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Are the people that make these bitter they didn't go to college and get a degree and get a job?
>>55227086
No. We're bitter that we have to work with people who have college degrees but still can't code worth shit.
>>55227126
This. I got an on campus job where code quality fucking mattered, I self document like a mofo (Clean Code by Robert C Martin is a fucking godsend)
I join groups for classes where they don't even know how to use git and use redefine variables, copy/paste code everywhere, horrible performance, 2 letter variable names. I fucking die it's horrible
What is /g/ currently working on/studying for professionally and as a side project/hobby? I personally find that I need two projects at one time even if I'm really interested in both I'll eventually get burnt out so if I switch to the other project I can still maintain max productivity.
>Professional
Studying for the CCNP
>Hobby
Messing with Quagga for Loonux OSPF
>professional
flipping burgers, bagging groceries, and machining jet engine parts
>hobby/project
building a distro, designing firearms, funposting
>>55227145
>flipping burgers, bagging groceries, and machining jet engine parts
how does that all fit in lol
>>55227028
>professional
studying self loathing
>hobby
studying feeling bad all the time
i'm quite good at it
Has your knowledge of technology improved you dating prospects?
>>55227008
No, but going on /g/ for 3 years helped me cruise through a CET course with an A
And I realized that women only bring misery
Only in the gilf area.
Did I fall for a meme? Was this even worth the 40$ I spent on it?
>>55226900
Yes you wasted mommy 's hard earned money on a useless piece of shit mouse, nice job you dumb gaymer faggot I hope you kill yourself
Stop posting please
>>55226900
Should have gotten a G502 if you wanted a gaymin' mouse.
>>55226900
It's a tad overpriced but generally a good mouse.
Post /g/-related memes.
I'll start
>>55226760
lads
>>55226760
Linux is better for gaming
please help guys and girls
>>55226747
ClamAV
>>55226747
Common Sense Ultimate
Pirate down F-secure. It is free :^)
So I have an old laptop that I really like. Its a Dell Inspiron 700m. It has a pentium m 780 CPU clocked (in theory)* at 2.26 GHz and 2 GB of RAM. The other day, I decided to play undertale on it. I wasn't sure if it would run on XP, but it did. Unfortunately, it just couldn't handle the graphics. It never actually crashed, but most of the "textures" (if you can call them that) were replaced with a white in full screen. Basically, if I run it full screen, I am moving a white box around on a white screen. If I don't play in full screen, I get most or all of the textures, but terrible lag. The fight screen sometimes runs at full speed using only 50% of the CPU, but as soon as the bullets are loaded, it slows dramatically.
I looked up the system requirements, and at minimum you are supposed to have a graphics card with 128 Mb or RAM. It now made sense why my laptop could not run it properly, as it really doesnt have a graphics card, but a graphics adapter. (this is back from 2004). The CPU was doing ALL the processing, and EVERY memory operation has to go from CPU to I/O controller to RAM and back again, instead of just using the vRAM.
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>>55226684
Since the graphics is integrated, I know that upgrading that is out of the question. I have stripped this fucker down to the mobo twice, replaced the HDD twice, and upgraded almost every other component The only parts of this machine that are original are the display, the chassis, the heat sink/fan assembly, and the CD drive. Literally EVERYTHING else has been replaced or upgraded. (I only say this to reinforce the fact that a solution to my problem does not have to be practical or easy for it to be valid in my eyes)
It has one PCI expresscard slot. I currently don't use it, but I know that there is hardware out there that allows you to use a desktop GPU with an expresscard adapter of some sort. I have found a few different ones, but they are all more expensive than I am willing to pay for this. To me, it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to make a simple expresscard to PCI card adapter. I realize that anyone who is going to do this has already done it since the technology is obsolete. This one http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing-components/graphics-cards/how-to-make-an-external-laptop-graphics-adaptor-915616 can still be bought, but it ranges from $50 to $75. I would be willing to pay $20 easy, maybe even $30, but $50 is a bit steep.
The device reviewed here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vidock-expresscard-graphics,1933.html can now be bought from the company for $200, and it includes the GPU. I already have GPU's that will work with it, so I only need the adapter hardware, not the GPU inside. Does anyone know of a way to get that?
Alternatively, if there are any expresscards that are in and of themselves a GPU, regardless of their power, size, and whether it is powered internally or externally, I would be very interested in that as well.
>>Tl;dr: I need an adapter for a laptop PCI expresscard to PCI card to use a desktop GPU with at least 128 mb or RAM in it, OR an expresscard based GPU for a laptop.
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>>55226718
shorter version: I need to boost the graphics power of my 2004 laptop. No solution is to impractical or difficult. Dream big /g/, if you can cook up an idea, I can get it to work, no matter how ridiculous.
>>inb4 get a new laptop
I already have a really nice laptop that I already play undertale and other games on. It has a gtx 780m in it. I just want to try to use this one for the sake of doing it, not for practical reasons.
Feel free to post other ridiculous ideas, problems, old hardware, etc, etc in this thread.
* (the CPU, while it says it is a 780 running at 2.26 GHz, is actually only running at 1.7 GHz, for reasons I cannot explain. I replaced the motherboard a few years back, and at the time it had a 2GHz CPU and 512 Mb or RAM, and because the old hardware is so cheap I decided to max out the specs. Unfortunatly, the 2.26GHz CPU has never run any faster than 1.7 GHz. I actually bought another one and replaced it, but got the same result. I am thinking it might have something to do with the mobo/bus speed, but isnt the CPU frequency independent of bus speed...?) Any ideas as to the cause or a solution to this would be very much appreciated.
install gentoo
So, anyone excited for this baby?
quads?
>>55226666
witnessed
Real time ambient occlusion is a meme.
Why take a 20% performance hit when you can have baked and it looks better?
why stop there? why not just bake in all of the lighting?
>>55226544
Dynamic lighting.
>>55226624
>why stop there? why not just bake in all of the lighting?
>>55226689
High quality lighting is much easier to render than real time ambient occlusion, and it makes a huge difference in a scene.
Real time occlusion looks shitty and will tank performance. It is rare to need real occlusion either.
FizzBuzz edition
Old: >>55214118
>>55226380
First for D
I'm learning wpf
Easiest way to mess around with arc files?
So?
why not windows 10?
>>55226320
Gnome on 2gb n570 lappie
Kde on 4gb q6600 main rig
>>55226320
>Please
>/thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQM5fU7V-MM
Any good color e-readers out there? I've heard mixed things- is the technology really stalled?
Has anyone ever made an e-reader based on the Ben-Day principle?
>>55226298
For those of you who don't know, most color e-readers either use 5 different colors of e-ink in each pixel, which results in faded color and a fuzzy image, or with color filters controlled by a chip over a monochrome display that consists of black and white electronics.
My idea is to use 4 different layers under each screen, each with only only color electron- white.
A black layer is on the bottom, and it's physically colored black, and the pixels with white e-ink electronsare either positively charged or negatively charged- so the pixel is either "off" which is default black, or on which is white.
Above that is a physically yellow filter, with white eletronics, so the image is either yellow, or white.
Then Magenta over that, which is either magenta or white. Then cyan, which is either cyan or white.
So instead of the e-ink giving the color, the e-ink removes the color.
>e-readers in current year
Wut are you on m8
>>55226725
Wat?
Summer's here and I'd like to brush up my programming skills before going to college. I'm inclined to start reading SICP. It has great reputation, I've read some reviews, but I'd like to know what the real (1) /g/entoomen who've read it think about it.
(1) - Screw the shitposters.
>>55226247
>implying anybody on /g/ has read/has the ability to read a 600 page book
>>55226247
It's a good book. This book, and I guess Scheme/functional programming in general is great for learning about functions as first class objects, and about doing things recursively.
I'd recommend using the DrRacket IDE, but with R5RS (or similar) as the language instead of Racket.
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Programming_resources
Didn't read any of those books though.
Which aftermarket gtx 1070 should I get? What's the best manufacturer?
I was thinking about gigabyte or Asus
>>55226240
msi
>>55226240
7.5
>>55226240
>buying it while prices are still inflated
can't wait a month can you?
Audiophiles subtly and cheekily blown the fuck out.
>There are a few ways to avoid the extra distortion:
>A dedicated ultrasonic-only speaker, amplifier, and crossover stage to separate and independently reproduce the ultrasonics you can't hear, just so they don't mess up the sounds you can.
https://xiph.org/%7Exiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
As a pretty established audio engineer, it baffles me that those fuckers buy 'better' equipment to reproduce the music than it was originally even recorded with. Especially when it comes to one-point classical recordings.
>>55226229
It's a major delusion. The only way I can explain it is:
>hmm, i need something to feel superior and elitist about
>let's become an audiophile
Of course that doesn't fully explain how they can delude themselves and ignore all the scientific proof that they're experiencing placebo effects. Maybe they do realize that, but they're too far into it and admitting it would be an embarrassment.
>>55226229
http://www.harbeth.co.uk/library/mp3files/Alan_Shaw_Derek_HughesV2BBCJune07_%28C%29_HarbethUK.mp3
Is listening to voice best for testing speakers?
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