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post all questions that don't deserve their own thread
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I need to format a MicroSD card (Used in my phone) as I was advised it might fix an issue of disappearing files. It's probably due for a clean out anyway.

Do I need to do anything special so I don't brick it?
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>>43042531
just format it
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I have an 256gb ssd. Is there a way to transfer windows 7 to that ssd so that I don't need to reinstall?
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My mom gave me her old iPhone 4s but I just use a shitty ass old cell phone (pic related) as my phone cause I'm a loser and use one of those pay as you go type plans where you put x amount of dollars on it every month and it accrues.

I'd really like to transition the iPhone to get phone service on it, however my current phone doesn't even have a SIM card so I guess the # can't carry over, right?

I did get a factory unlock authorized through AT&T and I'm trying to determine the best provider to use with the iPhone. Are there any restrictions on the provider I can use? T-Mobile has this deal where all their SIM cards are 1 cent, maybe go with them?

Pls help

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phones/sim-cards-filter?cmpid=WTR_AF_SLCKDLSFRM_2CQANVH33VQ1592&AID=11841358&PID=4485850#close-cart
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Two things. I'm techno-illiterate.

1) How hard is it to assemble a computer for someone who never did it before?

2) How can I learn the basics of different topics? How geeksquad fixes computer issues, hardware, email servers...etc.
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Someone please tell me the defaults for every one in the dropdown list.
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>>43042447
Is there a better laptop satisfying these conditions than a Dell XPS 13-9333 ?

>no nVidia, if Intel graphics then the 5000 (i.e. not 4400 or 4600)
>screen between 11.6" and 14.1" with 1920x1080 resolution
>ULV processor, but highest-end available

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>>43042626
Don't bother, you will save yourselves tons of hassle by just reinstalling.
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>>43042699
1) It's very easy. Most shit is color coded now for idiots and usually if it doesn't go in that slot it won't fit.
2) Have a question? Google it. That's how I learned.
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>>43042626
just save your important files and re-install windows from scratch
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If I were to play a game at 1440p on a 1080p monitor could I damage the display?

My monitor accepts it for some reason but I'm afraid extended use would mess it up some how
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Best 15.6 inch laptop that has a glossy screen?
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>>43042773
>wanting glossy
You dun goofed.
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>>43042784
Yes, I want superior image quality and I won't be using it in conditions where reflection is a problem.
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Has anyone ever had trouble connecting a Virgin Mobile Supreme to their Windows 7 PC? I have it set to media device, but it doesn't show up in Computer. It's worked perfectly fine until now, I don't know what the problem is. I tried re-installing the drivers but it still can't connect properly.
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At normal volume, my left speaker doesn't make sound unless I turn up the volume a lot, after that I can put it back on normal volume with both speakers working, how do I fix that? is that a problem coming from the speaker? or the synthesizer? it's a Panasonic sa-dh55 (up)

should I replace only the speakers? or get a Logitech z506? (down)

sorry for all the questions I just don't know what to do
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How the hell do I make xterm or rxvt terminals look good? No clue on how to configure cept for ".resources" which seems to do nothing.
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>>43042784
glossy screens show better contrast
>muh reflection
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android rooted, have greenify, now i'm not getting email notifications until i open the email app (open it, say i have 3 emails, the notifications pop up as i'm opening the inbox). assuming it's greenify that's killing the notifications but the native email app doesn't show up in the app list to whitelist it in greenify. wat do?
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Is there any bottlenecking in this build?
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>>43042880
does it kind of 'pop' in when you crank it? try changing the speaker wire before trying anything else, this happens to the monitors at the place i work sometimes and usually means the cable is crapping out, but if that doesn't fix it might mean the amp channel is crapping out
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I installed debian on my laptop and during the install it was connected through ethernet, but after the instalation when I boot into the OS he recognizes the wired connection but cant connect, i have set managed to true and added auto eth0 and the other line to etc/network/interfaces

maybe it is due to gnome? any help?
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Going to windows again, am sick of using australis, which browser is the most secure and does not compromise data?

>aurora
>water fox
>pale moon
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Any good laptops that consume very little power that I can use to Skype my long distance gf all the time?
I'd pretty much leave it on all the time.
Budget is like ~$300ish
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>>43043339
Any laptop ever made. Seriously
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Why should or shouldn't I buy this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833328028

Also is there any reason I couldn't use it to let other devices (like another computer or beagle bone black) piggyback off my desktop's internet?
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>>43043339
get one that you can plug in and remove the battery so you don't kill it if you leave it on overnight
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>>43043353
Last two laptops I bought broke.
All directly after the warranty expired too...
>>43043433
I did this but somehow broke them.
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>>43043048
ram. That's not very much
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Why is my SSD not getting 510MB/s like the box says
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>>43042771
someone please?
I've read this is perfectly safe on one website and that it'll ruin your monitor on the next.
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>>43043442
I'm sorry to hear that anon, I am familiar with that feeling. I guess just buy the cheapest new hp or Asus you can find.
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>>43043339
>I'd pretty much leave it on all the time.
a little creepy, but even a cheap netbook would probably work, see if there are any you can downclock the cpu or something
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How hard is it to theme/skin pidgin on win8 and can it be made to play nicely with Rainmeter?
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Thinking about getting a new graphics card for viyda, and I was looking at an R9 280x. My budget is around 300 dollarydoos. Is this a good card for the price?
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Is there any good Java emulator for Android?

Just wanna play Sola Rola on my S5 ;_;
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>>43043664
Very, and no. Just use Loonix.
>muh gaymes
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Best Video Capture Program?
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>>43043410
anyone? Other thought is to get a switch. I just don't know how that would react with my university's network
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>>43043891
Why don't you get an internet switch instead?
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how can I set chromium's new tab page to an html file on my hard disk?
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Is there a youtube tutorial on how to root the Moto G LTE?

Why do people say getting the compTIA net+ cert is easy when this shit is actually really really hard? And no I am not retarded but some of the questions these tests ask man....
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Why does netflix use make the wireless connection at my place unusable?

When my roommates use netflix streaming I can't even open text pages.
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If my computer won't power up i.e. the PSU never kicks on, yet when I short the pins on the PSU iself it WILL start up, does that likely mean a motherboard failure?
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What the heck are "mids"? I'd like to understand more about headphones and that stuff more
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>>43043944
I'm thinking I will, I just don't know if my school's network would play nice.
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>>43044011
>>43043944
actually do they make switches that work transparently, so to speak. Basically extend the wired network rather than making a private one?
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how do I explain cifs/nfs to a 6 years old?
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>>43043461
I figured it out, I had the plug in the wrong SATA port on my MOBO
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>>43044000
powerswitch failure?
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If I want to build a computer that will have SLI should I choose a power supply with twice the recommended power plus a bit or should I get a power supply with sufficient power for one and 2+ 12v rails?
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>>43044055
Like the switch on the case itself? That's what I'm hoping all it is..any way to test a motherboard without the switch? I don't know if there's a dedicated power up button on this one, but I should be able to just short the pins on the board itself right?
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>>43044028
If he wants to extend his network then he should just get a switch but if he's trying to make his own network so he can use tor to download cp then I don't see how he'll be able to do it without being noticed.
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>>43044062
A dual GPU build should use a ~700W, most of the time.

>>43043947
Just set the homepage to "file://path/to/page.html"
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>>43044111
>gtx 780
>1440p monitor
That's a good deal
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Two 23" 1080p monitors or one 27" 1440p monitor? Mainly for graphic design
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hi guys, winfag here trying to get into linux

all of the screenies in the esktop threa look nice, how can i make mine look like >>43041138 ?
i assume those are app tabs?

what are the 1 2 3 4 5 tabs for in >>43041399? are they tabs too? i want something like this too, help pls
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How does pushbullet work? Does it transfer the files over the wifi, over bluetooth, or through the pushbullet servers? I want to know if my files are uploaded to the cloud before being downloaded again to my phone.
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>>43044105
I just want more ports, they have something like 5 ports in the room, but only have the number of occupants active (my triple only had 3 ports active), often in inconvenient locations. I want to have more ports for the faster wired network and also for say a little server and a raspberry pi, or bbb, or something.
Also, the wired and wireless are on different subnets so you can't into lan or putty
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>>43043962

anybody?
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>>43044215
You can literally search for this yourself.
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>>43044222

Yeah like I haven't been for months.

>XDA forums don't even have a moto G lte section
>everybody on youtube is an unboxing and/or review
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I haven't had a dual monitor setup since 2005/6.
I'm using an Asus R500A as my daily driver, I'm a CS major, don't plan on any remotely taxing games (IE integrated Intel graphics 4000 will be adequate).

1. Connections. My first thought was to connect the HDMI and VGA ports at the same time, however they're too close together to allow that. (pic related) Should I get some kind of HDMI splitter? Will the integrated graphics allow that? External GPU? Cut down the connectors by hand?

2. Monitors. I don't need anything fancy, I'm using an Acer H233H right now (1080p, 23") - looking to spend under $200/monitor. Any suggestions? Anything to avoid like the plague?

3. Mounts. This seems to be approximately what I'm looking for
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/271522420042?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D271522420042%26_rdc%3D1
Suggestions? Should I look into stands instead of the ones that kind of clip onto the desk? No wall mounts. I would like to be able to put one monitor in portrait orientation - makes writing essays and code nicer.
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My weeb friend just built placed this order without asking me what can I do?
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Are there any (free) windows 7 compatible video editors that will allow me to edit MKV files, specifically trim or append them, or strip out subtitles or insert them, without re-encoding the video?

Having a GUI would be very much preffered, I'm not /g/ enough to use command line stuff unless I have step by step directions given to me.
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>>43044410
ffmpeg

stop being a filthy casual and read manpages
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Besides the HDD and Case, is this build a-okay?
If not, suggestions for change? I'm on a budget of $500-800.
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>>43044446
forgot link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHg47JvMkDs
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which version of mint 17 is better for someone new to linux, and trying to learn more about computers?
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Can someone give me a tablet suggestion that runs android has 3gb of ram and features multitasking and stylus compatibility?
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How do I stop being a NEET? I've never held a job and I don't have any social skills
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>>43043048
what the fuck is that hard drive, here man
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I'm a pussy, so I dual-boot Linux and Windows. Currently all of my music is stored on the Windows side, but I want to access my collection on both without having to copy it, as it's quite large. Can I make some sort of partition or folder that both sides can use?

Thanks, /g/.
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What do you think of this build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VfXndC

Intended use: Light to medium gaming, mobile application development, undergraduate computer science work, media consumption, internet browsing
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>>43044565
that should have been the slightly updated picture
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>>43044577
see:
>>43044583
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>>43044409
tell him to cancel, that build is a fucking disaster and about $2500 too expensive
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is there any android app that makes it possible to crop an animated gif and keep it animated?
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>>43044662
there was a website that did it, but I can't remember it
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What's the fastest way to run android applications on ubuntu linux?
Running a VM causes far too many crashes.

GNU/freedom would be appreciated, so bluestacks is non-optimal.
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>>43044748
An android device
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My external HDD that had my music on it died, unfortunately no backups. However I have all of that music on my iPhone. Is there any way to get my music off my iPhone and the playlists I created? I've been researching this but all I can find is paid software that might or might not work.
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Not tech support, but my parents' computer has been kernel panicking (flashing caps lock and scroll lock). Memtest for 35 hours found no errors. Replacing the hard disk and reinstalling the OS did nothing -- the issue persists. At this point should I just replace everything?
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E-Mails, e-mails, e-mails,..

I thought it's a given that the sender's IP will be added to the header. How come e-mails sent from cock.li using their web mail have these weird headers? Is there a name for this practice?

Return-Path: <(anon)@cock.li>
Received: from cock.li (cock.li [75.102.27.230])
(using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
(No client certificate requested)
by mtaig-aah04.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTPS id 7DEA37000009A
for <(anon)@aol.de>; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 18:38:18 -0400 (EDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8;
format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:38:15 +0200
From: (anon)@cock.li
To: (anon)@aol.de
Subject: subject text
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
X-Sender: (anon)@cock.li
User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.5
x-aol-global-disposition: S
Authentication-Results: mx.aol.com;
spf=pass (aol.com: the domain cock.li reports 75.102.27.230 as a permitted sender.) smtp.mailfrom=cock.li;
X-AOL-REROUTE: YES
x-aol-sid: 3039ac1b018453c6feda0be5
X-AOL-IP: 75.102.27.230
X-AOL-SPF: domain : cock.li SPF : pass
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>>43045030
read the stack trace, if the monitor's off it's likely graphics drivers.
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sup /g/, I'm moving my PC ~40 mins by road, what precautions should I take? should i take my graphics card and HDDs out? anything else?
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>>43045100
just put the seat belt on it
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>>43044176
I'll go with the 2 since more horizontal space for comparison purposes.
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I got some decently expensive two-way radios dumpster diving. I want to keep one to fuck around with. My question is, what fun things could I do with a handheld UHF radio?
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>>43045110
Yeah? No need to take out the graphics card?
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Why is TeraCopy better than the default Windows copier? Why are Microsofts default programs so shit? Why?

Also, do you guys recommend Antergos (Arch linux; http://antergos.com/) for a beginner? I'm just going to dual boot it with Windows 8.1 (for games and certain software) I'm going to install Linux once I remove this leftover System Partition. (I must have left the boot files there before I got a SSD)
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>>43045215
Why would you, are you driving through a rocky road?
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>>43045215
>>43045100
Unless you're going on significantly bad roads for the entire 40 mins and won't be driving slow, you'll be fine.

Your parts were transported around the world in worse conditions than you'll ever put them through yourself.
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>>43045289
>>43045320
Nah, it's pretty much all highways, so it shouldn't be too rough.
cheers fellas
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I want to improve my music listening experience with my pc. The headphone volume is usually low and weak with the bass, but I don't know if this has to do with my gear or where I'm plugging things into.

I've got these headphones: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826125193

Which I plug into the control for these speakers: http://www.amazon.com/Genius-SW-G2-1-1250-Speaker-System/dp/B0056BPUQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405559658&sr=8-1&keywords=gx+gaming+speaker

What should be the first things I consider to improve things? Is an amplifier generally a good investment? Should I get my hearing checked?
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What's the ideal settings for ripping anime from DVD? I know as much as to use MKV but not ideal tools and such. On Linux.
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>>43044957
I think I've solved this by using Sharepod 3.9.9
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>>43045618
I would also like to know how into amps and sound experience improvements.
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>>43045618
Your PC should be able to draw enough power to break your headphones. If you cannot hear anything or specifically base, your headphones are just not designed to do so.

An amp will not help do anything but distort your sound. You can do certain things like 'enhance your music' using programs, but anything in general I'm not too sure.

Tbh with you, I am by far from an expert on sound. I am only telling you in general what your problem sounds like to me, and I could be way off. I bet /mu/ or a real expert could help you so much more than I could
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>>43042735
Title bars and Palette titles set to 11. 9 for everything else.
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I have a Verizon XT1029 Moto G, Apparently its IMPOSSIBLE to unlock the bootloader. Any Ideas on how to do it despite everybody (including Motorola) saying i can't? Is there any way to edit the code for the bootloader itself? I desperately need this because i hate stock android, and wanna flash Paranoid Android on it. Please help /g/
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>>43042773
HP Sleekboot 15 119-bwm
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>>43045882
Anybody? I've been struggling with this :C
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I'm looking into getting a network switch and I just read that Dlink doesn't play nice with other brands. Any truth to this?
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>>43045965
maybe it simply can't be done, the same way most windows phones can't be rooted
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>>43046056
>>43045882

Some people have accomplished it using some guy's code, but they didn't post any links or guides.
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Is this IP banned?
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>>43046121
What about this one?
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How do I use the SOCKS 5 proxy from Private Internet Access ? I tried plugging it in firefox' proxy setting but I cant connect to any websites and it never prompts me for user name and password.
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>>43045055
Yup, looks like the issue cropped up in some combination of open source radeon drivers and kernel.
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whats the best way to get micro office? a torrent?
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>>43046241

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
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>>43046266
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGnbw1QF1e8
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>>43046263
Does LibreOffice not fulfill your needs? Search the My Digital Life forums.
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I'm going to do some webscraping for a project, over a long period. What kind of storage system should I set up? SQL?
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>>43046263
best hassle-free office version is Office 2007 "Blue edition". You can find it just about anywhere.
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This is a DAW question
I'm using FL Studio, and trying to use Reaktor 5, but I'm getting no sound.
I have the main .dll for Reaktor 5, and 3 other .dll files that are Reaktor 5 Surround, Reaktor 5 FX and Reaktor 5 FX 2x8. I've tried uploading these all into the mixer, but I still get no sound from Reaktor, can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?
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So about a week ago i downgraded from Debian Sid to Testing because there was a bug with the latest fglrx drivers, basically apt-get wanted to remove it.
So after a week of being on Testing and assuming that it wouldve been fixed before moved into Testing repositories, today i do apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade and again apt-get want to remove fglrx.
What is this bullshit?
Should i just downgrade to stable? will this happen again in Stable?
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>>43046377
Learn to tell apt how to downgrade and hold. You should install Ubuntu if you can't do that.
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>>43046399
*learn how to tell apt
Order of words matters in English.
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>>43046320

thanks, dling now
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>>43042447
What is the program that people use to show the temps of the various components of their desktop computers that I always see here? Grey background and simple layout, often cropped and posted with pictures of peoples battlestations.
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I just recorded a video and I need to scale the resolution down. Windows Movie Maker won't open it and Sony Vegas 13 trial leaves a watermark. How do I proceed?
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I bought a Nexus 5 just barely a month ago and so far love it

I got a warranty from Best Buy because the employee who was setting up the phone with the carrier essentially said I can get a new phone for any problem, including "battery not holding charge", so in my mind I figured it's worth it as it'll save me any buyer's remorse if a newer or cheaper phone came out

does anyone know if there is, in fact, a phone in the Nexus 5's price range coming out that would make it worthwhile to switch to? the warranty covers the cost of the phone rather than just giving me a replacement, and in Canada the Nexus 5 is valued at ~$600

also inb4 >buying warranties
>getting scammed
etc
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>>43046438
Speccy
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>>43046438
I like OpenHardwareMonitor because it's libre.
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Where can I find a build script to compile gsdjvu?

The official script only compiles using an outdated GhostScript, but the outdated GhostScript hangs on my PDF file and the mainstream pdf2djvu converter is too dumb to achieve a competing Djvu file.
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>>43046438
CoreTemp?
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>>43045618
If anything to improve the bass, try to adjust the equalizer. You only need an amp if your headphones need more power in order to get to an acceptable volume, however, with more power comes more distortion. With higher quality amplifiers, their distortion usually goes down.

From the picture with that speaker system, I'm assuming you're plugging in the headphones into that jack on the front of the amplifier for them? Well with those they do have a bass control switch, and maybe you just turned it all the way down.

Other than that, you should just plug in the headphones straight into the computer if you can.

Or just not get gaymen headphones and a gaymen stereo, but that's for your next purchase.
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>>43046533
>>43046536
>>43046552

it was speccy that I was thinking about. Thanks anons.
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Can I learn how2program in 6 weeks?
Like to have strong knowledge?
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tried to update windows 8 on my laptop, got this error message and it seemed stuck there forever so I reset my laptop to factory settings. If I try updating win8 again, will i get the same error message? i just want to update to win8.1
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Is µBlock confirmed for better than AdBlock Plus on Chrome yet? It's got some weird lists out of the box, so I'm not what the hell to make of it.
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I'm looking for a quote, I think it's from the second season of darker than black. It's something about the summer sun not being warm, or not being able to feel it's warmth
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Nexus 4 is dying. Need to replace the battery, audio jack and maybe camera. Now I can do this, or just get a new phone. I just use my phone to keep in contact when traveling and GPS. Battery is important, if it's android having a good Dev community is nice since I can flash roms, etc.

I can get a moto g, Nokia 520 or a one plus. The +1 is a bit of an over kill but it checks all my boxes, the moto g LTE could be good, but no idea what the Dev community will be like. And the 520 seems good, but what's the quality of the Nokia maps?
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How do I rip an ISO?
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whats a good firefox script/add-on that can be used for image hover that you can actually disable on here and other websites i'd rather use inline extensions.
i am using mouse over from greasemonkey and that shit still goes even if i add excluded pages
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I have a bunch of torrent files and their associated files and am making the jump from Utorrent to deluge. How do I set the torrents up so I can continue seeding? Google yields spotty results and occasionally a file called resume.dat that apparently is necessary for something.
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>>43042447
should i worry about fragmented files when downloading torrents ? what torrent client for linux
will avoid getting my files fragmented (which one has the best implementation of preallocation)
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>>43046981
You mean INTO an ISO? or FROM an ISO?
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>>43047125
I have a Windows 7 DVD and I just wanted to rip it back to an ISO to verify the MD5.
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>>43042447
lol nice
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>>43047109
I'd assume you'd have to move the files you want to seed to the download location for the torrent, making sure none of the filenames are changed from the default from the torrent. Then just open the original torrent file that you'd use to initiate the torrent, and it should recognize that you have the files already downloaded.

At least that's what i'd think to do for now.
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>>43047198
Tried to add a torrent file and got the error "Not a valid bencoded string".
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I need a new notebook >500eur. will mainly use it for some excel, words and photoshop/lightroom shit.

what's good these days? which brands I should look out for?

please note that I also appreciate the design factor. so please no ugly ones.
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>>43047119
help me guys
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>>43047330
2nd hand thinkpad
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>>43042665
T mobile is definitely the best carrier in the us, for sure. I actually used an iphone 4s with my tmo pay as you go plan and it was blissful. I had no data service, but it doesnt matter for me, as im almost always within a trusted wifi network.

Tmo pay as you go is dirt cheap too. I pay 100 dollars per year, and thats good for 1000 minutes/texts, then I just use wifi for everything else. Ios8 will have wifi calling for tmo customers too. Its definitrly your best option
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>>43047330
*<500eur
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>>43042771
I have no idea about damaging, but there is absolutely no reason to do what youre doing.
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>>43047347
they're ugly. anything else?
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>>43047427
Why does looks matter at all?
If you're one of those faggots who buy technology for just how it looks, I would recommend you get a macbook.
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hey /g/, whatcha doin'?
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>>43047450
Browsing /g/
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>>43047446
that's called design factor.

some people cares about aesthetic some neckbears permavirgin not. why do you need to judge?

>just how it looks
not "just". like I said I ALSO appreciate the design.
and <500eur. and on side note I only have had bought 1 apple product b4. so, no, I'm not a macfag but still I can appreciate aesthetic and value.
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What's chrome sandbox and what's the big deal about finding 0 day exploits on it?
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>>43047239
Just trying to open the torrent file does nothing, no error.
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>>43047547
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_%28computer_security%29
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>>43047513
dell latitude e series
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>>43042880
I think it's almost certainly the amp, especially if the speaker is connected well.
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how do you know a greasemonkey script is secure and not sending your computers data/info, browsing history, or giving the person who wrote it full access to your pc?
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>>43047772
For starters, Firefox does not give that much power to Javascript, and YOU CAN SEE THE FUCKING SOURCE.
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how do i make a website? serious question, i need to learn how to actually do stuff
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>>43047792
but the average person doesn't know shit about code.
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There any good HDD scanning/status utilities? I've had my 2TB for a while now, just curious to see if it needs replacing or not.
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>>43047866
Then it's not their job to audit it. At least maybe someone else can find out for them.
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>>43042447
Why have I been receiving "ping of death" all day today?
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>>43047827
Learn this thing called HTML its extremely simple
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in dwm how can I get mpv to display fullscreen?
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>>43047877
CrystalDiskInfo...make sure to get the Shizuku edition.
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Can I sue over this fan noise making my bedroom unusable if the decibel measurement is below the legal limit, or will I need to tear out the carpet to get it loud enough?
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Can I configure OS X to run everything Java related in a chroot jail?
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>>43047934

thanks!
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>>43047939
Of course you fucking can't.
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>>43047903
Anybody?
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What's a good video player for Windows?
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>>43048183
you hurt a l33t h@xorz feelings?
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How do i filter those faggot ass trap threads?
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>>43048257
MPC-HC or MPC-BE
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>>43048275
Find a common word among all of them, and use the catalog filter to filter any threads with that word
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>>43048275
top right corner
settings
filters+post hiding
filter and highlight
add
trap
pattern:comment
check hide
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is there a way to make the windows 7 gui look like the windows xp one?
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How do I change the settings on 4chan SS + Oneechan?

Whenever I click the Oneechan option it just makes the screen turn dark and no options pop up
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>>43048263
Doubt it. Searching the IPs leads all over the place, and the same addresses have been reported for doing the same thing for years. My firewall blocks/drops/denies all the attacks, just curious as to why someone would attempt it.
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Is there a good, free program I can use to automatically organise and fix the metadata of my music?
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>>43048333
Yes, there is.
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>>43048543
oh
could you give me a link to the software?
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How do I use these subs with raws for Chinese cartoons?
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>>43048566
Just get the universal theme patcher for windows 7. Then install a luna vs like:

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Luna-port-to-Windows-7-Aero-136960235

Then you might want to get an XP startbutton and install it with W7 Orb Changer, you also get it from deviantart, look it up.

I guess that would be enough?
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what external hdd should i get? looking for at least 1 TB
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>>43048669
I don't know if there's any evidence of this, but I've heard internal drives are more reliable, so maybe get one of those and a USB enclosure.
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>>43048716
I'm looking to use it with a laptop though
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>>43048669
I've had a WD 1TB Passport for over a year now and it's been pretty nice
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>>43048749
that's what i was looking at, only like $70 bucks too which ain't too bad
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>>43048491
Mediamonky is a player, derived from winamp. One feature is the ability to generate tags from filenames and vice versa. Also it does this: look for album with match songlengths online, use that albums metadata for local album.

There should be other tools doing that. google for mp3 auto tagger
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Does it make a difference to boycott the google search engine if you still use their other products like youtube and recaptcha? I've tried using free page, it's decent but clearly inferior to google.
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>>43049141
You can't avoid Google, Facebook etc..
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>>43049150
At least your researches aren't recorded, right? But does it make a difference for my privacy if use gmail and youtube and a ton of their other products anyway?
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>free page

I meant startpage.
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Is there any way to unlock and iPhone 5s without wiping it completely?
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>>43049180
it makes a small difference. youtube can be used anonymously, I suggest to switch away from gmail. During the migration-process you can redirect email to any other email-provider.
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>>43049180
>At least your researches aren't recorded, right?
Y-yeah, r-right.
I don't know about Google, do they record researches. But your ISP does.

> But does it make a difference for my privacy if use gmail and youtube and a ton of their other products anyway?
Same thing
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i am wanting to upgrade my motherboard and case to a corsair 350d (window) and an asus rog maximus 7 gene (matx) but i have crossfire r9 290s (tri x from sapphire). will it be safe to run the cards so close together?
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>>43049212
I use youtube a lot so I can't turn away from it. I regularly follow a ton of channels and also use it for cataloging music before downloading full albums. I guess I might as well be a good goy and keep using google.
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>>43049141
Yes, there is a point. Most of the things you would search for on YouTube would be relatively harmless linked to you. Use Startpage.com. They get Google results anonymously for you.
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What is meaning of this 'a'.
I'm using chromium on linux mint.
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>>43049259
there are no big free services. If you don't pay with money, you pay with something else (usually ads and/or data).

As long as you are aware of that, everything is fine. Not everyone values their personal information as high as some people do, so for others it's viable to use those services.
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If I swap the +V and -V pins on my fan, will it cause it to revserse spin during operation, or just break it?
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OK I'm not new to Tor or Freenet, I've been on both and I know EXACTLY what both have.

HOWEVER I am not as advanced as I wish I were. I have heard recent rumors that most of Tor's sites are NSA/FBI at this point and accessing them CAN lead into a lot of trouble as it has always been.

What about Freenet? I've not heard any rumors on freenet at all. I've barely heard any one talk about it. I know what it is, I have it on my mint machine but I don't know much more than the Linkageddon site.

Do they want to achieve the same thing as Tor was suppose to?
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>>43049334
Why would you do that? It will be very inefficient spinning the other way. Just turn it around.
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is it worth paying an extra few dollars for 1866 memory instead of 1600 memory?
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I have a .tar.gz file of a firmware I need to install on eOS. It's a wireless card firmware so I have no internet connection to download firmware from so I have to do it manually offline.

My question is how do I use the terminal to install it? Or can I unpack the file into the /firmware/ directory and have it work that way?
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>>43049365
Just because of how it would look.

If it won't operate the same, I'll just turn it around like you said.
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>>43049259
I really don't care about FaceBook, Google and other big fishes in ocean,
What I'm really concerned about, is, lil wannabe hacker boys and similar.

Big fishes don't have time to spy on me neither they have some plans against me,
But lil guys, maybe.


So, just use YT or whatever, but make your privacy info very strict.
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When using mega, it always says "Don't share the link with the key it will undo our cryptography blah blah".

Is it seriously harmful to them to share links, or are they just trying to dissuade people from using it as a file sharing site?
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>>43044421
b-but
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>>43049431
>I really don't care about FaceBook, Google and other big fishes in ocean,
>What I'm really concerned about, is, lil wannabe hacker boys and similar.
>Big fishes don't have time to spy on me neither they have some plans against me,
>But lil guys, maybe.

I'm the opposite. I don't want the government to start searching my computer or my browsing history. People have had their lives ruined just because they torrented games/music/movies or doujins a little too "osé".
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this goes out for everyone, but what do you guys do with your old comp after you upgrade to a new rig?
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>>43049600
I plug it in at my dad's house and use it as a server until the next upgrade.
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>>43049634
for backups and stuff
need to have at least three copies of things, and at least one needs to be offsite.
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>>43049599
>People have had their lives ruined just because they torrented games/music/movies or doujins a little too "osé".
That's true.
But, but...
I'm more scared of hacker boys then big hacker boys..
I don't know what to say.
You win.
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>>43048257
VLC
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>>43049647
Also use it as proxy for shitposting.
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>>43049600
backup-system,
give away for free,
experimenting
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>>43049370

>that feel when no one will answer your question

Also, I tried to extract it manually but it won't let me for some reason. I assume it's because I need sudo permission to extract files to the /sys/firmware/ folder.

Can someone take pity on me and please answer?
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>>43049658
>posting ponies on /g/
it was nice knownin ya
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>>43050043
see
>>43050155

It's because neckbeards who gave up on vagina go full retard and spammed the ENTIRE-FUCKING-INTERNET with this shit with their right hand, while rubbing one out to it with the other.
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:^)
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>>43050155
I make a thread once in a blue asking /co/ their thoughts on MLP, however I do not condone to being an autistic faggot. I actually like to see what /co/ thinks on the subject. I will agree like you most likely, we both hate almost all bronies. The show doesn't suck, it's not even technically for little girls. Lauren Faust stated that the show is meant for everyone to enjoy. So a family could sit and watch it.

>>43050178
not even at all. did you completely skip my most on purpose or are you this dumb?

It's this hole "Tolerant" bullshit lately that everyone wants to be into something that the other sex would love. Girls love cars, guys love fashion. Men want to be woman, woman want to complain about rights and so on.

It has turned into this debate that asks whether or not you are an autistic horse lover to a cartoon person. I love cartoons. I try any cartoon to see what the animation is like. I was watching my nephew while my sister was busy doing shit and was watching a show called "Umizumi." the show is meant for preschoolers and alike and is great for them to learn. What I do like about this show (in general) is the cgi and how far cartoons can go so far. But original animation is best to me.

>>43050213
stop being dumb anon
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>>43050232
Stop. You're doing the pleading for acceptance thing.
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>>43050254
my bad anon. I am a talker.
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>>43050140
>I'm a brony my self

Now I have 2 reasons to filter you. Good bye.
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Not homework.

How do Boolean expressions work on integers? Do I have to convert them into binary and then go ahead?
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>>43043748
try OBS. its very versatily and doesnt use to much ressources

in the broadcast settings put mode to "file output only"
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>>43050275
oh well anon. I was only stating that. This is a stupid question thread after all
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so for those with private music trackers and are super anal about tags, how do you keep seeding while having accurate tags?

One solution I see is having separate copies of music files, but copying from torrent to collection folders is tedious. What solutions are there?
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>>43050315

>taking off your trip just to reply to someone

Holy fuck that is pathetic. Most tripfags don't even stoop that low, then again you are a brony.
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Okay so I have this Thinkpad running linux, the fn combination for turning off screen simply won't work (I think that's fn+f7) nor the tiny lamp in top of the screen (which was really funny and I loved).

I know "xset dpms force standby" works just fine, but how do I make it so that command is executed whenever I do fn+f7, I know can configure that with rc.xml bu I'm not sure how to do it.
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>>43044030
post this question here
www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/
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>>43050330
Copy to collection folders, numbnuts. Why would you want to use files you're seeding anyway?
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>>43050347
I'm doing it to fuck with him anon
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>>43050297
Anything zero evaluates to false.
Anything non-zero evaluates to true.
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>>43049943
bump
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Debian Testing laptop.
Yesterday worked perfectly. I just did apt-get update and dist-upgrade. It seems that it removed some packages. Now on boot I get a black screen with the login prompt. startx won't work.

>loading extension GLX
>Fatal server error
>...
>xinit: giving up
>xinit: unable to conecto to X server: connection refused

Is there any way to go back in apt?

I am pissed off that Debian, which is praised for stability, generated a problem just from the basic commands that manage the updates.

Any tips? Googling, but hell, I am in deep shit. Any help would be more than welcome.
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>>43050377
ubuntu, mint, crunchbang. almost anything debian is good.
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i got a new hardirve for my laptop and im sure how to put a os on it. when i turn in my computer with said hardrive in it is says operating system not found
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>>43050379

You broke X. What's your gpu? free or proprietary drivers?
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Is there any easy way to install linux on raid?
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>>43050394
The distro im running is elementary os which is based on like ubuntu 12.10 but still getting around 2 hours of battery life
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>>43050408
Boot an OS installer from a CD/DVD or USB from your BIOS on startup.
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>>43050408
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>>43050364
>but copying from torrent to collection folders is tedious

idk if didn't read or wasn't clear enough, finding and copying files every time I download an album is fucking tedious
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>>43050430
We are in the stupid thread. Give him the benefit of the doubt.
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>>43050155
Visit /g/ and /sci/ every now and then. Dont follow the drama.

>>43050232
You seem like a cool guy anon.


>>43050178
Why did people get so mad about it? I dont care much for anime. Anime is spammed all the time on /g/. I dont get upset everytime I see an anime pic.
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>>43049500

dont worry if you dont get any better suggestions theres still gui's for ffmpeg like winff and avanti
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What the fuck is it I've been hearing that /g/ is now bashing Chromium and Canary? What's wrong with either of those?
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