I often call any tablet an iPad
You also apparently call slates tablets. You should be ashamed.
>>54344537
I call an earwax cleaning stick Qtips from time to time as well
>>54344537
I safely eject usb sticks.
>>54346457
Pussy
I do not use my boot drive every time
I also shut off my pc every night
>>54346457
Also
>usb sticks
I touch other people's laptop screens regularly while programming and get slightly amused when I notice them flare their nostrils while I'm doing it
>>54344537
I manually enter text via a USB device that has the alphabet and the numbers 0-9 clearly labeled as buttons.
>>54346479
Do people not shut down at night..?
>>54346487
Madman tbqh.
>>54344537
I call most car GPS systems a "Garmin"
>>54346599
That makes sense, but it doesn't.
>>54346599
Most normalfags I know either call it 'tom tom' (as in the $80, 4x4px, slow as shit, plastic navigation system with maps from 2003). Why don't people just get a usb 12v car adapter and use their smartphones? Google's maps are very up to date and free to use, even applel uses their data for their maplels app.
>>54346579
Putting it in sleep mode barely does anything to the power bill and is way easier and faster use again than to boot it up. Kind of puts my ssd boot drive to waste, but oh well
>>54346711
Smartphones are for normies who want to get tracked by the govern,ent
>>54344537
I'll use pre-built X if it's available over compiling from source.
>>54344537
I... I own a mac
>>54346849
disgusting
>>54346486
USB Sticks.
>>54344537
I don't run backups on drives that have 5 years of uptime. I really should do something about that...
>>54346849
Do you also stuff shit up your ass?
>>54347030
Zip disquette you wanker
>>54346711
I actually use my phone/Google maps these days. I haven't used the Garmin since I let my dad "borrow" it years ago.
>>54347093
>British slang
Pls no
>disquette
I don't even think I referred to floppies as that.
>>54346454
In the UK we call them cotton buds but I always call them qtips and nobody knows what I mean.
>>54346479
I shut mine off. It has an LED lit front though, and it's in my bedroom, so leaving it on illuminates my room when I'm trying to sleep.
>>54346804
Was planning on making tin foil hats tonight. Want one while I'm at it?
>>54346487
You should be brought before the fucking Hague
>>54346838
>implying every single piece of shit here doesn't do the same
I think there are at most 10 dudes compiling things from source and maybe 4~5 are running crux or similar distro (that mostly encourages to complie everything from source)
>>54346849
I own a macbook and also an old i7 mac mini (that I use as shitty home server)
But then again I own meme /g/ crap like a thinkpad.
>>54344537
Disgusting
>>54346487
Why, what are you tapping that makes them so angry? Do you accidentally close their windows?
>>54346599
Disgusting
>>54346838
Kek'd. You're alright, anon.
>>54347420
It's not like it's untrue though. Did you fucking Rip van Winkle your way through the Snowden affair?
I use VLC
>>54347727
T-thanks.
>>54347686
That's true I guess
I use a Dell monitor sound bar thing for my main pc speakers these days. I have two pairs of nice speakers collecting dust in my garage. I just don't give that many fucks about speakers anymore and I had to make room for my work laptop.
I unironically use unity
>>54347833
You're a massoccist not a normie.
>>54344537
>I often call any tablet an iPad
I have never met anyone who does that
>>54346457
>mfw I thought this was a meme and now my 500GB drive is ded
>>54344537
>nudge mouse to move between windows in my tiling wm
>hold backspace or ^W for a second rather than using vi motions in the shell
>use screen and bash
>have a SATA SSD
>>54347863
Old people.
I'm sure there's a Wikipedia term for when old people call every <thing> by what popularized <thing>.
Everything was a pong, then a game boy.
>I have a $700 phone that I basically only use for social media, calling, sms and sports news
>called my cable company/isp to come install a router, new cable box and program my remotes because I couldn't be bothered
>dont have a desktop, but my laptop dies after 10 min out of the charger so its not really a mobile computer at all, and its my primary computer
>this is mostly for tools, but even if something isn't "broken" and easily fixable, I'll take it back for a new one just because its under warranty (ie, the cable pulled out on my hammer drill, all I had to do was open the case, slide it down, and tighten it back up, but took it back anyways)
I know how to do things, but I'm just incredibly lazy and have no motivation unless I'm being paid to fix something
>>54344537
I work as an IT bitch and a lot of times people will ask me why their computer is fucked up, why I'm running this or that, etc - and a lot of the times I don't remember the exact details or have a detailed explanation because I'm so used to google being right there that I forgot the details and just know what causes what by 'instinct'.
>>54347927
also that's basically my face when someone asks me how they got a virus if they have norton
>>54346487
Raged.
browse facebook
>>54346487
you are the worst. my roommate does this all the fucking time. Although with touchscreens becoming more widely used, its a little acceptable I guess, but still, fuck you
I use VLC, Docky and Banshee on a Debian-based distro and sometimes I use the Ubuntu Software Center.
I use Sublime and Eclipse.
I recently bought one of those un-upgradeable Mac Minis and I've owned Macs since OS X Tiger.
I have a machine running Windows 10.
It's weird to think about people who didn't grow up with computers.
Watching older people visibly move their whole arm with force when struggling to click something makes me uncomfortable.
>>54347889
It can't be dead because of that, worst case scenario you nuke the partition and make a new one.
>>54346457
what does safely removing it even do?
>>54348095
But my data?
>>54348140
Unmounts the USB port on the OS side to guarantee no data is being transmitted.
>>54348193
but what if data is being transmitted? wouldn't suddenly stopping it from the os be the same as suddenly stopping it by just plugging it out?
>>54348143
Potentially lost if the partition got fucked up. I don't know much about data recovery.
>>54348248
OS would tell you it can't unmount because the device is in use.
>>54348248
no this guarentees the filesystem will be intact. File data no, but filesystem yeah
>>54348248
No, because it tells the application to finish what its doing, once that has been done it lets the user know they can pull the drive out.
>>54348248
The idea is the OS will know when the transfer is finished, then safely unmount the drive.
>>54348260
>>54348276
>>54348314
>>54348320
how come i've never safely removed any but still never had one die on me?
>>54347914
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
>>54348391
Modern OSs flush their write buffers immediately when writing to removable devices to avoid the exact issue as much as possible. This means that as long as you don't yank the drive while it's actually being written to nothing bad would happen. I imagine most people don't remove their drives while copying shit to them, since that wouldn't make sense, so you won't have issues most of the time.
I own an iPad.
>>54344537
I use windows 10, I call my transformer a netbook, I use an iPod instead of my phone for music
I;m just trying to get back into computers
I have no idea what reballing something is. (just saw that thread)
and i don't know if recuva is legit to get data of my micro sd card that decided to shit out with no warning on my galaxy s4 ( yeah, i know it's old)
help a pleb out?
>>54344537
Feels good having never actually touched a meme slate in my life.
>>54347093
>using a q and a u where the k belongs
>>54347944
what should i use?
i have norton and i know im being raped by coding poo in the loos (pls no bully)
>>54344537
i fuck up saying S.Q.L. and sequel
>>54349646
malwarebytes and if you have soc security numbers or credit card data you need something expensive enterprise and not managed by you
>>54349717
>malwarebytes
thanks, ill look into it
now, to figure out how to catch up from maybe five years of semi knowlegable
maybe im up a level from pleb tier, i don't even know anymore
>>54347071
Like dicks
>>54349828
noob
dragon dildos are where it's at
>>54348140
Nothing, it's meant for mechanical drives so the reading arm doesn't get fucked up. Makes no difference on a flash thumb drive usb dongle.
>>54349847
Dragon dildo are so medieval.
>>54346711
Because I don't want to use my data, and typical car AC is bad for your battery
>>54347916
Everybody and their mom has a $700 phone used for small things like that, it's become a social norm basically. I have a Galaxy S7 that I use for Reddit and Clash Royale.
>>54350082
its converted to dc you retard
>>54349927
What's a mechanical drive?
>>54350145
ones that use spinning platters
>>54344537
I browse /g/
>>54350131
Still low voltage and causes damage
>>54350158
Like a hdd?
>>54347889
my friend's are pretty tech illiterate.
they always do this.
they thinik im living on the edge when i just remove the usb stick from the computer.
>>54350187
yes
>>54350187
Exactly
>>54350174
Same
>>54350082
These people are on /g/. Ugh. Anyway though, mechanicfag here.
Your car's alternator is actually many devices in one. The stator and rotor create a 3 phase AC charge. The rectifier discards half the voltage to heat and leaves it with DC. The regulator keeps the voltage at a level the car is happy with - usually 13.85 VDC. This is what you have going to your cigarette lighter. The charger you plug into it is another regulator throttling it down to 5 VDC for USB or whatever the fuck Apple uses. Use a quality charger and you'll never have a problem.
>"car AC"
god damn this board is ignorant.
>>54350187
You're a smart one
>>54350184
see
>>54350346
Just explained why you're a fucking moron.
>>54350269
>>54350322
>>54350371
So who is right here?
>>54349927 or >>54348193 >>54348453
>>54350346
Nobody really cares that much but mechanics
>>54350375
he's right you know
t. former mechanic
>>54350413
not true, just hate ignorant faggots
>>54350413
>nobody really care that much on a tech board
Yep, that sums up /g/.
>>54350540
this d e s u
>>54350375
Stop being a cunt about it and you'll lose your virginity one day
>>54347300
welcome to the english language
When friends ask me for good computer recommendations, i give them links to dells on QVC that have 1.2 ghz dual core processors and tell them that they're pretty fast.
after becoming a power user i dont even know how to truly explain what makes a computer fast to normies anymore.
I don't like Trackpoints and question why people like them
Suffering because I want a rugged customizable laptop
I use Google Drive to automatically upload my photos and videos from my phone to my drive account.
The only irreplaceable files I actually care about are my personal photos and video off my phone.
Because of this I will not do backups of anything, if something catastrophic were to happen to my phone or hard drive it would suck. But I wouldnt be devastated
>>54350610
>english language
You mean the American language. Your time is up, tea sucking limey faggot.
>>54346579
Nope.
I have a power board that has a master plug, which only gives power to the other plugs if it senses over a certain voltage or wattage or something.
Put my computer on the master, and stereo, monitors, peripherals, fan/heater depending on season on the rest.
Sleep mode is a low enough voltage to trigger it off, so it's next to nothing, power-wise.
I use Windows because it's easier to get study shit done
>>54350627
>question why people like them
I love my trackpoint.
I touchtype, so the trackpoint is literally right there when my hands are on the keyboard.
Going from typing to mouse movement without moving your hands is amazing, especially when you are using your laptop in a weird place that isnt a nice flat table with room for an extra mouse.
Even moving down to the touchpad requires you to move your hand or stretch your thumb really far
>>54346457
that's not normie.
in fact only normies don't eject.
>>54350636
You mean Strayan. Your smoko's almost over, cunt.
>>54350692
pulling out is normie tier :^)
>>54349387
Kek'd
I use a 6 pound 17.3" notebook as my battlestation and edc.
>>54351071
>using the smiley with a carat nose
I buy Razer products even tho they break after a month of use.
>>54347093
bait
I stream all my music, I don't torrent or own any of it. Worse yet, I do it on Pandora.
I use an iPhone and plan on getting a 15" MBP for myself (because I hate almost all laptops intended for Windows and all versions of Windows from the past five years).
My only computer belongs to my parents (yes I'm 18) and was made by Dell with a GTX 720 and no SSD.
I hate using *nix as a PC OS.
I ran Windows XP until 2014.
>>54346579
not fags who brag about uptimes..
AKA people living with parents
I suck at soldering.
I use windows un-ironically.
I stream music on soundcloud at work.
>>54351275
I use a 7" tablet with bt mouse and keyboard as my battlestation and edc
>>54346457
The absolute madman
>>54351348
>not using the smiley face with a carat nose :^)
I use Spotify
I bang on my keyboard when ever a web page is taking a long time to load.
>>54351386
> bought Razer mouse
> lasted for over a year now
>>54347914
>a Wikipedia term
old person detected
>>54350412
>>54348453 is the correct answer. Everyone else is fucking retarded.
>>54347833
Me too, brah. And I actually enjoy it, too.
>>54346454
>not buying generic cotton swabs.
>>54346457
It can't be helped, normie's don't understand what "flash" and "drive" mean.
>>54346454
It says specifically not to stick in your ears, it causes ear wax buildup which is awful for your eardrums
>>54353188
One of the few forbidden pleasure in life is sucking on a qtip and shoving it into your ear. Real branded ones are so much better than cheap ones
>>54346487
D E V I L I S H
>>54344537
I enable smooth scrolling
I use my mouse a few times a day.
>>54347863
My 4 yo niece was always hung up on that. She would ask specifically to use my kindle, or the ipad, or the samsung tablet. It was the first time I met a normie who referred to everything by their proper names.
>>54347387
>not just disabling the LEDs
>not getting glowrious uptime
it's like you're not even trying
I prefer chicklet keyboards so I use the 13 dollar amazon basic keyboard
>>54354320
>I prefer chicklet keyboards
Usually you would have to have tried both before you decide you like one or the other.
I call everything an app and every app store an app store.
>>54354333
true, but I can say I prefer flat keys to the elevated ones that are seen in mechanical keyboards
>>54354350
>I call every apps an app and every appstore an appstore
>>54351882
>find mouse in junkyard
>works, at least 15 years old
>probably older than you
One year is not an achievement for any tech related product.
>>54346507
Okay gramps
>>54351882
i don't even own a mouse less than 10 years old
I pronounce .Gif as 'Jiff'.
I think that's how it is supposed to be, though.
>>54354589
it is, but you're still wrong
I save almost everything in one folder and when that gets too big I just move it all to a new folder and start over again.
>Call flash drives "USB Sticks"
>Use Windows for muh gaems so much that I don't even have grub installed anymore (not Windows 10, will use a mac before I install that shit)
>Use gmail instead of my own domain and email server
>Vape premium e-juice instead of homemade
>Use rainmeter for rice
>>54354708
nothing wrong with wanting email that just works
>>54353514
>4yo
>normie
harsh but fair.
>>54354708
>vape
youbuntu
jiff
masturbate
>>54354708
>rain meter for rice
go on...
>>54354777
My second monitor
>>54354829
> hiding your IP when you're behind a modem/router
>>54354708
Please add
>Use wifi instead ethernet
to my list
Also used to use modem and separate router with DD-WRT, when I moved my isp gave me this shit wireless modem and now I disconnect every few days and have to restart the modem to reconnect.
>>54354840
It's my public ip tho
![mobile[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/EGbSe7z.png "mobile[1].png")
I use emoji's xD
>>54344537
I don't know where else to put this but:
I was giving a presentation at a tech meetup, and this guy who works in IT security says he woudnl't let me use a USB in his PC hooked up to the presentation. I'm aware of the USB security issue, but I assured him that there was nothing malicious on the flash drive. He made me ask someone to use their laptop, then upload my files to Google Drive, then download them to his computer. It was very inconvenient and it pissed me off.
>>54347914
My folks called all the consoles I owned "the Nintendo"
>>54354964
>>54354916
dam. I took a 50/50 and lost
>>54344537
I used to call pic related USB's. Not thumbdrives, USB sticks or flash drives, just USB's. One of my old bosses flamed the fuck out about it one day, pointing out USB could mean anything, and if I didn't stop it he was going to cut USB plugs off dead kit and throw them at me every time he heard it. The thought of a basically a 60 year old Hoagie from DOTT hurling chunks of hardware at me from abut 10 meters away was pretty nice, but he made sense and I stopped.
Now of course I call them USBs at work just to piss off my colleagues. Feels good man.
>>54353263
You just have to do after you get out of a hot shower, helps clean out all that funk in there.
>>54346711
HERE Maps masterrace.
>>54347927
>tfw I do that
>half of the time I just make something vaguely correct up
>they believe it because they don't really give a shit about the explanation in the long run after you start explaining it
I have never in my life done back ups to my personal computer.
I also work as a system administrator for a bank, and we never do back ups. Backups are a meme, you can just run system restore and you're set.
>>54355451
>a bank
>we never do back ups
>>54355451
I'm with >>54355612, that sounds crazy.
>>54353514
She might not be a normie. I was once a child hung up on tech nomenclature and just look at me now!
>>54355451
sperm bank*
>>54350114
>>54349623
>Implying a k belongs where c actaully belongs
>>54346457
All the normies I know just pull the USB out, ain't nobody got time to safely eject.
I used to have a Logitech G930 headset just to use while I'm on TV.
Lasted five years, and I bought a Razer Kraken now.
And, I have a Razer Deathadder and a Razer Blackwidow.
>>54348140
Flushes data to the drive.
>>54354964
kys.
>>54350412
Both. They both stop corrupted data. The mechanical one also stops a fucked up read arm.
