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How much of our info do 4chan admins save?
Do you think they communicate with the NSA?
Funny how this thread went straight to the bottom
>>51565136
>how much
Probably save all of it.
Though they're probably not in cahoots with the NSA as all the posts get picked up in the dragnet anyway
>>51565452
This
Symbian literally still has features that Android and iOS are still trying to catch up with.
It was the perfect OS killed off by the biased nationalistic American technology press because "it's too hard". They conned the masses into buying inferior iPhones and Androids.
Now you're all fucked.
sik b8
that phone actually looks cool tho. I want a cool slidely laptop looking phone
but with android. M80000
like what OP
>>51565096
Symbian was pretty gud, not quite as great as you are describing though.
Android and iOS really are shit-tier, though. Android has terrible optimisation (sounds like a meme but battery usage on Android is pants-on-head retarded, not to mention shitty software making insane SOCs perform worse than iPhones) while iOS makes doing the simplest things (like editing a document or opening a movie in a different application) extremely cumbersome, and sometimes even impossible.
I use both Android and iOS, but both have terrible deficiencies. My Android phone suddenly becomes a furnace in my pocket for no real reason, and my iPhone can't open files without fucking around with twenty different apps, and these things just leave me with a shit taste in my mouth that have me reaching for a real computer. And that's disappointing, because I KNOW the hardware is capable of opening a fucking tab without freezing, and I KNOW the hardware is capable of opening a .mkv without having to download the file into the video player app, but these things just make using a phone an all around shitty experience, and that's why every time I try to rely on a phone for even one second, I get burnt and immediately wish I had a computer at hand.
Please, somebody save mobile computing.
Well /g/ i might be completely retarded:
Long story short: i stumbled upon this piece of Gamemaker codedef FibonacciNum(N):
if N <= 1:
return 1
else:
return FibonacciNum(N - 1) + FibonacciNum(N - 2)
I then tried multiple times to trace it's working (been years since i've touched code) through notepad (writing down what would have been returned from each recursion) but i never managed to get it right.
Looking for "Fibonacci function" i ended up on this (slightly modified to take the standard input directly instead of a for cycle from 0 to n)#include<stdio.h>
int Fibonacci(int);
main()
{
int n, i = 0, c;
scanf("%d",&n);
printf("Fibonacci series\n");
printf("%d\n", Fibonacci(n));
return 0;
}
int Fibonacci(int n)
{
if ( n == 0 )
return 0;
else if ( n == 1 )
return 1;
else
return ( Fibonacci(n-1) + Fibonacci(n-2) );
}
Trying it through ideone i get that Fibonacci(3) gets me 2 and Fibonacci(5) gets me 5
Can someone help a retard understand this stuff?
No >install gentoo please.
Thread soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WaHCUB3QX0
What, read up on recursion.
>>51565085
>tree recursion
this isn't halal
My modem acts as a router, which I didn't realize. I have it as my main network but I also have a router I bout running too but it's not being used. Is it possible for the router to slow up my speeds just by being connected?
Yes but it has dedicated hardware for the task and will really only add somewhere in the realm of <1ms of latency.
>>51565466
Is it possible to use my linksys as an extender with the ISP modem/router?
>>51565550
Yeah you can use it, it will basically be a switch with its own network traffic rules
ELI5: Why are natural language programming languages not the standard yet?
1. that seems like a lot of work when instead you could just type shorthand that everyone understands.
2. natural languages are ambiguous
3. isn't parsing natural languages NP-complete or something
Because everything else works just as well.
>>51565003
yes
Who's hyped for the new Google Glass?
>>51564893
stupid
>>51564905
What the fuck man?
Nice ear fedora.
Isn't the technology available?
Why didnt your mom do a blacked video yet?
Its the same answer
this isn't technology
>>51564850
Because we haven't passed technology's biggest obstacle, ethics.
How do you use your laptop in bed /g/? I'm thinking about getting something like pic related.
Projector on ceiling
Peripheral of choice
>>51564796
Any pics?
>laptop
Heeeh, heeeeh, heheeheeeeh.
Hey, /g/entoomen, wanna get high and watch your favourite movie together?
>>51564746
Something is seriously wrong with her and I can't tell what. Sometimes she is hot, sometimes not.
>>51564746
what movie? Is david invited? I don't like david. david just goes on and on about kde and has cheeto fingers
g n o m e
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I think Ubuntu and Linux are terrible. I know that opinion makes me a noob at computers, as having any distaste toward Linux makes me of low intelligence according to every post I've ever seen where someone says something negative about Linux. First thing I don't like are random things just not working. I ran an application, decided I would use it again 'lock to launcher'. Cool it works. Later I get a new version of the application, and unlock the old one, run the new one, right click, and lock to launcher. The average noob would think this would lock it to the launcher permanently, as it had in the past with other apps, and the older version of the same app. But every time I restart Ubuntu I have to relock it because the old version of the application is there. I know, I know, I'm a Windows peasant, and obviously I should know that I should hop back into DOS, excuse me, bash, and just type sudo -myApp -342 #$, aD#$ @ --aa @3 4, and I would know that if I wasn't so content with being a casual user that I don't mind spending more time learning esoteric commands for a primitive text based interface than actually using my computer.
contd below
Other great things about Linux, excuse me, Ubuntu (I didn't mean to diss the other 5,598 flavors I haven't tried yet) are asinine ui decisions, like the weird scroll bar for windows that appears off to the right side to save space or something, and the menu items being at the top of the screen, a la osx, instead of at the top of the window I'm actually working on. Nothing like pointless mouse movement for productivity. Very cool how a window full of files, it will display the number of selected files over some of the files so it's in the way and I can't see the file there unless I hover over that text. It's only one of endless minor inconveniences, I know, so it's a good thing that minor inconveniences don't add up. I also like things like getting stuck in a login loop, where the solution is (and honestly, if I hadn't seen this, my exaggerated solution making fun of Linux would not have been nearly as ridiculous as the actual solution):
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and login into the shell.
Now run ls -lah. If in the output the line
-rw------- 1 root root 53 Nov 29 10:19 .Xauthority
then you need to do chown username:username .Xauthority and try logging in.
Else, do ls -ld /tmp. Check for the first 10 letters in the left: they should read exactly so: drwxrwxrwt.
drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 4096 Nov 30 04:17 /tmp
Else, you need to do sudo chmod a+wt /tmp and check again.
If not both, I'd recommend you either
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
or uninstall, reinstall it.
Now press Alt+-> until you reach the login screen again, and restart.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course!! Why didn't I think of that? God, I'm such a computing noob for not just intuiting that. Keep in mind, all I did to receive this punishment was double clicking the same application that had just opened normally a few minutes earlier.
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tl;dr
The best thing though, is how there's 9 trillion different flavors of Linux, and every single one of them has different issues, so when by some miracle you actually find a program that's made for Linux, you get to not only look up what obligatory sudo commands you'll be typing to get your inevitable problem fixed, but you have to find the one's specific to Gnome Hydra edition 36.b PopTart desktop revision 4Blueberry.
The other thing is the fantastic community. I know amongst insiders who have pledged their fealty to House Torvald, you guys are all friendly and nice and helpful to eachother, but god forbid someone ask 'isn't there a gui for this?', because then you've revealed what a true piece of human garbage you are, and prepare for the backlash. I do actually understand under certain circumstances, like running a lot of servers where price could be a factor, or if you want to trade in having an OS actually worth writing viruses for safety from viruses, but when Linux users act all dumbfounded when someone prefers Windows, or are silly enough to actually diss Windows and it's users, it's laughable. Is it really so terrible and noobish that some people prefer the convenience of a modern operating system where basic boilerplate functionality works out of the box every time for 99% of everything? Is it really so simple-minded to not want to go to a command prompt for almost every friggin thing you ever want to do? On Windows, aside from the UI making Ubuntu look like a toy, everything works beautifully, there's so many more applications and games it's not even comparable. And they are real applications, not Joe Schmoe's Special Linux Picture Editor. If you've never been off of Linux you might not know it, but those large corporations, full of well trained and well paid employees, man oh man they make better applications than the free stuff.
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What does /g/ think of the G502?
>>51564578
It looks cool
It works good
Would recommend/10
considering buying it next time it's on sale. Friend has it and let my try it. Besides accidentally hitting the thumb buttons from time to time its okay.
>>51564660
The only bad thing is the useless free scroll rotation thingy
Hi, /g/
I'm not a newfag to 4chan or the /g/ board, but I honestly don't know much about Linux.
I know how to do basic things on Windows, but I don't know a lot more than that. I saw friend who uses console commands on Windows. Idk how to do that, just to give you a scope of how shit-tier I am with computers. I love them,though.
I know Zero code. I'm not sure if I need to know that so I can use Linux.
Basically, I have these questions:
>what is Linux?
>Why are there so many different versions?
>Can I customize to get my own version of Linux?
>Do I need to know any language of code?
>what makes Linux better than Windows or OS X?
Thank you in advance.
-caveman OP
You dont need to know code to use linux but if you dont know code there is literally no reason to use linux
>what is Linux?
Linux is the kernel for the GNU/Linux operating system
>Why are there so many different versions?
GNU/Linux is free (as in freedom) software, granting you the rights to use, distribute, and modify the software freely. Therefore, many people have modified and distributed their own versions, known as distributions, of GNU/Linux.
>Can I customize to get my own version?
Yes you can make your own distribution, but not as a beginner. Although whichever one you choose you'll be able to customize it to your liking much more thoroughly than any proprietary operating system.
>Do I need to know any language of code?
Not at all, though you should learn to use the command line for some things, which generally uses Bash. This doesn't mean you need to learn how to write programs in Bash, just one-liner shell commands for the most part.
>What makes it better than Windows/OS X?
It doesn't trample your freedom, and it's flexible and scalable which is why it runs on the smallest computers and the largest supercomputers, while Windows and OS X are stuck in the desktop/laptop market simply because of their beginner-friendliness, not their power or flexibility.
>>51564627
Wow, thanks!
Another question,
>where can I start learning how to use the Linux software?
What I mean in this question is, are there any websites or programs that can teach me the basics of Linux? And how about a place where I can learn the main Languages that Linux uses for, like you said for example, use the command line?
Alright /g/, is Microsoft Visual Studio the best IDE when it comes to practicing C++ for a beginner? I've been looking at it looks like Visual Studio seems the best compared to Code blocks.
>>51564528
Yes, Visual Studio is amazing.
It's also really bloated (packed with functionality if you need it, but minimal install size is 9GB for 2013, 2015 may be a bit less)
>>51564650
Been using it for a bit but it took forever to install.
If I wanted one that wasn't bloated and had the bare essentials. What would you recommend?
>>51565296
Notepad++
I'm about to buy this mouse for 39 Euros (41$)
Steelseries Rival 100
https://steelseries.com/gaming-mice/rival-100
What does /g/ think, what would you buy for the same amount of $?
>>51564319
I have the steelseries sensei raw. Much better than the Rival.
It's alright. I prefer the zowie fk
>>51564344
In what way?
How to webm on safari on mac?
>>51564302
Click it
Following this link https://www.google.com.au/chrome/browser/desktop/
>>51564302
Install the VLC for OS X web plugin
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Then either 3 finger tap the webm or click on it
