.

>>59737980
Could I use my laptop's webcam/microphone to track in front of laptop screen?

>>59738014
only if you got 3 cameras.

>>59738021
How could I know?

There's 3 small holes and 1 big camera hole?

>>59738041
you don't have.
the cameras have to be spread around the room.
forget it anon, it's not going to work.

How do I install ungoogled-chromium on Arch? The AUR package gives me this:

==> ERROR: pkgver is not allowed to be empty.
==> ERROR: pkgver() generated an invalid version: 
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build ungoogled-chromium.

>>59737945
Alright, is it something I shouldn't really worry about right now then? Like once I actually get further along in C++ it's not going to screw me up switching IDEs is it?

>>59738057
Okay, thanks anyway.

What price range are we talking for a phone to run VR?

I only have the phone I have now because I was forced to but I really don't want to pay much for one because I don't like smart phones.

>>59737678
No. No gyroscope = no VR

Best case you can play some video

>>59738098
I tried the ungoogled-chromium-bin version, it installs without any problem but the program doesn't seem to show up on dmenu? What's up with that?

>>59738156
How?

>>59738146
the cardboard vr things are one of the worst VR experiences you can have anyway, don't bother, it's not worth it.

>>59738188
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0-89v4Fk-M
here, you can drag the view around with the mouse.

>>59738101
No, it doesn't really matter much.

>>59738190
I guess so but I just wanted to try it and to test something out.

>>59738203
I can't get that to play on the phone though can I?

>>59729387
a friend gave me two old videocards i'd like to run in SLI
my PSU and motherboard will support it, but my question is which order i should put them in
one has a blower-style fan, the other has the dual vertical-style fans

what's best for heat?

>>59738188
>>59738239
you could try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_5ImuneJyE
play it and plop the phone onto your face.

>>59738273
It kinda works but not enough to enjoy it.

Ended up breaking the velcro/paper part on top.

Got video to overlap in my eyesight but picture quality was horrible- could see each little block of light.

2/10, may try again.

>>59737938
Half the reviews are saying it failed. I could risk the lottery, but I'm wondering whether buying a used-but-good-condition reliable brand would perhaps be better.

I could always play the lottery and return it if it doesn't work but it's a bit of a hassle.

>>59738239
Having tried both the Oculus and the Vive, I can tell you that VR right now is mostly a curiosity for people who can afford to throw money at it.

Any low-end VR is going to be so crap that however little you spend on it, it's going to be overpriced.

High-end VR (so like the Vive) is much, much better, it's actually an enjoyable experience, but there are still noticeable quality defects - not enough to get in your face, but definitely enough to notice, especially if you play for a while. For the current price, I'd say it's also not worth it - wait a bit until the next iteration; as a bonus, the hardware required to run it will also become much more accessible.

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Is it me or is Android studio a resource hog?

Shit took forever to load and even longer to close

>>59738908
I'm messing around with Unreal for a project but obviously haven't got Vive set up. That's why they suggested just using Google Cardboard to test and gave us one.

I've considered getting one but, I haven't got the space or the money.

>>59739082
Ah, testing is probably the only legitimate use case for VR right now.

You could always upgrade your phone, since that's also useful for a lot of other things. If you get a Samsung you could even use Gear VR, it's no Vive but for the price it's probably going to be at least decent.

How do I evade the archives? I want to rename all my pictures but I have thousands upon thousands of them.

There must be some program that does it all for me. It'd be really nice if it could simulate 4chan filenames but that's asking for a lot I suppose.

Accidently hit the VGA cabel to my monitor. Now I only get a message saying "VGA no signal" -- screen seems to function on its own, but no contact with pc.

wat do

>>59738939
With that APU anything is going to take ages to do, don't kid yourself.

>>59739358
Did you try reseating the cable? Check for pin breakage and if that's the case then you might need to pull them out of the socket. Obviously do this while the PC is off and unplugged. If your borked the cable then that's not a biggie, just use another one, unless it's hardwired into the monitor in which case you're fucked unless you want to solder a new end on.

>>59739358
Plug displayport instead

>>59739282
>evade the archives
I have no idea what that means

BUT, if you're just trying to rename all your pictures, just write a script. Off the top of my head, it would go like this:

for every file in the directory
    while (generate a 4chan-like string of numbers) matches an existing file
        loop
    rename the file to the generated string (which will be unique)

Ugly pseudocode because I haven't scripted in shell for months, I don't have one to test in right now, and I can't even be certain you're on Linux (and I absolutely can't into windows scripts).

Is there a website that allows me to stream video files and watch with my friends? Kinda like rabb.it but I want to upload my own files.

>>59739282
use 4chan x?

I'm going to be away for about 5 months. Should I take my computer apart and store it in a closet or just leave it turned off? [spoiler]When I built it a couple years ago I couldn't get the back panel for the motherboard ports to fit right so it's just an open space.[/spoiler]

what are the options for "activating" windows 10 (LTSB N)?
does microsoft toolkit support it?

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Why won't this work - using Python and Tkinter.

"TypeError: __init__() takes from 1 to 3 positional arguments but 4 were given"

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I hope this thread can weed out the autistic neckbeard rage from this question:
I'm looking to building a whole new PC again and looking for advice on the whole GPU CPU compatibility aspect of the build. Basically I'm trying not to bottleneck the shit out of my new computer this time.
What should I be looking out for to make sure a GPU works well with a CPU?

How do I take something like "2+2" as a string in Java and then add it like doubles?

>>59739610
http://stackoverflow.com/a/3423360

>>59739525
Yes

>>59739586
logicalincrements.com

>>59739396
>>59739431
In easier words- what should I do? noob at this

>>59739780
What are you, 2? Those were the easy words

Preface: please do not bully

I keep getting bluescreens while playing Nier: Automata

KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR
CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

Looking at resmon the disk usage goes to 0 and all processes writing to disk die. This is an SSD and crystadiskinfo says it's OK

>>59729387
how much PHP do I need to know if I'm about to study Laravel?
I need Laravel for an internship i'm doing next month, but I have limited PHP experience.

What's an easy way to partition usb drives on windows

GParted a shit and doesn't want to start X on my laptop. I've literally 0 experience partitioning stuff using CLI so I don't want to fuck everything up. Or should I just read the docs and do it?

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How would you call the other side of a dependency?

If A is dependent on B, what is B to A?

>>59739860
I started writing a reply thinking "this guy is stupid", then realised I was wrong and quickly re-wrote it, then did that again, then stopped to think and realised that's actually a good question.

>>59739860
dependee

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Does anyone know why the Arch installer looks so fucked up for me? Using UEFI and an Arch installer on a GPT USB. It seems like it's working, but the pixels for the text are all offset wrong or something.

>>59739814
English is not my native language.

Tried monitor with a different pc, monitor/cable works just fine. problem is with the main pc I use.

>>59739860
A depending on B doesn't mean anything to B

for example, a phone case depends on the existence a particular type of phone, but the existence of the case doesn't affect the phone at all

>>59739922
What kind of computer?

>>59739970
That doesn't mean that it can't be useful to know what depends on something.

Say if the phone is pulled out from the market the case sales will stop. The phone company may not care but maybe some market analyst or something would be interested in that.

>>59739860
prerequisite

Anything I should add to my compiler flags for Firefox?

-fstack-protector-strong -O2 -march=native -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now

From what I can find -fstack-protector-all will impact performance (unsure how much), -O3 will only improve performance in some cases (and might actually decrease it in other) and -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 might cause some problems. What about LDFLAGS, anything there to add?

>>59740044
>>59739891
a dependency is something required, so those are synonyms

>>59739860
B is determinant to A

>>59739860
found it: a depender
now how to translate it into french?

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Using Pale Moon (or equivalently, an older version of Firefox), is there a way to hide/move the button with the browser name (see pic related)?

I can always access menus by pressing Alt or whatever, but the logo takes up space from the tab bar. I often have a lot of tabs open so that space is valuable to me.

>>59739946
Are there any other video ports on your PC you could connect it to?

>>59740113
you win
thanks

>>59739857
Disk management

>>59739586
>logicalincrements.com
>>59739678
falconguide is a god place to start, but it has a few issues.
1) If you just want to game at high framerates you want a 7700k and getting something more powerful is gonna give you worse framerates. 7600k is also a good pick for just gaming.
2) If you want more cpu power for other things than gaming go for a ryzen 7 or 5.

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>>59740206
>getting something more powerful is gonna give you worse framerates

>>59740221
Ryzen performs better at a lot of multicore tasks, but not quite as well at gaming

>>59740221
shitty way of phrasing it but anything 'faster' than a 7700k will have slower threads

Hello, how do you make your windows 7 sleep with a batch file?

>>59729387
If someone share a folder in gogle drive with me and I copy all the files from it to my drive, will those be permanent i mean will they still be in my drive, if he delete that folder from his folder ?

>>59740162
Doesn't seem to be able to do USB drives, unless I'm missing something.

>>59740009
Intel i5 4690
ASUS H97-Plus
MSI Nvidia 970GTX
16GB ram

>>59739514
just leave it. If it's gonna be in a really dusty environment maybe but it in a large bag or something. no need to disassemble.

>>59739454
upload your files somewhere(gdrive for example) and play them in rabbit, that's what we do. Or find a smaller streaming site that wont shut you down for copyright right away.

>>59737318
Software, computer hardware, or electronics?

>>59734895
sounds very unessecary to upgrade your gpu already.

>>59734428
In some games definately, but less at 1440p of course.
Id say get ryzen 5.

>>59732907
Cheap flashdrives definately are unreliable. Also, I'd say that's more trouble than it's worth. Just keep you old build and use as a linux machine with extra NAS features, that's what I'd do.

>>59740303
diskpart

>>59740221
Both ryzen and intels broadwell-e line is more powerful than the 7700k (in multicore tasks). Games are however poorly optimized for both multicore and ryzen.

>Download 5 GB zip
>Extracts into 5GB
>Install the 5GB program

>At max 15GB needed

Why does it have to be so retarded?

In java can I print out a variables value from a static method?
In my main I call the method and pass some stuff into it
and I have some numbers and I return the product of them, when I print it out it obviously only returns the product.
Can I get those other variables in there too? Or do I have to just print them inside the method itself?

What mobile OS is the most secure?

>>59740299
I'm in the wrong place for this?

>>59740513
you could unzip it while downloading and install it all at once.

>>59740521
Wherever you can access these variables, you can print them.

If you're passing them to your function which then returns the products, then you could just print them before passing to the function.

If they're only inside the scope of that function (either local to that function, or defined on the level of the object whose function you're calling) then you need some other way. You could return them from that function together with the product (use an array or something), or you could print them out from within the function, yeah.

>>59740303
minitool partition wizard

>>59740537
>mobile
>secure
Enjoy all permutations of three capital letters being able to listen to everything you say.

Unless you mean just from l33t haxors, I'd say Apple is still probably the best, simply due to the fact that they lock down so much stuff that, as a side-effect of everything being unusable, it's also unexploitable.

Is there any Greasemonkey fork for Firefox that doesn't suck dick? Both Greasemonkey and Tampermonkey keeps shitting the bed regularly for me.

>>59740696
That's my conflict. I always flipflop between Android and iPhone.
While apps run about the same on both now, there are still some that run smoother on iOS.
Although, Android is more customizable and better integrated into the Google ecosystem, which is definitely better than Apple's.

So it's a draw on everything for me, but security. I can use something like a VPN on Android, but not iPhone. Although, iOS seems to offer more encryption.

is rbt.asia down?

What does the * mean in C?
For example the printf prototype is:

int printf(const char *control_string, ...);

What does the * mean after char and before control?

>>59731257
Yes, unless they start it again on wifi before wiping it.

Which wont happen now 4 months later.

>>59732474
4 gpus + displayport splitters?

>>59732654
Doubt it but you can save yourself from being doxxed.

>>59740764
Ok so basically Android is based on Linux. Root it and you essentially have a Linux distro you can do anything with AFAIK.

That means you can encrypt it, manually set up the firewall, and generally set it up to be really secure.

BUT, you can also fuck things up if you're not careful. Apple protects you form yourself. A fair number of exploits also rely on user error - remember the screencap of the guy who got ransomware on his gentoo, because he was running Firefox with Flash as root? Also think of all the exploits which rely on tricking the user to confirm something, or open some file, etc. By preventing you from doing anything like that, Apple also prevents all these exploits from working.

From a user-less exploit point of view (very technical term, I know), I'd say they're about par; I'm not an expert on that.iOS is completely closed-source though so that's something to keep in mind.

How do i know if i missed the DHL guy?
What kind of warning/mess age will it give in the tracker?

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>>59729387
>http://github.com/caike/jQuery-Simple-Timer
>jquery.simple.timer.js

How would I go about to reset this timer dynamically? if I just call startTimer again, it creates a new object and cycles between those two countdown timers in the timer-div.

What's a good pdf viewer for Arch?

>>59741140
zathura

Hey /sqt/, I have a problem that's driving me bananas.

I've got an expensive optical ergo mouse. Can't use regular mice due to permanent bone damage.

One of them started jittering rapidly across the screen like there was a hair/fuzz in the sensor. I have ripped this thing down to the circuit board and cleaned the optical portion four times, and even pulled out the prism and cleaned that.

Every time I think that it's working again it starts to jitter. Is the sensor just FUBAR'd? The circuitry, maybe? Do these things actually fail or is there some elusive piece of fuzz that no amount of cleaning can remove?

I've also tried a fresh mouse pad and USB cable to no avail.

>>59741163
usb port is shit
happens all the time

>>59740153
Afraid not..

>>59741163
lol cripple

>>59740787
I get a ping response, so probably not.

>>59741198
That's what I thought, but it does it on 5 different PCs.

And yes, I cleaned the contacts on the mouse's plug.

I guess I'll just stick it in the closet in the event that the other ones break in a more permanent fashion.

>>59741207
RIP my wrist. I grab it and push in two directions every hour or so, cracking the bones violently, and loudly back into place. My sister almost lost her lunch once when I did it next to her.

Good times.

I'm in the market for a new TV since my old LCD HDTV one broke and honestly I feel like it might be time for a new one. It was a Sharp Aquos 39' dumb TV. It was bretty good until I accidentally knocked it over and fell to the floor.
Any recommendations?
There are so many memes in TVs nowadays like curved screens and HDR. I don't know what I should get. It will be used for Netflix and gayming mostly

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i just run a apt-get dist-upgrade and lots of packages were upgraded including linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae, but no reboot-required file shows up in /var/run

should i still reboot my computer?

picture unrelated

>>59730400
virtualclonedrive

>>59731470
can't you crop it with paint?

>>59741200
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

You may be at the point of putting in a new graphics card

>>59732538
It's scareware. Think about it. Why would your internet browser be warning you about a virus?

If a pop-up on the internet ever tells you that you have a virus, or anything else about your computer for that matter, it's lying.

>>59734636
I don't really know how to do it, but I'm pretty sure you can set up a VPN at the router level (probably google it.)

But a lot of the time routers can't handle decrypting stuff fast enough (because it's not really their job) and so your internet connection will be slower than if you'd just used software.

>>59741376
as far as the basic go;
panel types;
LCD: cheaper, no burn-in risk, lower contrast. note that "LED" tv's are just LCD with LED backlights, i'm not sure if they even make CCFL backlight displays anymore, but if they do, LED is better
OLED: more expensive, burn-in is a possibility, so be careful if you plan to use it with PC input, contrast is amazing, best picture you can currently get

HDR/SDR;
"HDR" refers to having a wider range of brightness levels than older "SDR" displays, there's two competing standards for it, HDR10, an open standard, and Dolby Vision

"Smart";
basically just a regular TV but with additional hardware akin to a tablet or phone integrated into it, allowing for things like netflix to be supported directly by the TV alone

Curved;
looks neat, but doesn't really look much different at normal viewing distances, looks weird when viewed off-angle (aka, people watching who aren't directly in front of it)
i'm pretty sure they did this because Because They Can(tm)

>>59741376
4k, 3D, Curved =Memes


240hz is a meme, for video most people don't even like 60 (soap opera effect)

Smart Tv is decent now, although you can get saddled with bloat, and there's no guarantee they'll update indefinitely. Also surprisingly weak security

1440p is a decent upgrade from 1080, but doesn't scale 1080p content as well as 4k

IPS is good, HDR is better. HDR basically resolves the shittieness of image quality manufactures have been retardedly ignoring for years.

>>59741568
oh, to clarify HDR a little;
it's not related to the basic brightness level that you'd set yourself, but rather the absolute difference in brightness between black and white
it also requires HDR content to take advantage of it, so don't expect "SDR"/existing content to look much different

Bought a 2012 mbp for 350 bong tokens and I need to swap out the ram, hdd and battery. Creating a bootable usb for the OS is fine, but what anti-static measures do I need to take? Never really done much physical stuff with computers

Why isn't Windows Search indexing new files? I only have it index my start menu, but it's not indexing anything new I put it in there. The shortcuts appear in the start menu itself, but even rebuilding the search index doesn't make it so it indexes these files.
It indexes everything else though, so I'm not sure what's going wrong.

>>59741588
I'd just like to interject that while 240Hz may be a meme (also where do you even find 240Hz), 120/144Hz does make a very noticeable difference.

If you use a PC with it even your mouse pointer and webpage scrolling will become visibly smoother. Games will of course benefit quite a bit.

In the end it's a compromise on picture specs (resolution, refresh frequency), picture quality (colors, contrast) and price.

>>59741568
>>59741588
>>59741632
So I basically want 1080p, non-curved with HDR? I could do without a smart TV since I already have a Roku but I don't think they make regular old dumb TVs now.

>>59741692
Ground yourself frequently and don't work in a static-creating environment.

This means:
>wooden surfaces (no carpets!)
>cotton clothes (no synthetics!)
>try not to rub things in general
And for grounding, you will need something metal and grounded. Depending on your socket/country you can just touch the grounding pin there, otherwise you might need to find something else.

If you wanna feel safer, get an anti-static wristband and clip it to the aforementioned metal grounded object. This might make outlets harder to utilise because most bands seem to come with a crocodile clip IIRC. They cost like $5-10 and let you not worry about grounding yourself often enough, since you're constantly grounded.

>>59741718
pretty much, even if you have no need for HDR, it is at least indicative of decent contrast in general

>>59741376
HDR is really the only feature in the last 10 years I would give a shit about, provided you get content for it. The normal color spectrum of screens is very limited, which is why professional photo editors tend to use special monitors expanded to the full sRGB range. Standardizing HDR content is actually the easy way out, and luckily providers are starting to step up to the plate, including the PS4. It's laughable that everyone thinks 4k is a big deal when most modern tvs still have so much more to gain from a better color specrum

>>59741718
Yup. No real advantage to a smart tv over a roku, and the panel itself will probably be good long after the "smart" features start showing their age

>>59741776
i guess higher resolution is just easier to explain than HDR
looking at a normal/large-size (say 50-65") tv from a normal distance (say 5-10 metres), with fully exploitative content on both, and a 1080p HDR display will have looks much better than a 4K SDR display
HDR is more important for picture quality in more situations than 4K
it's easy to go "but look how SHARP it is!" when looking at a 4K tv from 2 feet away displaying a still image, but how often to you do that in practice?

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>>59741718
>So I basically want 1080p
No. 1080p is already on its way out. Get 2160p to future-proof your device a bit.
Also, protip: 4k ≠ 2160p. Actual 4k is extremely rare because it's a nonstandard aspect ratio.

>>59741913
>1080p is already on its way out.
This is incorrect. Don't spread misinformation, please.

>>59741913
>nonstandard
only in the consumer space
when talking about consumer gear, it can be assumed that we're talking about 3840x2160
there's not much difference between 4096x2160 anyway
also, differentiating them by calling one "2160p" is no less confusing, considering they're both 2160 lines progressive (2160p)

>>59741913
it doesn't hurt to get a UHD display, but i wouldn't skimp out on other features to have it

>>59741945
>Don't spread misinformation
Take your own advice, anon. I have extremely bad eyesight and even I can tell the difference between 1080p and 2160p from 10m+ away. Only luddites like you are sitting there screaming about how we're never going to progress beyond 1080p.

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>>59729387
How soon can I tell if I'm too dumb to learn programming? I don't have any benchmark to measure my progress, so I'm not sure if I'm improving at a slow rate or a normal rate or what.

>>59742007
there is progression to be had besides resolution, such as SDR>HDR and LCD>OLED, which both bring far more to the table picture-quality-wise than UHD
if you can afford a tv with all 3, then good for you

So when my ram usage reaches 100%, instead of programs crashing or being killed my computer just freezes up; X unresponsive, alt+f4 doesn't kill shit, etc. Is there some program or daemon I can acquire that will kill whatever is sucking up all the memory before everything goes unresponsive forcing me to reboot?

>>59742031
What are you trying to learn? What projects are you working on?
My rule of thumb would be that you're too dumb to learn programming if you decide on a reasonable task and find yourself to be too unintelligent to solve it, even with access to the internet.

>>59742063
It's actually not frozen, believe it or not; it's just extremely slow. Your computer is designed to use secondary memory (your HDD) once it runs out of primary memory (your RAM). The computer appears frozen because a HDD is many orders of magnitude slower than even low-quality RAM. If you give it enough time (assuming a program isn't stuck in an infinite loop) then it will start responding all on its own.

But you could probably write a simple program to check every few seconds if a process is using an unreasonably high amount of memory (you'd have to decide this yourself) and kill it in the event that it detects one.

>>59742125
Idk man at >30seconds for any change on the screen I'd call it pretty frozen.
But seriously why isn't this already in place?

>>59742164
>But seriously why isn't this already in place?
And by this I mean even like just reserving 1% of memory for absolutely critical system processes.. Like moving the mouse and dealing with keyboard input..

>>59742074
I don't really have any particular goal, except maybe to make my own roguelike one day just for fun. I started learning it after a friend told me to give it a try, then later had the idea to use python to automate my math homework so I started toying around making functions for different formulas. I like that feeling of finally getting it to work right, and I like breaking down problems. I've just been going through various python tutorials and then doing the exercises. I have had some times where I got caught up, but so far I've always managed to figure out everything in the end. But I'm also still on basic shit, so that's not impressive.

>>59742125
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356
Literally unfixed since 2007 at least fucking hell.

>>59742164
>But seriously why isn't this already in place?
Two reasons that it wouldn't be a default part of a system.
1.) It's an uncommon scenario, so it would use up company resources on something that basically no one would ever use
2.) It would potentially interfere with enterprise programs that use high amounts of memory.

>>59742242
>This has also happened to me on many occasions. I have a Kubuntu 9.04 server at the office that has 24GB of main memory, so there is no swap space defined. When an application goes haywire and takes all the main memory (e.g. VMWare), the offending process is never terminated, the mouse pointer locks up, and all attempts at a remote SSH session fail--the server has to be forcibly restarted.
>This is a critical bug!
Some guy, 2009.

>It would potentially interfere with enterprise programs that use high amounts of memory.
And the computer essentially running like treacle, potentially undetected for hours, this wouldn't be a problem?

>>59742224
I'd give you two pieces of advice. First is to pirate a textbook for whichever language you're interested in. Ignore the actual chapters in the book, they're largely worthless. What you want to do is go to the programming challenges and solve those. I say this because they almost always have a good progression that builds on previous knowledge and ensures that you firmly understand the fundamentals as you learn.
Next, start drawing up design documents for simple games and spend some time each day trying to make it.
Your first several "games" will be utter shit, so only start to worry if you spend a very long time and still feel like you don't understand anything.

>>59741769
Thanks bruh, you're a diamond geezer

>>59742281
>And the computer essentially running like treacle, potentially undetected for hours, this wouldn't be a problem?
Or a fucking remote server you have no access to just hanging up indefinitely
Totally not a problem :')

>>59742281
>And the computer essentially running like treacle, potentially undetected for hours, this wouldn't be a problem?
you seem to be under the impression that enterprise clients are rational
you are wrong

here's a stupid question
where's the new thread

What's the best cloning software to use when transferring your boot hdd to a new one?

>>59742780
clonezilla

>>59741588
>HDR basically resolves the shittieness of image quality manufactures have been retardedly ignoring for years.

the hdr label is a meme.

it's basically 3 things:
Content level: A video mastered with higher contrast ratio (couldnt be done with normal video)

signal level: a 10-12 bit signal to reduce banding and improve color accuracy

panel level: A high contrast color accurate panel (to unspecified levels) (cold be done with normal video)

TL;DR HDR could already be done with previous decent panels and video, just with a risk of banding. is just a good panel that supports 10bit to reduce banding, but the panel is gimped when not getting a HDR standard(tm) signal.

>>59742982
>(couldnt be done with normal video)
>(cold be done with normal video)
could*

I have a long secure password for my wlan but giving it to visitors several times because they fucked something up when typing it is getting fucking annoying, so I come to you for help: Is it possible to have a second wlan with no access to my main network? I'm thinking pfsense with two wireless interfaces would let me do this but I'm mostly clueless about networking.

>>59743231
Yes many routers/access points have this feature

>>59743251
Would someone connected to the unsecure wlan be able to visit my gateway's local ip to access my settings?

>>59743299
not if you have it password protected or depending on the firmware you can completely disable config access over wireless

>>59743299
Probably depends on the router, but either way just have a good pass for that and you're good

>>59743231
You could stick a second router in a DMZ, and stick it's wifi in another channel. Or only let guests with 5ghz NICs use your wifi. You could also try WPS for what it's worth, although that's trading one weakness for another

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>>59742496
Wow look at how fucking hard that was. Can't imagine why nobody in the whole linux world maybe thought to do this since at least 2007.

>>59743522
You're the only one who has cared, anon. Anyone on this board could've, but we just use our memory reasonably.

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