/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

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i got a wart on the inside of my thumb. how long will it take to go away?

>Warts typically disappear on their own with time, but it may take years.
>A 12-week daily treatment with salicylic acid has been shown to lead to a complete clearance of warts in 10–15% of the cases.
seems a bit extreme? can they go away quicker than that?

so i live with my parents at the moment
they pay for and more importantly bought in the first place the (im not certain i even know the actual term) 'internet subscription service provider package deal' that allows me to browse the internet
i remember being around at my friends house and him saying he had to watch how much he downloaded as they had a limit
so im wondering how i can find out if i have a limit too (and possibly other conditions) without asking them, like a kind of secret mission i guess
like is there a website that can pick up on it or something?
thanks for any help

>>61351851
dyou know how you get warts?

>>61351870
it's from a virus. i'm not sure how i got it, but it might be from my pantyhose, but i don't have warts on my feet, only on my thumb.

>>61351863
https://www.whoismyisp.org/

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>>61351905
>pantyhose
wow, no ones ever said pantyhose to me to my face in real life standing in front of me physically before and (after i google imaged it to see if they were what i suspected) i was filled with a tremendous feeling
i guess that must be love
what makes you think its the panty hoses?

>>61351863
No. Limits are artificially enforced by your ISP. You'll need to find out what plan your parents bought.

You could go to e.g. speedtest.net to find out what your isp is and what speed you're getting, that will narrow your search a bit. If your isp then only offers a few different packages, that may be enough to deduce your limit. Alternatively, if your isp doesn't enforce limits at all, then you're also good to go.

However, if your isp has various packages where you can choose the speed you get and also the limit (independently), you'll need to maybe find a billing slip or something if you don't want to ask your parents directly. Or you could formulate the question to inquire how much they're paying, if you prefer - knowing the price and speed should let you deduce the exact package your parents bought.

>>61351851
Just burn it off you pussy.

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>>61351797
I have a key for Windows Server 2016 and I'm tired of getting tracked by Microsoft. Question: can I just simply use it as my main OS instead of Windows 10?

I'm a bit curious, does a 4 AA battery holder ONLY work with 4 AA batteries or could it work with 2 batteries?

I.E, if I only want to power something with less than 3 volts could I just save money and use a 4 battery holder with 2 batteries or do I need to get a specific 2 battery holder?

ive just found out my version of firefox is 32-bit
im thinking this is 'bad'
am i right?

>>61352178
Nah, you're fine.

>>61352167
you need 4

ive gone to download this http://tabmixplus.org/ but it says nightly next to the download option
i dont think i use nightly
can i still download it?
thanks

>>61352192
how do they differ (assuming theres a 64-bit (and also no others))?

>>61352337
64-bit versions are usually a tad faster, but you probably wouldn't notice the difference. You could always install a 64-bit Firefox and see for yourself!

Is it bad if you start getting coil whine late into your desktop's life?

which fucking (specific) link(/website/version) of piratebay do you use
is there a definitive one (or that doesnt have pop ups and shit at least)
thanks

My company has a grid drawing framework with pretty bad performance problems when drawing many cells but it's fine when putting all the data into a single cell.
I can do the sorting myself but the problem is that the formatting sucks. Is there a good way to format strings with non-monospaced font so words in the middle align perfectly?

the icons that (should) accompany the tab tiles in the back-tab (when you click and hold or right click on the back arrow) menu aren't appearing sometimes
anyone know the problem/solution?
thanks

Are smartwatches worth considering?

what are the boxes (and the arrows pointing to them) in the top left corner of posts on this site for?
thanks

>>61352593
for deleting your post
see button at the right-bottom of the screen
lurk more

>>61352547
just google it, google now supports showing best torrent sites. I would give you some links but im at work

>>61352167
You can put a wire in place of the missing batteries

>>61352632
>google now supports
Not as good as it used to.
;_;

>>61352619
and are the arrows as 'direct' as moot/hiro/the boys get in explaining that thats what it means (or is it actually spelled out somewhere (i would actually be interested in seeing this if thats true)?)?

>>61352632
how do you mean 'now supports', i feel im sensing a hint of facetiousness (if only the very faintest)
dyou mean, did they used to not show torrent sites in results at all? how anti were they?
and dyou know why theyve changed their minds?

Is the >muh 3.5gb meme even that bad at 1080p?

>>61352547
https://proxybay.one/

My cuck isp occasionally blocks a bunch of them. I think I've been using pirateproxy.cc for a while and it's been fine so far.
They almost all have popups but you do use ublock and/or umatrix, don't you? Pirateproxy.cc at least doesn't have giant colourful " DOWNLOAD ME" links that lead to unrelated stuff, it just has the "Download magnet" button.

>>61352814
Depends

You can literally use 2gb and be fine in most cases. You'll only need more for meme textures (I can't run gtav with max textures or fully modded skyrim on my 2gb laptop).

Alright I am in the market for a com. I am looking for something that is secure and somethong I can torrent with

>>61352976
Vpn

Are Wifi extenders any good or just memes? Should I go for them o a new router?

>>61351797
wtf im on my fone rite now and my computer wont turn on, plez help.

>>61352976
I love corn.

What is the best freeware Video Editing Software that I can get for Windows 7?

>>61353106
Wifi extenders are only good if you have a massive house, plus they can only extend in a specific direction most of the time. It wont speed up your connection if that's what you're after

>>61353168
windows movie maker

How do I repair a Windows 10 instalation that doesn't boot after I installed ubuntu on a separate HD?

tl;dr winbaby got hias first linux, fucked up windows

>>61353168
openshot

>>61353436
My house isn't massive, I'm only in the room upstairs but my router is shit and doesn't give a good connection there in my laptop.

Would a router or extender be more beneficial?

>>61353106
It's always better to run a wire or upgrade your base unit to offer better coverage.

>>61353698
Wire's not really an option. Base unit meaning router, right?

I have a water-damaged laptop I want to part out, and one of the more valuable parts is the M.2 SSD. Problem is I don't have another laptop around that takes those. How do I wipe it before selling?

>>61353694
router

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>>61354213
you'll need something that supports m.2 drives
probably the cheapest method is to get an m.2 > pci-e adapter card

>>61354213
Don't sell the hard drive

>>61354293
Didn't know such a thing existed
Thanks, anon.

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>>61351797
Is there any way to limit Spotify clients cache on Windows desktop client? I only use it for streaming and after a few weeks the cache folder was bloated with 30gb of trash (a fucking quater of my system SSD). I've tried https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Lots-of-data-being-stored-locally/td-p/17115 but it didn't do anything.

Im trying to add a command to spacefm's context menu to open dvd iso's using mpv.
The mpv command is mpv --dvd-device=.I tried playing with the syntax but apparently im just not getting it
Could anyone lead me in the right direction for the syntax?
Intended functionaliy would be right click the sio go to open with and then the custom command would be there
https://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/spacefm-manual-en.html

>>61353740
Yep, just upgrade the router. I upgraded mine recently and was surprised how good the signal was.

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Can I roll back an Android update w/out rooting? Or will have to learn the ins and outs of rooting? Nougat was not made for my Galaxy S6. So many apps bugging out. I wanna go back to Marshmallow.

>>61355068
You have to flash a marshmellow rom,which means you need atleast the bootloader unlocked

Built my very first pc trying to install windows when it gets to the install screen I can't move my mouse and my keyboard won't work iv'e tried using USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports

do i enable updates on a fresh copy of windows 7

Is there a good (free) hard drive format recovery tool? I upgraded my computer and had backed up my files using Windows Easy Transer, but when I go to put the files back in after the upgrade it says there is an error. I formatted the hard drive the files were in, but I didn't put anything else on it yet so it should still be recoverable, right? After that I can figure out how to transfer them nicely since I can't rely on WET it seems.

>>61353540
I already use that, it was slow and it crashed after rendering a video. The video was fine but the program wouldn't start, it kept giving me an error, so I uninstalled it.

>>61355266
Try cracking EaseUs Data Recovery Wizard. It saved 4TB of pictures, documents and music for me.

>>61355283
Must be your hardware then.

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is this bad for my laptop anons
>uptime

how to install mpv on xubuntu 12.04 i386 architecture cpu?
using ppa says that there are no builds for i386 but i've seen people here testing mpv on n270 cpu

>>61355286
You remember the place you found the crack? Everything looks shady and haven't seen a working one.

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>>61351797
I have urgent issue:

Something deleted half of my files on my SSD.

I was running new version of RPCS3 (the PS3 emulator) and I booted up P4 and did few tests to see how it runs on my machine.

I stopped RPCS3 and decided that I need to reboot to adjust clock speed in bios (i7-6700k 4.0Ghz -> 4.4Ghz ) as I had turned it down earlier. I restarted my computer (from start menu) and Firefox, Explorer and RPCS3 were still running altough the emulator wasn't running any game. There was that grey screen which showed Windows Explorer and Firefox were still busy but it disappeared in couple of seconds.

Bam... After OS came up, half of my files erased. Steam library, important documents and other stuff instantly wiped. I'm not joking. This is on SSD, from where I was running RPCS3 as well.

Has this happened before to anyone? Where should I report it? I'm angry.

Running file recovery (piriform recuva) now if I can salvage something.

None of the operating system logs show anything. At least on Event Viewer, I'm not sure if there are any other places where I should be looking in.

I'm wondering is this caused just by rebooting the computer at wrong time or something to do with the emulator?

There has been single physical issues with my machine, it's about one year old and SSD is probably 6 months old now. I have never ever experienced anything like this during 30 years of computer use.

(Okay, I do have backups of my important files but this is annoying as hell and I'm not sure if I trust to use this drive again).

>>61355501
Forgot, P4 = Persona 4 and I'm on Windows 10. No malware present as far as I'm concerned.

Which logs I need to check besides Event Viewer?

>>61351797
So I just tried this shit on my laptop running Windows and now it won't boot my Windows install
What the fuck does this do? How do I fix it?

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What would be the optimal way to read the subtitles of a show?

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>>61351797
I can't install jupyter notebook and python 3 on linux mint. Help robots!

>>61355266
R-Studio 7.2 Build 155105 Network Edition
the only recovery program that have actually worked for me

>>61355428
Yes. I never turn my laptops off, and usually the fan's bearings destroy themselves within eight months of use. Has happened to a T61, some HP consumer crap and a Latitude E4300.

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anyone here have experience with aegisub or mkvs? how would I remove this hardsub?

>>61355501
im this anon >>61355574
recuva is shit

>>61355609
use mkvtools

>>61352157
>2016
Already botnet

>>61355625
what one?

>>61352709
>typing "dyou"

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>>61355574
Seems like the hard disk indices has been broken in weird way. Recuva was running already and I'm examining the files - for example, Witcher 3, Steam game which is almost pristine but has few file entries replaced with a data pointing to another directory on the same disk. So the NTFS data is broken somehow.

Question: Should I run chkdsk first before trying to use file recovery tool?

Win 8 suddenly got unresponsive / very slow (in safe mode), I was suspecting some update broke it
>recover from backup
Still slow af
Try to install various distros, some have problems with wifi, some have problems with sound
It is a older HP laptop (a6-5200, 8GB ram, 1TB hdd), maybe there is some hw problem, what could be the culprit? How should I investigate it? hardinfo did not give any pointers, the benchmarks run quite adequately

i have a few thousands of pictures, both in png and jpg format. the only difference in the name between each is the extension
how can i list all the repeating files in Total Commander?

>>61355746
Anyway, I'll grab what I can and reformat the SSD completely. I almost always used that only for gaming but there was few things which were important. Not a bad loss except all the bandwidth if I need to redownload everything. Fuck Windows 10 and fuck SSDs.

>>61352581
lol

>>61355760
>he has automatic updates on
wew

Ubuntu babby here, I wanted to switch to Debian but I couldn't find PPSSPP in the Debian repo, does this mean I have to compile it myself? Does Debian have anything like Ubuntu's ppa?

>>61355760
Shouldn't be that slow.
Sounds like a fucked up windows install, a damaged HDD could be the problem too.

You have 2 options:
1) Get a Linux USB (Download Linux Mint and Rufus and get a 4GB+ USB).
2) Reinstall windows

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>set up my VPN proxy in qbittorrent
>download speeds insanely slow
>wont even download metadata
Did I do something wrong? I already checked if it masks my IP

Does my VPN for browsing need to be enabled if the proxy is set up in my bittorrent client?

>>61353168
ShortCut.

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>>61355536
post pics

>>61353495
Fix up Boot partition with a windows 10 installer USB.
You dont need to reinstall windows just run soem commands.

>>>/g/fglt

>>61355965
might just be shitty seeds. download something really popular (and legal, because some tv shows etc are bait) and see if if downloads faster

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hope I'm doing this right

>>61355494
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRGuVWJ8CKg
I followed this exact guide and it worked.

>>61356048
god dammit

>>61355965
Who is this semen demon?

I have a laptop with the shittiest BIOS imaginable. I'm unable to install an OS using a USB drive and it doesn't have a DVD drive.

I used to install Windows using PXE network boot. I've recently reinstalled Windows using PXE and I was intending to create a Ubuntu dualboot afterwards.

However this piece of shit now completely refuses to boot with PXE so I have very little options left.

I was wondering if it would be possible to take out the secondary harddrive I intended to use for Ubuntu, Install it on there and then modify the boottables to set it as a boot option after I place it back into my laptop.

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Is it safe to move a laptop while it's running?
Assuming the laptop has HDD not SSD.

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I am trying to install linux on my laptop via USB, but nothing seems to work.. doesn't even boot. I tried different images and distributions but none works. Also tried different USB Sticks and even an SD Card.. still, nothing.

>>61356059
Thanks this was perfect. Now to see if it can recover everything

>>61356252
Did you actually boot from the usb drive...

>>61356259
It might take a few hours (or days) but it found everything I lost and even some files I deleted years ago. Good luck!

>>61356266
Yes of course, even made the BIOS setting and tried forcing it through F9.

I will take a picture of the "error" messages I get, perhaps someone here can help me more than all the linux help forums I tried via google.

>>61356230
Your question is taking me right back to the 90s.

>>61356297
I'm worried moving the laptop while the HDD is spinning can cause it to fail.

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>>61356252
>>61356266
>>61356295
Sorry for phone Quality

>>61356331
It's 2017, HDDs don't break from tilting anymore

>>61356280
Thank you very much anon! So when it recovers what it can, do you recommend a way to transfer the files better than WET? My plan is to backup the files to an external somehow, wipe the drive of no-longer needed things, then put what I backed-up back on the same drive.

>>61356331
>I'm worried moving the laptop while the HDD is spinning can cause it to fail.
The drive is encased. It's not going to move much, if at all, unless a lot of force is applied to the laptop.

>>61356366
Since what year?

>>61356414
Probably before 2010.

So I want to swap the video card in my computer to a 1080Ti, but that means I will need a new power supply. The only PSU that fits my case and has the proper wattage apparently has a noisy fan, but the fan doesn't run until a certain wattage draw and that causes heat problems.

Obviously ignoring warranty, can I modify the PSU with a different fan and to always run?

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>>61356226
Larkin Love

she's amazing, but a lot of her stuff nowadays is crowdfunded fetish smut. Some of it's good but a lot of it can get pretty bad if you're not into it

You can have phone sex with her for 5 bucks a minute.

>>61351851
A single treatment of liquid nitrogen.
But it will still take a while to disappear.
Like a week or two.
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>>61356447
Thanks

>>61356406
>lot of force is applied to the laptop
Well I'm using a thinkpad, and when I moved it from my bed to my desktop, the HDAP activates.
And no I don't throw it.

>>61356441
Can you? yes, kinda hard.
Should you? Not at all, never open a PSU.

Brave or Chromium

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>>61356465
I can't find another option for that power at that size

Is there a tool I can use to rip all the images associated with my facebook account

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>>61352593
>>61352676
kys

>>61351797
I am using a prebuilt dell 755 with a core 2 quad and some kind of shitty low end radeon. For some reason when I am browsing 4chan and playing youtube in another tab my computer will sometimes freeze up and make a sort of click-click-click sound like a hard drive running reallly fast. I have tried monitoring my CPU to see if that is the problem but it hovers around 55 c and the GPU around 53. Could this be an HDD problem?

>>61356468
chromium

>>61355794
bumping

>>61356692
Sounds like a HDD problem indeed.
Download Speccy, go to Storage section and post a screenshot of the SMART attributes part.

>>61356703
I run linux.

>>61356717
Open the Disk Utility and check the SMART attributes.
Also run the Disk benchmark.

Can I make OpenVPN work for AWS?

Basically, what I want to do is be able to VPN in to some VPN service and then have everything else on AWS in scope. Specifically I want to be able to SSH into the other boxes, with SSH firewalled off based on AWS security groups.

Is there any way to get these components to play nicely together?

I just went to the electronics store to buy a new webcam. I asked one of the employees (a nice, middle aged lady) if it's compatible with Linux.
She said she doesn't know, and went on her computer to check.
As she asked me "by the way, what is Linux?", she opened up Internet Explorer.

Why do people like this still exist and how can they work in an electronics store?

Make sure you and the VPN are forwarding the correct ports. Adapter binds, killswitches and firewalls can also kill your connection.
Proxy doesn't encrypt your traffic so your ISP will see what you're doing with your connection although it's still better than nothing. It's best used as tunnel within the tunnel as added security. Use a separate or virtual machine to connect to the VPN if you want to browse web without it.

>>61352593
Don't touch those. Moderator use only.

>>61356738
"disk is OK"

>>61356780
Just post the SMART info and benchmark.

>>61352593
Check that box thenclick the delete button on the bottom of the page for a please wait longer to delete this post message. 18 tries later you get a this post is too old to delete message.
It's kind of like firefox's about:robots page.

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>>61356780
Run

smartctl -i /dev/sdx

x being the HDD name.

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>OP3
>stock ROM

Phone doesn't do status bar notifications anymore for several apps
- big ones including Google Keep / Todoist

>tried tuning off Doze, allowing apps to override the notifications, allowing permissions, etc.

How to fix?

>>61356911
Doesn't work. smartctl isn't a valid command.

>>61356944
Do you have smarttools installed?
You look like you're running debian/ubuntu
Try checking your package manager.

>>61356966
I'm running parabola GNU/linux-libre.

>>61357006
Then that's arch.
It should be named smartmontools

>>61357041
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Device Model: ST3250310AS
Serial Number: 6RY8T6YH
Firmware Version: 3.ADA
User Capacity: 250,000,000,000 bytes [250 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 2.5, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Thu Jul 13 13:58:53 2017 EDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

which one of these psus are worth getting with my $75 worst buy gift card?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-cx-m-series-650w-atx12v-2-4-eps12v-2-92-modular-power-supply-matte-black/5845214.p?skuId=5845214

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/thermaltake-smart-series-650w-bronze-power-supply-black/8733872.p?skuId=8733872

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/thermaltake-tr2-600nl2nc-atx12v-eps12v-power-supply-black/5381884.p?skuId=5381884

I need a windows 10 iso because my product key won't work since its pre installed

>>61357102
Run this smartctl -c /dev/sdx

>>61357137
Do you really need 600w? 90% of the PCs can comfortably live with high quality 400w.

>>61357177
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 25) The self-test routine was aborted by
the host.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 430) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 64) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x8035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

>>61357186
theyre the only ones available in store in my area

>>61357249
Do you need it asap?

I stopped one of the fan on my GPU for a second to check where a noise was coming from. When I let go it didn't spin again, I pushed it with my finger and it spinned. Now it seems to spin normally though both fans don't start at the same time when I boot (the one I stopped starts a bit after). With MSI afterburner I increased speed and decreased it and it seems to work ok.

Did I fucked that fan? Could it fail anytime now?

>>61357211
Run this
smartctl —test=short /dev/sdx
then post the results of this
smartctl -a /dev/sdx

>>61357274
https://pastebin.com/eY0DJY4E

For about a week now i have had real bad issues with high ping on LoL and even watching twitch.tv it stutters on auto quality even low loads like 240p.
I have tried everything i can think of. Please help
Also ipconfig shit seems to do nothing i see..

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>>61357395
It's failing.
Backup, your stuff.
What did you do?

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>>61357413
>>61357433

>>61357443
Its old. This is a spare one I pulled out of prebuilt. I knew I was going to have to replace it soon but I have been putting it off.

>>61357456
> doesn't use `-t`

>>61357442
Heh.

>>61357433
>Thomas
wtf dad i didn't know you browse 4chan

>>61357475
A little trick you can do is to dd with zeros it.
This can help sometimes.
How long HDD should last anyway?

>>61357494
What?
>>61357509
I've never met another Thomas, i actually thought the name was pretty rare.
Also net is almost unusable at the best of times.

for some reason, my middle click stops working when i put the casing on the mouse.
any clue why that would happen? ?

>>61357259
well its for a new build and i do want to get it working. but if you have something from best buy that is decent then i could wait

>>61357538
I've met like 5 Thomas in my life. The name is somewhat common in Europe. Don't know about the US

>>61357456
>>61357433
>>61357413

>>61357630
USA i wouldnt know. I come from the land downunder

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>>61357660

>>61357539
ignore this. it works now despite doing nothing

>>61357579
Bestbuy seems to have very shitty selection of PSUs. Buy preferably Seasonic, one its copies or EVGA. There's a chart of PSU quality levels, but it might be somewhat outdated.

Does /diy/ have no /sqt/ equivalent anymore? I remember they used to have a general thread for dumb questions.

I wanted to ask some advice on reparing my tv, if anyone here has experience with that I'd be grateful.

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>>61351797
I dumpster dived 2 speakers. Are they any good? I will post a pic of the back of the other in a second.

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>>61358040

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>>61358054
Also I got this motherboard.

Is may sound like extremely stupid question but how much does SSD cost?
Like how much $ per GB?

>>61357677
>>61357456
>>61357413
Anyone to help please.

>>61358099
I got my 250GB SSD for $110 and thats resonable, so... $2-$3 per gig
Thats AUD btw

>>61358099
Big ones cost about 0,26€/gb.

>>61358159
>Strayamath

>>61358159
So 120 GB WD SSD for 60$ is good?

>>61358192
250gb and 500gb ssds have a lot better size/price ratio.

>>61358036
you could try in >>>/diy/ohm/, or make your own /sqt/, or make your own thread for the tv repair

>>61358259
i fucked up the link
>>>/diy/ohm

>>61358225
But I can get two SSD that way.
And what do I do with all the extra space?

>>61358192
The bigger you go the cheaper it gets until 500GB
But thats the price i got it.
>>61358180
Nothing wrong with my math it came to $2.7 per GB so i did a rough rounding you pleb.

>>61358068
Cheap 775 motherboard, it may work, it may not work.

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>>61358301
If you had paid 2,7$ per gb for 250gb SSD, you would have paid 675$ in total...

>>61358036
>>61358259
Thanks anon, I'll try there.

what is the best way to back up aprox 375 gb of data?

Is it possible to require both a fingerprint and a password to unlock an android phone? I've looked around but can only find fingerprint or password unlocks.

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got a small problem with my VPN

>Have VPN enabled
>find torrents
>download
>wont download
>WILL download, if VPN is off

If my bittorrent client is already fitted with a proxy from the same VPN, does my VPN still need to be connected?

Example: I turned my VPN off, downloaded a torrent from one of those IP checking sites and it came out as the proxy that I set up. Am I still anonymous as long as I'm not browsing the web?

Larkin Love

I have an i7 3770 (non K) with stock cooler. I don't give a shit about noise.

Is there any danger in setting the fan at a fixed 100%?

>>61358471
read >>61356749

Try with VPN only without proxy.

>>61358508
you could freeze the cpu with all the cooling and it could stop working

>>61358301
$110 for 250GB is 110/250=$0.44 per GB

>>61358457
dd

What's your favorite programming language, guys?
Mine is Java.

>>61356463
If you shook the laptop as hard as you could every time you used it, the drive would probably only have a small reduction in its lifespan. You might also notice slower read/write speeds while you shook it, I've seen it happen before but I don't know why.

>>61358508
Depends on the fan.
Usually its better leave it at 60-90%, 100% will wear it way faster.

Nobody for >>61357271 ?

so hidden files/folders are good because its unlikely someone else's gonna select the show option and go looking for them
that's it right? or am i missing the whole deal

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[sqt]Why didn't you useless faggots tell me theirs ublock origin for thunderbird?[/sqt]

How do I display my hardware stats and stuff on my desktop? I am trying to find a picture to show you guys what I mean, but hopefully one of you knows what I am talking about..

>>61358810
Rainmeter

>>61358802
>ublock origin for thunderbird
To block what?

>>61358508
no just lube it if it starts to make a grinding noise

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pc-Fidget-Hand-Spinner-Rotating-Toy-Wheel-Cleaning-Agent-Lubricant-Jun12-Professional-Factory-price-Drop-Shipping/32815990199.html

D-does it matter if I plug my headphones into the rear IO or front IO?

>>61358877
the rear IO is usually better but the front IO can be ok if you don't hear any interference

>>61358915
Okay, that's what I thought I read a while ago.thanks anon

>>61358810
How about one for linux/ubuntu?

>>61358833
Enhances: firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird
Homepage: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Download-Size: 12.0 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://mirror.it.ubc.ca/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
Description: general-purpose lightweight ads, malware, trackers blocker
uBlock is a small footprint blocker for against web ads, malware, trackers,
analytics and similar invasive items.
.
Compared to other blockers like AdBlock and Ghostery, µBlock is focused on
having a smaller memory and CPU footprint.

>>61359019
What's on tinderbird to be blocked?

>>61358679
Pretty much.
On Linux, hidden files/folders are typically system-related or otherwise important, and shouldn't be tinkered with by a user who doesn't know what he's using. So having the files hidden makes the OS more user-friendly, because you're unlikely to fuck something up that you can't even see.

This is proving quite challenging.
I "obtained" the backup file of a microsoft sql server.
It contains 180 tables, but the data i need is divided in 10 tables.
the problem is that there is no relation between these values.
the fields don't even have a name, it's just more numbers.
and what - I think - is supposed to be an ID field doesn't match up with the data displayed in the frontend.

is there a way to "understand" a database without documentation?
this is also my fist approach at "advanced sql", as in "i've never actually done anything more complicated than SELECT *"
pls halp

>>61359088
Do you enable html on you're emails? Or just plain text.

>>61359102
Plain text.
And who uses emails anyway?
Most people uses Viber/Whatsapp/Hangouts/Telegram.

>>61359130
>Most people uses Viber/Whatsapp/Hangouts/Telegram.
no they don't fag

I use a proxy switcher to browse foreign pages, but I recently discovered that if I torrent something, my actual IP is still the one that's used, not the proxy. So what am I doing when I switch to a proxy that is different from a torrent program?

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did I win

>>61359228
oh god i'm in a similar boat, i'm way overdue for an upgrade

>>61359257
I think I'll just get an used Haswell i5 next month since everything is expensive on my shithole and I'm poor.

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>>61351797
My had rdive keeps giving me erros liek this? how many erros can you see that I have?

Where I can find a database of AMD processors? Intel got Ark, but I can't find the AMD equivalent

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When I play videogames my computer gets very loud, which is normal considering its getting old, it doesn't make too much noise when I'm just browsing the internet, however, let's say I finish playing, one hour later it's still going to be loud as fuck, and I always have to restart it in order to make it quieter, how can I solve this?

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>keep tons of tabs open on firefox
>set it to always open on last closed tabs
>open firefox accidentally through some program
>close it, forgetting i keep my bookmarks as tabs as opposed to actual bookmarks
>open firefox
>realize it's all gone
Is there anything I can do besides spending the whole day searching my bronswing history line by line for all the tabs that are gone (and learn to bookmark shit)?

Manual or offset volatage when overclocking?
I have it set on offset, but my PC crashes when idling (it's perfectly stable when loaded). Manually setting the voltage would probably help, but I run my PC 24/7 and I care for idle power consumption.

Is it a bad idea to use cheap HDDs for RAID 6? I don't want to buy HGST because of the prices and I'm considering WD Blue, Seagate and Toshiba. Toshiba is the cheapest but seems the least reliable to me.

>>61359508
session buddy

>>61359481
Get better cooling

>>61359521
Cheaping out on HDDs is not a good idea.
Trust me, I learned this the hard way.
>WD Blue, Seagate and Toshiba
out of those Seagate is by far the most shit. HGST would be the best, but if you HAVE to go for something cheaper WD should do.

>>61359526
Yeah restore session I know, but where is that command? I see the restore session command but for that session I opened the Firefox through another program (I was uninstalling it and when it finished took me to the program's website, a survey asking why I uninstalled it that kind of thing). Is there a way to restore previous sessions of Firefox and if yes how?

>>61359586
it's an extension

>>61359481
Post HWinfo screen before and after you play a game so we can see where's the problem.

>>61359599
Oh. Will that restore sessions that existed before I installed the extension?

>>61359508
For future use I'd recommend anything Chromium-based with Tabs Outliner. That's the ultimate tool for tabs hoarding. Loved using it with Opera until recent updates, those dumbass faggots ruined everything.

Best way to get ms office for free and what is the best version?

does anyone know how i can run multiple F# files in the same project in visual studio. I'm currently creating a project for every tutorial i go through and it's such a pain. so ill have one project for 'loops' and one for 'user_input' whereas i want to put them all under the project "tutorial"

>>61359513
Manual. The difference is not worth it at all. my 2600K uses about 5.5W at idle at 0.9V, and about 6.5W at 1.39V.

>>61359744
2007 for basic use
2016 for everything else
TPB

>>61359834
>2016 for everything else
why tho, everyone is still on 2010

>>61359583
Yup, I want to at least double my current capacity and when counting +2 disks for RAID 6, HGST is not an option. I was hoping that with redundant disks reliability wouldn't matter that much. The price difference between WD, Seagate and Toshiba isn't that big so I'm leaning towards WD right now. I guess I will dig through some backblaze data to confirm it (although I don't think they used WD Blue specifically).

I have an MKV file with a sub track I want to make a clip out of, and the only video editing software I remotely know how to use is avidemux.

How can I cut a clip out of it while keeping the subs present for that unit of time? If not in anidemux, some other free video editing software.

>>61351797
What's the "delete system 32" of mac and linux?

If I upgrade my CPU from a i3 to a i7, what I'll be faster at a glance?

>>61359875
the funny thing is when I shopped for hard drives HGST Ultrastars were one of the cheapest options

>>61359895
sudo rm -rf /

>>61359896
When you open multiple programs.
Programs that use more than one core will be considerably better.
If you want speed instead power get a SSD.

>>61359896
Nothing. I have an i3 laptop and i7 desktop, both with SSDs. There's no noticeable difference in daily use.
i7 is ofc way faster in rendering and games, but if you don't do that there's no need for an i7.

Why do I have random high cpu usage in Firefox? Can I do anything to fix it?

>>61360039
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

>>61359969
>>61360025
Not even Word, Excel, Chrome and shit like that will be faster?

>>61360075
Yes they will be faster but not enough to justify the upgrade.
It will be better for intensive stuff that maxes your current CPU.

>>61360075
Word? Fuck no.

Excel could be faster if you're working on fuckhuge sheets, I mean REALLY fuckhuge with complicated math, but other than that, not really.

Chrome could be faster on really heavy web sites, but then again, my i3 does just fine with pretty much everything.

So i built a computer with an EVGA gtx 760. Whenever the card is under stress, there is a noticeable sound from it but it's not coil whine. I think it might be the fan that's just wearing out because it sounds like a piece of plastic being lightly tapped many times a second. does anyone else have this problem?

>>61360204
Probably a fucked bearing

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How can I unlock that bad boy?

PC won't boot past BIOS splash but once I disconnect the HDD and the GPU, power on and off the pc, plug the GPU back in, power on and off and then plug in the HDD it boots. What the hell is happening??

And yes, it has to be in that order for it to boot. Have tested different configurations all day.

Also, when it doesn't boot past BIOS splash, it won't or can't even boot to a live usb. Any idea what might be wrong with it? Dying GPU / HDD / MOBO?

>>61360349
Sounns like a dying psu,cant handle the voltage all at once

>>61360349
PSU is kill.

>>61360349
Did you try resetting the BIOS? Sounds simple but for me it solved 90% of the weird issues I had.
If that doesn't help it could be mobo or PSU.

>>61360421
Haven't touched anything in bios tho.

>>61360401
>>61360419
Tbh I've been using this old 550W PSU for awhile now. Even had to replace the fan because the old one stopped working. I'm planning on buying a new one anyways, so I hope it's the PSU. I also hope it won't fry my pc before I buy the new PSU.

Thanks anyways.

>>61360514
So then you have nothing to worry about resetting them.

Just get a cheap EVGA 500B.

>>61360514
PSU's transistors deteriorate with time,providing less voltage,you may be bouncing on the threshold that it currently holds if its old

When AMD started the Ryzen development?

>>61360589
About 3 years ago.
Real development 1 year ago.

>>61360541
>transistors deteriorate
nope.
Caps do dry out lose their capacity with time though, especially if run at high temperatures. The PSU technically COULD still deliver as much power as it was new, but the voltage gets noisier and dips way below spec on boot or CPU/GPU load.

Do CPUs deteriorate over the time? Buying used, locked CPUs for cheap is a good idea?

>>61360625
Yes, but extremely slowly (unless you overvolt them to riddiculous voltages).
I mean, people still run Pentium 4s.
Locked CPUs are not overclockable (by much) and therefore there's little point in overvolting, so it's OK to buy used.

Does Intel architecture allows "gluing" dies together like Ryzen? If they ever drop the mesh thing

>>61360226
after looking at it again I think it might not be the fan. The best comparison of the noise I can think of is the sound of a cicada.

>>61360667
Does the same applies to GPUs?

I wanted to make a thread discussing the Management Information Systems major and whether it's a worthwhile pursuit. Does that belong on here or on /biz/?

>>61360711
It could be the coils then. Whine is the most common noise a coil can make, but it's not the only one.

>>61360720
GPUs are not locked, so there's a higher chance they've been overvolted, but in general, yes.

how do I get the magnet link for a torrent im currently downloading?

i am sending in my notebook back to msi to fix the trackpad since it's kind of acting up. it's covered with the warranty

should I clear my drive and back it up to an external drive? I may or may not have incriminating files like pirated software and torrented movie files and photos and drug information. iduno if this voids the warranty or not and i don't want them to be snitches either

>>61360770
also, I should mention this:
when I say overvolting I mean extreme overvolting. For example 2500K runs at 1.25V stock, but it won't start noticeably degrading until 1.4V or so. Most people (even overclockers) wouldn't run that high voltage.

GPUs pretty much can't degrade until you start soldering resistors onto them to increase the Vcore beyond what's possible by software or even bios mods.

So yeah, nothing wrong with buying used parts.
Other than HDDs and PSUs, you're better off buying those new.

>>61360827
backup and use dban 3 passes on the drives

>>61360827
They probably won't give a shit, but there's no harm in doing that if you want.

Anybody know for >>61357271 ?

my old dual core pc was 8 years old and then died a few weeks ago. I was watching a 60fps video and forgot that would make the cpu works at 100%, after a few minutes with the fan making noises like crazy it shutdown and won't turn on anymore. In this case what would probably died on it, the PSU, the mobo or both? I was in the process of building a new pc but I'll miss my old companion

>>61360991
You had a GPU?
Anyway, do fans spin when you turn it on?

>>61361069
nope, and no signal of life on fans, no beeps or noises. The only spare parts I have atm are 2 other cpus

>>61360720
no they were probably mined hard for shitcoins and you don't want an old gpu because the new ones are much better and not very expensive either

What download manager do you chucklefucks use?

>>61361150
downthemall

will this build be good for my friend who wants to edit video and play train simulator type games? he has never owned a desktop before and it using a 5 year old laptop. im worried about the 1050ti in particular. thanks in advance.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/C4fLTH

>>61361195
You dont need to buy Windows.
A GTX 1050Ti will be enough.

>>61356702
nobody?

>>61361267
i know. windows is there to make him comfortable. thanks again.

>>61361195
For train sims you want as much per thread CPU performance as you can get, the main ones don't use multiple cores at all, going 7700K (or even 7600K) would be better there, although at the cost of usually worse performance for video work.

1050Ti is reasonable.

>>61361331
thanks for the insight. i know ryzen is great for video editing, but not so much for games. he might play the occasional gta 4 or 5. i think he'll be happy with it.

>>61361111
Do a paperclip test on the PSU, http://www.wikihow.com/Check-a-Power-Supply, if you can get its fan to spin, probably dead mobo, if not, probably dead PSU.

>>61360813
If your client doesn't have an option to generate a magnet link you can just copy the hash to http://www.romanr.info/magnet.html and give it a title. Won't work if it's on a private tracker though.

>>61361374
Grab a 1060ti

>>61361404
>1060ti
what? i told him the "next step up" would be a bit more money, and he seems open to it. he wants to try the 1050ti first and return it if it isnt good enough

>>61361464
save yourselves some hassle and go for a gtx 1070, it's so much better and will last much longer before the next upgrade, 1050 ti is barely on par with quite old gpus

>>61359883
ffmpeg

Someone please tell me what the fuck happened to nanami-tan(.)info?? I just built a PC and am looking to rice it exactly how I have my other one and desperpately want access to that website as the "install-gentoo" is alot denser and I don't know where the specific things I want are

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>>61358516
Just to get this straigt:

>Turn off proxy
>turn on VPN
>torrent normally
?

>>61361497
why settle for a GTX1070, go for SLI GTX1080Ti. It'll last even logner.

>>61361497
you dont ned 1070 unless you're doing 1440p
A 1060 is more then enough for 1080p60fps

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>>61361556

>>61361524
>>61361531
enjoy your sub 60 fps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXEfpTaaA5g

1050 ti is so bad that you can probably find a passable old gpu that's just sitting collecting dust somewhere for free

>>61361523
is...is there more to that image?

What's a good "just works" linux distro without systemd? I'll accept systemd, but i hate restarting after every update, it's why i switched to linux in the first place

>>61361712
alphine

>>61361712
devuan is debian - systemd.
You can't get more "just works" than debian

>>61361712
arch

>restarting
Only for core programs such as the kernel or glibc.Almost everything else all that is needed its a logout of the xsession or a restart of the service file

>>61361518
http://chloechantelle.com/guide

>>61361738
see you in 3 days

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Why does this happen? It's set to run TRIM weekly. This machine is on 24/7 and yet TRIM hasn't run for almost a month. What causes this?

>>61360967
>>61357271
No, the fan is fine.

>>61362032
Even if it doesn't start at the same time? When I boot, I noticed it has a short hiccup before starting spinning. The other one doesn't do that.

>>61362002
It's okay, I get a new IP address everytime I restart my router.

>>61362069
see you in 30 days

>>61362096
Please don't sir. 4chen is life

>>61362096
>>61362002
kys

>>61362126
you don't want to ever see me again anon?

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

Why does this shit happen to my cursor when I use Chrome? It jumps up a few pixels and turns into a pixelated tiny cursor with a circle (like a loading animation that's frozen or somethin).

Reinstalling it didn't do jack diddly peepee poopoo shit.

Is there any way to protect certain files from being wiped if I format my hard drive

>>61362247
Just backup them?

>>61362244
the botnet is thinking

>>61362270
ok but the only storage i have is the hard drive itself and Im trying to protect about 140 gigs of data

>>61362283
Then why you are trying to wipe it?

>>61362247
delete everything you don't want and shrink the drive

>>61362274
how does rid of it?

also any serious answers?

>>61362096
I even told you not to ban me. You're no fun.

>>61362294
i'm moving it from my old machine to my new one but the drivers are conflicting with the new machine so iv'e been told the easiest way is to just wipe it and reinstall windows

>>61362319
Yes, but you have the option to keep your files when you reinstall windows.
Unless you are going from Windows 7 to 8.1 or 10 because it changes from MBR to GPT and will ask you to fully format your HDD.

You can create another partition, put files there and reinstall windows on the C: partition.

>>61362319
Who doesn't have any form of extra storage? Christ a 32GB SD card costs like $15

>>61362342
And a 500GB HDD is $20~30.
1TB is $45-50.

>>61362341
I am going from windows 7 to windows 10 so how would I do that
>>61362342
I don't want to wait a week for a HDD to ship but I will get one in the future to prevent stuff like this

>>61362375
>From windows 7 to 10
That might be a problem using the first and second method since Windows 7 bootloader is MBR and Windows 10 is GPT, when you run the installer it will ask you to fully format your HDD.
You need another HDD/storage device.

You could just install windows 7.

>>61362375
You could try Sysrep too but its better to reinstall windows.

Sysrep would let you to move your HDD to a new computer without having to reinstall windows.
Its not great but it works, think of it as a quickfix.

Connect your HDD to your old PC, open cmd and paste this:

sysprep /generalize

Then connect it to your new PC.

>>61362416
>when you run the installer it will ask you to fully format your HDD.

It didn't ask me to do this when I upgraded from 7 to 10, but that was in 2015 and I dunno, maybe I had a GPT partition table on there. All I know is my shit was all still there after the upgrade.

>>61362375
you said that you have to move 140GB of data. how big exactly is your HDD?

>>61362416
I can't seem to reinstall windows 7 since i built my new pc using ryzen so none of my usbs seem to work

>>61362458
HDD is 2tb

>>61362476
can't you just make a new partition and throw everything important there?

>>61362462
Because you are missing the USB drivers.
This is a problem with all new chipsets (Intel 1151 socket and AMD AM4 socket).

Your motherboard site should have a utility to add them, just use MSI Smart tools (even if you dont use MSI).

>>61362516
How would I add them, would I download the utlity on the old machine move the hard drive to the new machine then re install windows 7?

>>61351851
cut it off

>>61362543
If they're anything like the ASUS drivers, you run a program that adds them to the Windows ISO file. Then you install with that.

>>61362543
http://download.msi.com/uti_exe/Smart_Tool_1.0.0.17.zip
https://www.msi.com/files/pdf/SMART_TOOL_User_Guide_EN.pdf

Make the installer with Rufus first, then use the Add USB 3.0 drivers option.

>>61362584
I have an Asrock ab350 motherboard will this still work

>>61362641
Yes.

ASRock has a patcher for it too, pretty much everyone does but i have my doubts about it since its ASRock.
http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Utility/UsbPatcher/Win7UsbPatcher(v2.0.16.1).zip

>>61362690
So should I use MSI or the Asrock one than

>>61362712
MSI.

>>61362244
Well shit of course the only answers are nonserious
unless it is a botnet
how could I even know?

>>61362832
>>61362244
Why are you looking at chinese sites in first place?
Have you already checked its not adware or something else?
Looks weird and is not something common.

>>61362883
scans found on adware

A language doesn't make it malicious.. also i typed gibberish i just wanted to demonstrate it for the video

its google search results

>>61362896
When it comes to chinese sites it usually does.
Run Adwcleaner and disable all extensions, honestly i cant think of something that causes it.

>>61362011
Full device TRIM is very rarely necessary, the regular TRIM after delete that's on by default is enough.

>>61362712
Doesn't matter, they all do the same thing. You can even use the Intel one if you want.

>>61362011
Your SSD will do it when its needed, you dont have to schedule it.

>>61362966
>>61362931
Good to know, still sort of weird that Windows has scheduled it like that by default but doesn't actually do it.

>>61363009
Adwcleaner has been a thing for 2 years now, Malwarebytes bought it last year of how good is it, the devs now work in Malwarebytes.

They're not, its detected as adware for a reason.

>>61362966
Usually true, but sometimes after I delete something with large files like a game or a virtual machine, part of it will remain on the disk even though it's doing self garbage collection and take up space. Running the optimize command gets rid of it.

>>61363034
Well damn. Thanks if it works. not sure why that post is gon