/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

bump, in case anyone is looking for the new sqt
c'mon people gimme questions, but, only questions I can answer

is there anything like daz loader for win10 yet? how do i activate my perfectly legal installation

>>62074472
mstoolkit works fine on win10

Which tablets have the best writing/drawing experience?

Also, is it possible to use a tablet with a desktop computer for input the way you might use a wacom or whatever?

>>62074487
thank

>>62074142
What mode is your multimeter on?

>>62074516
>Which tablets have the best writing/drawing experience?
Anything with a Wacom digitiser. Recent N-Trig ones ain't bad either, but do need a battery in the stylus.

>Also, is it possible to use a tablet with a desktop computer for input the way you might use a wacom or whatever?

For a regular windows/android/iOS tablet not really. There are remote desktop solutions that kinda work, or if you don't mind spending a huge amount there's the Wacom MobileStudio Pro which does work nicely as it turns into a monitor+proper graphics tablet when plugged into a desktop.

>>62074713
Diode.

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My volume is at 0 but I hear noise, what do?

>Known hdd has been slowly dying for a while now
>Accidentally bumped case just now
>Can hear something making noise inside my case
>Noticing all sorts of slow down during various amounts of stress
Is this the end? I've made my emergency backups just now.

Is it generally considered safe to install graphics drivers straight from Intel if your manufacturer has stopped putting out their own versions of the drivers? XPS 9343 for reference.

>>62074841
speakers are probably blown

>>62074818
Was the MOSFET removed from the circuit? If not, it's dead, the only reading you should see in diode mode that's not over range is from positive right to negative top.

>>62074841
poor shielding somewhere. sometimes mobo

>>62074845
I dare you to restart your computer.

>>62074472
>>62074487
DO NOT activate it using KMS. You are trying to escape the American botnet by... joining the Russian botnet? Yeah, nah.
Go to eBay and search Windows LTSB key, price is like 15 dollars but if you are like you can get it for 12. If you just want a key for pro you can get it for like 2 dollars.
Do not use any anti-win10 saying tools, that shit breaks the OS. 99% of people complaining they have issues with windows 10 is because they install that crap. If needed, install a Ubuntu on a secondary partition for "muh privacy" stuff like checking your bank account and leave w10 for games.

>>62075084
Hi Louis.

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Recovery Is Not Seandroid Enforcing
Is this from using a new version of TWRP? This is driving me over the edge...

>>62074841
Oh and I get this all the time. This is how I fix it: Go to microphone, check "Listen to this device", accept, then uncheck it and accept again. Noise is gone.

>>62075168
yeah go waste some money on a key that probably won't work anyway, all because /g/ screamed botnet

>>62075084
It's on the mobo. Thanks lad.

>>62075210
May be okay then, can't be sure unless you take it out first.

Do know that it isn't dead short.

>>62074790
You don't happen to know how the new Surface pen compares to a Wacom Bamboo do you?

Where can I get 32-bit XP ISOs? I want to make my T60 into a classic games machine with it's 4:3 screen.

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Job is having me set up the security cameras they got in but I've never done anything like this before and I'm supposed to just "figure it out" because I mentioned I had an interest in computers once upon a time. Lol. Hoping someone here has some experience doing this and can give me some advice.

They're PoE IP cameras which all need to be connected back to the central NVR which is located over 100m away from almost all the cameras so I figure I'll use about 90m of CAT5e cable coming out from the NVR's PoE ports, and then use a PoE media converter kit which switches over to coax and will let me go for another 500m (someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing the distance differs based on the manufacturer) before then having to take the second part of the media converter in order to go from coax back to CAT5e (up to 90m more if necessary) and power the cameras from the NVR.
Can someone just double check my logic here? Also, if everything seems correct, could someone recommend me a high quality PoE to coax media converter? All the ones on Amazon have terrible or no reviews or look like cheap junk and the "official" looking ones on big manufacturer's sites don't list prices and don't have reviews either.

>Inb4 use fiber
Too expensive and doesn't deliver power over the medium. Can't be bothered to run electrical cords to each individual camera.
>Inb4 using a switch
Even if I put a switch at the halfway point between the NVR and the furthest camera, the distance between the switch and devices would still be too much to use just CAT5e by itself. I'd have to use three or maybe four switches in order to use CAT5e exclusively but that's not really feasible as the switches would need to be placed in an inconspicuous location and unfortunately the space for that just isn't there.

>>62075419
You can get at 1337x.

what's a good short textbook or pdf that covers relational algebra and relational calculus basics kinda in-depth? I'm doing set theory review already

>>62074142
college is making me do this stupid online orientation thing. The way it works is it's a gauntlet of youtube videos, each about a minute or two long, each on a seperate page. Once you load the page, a timer the length of the youtube video starts playing. You can just pause the video or skip around or whatever, the timer is completely independent. I'm 99% sure there should be a way to skip it client side to get the link to the next page without waiting, but I don't know how. Anyone know

Best free VPN?

Where can I get Dazloader? The website's link is one of those bullshit survey things.

>>62075660
>>62075571

>>62074841
Ground loop.

Connect your speakers to the same outlet as your computer
Or connect a wire to your PC case and speaker cases

What can a USB C do that doesn't have TB implemented in it? Can you still use it to hook up extra monitors, a egpu or anything? It transfers faster but what else can it do.

>>62075660
It's called windows loader now

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/storage/emulated/0/baidu

This folder keeps getting created. I delete it, check my phone and it's back. It's always empty, I've never installed any chinese app on my phone, but it keeps coming back. This also happens if I delete Downloads, for example, but I figured that was because that's more of an android system utility. Anyone know why this is happening and more importantly how to stop it?

Recommended note taking software? Onenote vs Evernote vs something else?

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i made a webm on pc using "any video converter" and uploaded to 4chan. if another person downloads it, will he see my personal details? i downloaded the file on my windows machine and it say "owner: <my name>". however i downloaded it on my ubuntu and it doesnt show my name anywhere on the file info.

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What are the main factors in how long it takes a video game to load? Assuming you have an SSD (which I'd assume means you completely remove the storage bottleneck), is it just RAM and CPU speed that determines it?

>>62075928
No, it'll say owner:his name on his computer

Is there a program that sets a process to high priority from x priority when it's brought to the front, and back to x when you go into another program? (while also setting that program to high)

>>62074142
Am I gonna have any problems if I use a pirated version of windows 8.1 and how easy is it to install from a usb?

What are some /g/ approved laptops with good screens? (none of this old thinkpad trash, though they do serve a purpose)

Hard mode: No Macs

>>62075988
Having an SSD doesn't completely remove the storage bottleneck, it is still the limiting factor. If you were to put your game on a RAMdisk instead, then yes, it would be just RAM and CPU speed determining your load times. As well as whether your RAMdisk driver is multithreaded or not.

>>62076256
No, and very.

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Webm for Retards is registering frames and times at a different point than MPC. Anyone with a clue why?

This makes it a bitch to trim videos, since I've always used MPC to find the frame easier.

pic related

how to remove a paste from pastebin? if multiple report it it will be removed automatically? true/false?

What did built in modems did in old laptops/computers?

>>62076446
I should note it's only on this particular set of videos, it seems to work fine otherwise. Do I just need to re-encode them or something? If so what's the best way to do this.

I really am a retard.

>>62076278
Dell XPS screen.

>>62076446
>>62076652
I would get a second opinion from other video players (VLC, mpv, etc) and see where the "majority vote" falls on frame interpretation. Jumping to a very specific frame # should always yield the same result, after all.

On another note, if the videos in question use Matroska with OP/ED videos stored separately, it could be that webm for retards isn't supporting that feature properly. In that case, you would need to take the frame count from for example the OP and subtract it to get the frame # for the video you're ripping from.

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This isn't first generation Intel HD Graphics, is it? My searches havent found me anything, I need to know which driver to install

>>62076884
>dual core atom
cucked

>>62076884
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26984/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-15-40-?product=87257

simple googling will take you here

>>62077003
keyword "n3050 gpu driver"

>>62077003
Im trying to download a modified driver. I know its 8th gen integrated graphics, but thats not the same as 8th gen "HD Graphics"

>>62075830
Depends what's provided on the port anything more than just a basic USB 2.0 interface is optional.

On a laptop DisplayPort mode is often supported for hooking up a monitor. On some Alienware machines PCIe mode is supported for external GPU.

On cellphones you often don't even get faster transfers.

>>62075919
depend on your devices.
all windows => onenote
other => google keep / evernote

I hate evernote personally because of the offline edit ability

>>62076884
Braswell uses 8th generation, related to the HD 6xx series.

>>62077107
>related to the HD 6xx
Thanks anon. I thought that might be it, but wasnt sure since its a shitty cpu and no number

So, what is the deal with PCIE lane?
Say a CPU has 12 lanes, i heard you can say still run a 4 lane expansion card using just the motherboard so that 12 lane card runs at full capacity

Question: GCC or Clang? I'm on debian.

>>62075177
it happened to me too, then i updated from cyanogenmod to lineageos and it stopped appearing.
In my opinion it depends on how they compile it.

how can I check my battery status in linux? I'm not talking about its current levels but how much of a charge it can hold if that makes sense. it's an old battery so it only lasts like 45 minutes at most anymore

>>62075864
do you use ES File Explorer?
if any app use baidu sdk will generate that folder.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56474791&postcount=39

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I pirated AdobeCC photostop/media encoder/reader and everything works fine, except for the creative cloud bullshit that's running in the background.

How do I stop this bullshit from running? Every time I end the processes, they come back up minutes later and launch the creative cloud launcher thing.

I need the programs, but I don't want this fucking shit running in the background.

>>62076687
XPS 13 can't go higher than 8GB RAM with configurations, but I can increase it myself right? Wondering if the memory is soldered on like macbooks...

>>62077160
Depends what platform you're talking about.

AMD Bristol Ridge is the only current one with 12 PCIe from the CPU, which is 8 going to the main PCIe slot, 4 going to the chipset which provides 4, 6 or 8 PCIe out.

There are no 12 lane cards.

Is dual channel ram a meme?

Like I get that there is a *slight* performance boost when using dual channel, but I've been told on multiple forms that it's better to run 2x8GB's in dual channel rather than 2x8GB's in dual channel + a single 4GB ram card. No matter the status of dual channel, 20GB should be better than 16GB, right?

Am I retarded, or is dual channel just a meme?

>>62077242
I was just using a hypothetical.
So, i use a real example. I plan to get a 1080ti that uses 16 and i was thinking of the 1600 which has 16.
By what you said, the main lane wouldn't get 16 so i could easily still add a 1 labe expansion card or whatever and wouldn't be losing anything over what was already lost?

Using windows. Can someone write me a script to make a folder and put 25 photos into that newly made folder then repeat?

>>62077309
install cygwin, then you have linux shell script

If I have a dynamic IP, is there any way to affect what range of my providers IPs I get?

Like in example, he has a 2.94.*.* range, a 101.3.*.* range and a 199.12.*.* range of IPs and I want the 199 one after I reconnect.

>>62076852
>I would get a second opinion from other video players (VLC, mpv, etc) and see where the "majority vote" falls on frame interpretation. Jumping to a very specific frame # should always yield the same result, after all.
It's consistently wrong only on webm for retards.

>>62076852
>On another note, if the videos in question use Matroska with OP/ED videos stored separately, it could be that webm for retards isn't supporting that feature properly. In that case, you would need to take the frame count from for example the OP and subtract it to get the frame # for the video you're ripping from.
Yes I considered this and offsetting it from the OP frames, it was still inconsistent.

Well whatever, I just converted a large chunk into a webm and then used that webm as a basis for the trim. I think that particular video file is just fucked somehow.

I have a giant folder of unsorted images. Is there software that lets me easily sort through them, preview, rename/add tags and then assign to folders?

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This might be supremely retarded but...

Why can't I ctrl+c and ctrl+v in the windows command line? It's really bothersome!

>>62077445
Stupid anime girl.

>>62077379
your options are either to request a static ip, or release/renew (assuming they allow you to just release like that) till you get what you wanted and then sit on it

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>>62077411

I do this A LOT with unsorted porn pictures.


First, I would download Visipics and run that to get rid of duplicates.

Then, in order to add tags, preview them, etc, you can do this through Windows file explorer by enabling the "Details pane". To edit the name, F2 is the hotkey to rename the actual file.

To sort them to other folders, I would create a tagging system so when you're done, you can search for "specific tag" in the search and then just move all of them to the correct folder.

I'm not sure of an "all in one" program, but that's how I sort through thousands of pictures monthly and I haven't had a problem in years.

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>>62077445
ctrl+c normally tells the current running process to exit.
but in windows 10 (anniversary update I believe) they added an option for 'ctrl' keys to work as you'd want.

>>62077451
Sorry!

>>62077472
I suppose I should have mentioned, I'm using Windows 7 and unwilling to use 10.

>>62077498

Then you outta luck bigboy.

>>62077208
https://docs.oseems.com/general/operatingsystem/linux/view-battery-information

>>62077445
Because you use CTRL to input control characters. To paste you can either right click, or press ALT + SPACE followed by E and P. To copy you can mark with the mouse and then hit return

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>>62077504
I see, oh well.
>>62077516
This is actually immensely helpful. I had no idea about any of these functionalities.

You have my thanks anon.

>>62077462
That seems like a pretty straightforward way of doing it. Thanks anon.

>>62077462
...is this Windows 10? Does it have a working tag system?

Please say no.

>>62077587
Windows has supported tagging with NTFS since 7 (Vista?) I believe

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Can anyone explain why smaller resolutions can run at higher-refresh rates?

I'm running one of those Korean monitors with no scaler, it's native resolution is 2560x1440 at 60Hz. It can be overclocked to 110Hz without issue at 2560x1440, but if I try to get it to run at 3820x2160 above about 80Hz, I just get a black screen with flickering. At about 5120x2880 the best it will do is 45Hz I think. If I go significantly higher than either of those the Nvidia control panel just says it's not supported. The card is a 1080Ti if it matters.

I don't really understand why? Since I have no scaler, the GPU is performing the scaling I'd have thought. Doesn't that mean that all the images leaving the card are downsampled/upsampled ones that end up 2560x1440 as they leave the card? Thus, it shouldn't be limited by the bandwidth of the DVI-D interface, or the capabilities of the monitor? Or maybe I'm not understanding how image scaling works.

>>62077587

It's Windows 10 Creators Update and the tagging system works. Tagging system works and I use it to give the picture a tag that's just the model name and when I'm done I just search for said models name in the folder search and then move them to the applicable folder.

>>62077627

Vista had it, it was just janky as fuck.

>>62077278
Ryzen 1600 has 24 PCIe lanes on the CPU, 16 go to the main GPU slot, or if a SLI capable board can go 8 to each GPU slot. The rest of the slots are connected via the chipset, which uses 4 lanes back to the CPU.

>By what you said, the main lane wouldn't get 16 so i could easily still add a 1 labe expansion card or whatever and wouldn't be losing anything over what was already lost?

Correct. Adding a card into an x1 slot won't affect the GPU slot on any current mobo.

>>62077627
Try it. The tagging system in 7 is garbage.


Some file you just can't tag. It's not clear what decides this, file type or what. You can't tag multiple files at once either iirc. And it certainly isn't a quick or easy process. I remember trying it and hating it a long time ago.

>>62077640
Data rate = resolution * refresh rate. The limiting factor is how well the receiver can decode the incoming data.

What monitor is it?

>>62077669
I never used it in 7 so I can't really say how well it worked then but it seems to work well in 10

I installed an add-on for Firefox on Android that prevents YouTube from pausing videos when I lock the screen, but if I'm listening to a playlist and it moves to the next video while the screen is locked it will only buffer the first 15 seconds or so before stopping. Is there a way to fix this?

I tried reinstalling Firefox and it doesn't disable the internet while my screen is off or anything.

>>62074841

Static?
Try setting the performance levels to high.
(windows power management or something)
Or buy a soundcard if it remains.

>>62077686
Qnix QX2710.

I've took it apart before and there's nothing in there bar a PCB for the brightness controls and the panel itself, I'm not sure what a 'receiver' is, I'm not super knowledgeable on monitors. If I disable GPU scaling at any resolution other than 2560x1440 it just runs a bunch of test screens, and it won't accept anything other than DVI-D.

>>62077228


Bumping this.

>>62077745
The DVI to panel interface chip.

If the scaling is for sure happening in the GPU it may be the GPU's display engine that's the limiting factor.

>>62077228
>>62077754
1 minute on Jewgle
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

>>62075185
>>62077743
>>62075185
>>62074951
>>62075128
my bad sorry I mean noise as in.
I still hear voices as if it wasn't at 0.
Like if I'm playing YouTube and out the volume is at 0. It still plays sound of the video but at a very low volume.

>>62077805
I see, thanks.

Do you know if a better DVI cable help me overclock it more? If I go much over 110Hz on my panel it starts to show green lines flickering. I've read some people have better results when they switch to a better cable, but I always thought since DVI-D is digital it either works or it doesn't. That said, I did try a different cable once and I think it made it worse, I can't remember though, it was a long time ago.

>>62077811


Thanks, I didn't know I could just uninstall the creative cloud shit but still be able to use photoshop. Appreciate it.

>>62077663
>tfw we could have had glorious relational WinFS but MS abandoned it

>>62077376
don't know how to write scripts

>>62077563
There is also alternate terminals for windows like conemu that have actual functionality.

>>62077955
> make a folder
mkdir
>put 25 photos into folder
mv
>repeat
while loop / for loop

make a script to combine the above commands

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I found some old audio CD-Rs and I'm trying to determine whether they are actual lossless copies from original CDs, or if they are just MP3s burned to the disc.

Looking at the sharp cutoff at 20 kHz here, can I assume this has been made from a lossy file?

>>62078011
like I don't know the syntax or how to execute at all. not looking to learn atm.

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Can anyone recommend me a good laptop to run MacOS on?
Preferably latest gen intel (or fairly new)

>>62078045
>not looking to learn
OK. great. fine.

>>62078107
>>62078107
just asked if someone could write me a script, I'm not looking for lessons or to do it myself.

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is there a way i make the thumbnail of a video file into a seperate image file?

the video file does not have that image anywhere in it, and it is not pulling it as a "cover.jpg" from anywhere so it must be embedded, just looking to get it as a standalone file

>>62078257
What kind of clickbait image are you trying to secure?

Iirc youtube lets you upload a thumb separately don't they?
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72431?hl=en
it could be totally separate from the video

What is a good way to make my phone not as slippery?

I just got a dbrand carbon fibre skin for the back and its just as slippery as before. Id prefer not to have to get some bulky rubber case.

>>62078372
let your cum dry on it instead of wiping it off

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>>62078289
i meant an actual video file i have on my hdd, not a youtube or online video.

in retrospect that image i used was a poor choice because it leads the question that way

>>62078028
pls respond

I need a webcam emulator. Specifically, I'm trying to broadcast my desktop as a webcam.
I've been using manycam for a while but it is complete ass for some reason. I really like OBS but there doens't seem to be a webcam emulation option.

>nobody on /g/ can answer OP's question

posers. All of you.

Is there a way to play live YouTube videos on an external player? But I don't need video I just want the audio

>>62078987
youtube-dl+MPV
mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5CxyaUCdJY --no-video

>>62078257
video thumbnails are typically generated by rendering a frame part way into the file
you can do this with ffmpeg, for example, to generate a jpeg of the frame at the 10 second mark, do;

ffmpeg -ss 10 -i file.mkv -vframes 1 cover.jpg

>>62078540
>>62078028

Who the fuck cares? I guarantee you don't hear the difference, and if you do, you're lying.

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trying to make a nice powershell script that will copy out files from my mkv's so vegas can understand them

$MKVin = Read-Host -Prompt 'MKV Filename'
$outname = Read-Host -Prompt 'Output Filename'
Write-Host "using FFMPEG to split out media from '$MKVin' to files '$outname'"
ffmpeg -i $MKVin.mkv -map 0:v -c copy $outname-video.mp4 -map 0:1 -c copy $outname-MICROPHONE.aac -map 0:2 -c copy $outname-DESKTOP_AUDIO.aac -map 0:3 -c copy $outname-DISCORD.aac
Write-Host "Done!"

when I run it I get

-map: No such file or directory

in powershell
I'm used to writing bash scripts so this is completely unknown to me

>>62079029
the video file
already has the thumbnail
i want it as an image file


i do not want to create a thumbnail for a file that doesn't have one, i want to extract a thumbnail from a video file that already has one.

sometimes my fan doesn't properly turn on even when the laptop gets hot. when i do a reboot it tells me i have a fan error but when i turn off the computer and then on the fan starts up just fine like normal


I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue or possibly a software one.

>>62079026
since youtube provides video and audio as seperate streams, it's more efficient to just tell youtube-dl to only get the audio stream

mpv --ytdl-format bestaudio <link>

>>62079044
if it's a video on your hard drive on windows it's probably in a thumbs.db file somewhere
I don't know anything about that but now you know where to look

>>62079056
I thought it automatically did that when you use --no-video?

>>62079044
i see, do this;

ffmpeg -i video.mkv -map 0:2 -c copy cover.jpg

where "0:2" is the stream containing the embedded jpeg
it should look similar to this (ffprobe output)

    Stream #0:2: Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1k fps, 1k tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:00:00.040000000

>>62079081
not sure if mpv will do that, it could also get the video stream and simply not render it, which would be a waste of bandwidth

>>62079055
reset bios to defaults
if that doesn't help just replace the fan
if you have a DELL laptop you can do a stresstest on the fan
did you install a program to control your fan speeds?

>>62078973
>9 hours later
I hope you got a good little feeling of superiority from that

>>62079113
https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-vid
>If video is disabled, mpv will try to download the audio only if media is streamed with youtube-dl, because it saves bandwidth. This is done by setting the ytdl_format to "bestaudio/best" in the ytdl_hook.lua script.

>>62079135
cool, alright then

>>62079114
I don't think I installed any program to fuck with my fan speeds.

also I just have a thinkpad but I did get it used so I'll check the bios

>>62074841
buy namebrand USB soubd card

>>62077513
looks like my battery is only carrying 5% of its full capacity.

when I get a new battery what should i do to prolong its lifespan

>>62079192
i've heard a few things, like;
- don't keep it constantly plugged in
- don't charge it all the way to 100% every time
- let it drain most of the way before charging it back up
i haven't seen any real stats to back them up, so i can't say how effective these are

>>62075168
nice try, ebay seller
nobody wants to pay for shitty shady keys

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I'm trying to setup port forwarding.
How do I test if it works or not?
Online testers always fail and then I saw something about using an offline tool instead.

Goes /g/ recommend any non virus infested software or methods to test if a port has been forwarded?

there was a webcomic that had computers self program, but it left garbage code so when humans decided to 'fix' the program they didn't touch the actual program, anyone know what that was from or even have the image handy?

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I have a file named like this in C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local
Does anyone know what that might be? It only contains a .exe.config with no .exe associated.

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well I was looking for a humor thread or a fuck my shit thread but non seem to be on this board, so ill post it here.

this image is of an OLD old computer, the image is of a hdd that wanted to die.

so, if anyone is interested, the sata cable that came with the drive was fucked, and when it fucked itself it went into pio mode, and this is the performance, outside of pio mode it would be going 120~ mb read. The drive itself wasn't long for the world as it also failed on me, click of death that I was able to thankfully pull all the data off it before it gave up the ghost, but the cable through testing on 2 different drives was the culprit in performing so fucking bad.

Just a fun bit of history I came across when going through old images.

>>62079454
Windows Updates make these kind of folders, but I believe that's mostly to your root folder (C:\)
A random directory name in a folder like that sounds more like a virus. Did you ever had a virus that had been removed? Might be a leftover

>>62074142
up until the other day my 1600 has been chugging along at 3.9ghz no problem, no stability issues, no heat issues. i rebooted my computer the other day and now no matter what i do it WILL NOT go past 3800. not one bit, 3825 crashes, no matter how much voltage or llc i throw at it. I tried updating bios and still nothing
is there some kind of setting im not aware of that may have changed? what the hell is the issue?
im running a 1600 and taichi, with a 1x8gb of 3200 ram. 3200 still works, and ive tried dropping back to 2133 as well to eliminate a memory issue

>>62079322
do a full nmap (or zenmap, if you really need a gui) scan from a computer outside of your network on your public IP

>>62079454
Google the directory name, looks like an MD5 hash to me

>>62079568
No result found.
>>62079534
Yeah apparently my brother did get rid of a virus. When I deleted the file it told me it was shared with someone else.

>>62079643
I think that's the cause. It's probably cleaned, but if I were you I would remove the directory and do a full system scan with 1/2 different AV brands

>>62077275
>Like I get that there is a *slight* performance boost when using dual channel, but I've been told on multiple forms that it's better to run 2x8GB's in dual channel rather than 2x8GB's in dual channel + a single 4GB ram card. No matter the status of dual channel, 20GB should be better than 16GB, right?
It's literally double the bandwidth. So if at any point you're bottlenecked by RAM, it should be a SIGNIFICANT performance boost.

And more RAM only improves performance noticeably if you would run out otherwise.

Why is osm's photo app mapillary not available on fdroid?

>>62074142
>>62071230 (OP)
I know its possible to get an educational tax credit for buying PCs or laptops and in my personal experience, its easy to qualify for it with a receipt.

However, is it possible to collect the same education tax credit with receipt of computer parts?

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hey guys
just trying to set up remote desktop connection for my first time
i've got to this window and tried what i thought would be what's suppose to go in the username and password field but it wasn't accepted
anyone know where i'm going wrong?
also, is anything saved on the computer that you use to access the OTHER computer with when using RDC?
thanks

>>62080004
You fucked up senpai

Did you try the username %rdpserver_hostname%\%username%
e.g.:
user = server01\administrator
pass = your password

>>62080020
cheers
as in literally 'server01\administrator' for the username or am i replacing some of it with real/actual/relevant terms?
and it's my password as in for the computer i'm trying to connect to, right?
thanks again

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>>62080042
senpai, please
server01 = the hostname of the computer that accepts rdp connections
administrator = the username of the administrator on the computer that accepts rdp connection

>>62080042
>and it's my password as in for the computer i'm trying to connect to, right?
and yes

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http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct51264bf160bj would this work on a hp elitebook 8440p 172A motherboard? the website says that it does not have the compatibility, but why would it not? i don't see the difference between the first and this one: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/elitebook-8440p/CT5297113

please help

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I want to make an Android client app for my no-name carrier that shows my data usage in pretty bars with percentages.
I know Java, but I'm not sure how I'm going to handle logging in. I don't know how to word it, but I think want to make a POST request to their login page and handle it that way. I'm not sure how to do this though, and I'm even less sure what to do if the login is accepted. Is there some kind of HTML parser I could use to basically grab the information I want? I feel less confident the more I type so I'll stop here.

I know ultimately it's not very different to just logging in through a browser but that's not the point.
Any advice is appreciated

> Rent a VPS at a provider
> Configure it as my OpenVPN server
> Use it for my personal browsing and downloading
> Receive copyright infringement mails for downloading GoT episodes.

I know my VPN traffic from my devices cannot be detected but apparently the traffic beyond my VPS can be detected and correlated to know I'm downloading GoT.

How does this work and is there anything to mask the traffic going beyond my VPS or VPN connection to my server?

>>62080299
Most likely they're different product runs despite the apparently identical specs. It almost certainly will work, but it might not run at the full frequency or something and crucial isn't willing to guarantee that it will.

>>62080474
i have a possibility to start up the laptop and check if it is running before buying the rams. are there any other things i could check, run or inspect before handing in the money?

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>>62074142
is there anyone who can help me ?

>>62080625
teamviewer+google drive/windows home network
because i bet that's the level of expertise we're dealing with

I'm currently using VeraCrypt just for full disk encryption. Do I need to let VeraCrypt's background task start up and run after that? A bit afraid the whole disk won't be accessible after turning it off.

>>62080397
http://loopj.com/android-async-http/
I've found this. Will it do what I've badly explained in my post?

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Found an eBay posting for a decent Galaxy tab s2. Was going to put lineage on whatever I bought anyway. Is this bricked or could I just flashed straight from SD and boogie?

i need a new external hard drive
any general advice on which companies to prefer or avoid?

>>62080676
close enough,
working in a IT Business. third level support with domain admin user... But i cant figure out how i could get access to it like descibed in the beautiful painting

>>62080397
i don't know enough to tell you everything you might need to know, but i do know how "logging in" works
you post your login details, and the server gives you[r browser, typically] a cookie, which identifies your session. with the cookie, you can then access things on the server which require you to be "logged in" (or more accurately, require you to posess a valid session cookie)

>>62080715
if it can only get into recovery, it at least means something is wrong with /system, perhaps an interrupted rom update
it doesn't mean it's unfixable, it might just need a new rom flashed to it
assuming that is the case, then installing something like lineageos is done as per normal, there's no need to have a functional rom already installed

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>>62074142
put in in circuit,
understand the circuit
does it produce switching?
easiest just to look on the back side of it when powered up (the side you expect to allow the current to flow) and see if it matches another pin but at a different voltage.

both high is good, both low is good, and switching together is good

or it could be of inverse and one high one low always is good as long as they swap. also check the ground pad reference is good, it might be on a higher voltage like between a 12 and 24 because that way when either rail fails in the system you drop everything


/blog

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Is there any significant difference between Microsoft Toolkit, KMSpico and KMSAuto Net?

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>>62080525
bump

>>62080878
The other pictures show it at the bootloader but it won't boot into Android. So it's either borked or some dumbass wiped it.

>>62081000
often recovery and system are both on the same physical flash memory chip, so recovery being functional is a good sign, but it doesn't prove anything on it's own
i'm assuming it's being sold cheaply as the owner is assuming it's broken, so installing a rom before buying it probably isn't a good idea

>>62081054
>but it doesn't prove anything on it's own
to be clear, it doesn't prove the system partition area is good, just that the chip itself at least isn't totally dead

Anyone here use or ever used a ASUS Nexus 7 (2012) here? The latest update turned it into a slow piece of shit. Any idea what custom ROMs are good out there that makes it fast again?

>>62075202
>>62079291
They work fine stop strapping misinformation. Extra tip: once you get the key attach it to a Microsoft account so you never lose it no matter how retarded you are.
You both sound like the typical /g/ mouth breather who recommends malware. Fucking kys.

>>62079322
Close all ports, open 80 and 443. If you can access the Internet it works, if you canr it doesn't.

>>62080454
So I guess like me, everyone is too stupid to answer this question?

Just got my new HDD in the mail today (sata WD blue 2.0TB) and it's giving me errors up the ass, my arch install won't boot at all and when i try booting the live USB i get

 blk_update_request i/o error dev sdb sector 0
buffer i/0 error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read 

and

 comreset failed (errno=-16) 

did i get a dead drive? pls help.

>>62081054
>>62081072
So in your opinion, $30-50 is a reasonable gamble? To clarify my use case, I just want to develop a tablet app to monitor vlc streams from my webcam setups.

>>62081078
There's nothing for it I'm afraid to tell you. One of the biggest issues a lot of us are facing at this point is that the flash memory has simply shit the bed. It was never good product to begin with and for a while they didn't even have TRIM support. That might still be haunting you (even though IIRC it was added in Jelly Bean) so look up online how to do a pass with LagFix.

It's also just underpowered for the times. Only 1 GB of RAM with the weak Tegra 3 that disappointed us on the Ouya too. No ROM is going to solve that. The one thing I can say is to never turn it off. Not only is boot atrociously long, but it's slower than cold molasses for a good 30 minutes afterward.

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dumb question but is there a way to backup and restore my android apps from my phone to a PC before I wipe the device to install another ROM? I don't want to go through the hassle of redownloading everything from the playstore.

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>>62080804
This is really useful, thanks for the explanation

>>62081175
assuming $50 isn't a months wages for you, i'd risk it.
worst case you just just try to sell it off as "for parts" to make back some of the cost if it really is broken, the screen seems to work, which is a commonly saught-after replacement part

actually fixing it probably won't be worth it though, as that would mean a replacement mainboard, which is the single most expensive part of any tablet

>>62081205
Yes. You use a utility on your computer called adb. It has functions like backup and pull. Go look it up.

>>62081196
It used to be fast when it was on kitkat but ever since lolipop it's gone to shit. takes much longer to access the playstore, navigating the home menu is laggy as heck, etc. I'm trying to find a good kitkat rom

>>62081205
just adb the nandroid backup to your pc or cloud storage

it should auto restore your data unless you wipe it though

>>62080951
DO NOT activate it using KMS. You are trying to escape the American botnet by... joining the Russian botnet? Yeah, nah.
Go to eBay and search Windows LTSB key, price is like 15 dollars but if you are like you can get it for 12.
Do not use any anti-win10 saying tools, that shit breaks the OS. 99% of people complaining they have issues with windows 10 is because they install that crap. If needed, install a Ubuntu on a secondary partition for "muh privacy" stuff like checking your bank account and leave w10 for games.

>>62081246
Mine never even tolerated Kit Kat well.

Have you tried looking around the XDA Forums? Search for "xda grouper" online an you should find the Android Development section straight away.

>>62080110
>>62080123
cool
i checked the laptop im trying to access remotely and it has 'workstation' listed where 'domain' would be
does/will this make any difference?
thanks again

>>62081242
>>62081268
thanks bruhs

>>62081295
I tried looking through XDA but I have no idea which ROMs are good or not. They all say mostly the same shit "works fast! bugs? you tell me ;)" and the forum in general seems dead.

I just found https://cd-rw.org/t/resurrect-a-nexus-7-2012-to-run-as-good-as-new/141 and I'm going to see if this works.

>>62081367
Let me know how it goes. I wouldn't mind taking one last crack at mine.

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>>62079102
you are a god

I bought a NETGEAR Wireless Router
WNR854T with openwrt installed. I disabled WAN, now I cannot login via ethernet. help?

What's a good statusbar?
plain i3bar is shit, and polybar is configurable, but shit configurable
awesome's status bar was the best I used so far, but can't use it on i3

>>62081292
ok, so is there any difference if I don't wear a tinfoil hat?

I HAVE AN SA602 GILBERT CELL MIXER AND I WANT TO MAKE THE RF GAIN UNITY INSTEAD OF REALLY HIGH HOW THE FUCK DO I DO IT, IT'S INTERNALLY BIASED

>2computers running windows 10 on the same network
>computer 1 copies text from an email
>computer 2 copies different text from a different email
>computer 2 pastes the text that computer 1 copied into a document
What the fuck could be causing this? Ghosts?

>>62081431
>i disabled WAN/ethernet , now i cant log in via WAN/ethernet

>>62081495
Carbon monoxide poisoning.

I don't know anything about github. Someone contributed code to youtube-dl to give metadata extraction support for a website I like, but github says that "all checks have failed".

Will this code not be included then, until the checks pass?
It was sent a month ago, but it still isn't used. Is this a normal wait time?

A "pull request" is basically someone offering code to be included in a project, right?

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/13779

>>62081500
I know that now. what do i do to fix it, i tried the reset button for 10 seconds.

>>62079113
>waste of bandwidth
>The current year of 2017
>worrying about "waste of bandwidth"
kek

>>62081495
Do you have OneClip installed?

>>62081566
(you)

>>62081150
bump

>>62081495
Signed in with your Microsoft Account? I believe Microsoft now syns your clipboard across devices.

> it also sends a copy to the NSA just to make sure you aren't doing things you shouldn't do

>>62081599
it's probably doa

>>62081611
thanks anon, just needed some outside justification before i send it back.

>>62081599
run smart test smartctl

>>62081638
I too think it's DOA. You have 2 anons who got your back, tell this to the store you bought those HDD's

What kind of metadata does PDF files contain?

I exported a text from LibreOffice to PDF but I'm worried about potential sensitive metadata being stored in the document somewhere.

Looking to block archive.is, archive.fo, etc from archiving my site. It isn't possible with robots.txt, so how do I do it?

>>62081766
Block their ip?

>>62081737
PDF files can contain all kinds of metadata. Use the properties window in Adobe Reader. Word 2007 and above support scrubbing personal data before saving to PDF I believe. Not sure if LibreOffice has this kind of functionality. I'm sure there are tools to remove metadata from PDF's

>>62081638
the most likely times for a hdd to fail (barring physical damage)
a. immediately (died before it reached you)
b. almost immediately, as in the first week or so (managed to pass testing before being shipped out, but only barely)
c. after 5+ years of use

it's not really that uncommon for a hdd to die (almost) immediately

>>62081789
t-thanks

>>62077232
Get a XPS 15 if you want to upgrade it yourself.

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>>62080525
bump bump

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>be on vacation for little over a week
>turned off power to pc and peripherals by unplugging the power strap (after properly turning everything off)
>come back today
>plug power back in
>hear a pretty loud fucking crackle from what I assume are the speakers
>nothing happens when i press the power button for the speakers on its dongle.

Are my speakers dead? I don't know how the fuck this happened and the speakers have just been sitting there unplugged for a week.

The model is the Corsair SP2500 PC speaker set and I've had them for about 6 years now.

>>62081395
Just flashed the cyanamod stuff. so far the tablet is working better than it did before but who knows if that will change with time. gonna install more shit and mess around and see if it starts acting up.

>>62080454
Bump

>>62082114
No

>>62082081
I doubt they are dead, although it's possible. How do they connect to your computer? Jack, bluetooth or something else?

>>62082114
I'd say the most likely thing is that you misconfigured your vpn somehow and you've been downloading torrents from your real ip address. I don't really know how to test that theory besides running your own p2p tracker on a vps though.

>>62077708
YMusic
No ads, no data wasted for video (only downloads audio) and you can make playlists (doesn't load the playlists from your account and there's no autoplay though).

>>62082178
3.5mm audio jack into computer.

the two speakers are connected to the subwoofer (and get power by it) through some proprietary 4 pin connectors.

the dongle is connected by what looks like an analog vga connector (although the pins are inside the subwoofer, not on the cable like a monitor cable)

Would you prefer a phone with good battery life (4100 mAh) but no quick-charge, or a phone with quick-charge but 3100 mAh?

>>62082737
Good battery life. Quick charge degrades battery capacity faster.

>>62082737
As long as the battery lasts me through the day(which isn't too hard, as I generally don't do too much on my phone), how quickly it charges isn't really important.

>>62082737
4100 mAh, it will hold a charge longer.
a decent charger already charges fast enough

Does anyone have the cartoon image of the guy that keeps calling things memes in inappropriate situations, like at a funeral he calls it an "epic meme"?
Thanks in advance

What's being an IT tester like? Anyone here can share their horrible experiences?

>>62082833
>>/wsr/

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>>62082081
>>62082282
So I opened up the PSU on it and was greeted by a burnt smell. The fuse was burnt but even worse was that it looks like a resistor have burnt as well.

Heres a pic I found on the net of someone having the same issue. The burnt resistor on the pic is the same as the one on my unit.

I guess at this point it's safe to assume it's dead?

https://mega.nz/
I'm getting a secure connection failure?
Also, is 4chan really slow for anyone else?

>>62083314
Bro, I'm an EE but I'm also drunk. Replace the reisstor and get back to me

>>62083477
oh but do it on ghost cause I'll be sober in theoru and you arent supposed to blogp[ost

>>62083477
>>62083489
FUck wrong thread. Sorry. Still though, replace reisstor and get back to me I got u.

>>62083314
>>62083477
>>62083489
>>62083536
>Telling a random person on the internet to replace a resistor in a PSU
I'd suggest to not do that. Capacitors in PSUs can carry fuckhuge voltages for very long times, even if unplugged.

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>>62083560
Fuck off fag I got this
>>62083314

Get alligator clip and screw drive connect clipt screw drive and earthe metal and short cap. Abt pus worth its salt shod have bleeder resistir,s unless its a diablitek OE w/e

>>62083560
ELECTRONS CAN'T DEFEAT ME WHEN I HAVE THE CAPTAIN AT MY SIDE

Why would you use an FPGA over a micro controller?

My bb10 q10 phone recently restarted and has a new icon on the top bar. It is on the top right, next to the 4glte symbol. The icon is a phone with a wifi signal above it, the 3 curved bars. What does this symbol mean?

>>62079114
reset my BIOS to defaults and it couldnt detect my SSD at first but I had to fuck around with some setting to get it back. I hope this fixes the fan issue though.

>>62081521
>I don't know anything about github
github is a place to host source code and track changes to it. It comes with a bunch of features that are helpful when lots of people work on the same project simultaneously.

>but github says that "all checks have failed".
github doesn't do checks. The checks come from Travis CL which is a site that offers a way to automatically run tests on everything "committed"/uploaded to a specific github repo.

>Will this code not be included then, until the checks pass?
Depends on why the checks failed. The person who wrote the checks would be able to understand them more but it looks like a bunch of specific test downloads failed.

>Is this a normal wait time?
Depends on the project. Sometimes changes take years to get included into the main branch of the code.

>A "pull request" is basically someone offering code to be included in a project, right?
In git you can use the command "pull" to include changes into your code. A pull request on github means someone changed your code and is asking you if you want to "pull" it into your version. The owners of the repo get a chance to inspect the changes, comment on them, assign people to work on them, etc. The owners have done nothing with this request. Likely they're ignoring it. The fact that it failed checks might have something to do with that.

What e-reader to get? It seems that Kobo has discontinued the Kobo Glo HD for shittier models (wtf why?), so should I just get the newest Paperwhite?

Will a 256gb 850 evo ssd have exactly 256gb of free space as advertised out of the box or will there be some bullshit taking away 30ish GB right from the start?

For example i have this spinner which is 500GB on paper but at the end of the day in windows explorer it effectively is shown as having only 465GB free

>>62082878

I have to take anti-depressants every single day to avoid killing myself.

>>62083920
Read up on marketed values vs actual values

>>62079036
I care and I don't give a fuck about your opinion.

>>62083920
>Will a 256gb 850 evo ssd have exactly 256gb of free space as advertised out of the box or will there be some bullshit taking away 30ish GB right from the start?
the physical flash will be 256GiB, but usable space will be less due to reserved space internally for use as spare blocks to elongate the life of the drive
>For example i have this spinner which is 500GB on paper but at the end of the day in windows explorer it effectively is shown as having only 465GB free
a 500GB will actually have 500GB of usable space (usually slightly more, in fact), the confusion for hdds is due to the fact that there are two definitions for a gigabyte
the disks are advertised with a gigabyte being 10^9 bytes (the literal meaning of "giga-")
but computers typically define it as being 2^30 bytes (computers use base2, not base10, natively, this is a little larger than 10^9)
the "465GB" you see is actually using the base2 definition, and, when converted to the base10 definition, is actually 500GB, you aren't missing any space

>>62084084
>wants others opinon on topic
>BUT I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR OPINION
Watch those edges sonny

>>62083894
Newest Paperwhite for sure

--------
Are there any actual laptops that are good for programming? My budget is around $800. I bought a nice Chromebook to put Linux on, but it turns out that the people developing a Chromebook-centered-distro don't know how to get internal audio working on the thing, plus dual-booting means that every time the Chromebook boots, it prompts the user to factory reset the Chromebook by pressing spacebar. It's fine for now, but I'd really like to upgrade to something a bit more... useful for my computer science classes.
I need a laptop specifically because we're supposed to program in a computer lab, but we can't use the computers because student accounts can't access the command prompt or some shit. I dunno. I slept through the first lab. Otherwise, I would just bring my desktop to my dorm.
Requirements:
>Be able to handle Eclipse (Professor insists on using it and I'm too dumb to use anything else)
>Be able to have at least 10 or so Firefox tabs open (Assignments are posted to 3 different websites, jfc)
>Have zero problems with using wifi in, say, Ubuntu
>Be powerful enough to last through a college's computer science course
>Have a battery life of at least 6 hours, or have the option to buy an extended battery or something
>Durability is a plus
That's it. It could have a screen resolution of 1024x768 for all I fucking care. Just don't tell me to get the shitty touchscreen ultrabooks that all the articles about this are shilling.

>>62084159
>no epub support without hacking it
>ads
no other options?

>>62083920
>>62084088
i have a 500GB hdd in my machine as well, it has exactly 976,773,168 512 byte sectors, which is precicely;
500107862016 bytes, or
500.107862016 gigabytes (note: larger than 500GB), or
465.76174163818359375 gibibytes (the measurement used in most software)

>>62084088
How much less are we actually talking about? Still above 240GB usable space overall in the end or even less?

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>>62083920

The drive really is 256, but Windows counts it one way and displays it the other

your drive will show 100% space in Mac OS because they count it one way and display it the same

>>62084197
Convert epub to mobi with Calibre
The damn thing costs $100, can you really not fork over another 20?
If the answer really is no, then get on a chat line with customer support and ask them to remove it. If you're stubborn, they'll do it. I pretended to be a girl whose mom thought was buying all the books in the ads.

>>62084223
it's up to how much space they reserve, you'd need to check what the manufacturer says for any particular ssd
the exact user capacity should be listed somewhere

>>62084148
I asked if the spectrogram was showing a lossy or lossless source you retard, and not if you thought that it mattered which one it was.

>>62084250
>>62084250
Thanks m8 i'll check that out then

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Whenever I play videos in full screen in browser these video glitches in pic related occur.

I'm running debian in i3 so is there something I should disable or install? I've already installed compton.

I'm also getting problems with audio playback where it occasionally clips and glitches.

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I can't read japanese so : which is the best Let's Note, why, and how long does the battery last ?

Have this nice lady in return. If you don't like thiccc, I'll post slimmm for thank you.

>>62084328
Looks like it's using software rendering?

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I move around a lot for my job and having a fullsize PC isn't really what i call convenient for my situation and living arrangements. I've been looking in to "Gaming Laptops" and the MSI line seems to be pretty good for the price (CDN). Would other anon's recommend?

>>62084345
Damn, that's a very sexy pose you're doing there, hottie.

>>62084255
np
i also really wish storage manufacturers would be more clear about capacities
basically every medium has at least one gotcha
for example;
cd-r: advertised as 700MB, but that refers specifically to mode-1 cd-rom, which is just one way of formatting a cd-r, interestingly, that's actually the lowest capacity format, you can, with other formats, get a bit over 800MiB onto a "700MB" cd-r (at the cost of reduced ECC), the 700MB is actually 700MiB
dvd-r: 4.7GB is accurate this time around, like with hdd's, in GiB, it's 4.38
tape: often the most prominent number in advertising is the amount of data you can store with an assumed amount of compressibility, for example, they might say "1GB", but mean "500MB with 2:1 compression". total bullshit
even non-computer things like VHS had similar things, like advertising prominently the number of minutes when recording in LP mode, rather than the normal, full quality SP mode

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Question regarding youtube-dl.

I'm trying to download the entirety of several channels using
youtube-dl --add-metadata -o "C:/YT/Output/%(upload_date)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" [URL]

Some of the videos get an 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists' error when it comes time to replace the temp mp4 file with the merged file. The videos that it can't merge due to this error seem to be arbitrary. I can't find anything regarding this issue online. What is the cause of this, and how can I correct it? Picture shows the error.

>>62082178
I checked for that scenario, my machine did really have the IP of my VPS. So I really don't know how they can see my traffic beyond my vps

Should I bother building a PC? I'm having a bit of a dilemma here.

On the one hand, I want to build a PC so I can have a machine that doesn't crash when trying to record music in a DAW, and I also would like to be able to play some modern games on decent settings.

On the other hand, I don't really want to do intense research into building, and I'd rather just be spoonfed because I just don't have a lot of time to research and I really don't care enough to waste a bunch of time finding what parts to buy and how to build it and whatever.
I'm also not a ridiculously avid gamer, and there's only a small handful of modern games I want to play right now, and I can just play them on console, which I generally prefer, but there are some games I want on PC like New Vegas and a few more modern games like the new DOOM. Finally, the biggest issue is I'd really prefer to spend around 500-600 dollars. I really don't feel that I want to sink a lot of money into this unless it's going to be worth it.

So my question is, should I even bother trying to build a PC, or should I just buy a pre-built one and call it a day?

>>62084546
they probably just contacted the VPS provider, who provided the IP which is connecting to that VPS service, which is your (home) IP

>upgraded internet speed
>had to get a new modem from my ISP
>set it up
>phone connects just fine
>brothers computer connects just fine
>moms computer connects just fine
>mine only connects to the modem with no internet access
>it worked just fine for about five minutes after setting up the new modem
>have tried resetting it, tried ipconfig/flushdns, have tried shutting my firewall off, still nothing
I have a Netgear n600 that I'm using and it was working just fine last night. What could be wrong?

>>62084684
They didn't even use my home IP, they don't have access to that. They just send a message to my vps provider that a server was downloading GoT content and the provider forwarded the message to me. So to me it sounds like the film authority monitors that specific AS the provider is using and correlates the traffic.

The question still remains, is there anything I can do to further mask that traffic. I mean I could tor the internet traffic from the vps to the internet but that's just way too slow.

Does anyone know if there's a simple Android app that can just ever so slightly reduce the transperency of an app icon on desktop without downloading a whole new icon set or manually doing it in Photoshop?

>>62084767
As i told you orginally, no.
You can get a better vpn in a country where dmca and copyright laws are super lax and they wojnt pursue any requets.
>monitor that specific as.
There are various public services that just flat out monitor all traffic on torrents(iknowhatyoudownload),its easy as shit for a company to setup their own program that monitors keyboards used to identify their service, and then blanket send out notices.

I'm trying to get 4chanx to only get japan and put it to the top of the catalog when it says japan in the subject or comment fields, not the filename.

/japan/i;highlight;type:comment,subject;op:only;

Why do threads with japan in the filename go to the top too?

>>62084806
I see, that solution seems like a good one but one I was trying to avoid because of the extra cost and log/privacy concerns.

Thanks for your input, I appreciate it.

>>62084840
weaboo!

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I'm setting up my Raspberry Pi to become an environment control for my reptile enclosure. I've got the LCD display working, displaying temperature and humidity (from both DHT22s), but it doesn't appear to be updating for each iteration.

Here's the code relevant for the DHT22s which I'm using in a loop to display to the LCD:

import Adafruit_DHT

sensor = Adafruit_DHT.DHT22
pin = 4
pin2 = 22
humidity, temperature = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor, pin)
humidity2, temperature2 = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor, pin2)

...

  while True:

    lcd_string("TempAmbi: "+'{0:0.1f}'.format(temperature)+"\xdfC",LCD_LINE_1)
    lcd_string("Humidity: "+'{0:0.1f}'.format(humidity)+"%",LCD_LINE_2)
    time.sleep(5)

    lcd_string("TempCold: "+'{0:0.1f}'.format(temperature2)+"\xdfC",LCD_LINE_1)
    lcd_string("Humidity: "+'{0:0.1f}'.format(humidity2)+"%", LCD_LINE_2)
    time.sleep(5)

From this library:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_DHT

How do I get new readings from each iteration? Do I need to make an ugly CRON script which updates every minute (plz no)?

Second issue is with what's labeled as "R" in pic related. I'm trying to sniff out radio signals from my socket remote controller so I can switch sockets on and off. An anon tried to help me here:
>>62006897
>>62006965
The first line of commands in his second post fails, but I did manage to install rpi-rf. This is the command I'm trying, but it doesn't display anything when I press the buttons on the remote control:

sudo rpi-rf_receive -g $17

This second question is pretty critical in order to automate things like a humidifier. I already have an actual thermostat for the heating pad (probably wouldn't need that if I get this working).

Is the socket remote control simply incompatible with the rf receiver I got?

>>62084367
Any solution?

>>62074841
call digital exorcist

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How can I get 600 Mb ram usage while idle on Windows 7 Pro ?

>>62084919
you're reading the inputs outside of the while loop, so they're only ever read once

>>62084939
Not really, I don't into loonix. I just know this is what happens when my GPU drivers break and Windows falls back to software rendering everything with whatever default driver instead of using overlays.

>>62084952
Dont do anything

>>62084979
Thanks. That makes sense. Wish I could do this:

    lcd_string("Humidity: "+'{0:0.1f}'.format(Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor, pin))+"%",LCD_LINE_2)
ValueError: Unknown format code 'f' for object of type 'str'

But I guess I have to just throw the variables inside the loop. It works though.

>>62085156
it's totally normal to set variables multiple times
thats what makes them "variable"

>>62084328
Check the debian forums for screen tearing solutions, I don't use Debian so I dont know how you fix it

my laptop felt a little warm, so i unscrewed the casing to see if there was any dust or something clogging the fan.
didn't see anything, screwed everything back, turned it on, nothing really changed.
problem is, now im not sure if the fan is working.
i don't see anything in the bios about a fan. i don't remember if it ever worked and therefore don't remember what it sounds like if it is on.
Basically, is there a way I can force the fan to turn on?

>>62085251
I know, I just thought the alternative would have been a tiny bit prettier.

>>62085368
In BIOS, go into Power -> HW Monitor Configuration and you should be able to see your fan speed, CPU temperature, all those controls and statistics. If you can't find that, install Speedfan.

I'm looking for a global redmi 4x and a global redmi note 4x. Anyone got a link to those two? I'm getting the 4x note for my pops and the 4x for my bro. Are those decent pics or is there anything else I should get?

>>62082030
What's the reason for that? I'd prefer a more compact laptop. Also, I'm realizing an XPS with comparable specs to a MBP gets pricey, fuck

>>62085508
you'd be better asking /csg/ m8

>>62085326
couldn't find anything.

Is W10 LTSB for gaming a meme?

>>62085601
asking in the friendly linux general thread would be my next step in that case

What's different about self shadowing and ambient occlusion?

>>62085461
Okay well the "chart" section for fan speed is varying, so i guess the fan is running.
Is there a tool like this for debian, by any chance

>>62085625
You're a meme.

considering getting a password manager, do anons think it's worth it for convenience to use a cloud based service like lastpass or stick to offline and open source like keepss

>>62084664
Building a PC is quite simple. At this point, all that is required is to snap together prebuilt components. You don't even need to apply thermal paste if you're so lazy, I believe most any CPU you buy will have the heatsink already attached.

I would say to go on pcpartspicker and look around a little and see if you're interested. You would most likely save a bit of money building it yourself (in terms of quality for price), and it could be a fun activity. I personally derive a lot of pleasure from knowing exactly what's in my computer and shopping around comparing different items and prices, and the little kick you get out of successfully putting it all together. You might discover you like that kind of tinkering. What can it hurt to try it out?

My system just restarted itself for no reason, as if someone pressed the reset button and i'm afraid of a faulty PSU. Is there any way to be sure of it ?
XFX XTR 650W Gold (Seasonic rebrand)

Network retard here. In the center of the house there is a modem / router combo that gives wifi to the house. ive been using wifi on my desktop because i didnt feel like drilling in from the other wall, but now, after tearing up the carpet, ive discovered that I have a coax running to my room anyway. Can I set up a modem/router in my room too? What drawbacks would there be to the other network? Im sorry anons of /g/, im not one of you, and have cross-boarded long and far to see your wise sage words.

>>62085826
Yes, lm_sensors is the Linux equivalent. You should already be monitoring your CPU temperatures and system statistics regularly, naught anon.

>>62085719
No idea what self shadowing is, but ambient occlusion is making holes and shit darker because less light should be able to get in there. The light sources don't necessarily create a shadow there, but it would still be darker there. I'm guessing self shadowing is some sort of technique where it creates shadows on a model or something?
John Carmack had a talk about ambient occlusion (and some other lighting stuff) at least. It's very informational, if you have an hour to spare.

>>62085864
If you have two modems trying to connect to your ISP via the same line, either only one of them is going to work or neither of them will.

>>62085832
I would never trust anybody with my password database. So no. Then again, if I ever use it somewhere out of my house it's on my phone, which just has a slightly out of date and stripped down version.

Can some anon post the image of that kid typing on a touchscreen with a physical keyboard available? I can't find it anywhere.

>>62078028
For me it's lossless

>>62085905
Figured. So the coax is useless unless i wanted to get cable tv or move the router then, right?

Are there some other ways to run a hardline from one room to another without drilling a hole? only going to be here another 9 months, so dont wanna drill, then patch when i leave.

>>62085893
self shadowing just means that the object can cast shadows on itself but I don't really understand how self shadowing doesn't also answer ambient occlusion

>>62083893
Thank you for the elaborate explanation.

>>62084664
It's very simple to build a PC, the most complicated part is reading your motherboard's manual to find out how to connect the front panel for your case. Everything else can only go in their respective slots one way, it's very difficult to put a PC together wrongly if you just have patience and consult the manual if in doubt.

>>62085976
Ambient occlusion isn't really shadows. It's just generally darkening areas that are obscured/occluded.

I'm not very experienced with version control.

I was working on a fork of a Github repo to solve a couple of sizable outstanding issues, intending to ask for a PR when I was done.

In the meantime the main repo has been abandoned by the sole maintainer. I however intend to keep working on the code.

Should I keep my fork as a Github fork or should I move everything to a new independent repo owned by myself?

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Guys how do i delete files that don't exist?

>>62085948
Get a snake and feed it on the coax line to the router

>>62085998
well that's what shadows are, less light in contrast to the directly lit surfaces

I guess they're kind of the same thing but with raster graphics you seperate this shit into two things in order to get better aproximations or some shit

>>62085892
alright, thanks.

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Quad core or dual core for laptop? I don't do any gaming.

>>62086035
>well that's what shadows are, less light in contrast to the directly lit surfaces
They're still directly lit in the case of ambient occlusion.

>>62086018
Gas them.

I am about to start a job where I will be doing a bunch of stuff with Active Directory 2012, Exchange 2013, among other basic entry level shit

Whats the best way of learning how to use these two thins without having to spent money on huge-ass books or setting up a home lab?

>>62086080
I guess that's the crucial difference then

What is the best 7'' android tablet? Was leaning towards the Fire HD 8

>>62086018
I don't know what that shit says, but I know in my windows, sometimes the explorer doesn't updated immediately after I move files.
So try reloading the page there, see if the files are still Schrodinger.

>>62086105
>How do i do the think without actually doing the thing and gain knowledge from it

>>62086134
i've got those files for about 4 months or so. I cant delete or rename them.

>>62086079
Dual Core

>>62086079
CPU model?

>>62086018
Short filenames might help? Or something like that? Just google that, for Windows obviously. I think you should be able to find that.

>>62086079
Dual core will be just fine. You'll be better off spending the money on 8GB RAM and an SSD. It's a matter of diminishing returns.

is BIOS battery change a good solution for booting problems?

>>62086314
Only if you've had it longer then 15 years

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>>62086170
Cool I appreciate it

>>62086172
A9-9410

>>62086202
Yeah ram is the first thing.

>>62086348
I have had this desktop for 8 years
but I got to this point on the /g/ wiki troubleshooting chart

just bought a macbook pro 2017, should I buy a case and a screen protector? should the screen protector be glass or just something matte to protect from fingerprints?

What the fuck is this and why did it randomly pop up?

>>62086571
>protect from fingerprints
The glass is made to be used by fingerprints...

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>>62086579
forgot image

>>62086580
the screen? are you sure? i havent seen a new one so i wouldnt know

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>>62074142

so I downloaded utorrent today for this first time in years. I thought utorrent was chill but apparently not...

there's clearly some extra bullshit that got installed with it and now i'm pretty sure there's some sketchy shit running on my computer now, everything is ever so slightly laggy and I blue screen today for the first time in probably over a decade.

is there anyway to purge this filth from my computer without re-installing windows?

If I was in your position, I'd move the router to my room even if it fucks with wifi reception a little in the opposite corners of the house.

Regarding the coax: Usually there is a master closet with all the coax (and ethernet, if your house is prewired) drops. The guy who setups your internet takes the master coax feed and splits that to whatever room you asked him to setup internet in (in this case, the center of your house) if you got cable like Spectrum.

In some cases, you'll need to reroute that master feed to the coax wire that runs to your room. In other cases, the guy who set it up put it on a splitter and ran it to multiple rooms already for you.

You could just run a ethernet cable with some cable clips if you don't have a wife/gf to complain about it.