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Thoughts on buying refurbished/ used towers, and laptops? I have a home PC, but need something portable (Looking at 11" and 13") to run an HVAC control program for work. Been looking at Dell Inspiron and ThinkPads cause of /g/, but kind of want a 2 in 1, since I don't type much at all. The extra portability actually comes in handy in my trade.
Anyways, what you guys think of buying refurbished laptops?
What you guys think of the Dell Inspiron 13" 2 in 1
THIS to be exact>>>>>>
Inspiron 13-7353 Intel Core i5-6200U X2 2.3GHz 8GB 128GB SSD 13.3"
>2 in 1
Get a CF-19.
No refurbishing needed since they're indestructible, great battery life, practical, and dirt cheap secondhand.
>>54383603
Wow thanks! I will look into this. However I'm not certain whether it looks like a childrens computer, or a bitchin' military device for controlling drones
![lenovo-tablet-thinkpad-x230t-convertible-main[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/yBr4T5b.png "lenovo-tablet-thinkpad-x230t-convertible-main[1].png")
>>54383544
>Anyways, what you guys think of buying refurbished laptops?
Buy Business/Military grade laptop/tower. It's unsafe buy a disposable electronic devices like most consumer devices.
If you don't want business laptops. refurbished Laptops from Apple can be repair.
Also if you want 2-1, buy theses.
>>Lives in Mericuh
>>Doesn't have unlimited data
but why
>>54383394
But I do live in America and do have unlimited data.
T-Mobile unlimited everything 2 lines is like $100
I do, for a cheaper price ($55/month), a better network too, and 8GB of free mobile hotspot data too.
>>54383394
This is /g/ related how? We really need a board for consumer trash
So the audio jack on my laptop doesn't work.
I am looking for some headphones to listen to audio from my laptop.
I can buy an audio jack to plug into a USB port, but those are clunky.
Is there a Bluetooth solution to this issue?
Thanks.
>>54383251
Stupid questions thread.
>>54383251
The fence disappear between the two bellies
What was your previous OS?
How long did you have your previous OS before you switched to your current one?
How long have you had your current OS?
Why did you switch?
Is there anything you miss about your previous OS?
Windows 7
Since 2009
Since 2014
Future
The OS actually working
>>54383247
>What was your previous OS?
Windows 8.1
>How long did you have your previous OS before you switched to your current one?
IDK, about a year probably.
>How long have you had your current OS?
IDK, about a year probably.
>Why did you switch?
Because I like new things.
>Is there anything you miss about your previous OS?
It felt less like a jail.
>>54383247
>8.1
>Last month
>A month
>To try new shit
>gaems
Should have asked what the current OS is as well, otherwise all the data you're trying to mine is pretty useless.
So today my friends at tech support where I work got a pc full of malware from one of our higher ups, while this caused a lot of laugher considering some were porn ads, we actually got into a discussion of what means do you have to prevent malware into your organization's computers.
We do have mcafee antivirur (because fuck buying anything actually useful) and a proxy that blocks certain stuff like porn, whoever it isnt perfect.
Also discussed about the best means to remove them, as we currently use Ad-Aware but some other options came up that I never heard of before.
>>54383223
You're terrible at your job. Quit and then kill yourself.
There is no supreme method for avoiding malware infection, though there are steps you could take to reduce your probability of becoming a victim. Contrary to popular belief, one does not need to explicitly download and run a trojan to become a host... there are several different infection vectors we employ.
t. malware developer
>>54383223
- Use an AV that you can centrally manage
- Put filtering for exe, zip, rars, etc on e-mail. Easy to do with Exchange.
- Don't give users admin permissions unless they need it.
Goes without saying, ALWAYS have a backup that you know you can recover from. Cryptolocker can fuck your shit up.
Anyone tried this?
Thoughts?
>>54383207
The OS is ok, but every android app is still designed around tablets and phones, using them with a keyboard and mouse is awkward at best. Like trying to use a windows desktop program on a tablet.
>>54383217
How's the performance though? I'm thinking about replacing Windows with it on my Intel Z3735f HTPC system.
>>54383268
Can't imagine it would run that badly. But again, there's no point since no apps are designed to run on a desktop.
FLAC isn't worth it in the short term. Quality lossy is nigh-indistinguishable from a lossless CD rip.
But that isn't the point. It's archival and versatility.
You know how compression standards and formats change in popularity over time? Or sometimes you want one format over the other (space constraints or your shitty old player has an ASIC to decode one lossy format but not another) or you want multiple formats (you want your webpage's <audio> elements to be compatible with both IE and Firefox because only Chrome plays both mp3 and ogg in <audio>s).
You...
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>>54383156
>implying we want to do the work to convert it down and get all our music strictly in FLAC
>>54383180
how about you install gentoo you little twat
>>54383180
>implying you wouldn't just install mp3fs and call it a day
You fool
On my Android phone, chrome knocks every other browser out of the park, so far that its not even worth using Dolphin/Firefox.
However, how fucked am I really privacy-wise if I keep using it? What's /g/'s mobile browser of choice?
>>54383093
Lightning, IceCatMobile, NoChromo, some other Chromium based browser
>>54383093
Thinking the same thing, I don't really know if is good to go full Google (because I use Android) or not, so, what's /g/ opinion? full botnet 'cause it is too late? or Firefox and keep it safe?
Switched to Opera and never looked back.
Pity I can't uninstall Chrome because Google forces you to keep their bloatware on your phones.
I have the network administrator password to a public library's computers. So I was wondering if I should contact someone to let them know about all the security flaws, and tell them how to fix it, or if I should have some fun with it and install key loggers on all the computers and such.
pic not related
>>54383020
Installing key loggers would be a fun experiment to see how much porn people watch in the library
>>54383096
True But can also get me in big trouble possibly, with people logging into emails/bank accounts and such
Give them subtle hint their security sucks by changing all the passwords to jiberish nonsense
quality benchmarks
sasuga intel
>>54382989
>>54383004
Honestly better than Apple's.
>>54383030
>Apple's
[citation needed]
What is the best cooler with air dissapation per Db
delid your CPU and staple your semen-coated dick to it
>>54382974
>serious, well stated question
>on /g/
>>54382974
Might want to try HardOCP instead of this shithole.
Hey /g/. Does anyone know anyway to unlock the Sim lock on my iPhone 5
>>54382890
give it back jamal
>my iPhone 5
You can contact Apple Care and they'll help you out.
Oh, who am I kidding, return the phone Jamal.
>>54382890
Give it back Barack.
I have to learn c++ for my new job. What are some good projects to do to learn it?
Any good resources for learning how to write it well? I just got a copy of effective c++
>>54382826
Write a wrapper around the pthreads library (e.g. a Thread class, which you can derive from to do stuff).
Then use your wrapper for some parallel programming. A crappy n by n matrix multiplication is a good, ugly loop you can parallelize. Or just do a parallel fizzbuzz, who the fuck cares.
The thing you should understand about C++ is that it's really just C structs with a bunch of nice protection, virtual methods, and ugly ass templates.
The pthreads API is a classic object-ish interface,...
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>>54383070
>you will understand better how C++ actually works and why people make fun of it for being C with bullshit attached
It's not bullshit. Especially modern c++
>>54382826
C is shit compaired to ++
a string in c is like
char [7] = "string";
in c++
string = "string"
why is pacman so shit?
Pacman is probably the worst package manager on Linux, but keyring as nothing to do with it.
>>54382824
It's so minimal it barely exists
>>54382867
then why can't it sign the fucking keys
https://www.metropcs.com/cell-plans.html
For $60/month you get unlimited talk text and 4G LTE Data with Mobile Hotspot included. No taxes, no contract.
Why are /you/ still paying for internet seperately /g/numen?
They throttle at 8GB or something, plus TMobile is shit coverage where I live. 5GB of data for 50$ on net10 Verizon and hotspot if you're smart enough to bring your own phone.
Because boost mobile will gibe you the same service for $5 less.
good job OP, all you need is to do is end your post with a catchy slogan
