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redpill me on windows 10 /g/. is there any reason i shouldn't upgrade when i'm not autistically afraid of my anonymous data, i don't create content using microsoft's shitty programs, and when every windows interface ends up being easy as fuck to use once you stop REEing at how much it isn't XP?
There is no reason you should not upgrade. Just sign in using a local account.
Windows 10 can be great, or it can cause a lot of problems, plus the forced updates can literally be broken in wich case you're fucked.
I've updated and I deeply regret it.
>>55255381
>>55257123
It's a broken operating system, telemetry makes your wifi and latency shit itself
Can't even disable all that shit
2 control panels
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Hello. Can anyone tell me how well GPU passthrough actually works? I dont have two gpu's but im going to get a new one this christmas when i have an excuse. anyone tried from linux to windows specifically? with amd hardware, specifically an fx-6300 and an r7 250x? i know i have poor shit, and i use manjaro so feel free to fuck with me on that front but otherwise id like to hear some horror stories or success stories about gpu passthrough
You're better off dual booting.
Passthrough is only useful for hardware like disks.
>>55254182
To much of a pain in the ass.
Just dual boot for your gaymes
I believe you need mobo, CPU and GPU all passthrough-able, with Intel VT-x and VT-d in order to do pci passthrough. Basically a whole server setup. You might also need a low-level hypervisor. I was looking to pass through my GPU to a virtual hackintosh to play an old game, but it ended up easier to build a real hackintosh..
Is it possible for someone who only has extremely basic knowledge of coding to be able to optimize Gentoo for whatever they want to use it for?
What does this even mean?
>>55254518
>how much autistic i should be for using gentoo?
something like that
>>55254160
Yes, this is the one case in which a meme was true. Gentoo can do litterally anything. Just ask me and I'll list all of it's virtues.
Does /g/ have a tv buying guide or opinion on TVs in general?
Mine just broke.
>>55253983
Any TVs these days that use good panels are invariably going to be "smart" TVs. You simply can't avoid them if you want a high quality display.
So be sure to use a Roku, or Shield or HTPC or whatever instead, as those "smart" features are horseshit.
>>55254109
I already have a roku from my broken dumb tv. So I plan to keep using it. I will never connect my TV to the internet, thats asinine.
projector
How to fix overheating GPU?
I cleared all the dust out of my PC and blew on my GPU fan (didn't see any dust in it though)
I also installed MSI afterburner and turned the fan speed up to max.
When gaming it eventually ends up going over 100 degrees C, then my PC shuts down.
Pic related, have a EVGA GTX 570
Fermi was a mistake.
Try undervolting and downclocking?
>>55253999
I could do that but it's not exactly a powerhouse GPU as is. I'm considering buying a new one
>>55253982
>fix overheating
>Fermi
Yeah, there is no way. I went from a 560 Ti to a 780 and my temps dropped dramatically while getting higher performance.
You can't fix Fermi, you can merely move away from it to whatever you can afford from nVidia or AMD.
>W10 doesn't come with XP Mode
>Someone figured out a workaround using Hyper-V
>But there's no way to use audio/video devices on the host machine
Is there a reason why Microsoft is hellbent on keeping me from playing my old games?
>>55253963
They say it doesn't make business sense, they can't make money on it.
They have a deep fear that the market for retro games will not cover the cost of the development and an even bigger fear that large customer bases will use such tools to revert to old infrastructures which they can't effectively get paid for. Kind of arguable as how much would they have made if people kept using windows 95 with office 95, because they sure as heck didn't charge enough to cover 20 years of operating costs...
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>>55253963
Wine and Linux are better for retro Windows games than Windows is.
My favorite feature is being able to emulate the desktop for games that use weird full screen resolutions like 1600x1200.
>>55254441
>>55254485
Would you have any advice for getting the old Every Extend demo running? Fuck, I'd love to play that typing game again (and all the weirdo edutainment games from that era), but this thing in particular wouldn't even be subject to a Steam-style system since it's freeware. There's literally no incentive to support it, so it's up to users to find a way. Maybe I just have to find an old PC and spin it up.
hey /g/ im changing careers from landscaping/ lawn maintenance to entry level IT /help desk. i have passed the first interview and am meeting with the senior IT derp this week, second interview? i need to know what to expect as this is a career change for me / what day to day work might be like?
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thanks
>taken part-time @ local community college
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Computer Operating Systems
Computer Networking and Security
Web Server Administration
linux 1, linux 2
programming in C
>>55253861
keep mowing the lawn Pablo
You've made a huge mistake
What's the closest I can get to this phone today?
a blackberry phone
>>55253781
you can probably buy this on ebay, should be pretty close.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nokia-3310-100-Original-Unlocked-Cell-Phone-Refurbished-with-Simple-set-/301767763275
At what point are you allowed to call yourself a hacker?
>>55253780
When you hack the world.
>>55253780
After install Arch.
>>55253780
when you have finished mr robot s1
R8 my shit /g/. Going on week long trip. Also everyday carry thread.
>Autistic Alienware 14(2013)
>ATH M40X
>iPad Mini 2
>Cruzer 16gb
>Transcend 128gb
>HTC One M8 (Used to take picture)
>Storm Watch
meme laptop
>huge ass heavy gaymer notebook
>fagblet
>huge ass overkill headphones for outdoors/public places listening
>watch when you have a phone
kys/10
>>55253754
i hope you die in your trip, or at least stabbed
Sup
>>55253669
Use Trisquel. Gnewsense is way behind it. even just debian is more up to date than it
Def switch to trisquel.
>making your shit a near homophone with nuisance
sometimes you can tell it was made by retards without even using it. use your brain OP
>effective June 1st, Comcast is raising the monthly bandwidth cap for all Internet customers to 1 terabyte (1,024 gigabytes)
Apologize.
>>55253625
Apologize for what? 1TB's still a pretty low cap, especially when there shouldn't be one at all.
>2016
>data caps
is this bait?
>>55253667
I live in a third world European country and data caps aren't even a thing here. It just baffles me how it's possible in the US of all places.
Would you download a ~1GB 720p movie rip if it used 10-bit HEVC? Pic related is not 10-bit HEVC btw.
HEVC would make a ~1GB 720p movie look twice as good as a ~1GB 720p movie. 10-bit HEVC would go one step further and reduce color banding and improve quality a little bit for the same bitrate especially in dark scenes.
10-bit x265 encoder: https://builds.x265.eu/x265-64bit-10bit-2016-06-25.exe
I will when I get a GPU that supports 10-bit HEVC. Right now it seriously violates my CPU.
>>55253537
>Right now it seriously violates my CPU.
I'm not talking about 10-bit HEVC video streams with 20+Mbps, just ~1Mbps. Low bit-rate content is easier to decode right?
>>55253512
HEVC isn't really for 720p. It doesn't offer much over h.264 at that resolution, though it will hold together at lower bitrates. And 10bit won't reduce banding unless you're doing something to the source that would introduce it. An 8 bit encode of an 8 bit source doesn't add banding. To reduce banding requires you to deband. 10 bit allows you to retain high bit depth debanding.
You should use 10 bit anyway for the compression gain, it's just not gonna magically deband.
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>24 hours on battery
>still 100% charge
Feels good man.
Can iPhone users claim anything similar?
>I don't use my phone
>>55253477
Didn't you get you shit slapped thoroughly when you made the same thread earlier today?
>>55253914
Guy said it'd be 83 percent after 3 hours yet 10 later and it's still 100.
Mad your phone is shit LOL?
>Freetard
>Thinks all the code they run is vetted because it's open source
>Never actually checks the code
>Uses a C compiler they didn't program themselves
>Uses an assembly compiler they didn't program themselves.
>Uses a CPU they didn't build themselves
How do you know you're truly safe when there's so much happening in your PC without your review...
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>>55253461
>>Thinks all the code they run is vetted because it's open source
>>Never actually checks the code
People much smarter than us do, though.
botnet is my fav epik meme xD
The idea is that code review is done by someone else
